Three Moves Ahead 170: Classic Game Analysis - Kohan

Three Moves Ahead

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Strategy, Games & Hobbies, War, Strategy Games, Games, War Games, Video Games

4.8 • 532 Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2012

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Tom Chick comes back to the show to join Rob and Troy for a look back at one of the great real time strategy series – Timegate’s Kohan games. What made Kohan unique and what games, if any, have followed on its original ideas? Is Kohan 2: Kings of War really an inferior sequel? Cities as offensive weapons, the tricks around force posture and the mysteries of who the Kohan are are explored. Also, another one of Tom’s stupid quizzes.

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0:00.0	Good evening. You are listening to Three Moves Ahead, and I'm your host, Rob Zack. With me tonight is Three Moose Head founder and PR Flack. Troy Goodfellow. Troy, welcome to the show.
0:09.0	Hello, tonight we are also joined by our old friend, quarter to three, editor-in-chief, Tom Chick.
0:15.6	Hello, if I can get anyone a coffee, do not hesitate to let me know.
0:19.8	Oh my God, I could so use a coffee.
0:22.5	Coming right up.
0:23.2	Maybe a little something in it.
0:25.5	I don't know.
0:26.1	It feels like that kind of night.
0:27.5	You've had enough.
0:28.4	You're cut off.
0:30.4	Our top of the night is a game near and dear to both Troy and Tom's hearts, I do believe.
0:36.4	And a game I only discovered very recently,
0:39.1	making me, I guess, part of the problem.
0:41.4	It is the tragically overlooked Kohan Immortal Sovereigns
0:46.7	and Kohan Aramon's Gift.
0:49.8	We're going to be talking about what makes this 2001 RTS,
1:03.1	such a special one, and how it really hasn't been imitated despite being kind of revolutionary for its time.
1:07.3	And even today, a lot of things about it seem really new and fresh.
1:12.9	So, Tom, I'd like to start with you, because you've always been kind of a big booster of this game and TimeGate Studios.
1:14.9	You know, what are your memories of Kohan and what makes it so unique?
1:24.1	First of all, I apologize.
1:25.3	I think I screwed up my homework assignment because I have most recently been sitting now with Kohan 2, the sequel.
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