Three Moves Ahead 636: Civil War Midlife Crisis

Three Moves Ahead

Idle Thumbs

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

4.8 • 532 Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2025

⏱️ 111 minutes

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Summary

Aftermath's Riley MacLeod has developed a sudden interest in the American Civil War, and we've assembled a 3MA all-star team featuring Rob Zacny, Rowan Kaiser, Len Hafer, and Luke Plunkett to walk him through this difficult and confusing time. We use Ultimate General: Civil War as a launching pad to discuss the conflict itself, the games based on it, as well as the tricky elements of adapting it for an entertainment product through the wonder-filled eyes of a strategy newbie. Inspired by the article, "Bad News, I’m A 43-Year-Old Man And I’ve Recently Taken An Interest In The Civil War," https://aftermath.site/civil-war-middle-age

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0:00.0	Good evening. You're listening to Three Moves Ahead. I'm Len. I'm your host. And we have a fairly
0:07.5	packed panel this week, including some longtime favorites. For honestly the first time in a while,
0:15.4	we have our very own Rowan Kaiser. Hello. And for the first time in an even longer while, you're the, you're the host, the longest
0:24.6	reigning host, I believe. Rob's acne.
0:28.0	Trump's or the King Lear.
0:31.2	Just here today because Rowan made it sound like there was not a panel in place.
0:37.6	Instead, there's a more than full panel.
0:42.5	I did not say there was not a panel.
0:44.8	I just said they were all worthless.
0:46.8	Got it.
0:47.6	Yes.
0:48.5	We have to trick you into coming on the show now.
0:51.3	That's how it works.
0:52.6	It's, uh, yeah.
0:56.4	We're also here with, uh, Aftermath's Luke Plunkett. Hello. It's nice to be back. And in his 3MA debut, also from
1:02.8	aftermath, Riley McLeod. Oh, wow. I'm worried. Well, you're right to be worried because this show was actually kind of inspired by an article
1:15.0	you wrote over on Aftermath.com.
1:18.0	Called Bad News, I'm a 43-year-old man, and I've recently taken an interest in the Civil
1:22.9	War, which I know, you know, for Rowan, Rob and Luke, at least, is kind of like just cutting your hand and dripping blood in the water in shark-infested waters.
1:38.3	Do you want to talk a little bit about your sudden awakening for those who haven't read the article.
1:47.0	Yeah, totally.
1:49.0	So as I wrote in the article on Aftermath.
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