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24 alternatives to Serial - Extra: The Gold Hammer

Jason Dempsey on counterinsurgency & end game in Afghanistan

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Serial - Extra: The Gold Hammer launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Expeditions: Viking▲69

   Historical turn-based tactical RPG

   2017 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Tom Clancy's The Division: New York Collapse▲58

   An interactive field guide to expand the popular video game

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Analyse Asia 132: The Alliance & Blitz-Scaling with Chris Yeh▲53

   The concept and practice of blitz-scaling from US to China

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   a16z Podcast: Teams, Trust, and Object Lessons▲89

   Management books are actually military books

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Curious Minds - Stuxnet: a 3-Parts Series▲55

   In-depth exploration of the first cyber-weapon

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   The Strategy of Conflict▲61

   Nobel Prize winner's analysis of game theory and conflict

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Coruscant Pulse - 18: Legends of the Rebellion!▲58

   Corran Horn, Wedge, and Kell Tainer are discussed!

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Common sense with Dan Carlin - The war on bad thoughts▲64

   Important perspectivesIn the wake of the last terror attack

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Thoughts & Prayers: The Game▲80

   Control guns... with the power of thoughts & prayers!

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Ender's Game▲93

    The enemy's gate is down

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Action Army - A wake up call▲60

    Some food for thought about life and making changes

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Coruscant Pulse Actual Play - 4: Fun with WMDs (Pt. 2)▲59

    Pt. 2 of our long actual play episode! Fun with WMDs! ;)

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Dark Territory▲69

    The Secret History of Cyber War

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    MC Lars: The Video Game▲63

    A beat-driven platformer

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk▲55

    War and post-9/11 America during a Dallas Cowboys game.

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Action Army #18: Courage, Happiness, and Gratitude▲53

    A story of taking the stage at a conference without a plan

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    The Last Guardian▲110

    The next game from the creator of Ico

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Analyse Asia - 116: Mashable in Asia with Michael Kriak and Gwendolyn Regina▲55

    Our conversation on Mashable's recent video & Asia strategy

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Reply All - 70: Stolen Valor▲67

    PJ dives into the world of military impostors

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Implosion - Never Lose Hope▲84

    Gundam style dungeon crawler

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Alekhine's Gun▲74

    Experience the paranoia and thrill of cold war espionage

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    BizDevShots Podcast - Military-Grade Competitive Intelligence - How to Uncover the Competition's Secrets▲52

    Want to find out your competition’s secrets? We show you how

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Coruscant Pulse #53- Tactically Speaking▲54

    The team discusses military tactics in Rogue One

    2017 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Wings.io▲73

    Another fast paced multiplayer game

    2016 · its alternatives →

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