Single Malt Strategy

We discuss a whole range of topics from graphics cards, Apple vs Microsoft, Civilization VI on iPhone, Afghanistan ‘11Royal Marines, Indie Games, & Strategic Command World at War.

In today's Episode, The Historical Gamer (Matt) and The Strategy Wargamer (Jean) interview, Luke Hughes, lead designer of the upcoming war and role playing wargame, Burden of Command. Burden of Command looks to be a different type of wargame, one focusing on the human side of war, people and leadership.

In today's Episode, The Historical Gamer (Matt) talks about rediscovering a 20 year old classic (Sid Meier's Gettysburg) and Jean interviews, Every Single Soldier CEO, Johan Nagel about his upcoming naval management game, Her Majesty's Ship.

In this special episode Matt and Jean sit down with a indie developer about their upcoming Civil War game that will feature a unique strategic & tactical combination.

In the 23rd installment of the Single Malt Strategy Podcast, The Strategy Wargamer (Jean) and The Historical Gamer (Matt) discuss Paradox Interactive's recently concluded annual convention (PDXCON 2018) and their big announcement, Imperator: Rome.

The Historical Gamer (Matt) and the Strategy Wargamer (Jean) return to talk about Slitherine's newest title, March to Glory and an upcoming game (Panzer Corps 2) as well as Jeans usual tangent on mobile gaming and the future of Wargaming on Mobile.

Join Matt (the Historical Gamer) & Jean (The Strategy Wargamer) as they discuss each of their Top 5 upcoming strategy games of 2018.

Join Matt (the Historical Gamer) & Jean (The Strategy Wargamer) as they discuss each of their Top 5 Wargames of 2017. Things get a little weird as Matt wades into a 25 year old Scotch and Jean joins the Single Malt Parade with some Macallen.

Join Matt (the Historical Gamer) & Jean (The Strategy Wargamer) as they wade into a pair of new Strategy & Wargames in Episode 19. In this episode our fearless leaders will give their first impressions of the new Matrix/Slitherine Wargame, Field of Glory II as well as the new crew management strategy game, Bomber Crew.

Join Matt (the Historical Gamer) & Jean (The Strategy Wargamer) as they discuss their favorite American Civil War, wargamers of all time.

Join Matt & Jean as they discuss the new Strategy Game out by Matrix and Slitherine Games and developed by Black Lab Games, the Sci-Fi dream come to life, Battlestar Galactica: Deadlock.

Matt & Jean return to discuss Realpolitiks, a desktop strategy game that was recently ported to the iPhone & iPad. They share their thoughts on the game and its experience on mobile. They also discuss Jean's insanely slow internet speeds as well as the 32bit App apocalypse coming with Apple's iOS 11.

Matt & Jean return to discuss show favorite Ultimate General: Civil War and it's launch from Early Access into a full blown release. Additionally, the group discusses the newly released Matrix/Slitherine game Gettysburg: The Tide Turns.

Matt & Jean return to discuss a wide array of games which came out just before the fourth of July.

In this Memorial day episode recorded over a month ago Jean & Matt discuss what they've been playing over the last month since the last episode of SMS.

In Episode 12 of the Single Malt Strategy Podcast the Historical Gamer (Matt) welcomes the first guest on the show, TortugaPower who fills in admirably for Jean in an ad hoc and spur of the moment episode. In this episode THG and Tortuga argue over the value of game design and if a good design is critical for a good game.

In this Episode The Historical Gamer (Matt) and the Strategy Wargamer (Jean) discuss all things Paradox, including the announcement of their newest game, Steel Division: Normandy 44, developed by Wargame and Ruse developer Eugen Systems.

In this episode The Historical Gamer (Matt) and the Strategy Wargamer (Jean) discuss the games they're most looking forward to in 2017.

Tune in as the Single Malt Strategy podcast closes in on it's first ten episodes. Listen as Jean (the Strategy Wargamer) and Matt (The Historical Gamer) go off topic, talking about everything from technology, and mobile gaming, to the game industry, and the long term ramifications of discount gaming.

In this episode the Historical Gamer (Matt) and the Strategy Wargamer (Jean) discuss their favorite strategy games of 2016 as the year comes to an end.

In the seventh episode on the seventh day of the month of December, The Historical Gamer (Matt) and the Strategy Wargamer (Jean) discuss the Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor 75 years ago. In this Episode Matt and Jean discuss their favorite Pacific theater World War II games and how they cover (or don't) the attacks on Pearl Harbor. Finally Jean argues for more wargaming in the classroom now that...

In this episode Jean (the Strategy Wargamer) and Matt (the Historical Gamer) discuss the new game out from Game Labs, Ultimate General: Civil War. UG: Civil War is a sequel to the 2014 release, Ultimate General: Gettysburg, developed by the modder who made the Darth mod for Total War.

In this episode Jean (the Strategy Wargamer) and Matt (The Historical Gamer) discuss wars that games rarely cover, despite their importances. Studios like Paradox (makers of Hearts of Iron) and Matrix & Slitherine despite being prolific game developers have a tendency to ignore various conflicts and in this episode we discuss what wars are ripe for coverage.

In this Episode the Historical Gamer (Matt) and the Strategy Wargamer (Jean) go off topic and end up accidentally revisiting Hearts of Iron IV. Jean provides some pretty critical thoughts while Matt is more forgiving of the fourth installment in the Hearts of Iron series.

In this episode Matt (the Historical Gamer) and Jean (the Strategy Wargamer) discuss when strategy games and wargames attempt to simulate wars as or shortly after they are fought. Is it ethical to simulate a war as it's occurring? What about shortly after? What if a game is being used for educational purposes?