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 ..read more

On today's episode of SMS, The Historical Gamer (Yes I Like That!) and Tortuga Power (I’m not Sure I Like it) welcome back regular guests Wolfpack345 (Is This a Strategy Game?) and Finnish Jager (Wannabe Restaurant Owner) to discuss their favorite games of 2023, and to share their Top 3 strategy (mostly) games of 2023. Check out Wolfpack’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX2rH9OfjaRlRdbONXlRtKQ Check out Wolfpack’s Twitch Channel: https://www.twitch.tv/wolfpack345live Check out Finnish Jager’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@FinnishJager Check out Finnish Jager’s T ..read more

On today's episode of SMS, The Historical Gamer (Mr. Soundbite) and Tortuga Power (Mr. Give Up Control) welcome our regular guests Wolfpack345 (Imposter Host) and Finnish Jager (former Charcoal Cheetah) to discuss what we've been up to since our last episode, and some rumored chaos at Creative Assembly. Check out Wolfpack’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX2rH9OfjaRlRdbONXlRtKQ Check out Wolfpack’s Twitch Channel: https://www.twitch.tv/wolfpack345live Check out Finnish Jager’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@FinnishJager Check out Finnish Jager’s Twitch Channel: h ..read more

On today's episode of SMS, The Historical Gamer (Wont Self-Incriminate) and Tortuga Power (The Man With The Lists) welcome special guests Wolfpack345 (Mr. Warcrime) and Charcoal Cheetah (Hello Ladies) to discuss their favorite games which cover the Eastern Front in World War II, what works, what doesn’t, and why. Check out Wolfpack’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX2rH9OfjaRlRdbONXlRtKQ Check out Wolfpack’s Twitch Channel: https://www.twitch.tv/wolfpack345live Check out Charcoal’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@CharcoalCheetah Check out Charcoal’s Twitch Channe ..read more

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 (Mr. Quality Control) and Tortuga Power (Do Devs Play Their Own Games?) welcome another special guest, Alekius, from the Alekius Gaming, YouTube channel to discuss the topic of Early Access, and if its getting better, worse, and what the future may bring. Check out Alekius’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@alekius3329 Listen to the show on: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/single-malt-strategy/id1148480371 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2YMkUR638whzsK2QD19RjW?si=LOwKPweeS7ix7ucYqo0WeA YouTube : https://www.youtube ..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