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Joe's Top 6 all-time favorites from Compass Games

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Hexed & Countered's Top 6: Compass Games

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Camp and Hexy continue the play.
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Cold Harbor Continued - Army of the Potomac

Camp Sawyer

Camp & Hexy continue the struggle in Mizzou.
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Wilson'd Creek Continued - Blind Swords

Camp Sawyer

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The Battle of Sainte-Foy - a Battles for Quebec (Clash of Arms) AAR

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Wrap-up & Discussion of Thunder on the Mississippi

Having completed all of the Basic Game and Advanced Campaign scenarios for Thunder on the Mississippi, Roger and I sit down for a couple of hours to talk about our experiences in playing though the entirety of this title.

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Thunder on the Mississippi - Wrap Up & Discussion

Patrick's Tactics & Tutorials

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Possible Union General Casualty

Tony's Board Life

Joe's Top 6 favorite all-time GMT Games

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Hexed & Countered's Top 6: GMT Games

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We discuss the upcoming game Battlegroup Clash Baltics

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Whiskey Charlie Battlegroup Clash Baltics

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We continue the Before the Unfallen Fort campaign from the new Strategic Command: American Civil War: Concert of Europe DLC, which features five full European military campaigns of the 19th century.  In this campaign, we lead British and French forces on an assault on the fortress of Sevastopol in 1854. 

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Strategic Command: Concert of Europe New DLC Gameplay | Episode 2 | Hex-and-Counters PC Wargame
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Strategic Command: Concert of Europe | Episode 2 | New DLC Gameplay | Hex-and-Counters PC Wargame

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Second part of campaign gameplay using Austro-Hungarian ace Godwin von Brumowski (35 victories) taking on the Italians on the Isonzo front. The game is Western Front Ace, published by Compass Games and designed by Gregory Smith and Ian Cooper.

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Western Front Ace (Compass Games) - A-H "Ace" Campaign, Part 2

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