On today's episode of SMS, the Historical Gamer (Mr. UI) and Tortuga Power (Sr. Modder) welcome special guest, Benjamin Magnus, from Paradox Interactive and Benjamin Magnus Gaming, In today's episode our hosts discuss the recently released Rule the Waves 3, a game with tremendous bones and potential, but kneecapped at times by an antiquated UI. Check out Ben's Twitch Channel: https://www.twitch.tv/benjamin_magnus Ben's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKLfxJMnEM9dn_KAHmJSAcw Listen to the show on: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/single-malt-strategy/id1148480371 ..read more

On today's episode of SMS, The Historical Gamer (The Man With A Long List) and Tortuga Power (The Man Who Hates Gaming) welcome special guest Wolfpack345 (DCS Cheater) to discuss the year ahead, and what we're looking forward to most in 2023. Check out Wolfpack’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX2rH9OfjaRlRdbONXlRtKQ Check out Wolfpack’s Twitch Channel: https://www.twitch.tv/wolfpack345live Listen to the show on: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/single-malt-strategy/id1148480371 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2YMkUR638whzsK2QD19RjW?si=LOwKPweeS7ix7ucYqo ..read more

On today's episode of SMS, The Historical Gamer (Mr: Were there any good games?) and TortugaPowered (Mr: Expectation Managment) welcome special guest DasTactic (Mr: Everything's Awesome!) to discuss a very busy year in strategy games, and pick their top strategy games of 2022. Check out DasTactic’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@DasTactic/about Check out DasTactic’s Twitch Channel: https://www.twitch.tv/dastactic Distant Worlds II: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1531540/Distant_Worlds_2/ Victoria III: https://store.steampowered.com/app/529340/Victoria_3/ Terra Invicta: https ..read more

On today's episode of SMS, The Historical Gamer and TortugaPowered welcome special guest BLXZ to discuss the new Paradox Interactive game, Victoria 3. Listen as the crew discuss what works, what doesn't work, and what we'd like to see as Victoria 3 continues to evolve. Thanks to BLXZ for coming on today's episode, it was a pleasure to have him. Thumbnail Made by Finnish Jager Victoria 3: https://store.steampowered.com/app/529340/Victoria_3/ Listen to the show on: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/single-malt-strategy/id1148480371 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2YMkUR638w ..read more

On today's episode of SMS, The Historical Gamer and TortugaPower welcome special guest Finnish Jager to discuss the huge topic of Naval Wargames. Listen as the crew discuss what works in naval wargames, what doesn't work, and what games they're playing. Thanks to Finnish Jager for coming on today's episode, it was a pleasure to have him. Follow Finnish on his Twitch account: https://www.twitch.tv/charcoal_cheetah Thumbnail Made by Finnish Jager War on the Sea: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1280780/War_on_the_Sea/ Ultimate Admiral: Age of Sail: https://store.steampowered.com/app/10696 ..read more

On today's episode of SMS, The Historical Gamer (Everything is Management) and TortugaPowered (He's Got Lists!) welcome special guest Finnish Jager (Nothing to Plug) to discuss the huge topic of Strategy Games. Listen as the crew discuss what is, what isn't (nothing?) and what could be a management game, and why perhaps, all strategy games are management games. Thanks to Finnish Jager for coming on today's episode, it was a pleasure to have him. Thumbnail Made by Finnish Jager Kapital: Sparks of Revolution: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1399700/Kapital_Sparks_of_Revolution/ Cities Sky ..read more

On today's episode of SMS, The Historical Gamer (The Nintendo Fanboy) and TortugaPowered (The Space Opera-ist) welcome special guest DasTactic (4X Mavin) to discuss the newly released 4X game, Distant Worlds II. Here how this massive epic compares to its predecessor as well as competitors in the space like Paradox Interactive’s Stellaris. Check out DasTactic’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX2rH9OfjaRlRdbONXlRtKQ Check out DasTactic’s Twitch Channel: https://www.twitch.tv/wolfpack3451 Distant Worlds II Sea: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1531540/Distant_Worlds_2/ Hero ..read more

On today's episode of SMS, Matt (The Historical Gamer) and Eric (Tortuga Power) welcome special guest Wolfpack345 (Matt) to discuss the year that was 2021 and our top strategy games of 2022 while also taking a look ahead at 2022 and discussing which games we're most excited about in 2022. Check out Wolfpack’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX2rH9OfjaRlRdbONXlRtKQ Check out Wolfpack’s Twitch Channel: https://www.twitch.tv/wolfpack3451 Get War on the Sea Here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1280780/War_on_the_Sea/ Get Distant Worlds 2 Here: https://store.steampowered.com ..read more

On today's episode of SMS, Matt (The Historical Gamer) and Eric (Tortuga Power) welcome back special guest, Yooper to discuss the newly announced Arms Trade Tycoon. The guys love the Demo but have some reservations about the Kickstarter and are a bit confused about a kickstarter for the game when they recently announced a publishing deal with Microprose. Check out Yooper's work here: https://weaponsrelease.com Get/Wishlist Arms Trade Tycoon: Tanks here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1662210/Arms_Trade_Tycoon_Tanks/ Listen to the show on: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sin ..read more

On today's episode of SMS, Matt (The Historical Gamer) and Eric (Tortuga Power) welcome special guest Wolfpack345 (Matt) to discuss the game War on the Sea, a World War II, strategy and wargame that takes place in the South Pacific in 1942 and is made by Cold Waters developer, Killerfish Games. War on the Sea is a game that all the developers have played a lot, and like, but also a game they all have major issues and reservations with. Check out Wolfpack’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX2rH9OfjaRlRdbONXlRtKQ Check out Wolfpack’s Twitch Channel: https://www.twitch.tv/wolfp ..read more