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I explore Gond Dabar, the 2- to 4-player tactical fantasy combat board game where you lead one of two factions into deadly combat. Play one of the scenarios included with the game or create your own army and battlefield and fight that way.

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Gond Dabar Board Game Geek: (not yet)

Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:28 Overview
04:54 Documentation
06:54 Unit Cards
09:15 Player Aids 
09:49 Counters
10:10 Custom Dice
10:47 Map Tiles
11:33 Wrap

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Gond Dabar Overview | Tactical Fantasy Combat Board Game | Pirata Games
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Gond Dabar Overview | Tactical Fantasy Combat Board Game | Pirata Games

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Review | Neither King Nor God | Sound Of Drums | The Players' Aid

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We get underway with our first mission in our campaign game with Eagle Leader, the air combat tabletop board wargame where you control a squadron of NATO aircraft in a series of missions during the Cold War. We are playing El Dorado Canyon, a 2-day campaign of bombing over Libya in 1986.

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Known Errors
1 - 07:32 - I incorrectly stated that we were too far away to fire at anything other than the ground site. The southern MIG and ground target are actually at a range of 2 from us. I could have fired at the MIG there.

2 - 23:42 - When I fired rockets at the ground site, I added in a +3 attack bonus because of the yellow "S" on the rocket counter, and I was firing at a "soft" target. But a yellow "S" only adds a bonus to "suppression" die rolls, not attack die rolls. A black "S" is the one for attack bonuses on soft targets. Thanks to Thomas Konczal for pointing this out.

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Chapters
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00:29 Mission 1 - Turn 1
17:43 Mission 1 - Turn 2
20:50 Mission 1 - Turn 3

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Continuing in late Spring 1863, Roger and I move back to the Eastern Theater along the Rappahannock!   The basic scenarios in this module recreate the Union offensive under "Fightin' Joe" Hooker as he crosses the Rappahannock River, hoping to flank Lee's Army of Northern Virginia on the edge of the Wilderness and Fredericksburg.  Come join us and please submit comments below!

An introductory teaching session of GCACW live play using Stonewall's Last Battle (Salem Church & Kelly's Ford) with Vassal.    This is a double scenario play-through, with Patrick (USA then CSA) vs Roger K. (CSA then USA). Recorded on 1/6/2026.

0:00        Welcome, Credits, and Introductions
15:35      Game & Scenario Overviews
34:20      Kelly's Ford - Game 1
52:14      Kelly's Ford - Game 2
1:05:50   Salem Church - Game 1
1:47:04   Salem Church - Game 2
2:06:50   Scenario Review

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Stonewall's Last Battle - Scenario #1 - Salem Church and Kelly's Ford

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We complete 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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