Three Moves Ahead 461: Three Kingdoms as a Setting

Three Moves Ahead

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

4.8 • 532 Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2019

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

It's rare, but sometimes companies that aren't Koei make a game about the Three Kingdoms. During the runup to the new Total War game, we thought it would be fun to talk about the Three Kingdoms as a setting and the games from that past that have portrayed it well. Are you ready for a deep dive into Three Kingdoms history? No, like, a really deep dive? This week T.J., Rowan, Austin Walker, and guest Brian "Lu Bu" Smawley talk about their favorite factions, historical tidbits, and video game adaptations of this rich period of history.

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0:00.0	Good evening. You are listening to Three Moves Ahead, and I am your host for this week, T.J. Hafer.
0:06.0	We have joining us on tonight's panel, Austin Walker, EIC of Waypoint.
0:12.2	Hey.
0:13.0	And our friend Brian, he is Chef underscore Lou underscore Boo.
0:18.8	He is the manager of the Battle in Brew in Atlanta and a
0:22.4	Three Kingdom's
0:24.6	internet related
0:26.4	personality. Does that about...
0:28.6	Yeah, that nailed it.
0:30.3	You get it. That's good. Hey.
0:31.9	And...
0:32.6	Number one, Zhang Fei fan.
0:36.6	Well, that would be me.
0:39.1	Yeah.
0:39.9	And as often, our very own games beats Rowan Kaiser.
0:46.0	Hello.
0:46.9	And the reason we have this particular panel here is because we are going to be discussing
0:51.2	the Three Kingdoms period of ancient China, particularly
0:55.6	as a setting for strategy games. We have Total War Three Kingdoms coming up very soon, but there's
1:01.9	also a long back catalog of games that have kind of been set in this era and have featured
1:10.1	characters from this era. But just to get
1:13.1	started, how did all of us nerdy Westerners get so into this little specific period of Chinese
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