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TDG: Tsuro 20th Anniversary Edition unboxing with Ray

234 views August 25th, 5:43 pm

TDG: Flying Fortress: B-17 Missions Over Europe unboxing with Ray

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TDG: Cody's Top 100 Games 2026 (#70-61)

2.7K views August 23rd, 2:38 pm

TDG: DC Deck-Building Game: The Adventures of Supergirl & Lobo unboxing with Ray

375 views August 22nd, 5:45 pm


Sensuikan — First Patrol! | Episode 1 | December 1941 | WW2 Solo Japanese Submarine Game

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Urban Strife 1.0 — This Game Got MUCH Bigger | Giveaway! | Tactical Turn-Based RPG

3.6K views August 23rd, 8:30 am

Top 7 Board Wargames | With Designer Hermann Luttmann | Part 2

3.6K views August 21st, 8:30 am

Sensuikan — Submarine School | Episode 0 | November 1941 | WW2 Solo Japanese Submarine Game

3.4K views August 19th, 8:30 am


Unboxing | Enemy Of My Enemy | GMT Games | The Players' Aid

905 views August 22nd, 7:00 am

Playthrough | Not One Step Back: Stalingrad | Solo Wargame | The Players' Aid

1.2K views August 20th, 7:00 am

Unboxing | Army of the Potomac | GMT Games | The Players' Aid

1.7K views August 18th, 7:00 am

Review | Napoleon At War Deluxe | Decision Games | The Players' Aid

3.5K views August 16th, 7:00 am


Steel Division 2: Battle of Orsha Skirmish! #steeldivision2 #ww2games

70 views August 19th, 6:46 am

Steel Division 2: Tutorials and Skirmish Game Wehrmacht vs. Soviet Union #steeldivision2 #ww2history

92 views August 15th, 10:30 am

Age of Wonders 4: Let Us Forge a Vampire Kingdom (PC Gameplay, 2026) #ageofwonders4

62 views August 12th, 1:00 pm

Hill 461 Vietnam War 1969 #youtubeshorts #shorts #history

1.7K views June 12th, 7:52 pm


The Best OSR Game?

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Counter Clipping Ep283 | The Civil War in Wargaming (Probably Part 1) + GMT News & More!

1.5K views August 25th, 2:55 am

THE CHIT SHOW | Shooting the Chit: Out Of Print Wargames

1K views August 23rd, 7:35 pm

ArsMagica - Best Magic System Ever?

589 views August 21st, 3:45 pm


Microprose Sale Whats Worth Getting 2026

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Urban Operations Example of Play

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Iron Nest Review

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Urban Operations 2nd Edition Review

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A lonesome Gamer plays Street Masters vs Kingdom pt 4 & wrap

219 views March 13th, 3:47 pm

A lonsome Gamer plays Street Masters vs Kingdom pt 3

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A lonesome Gamer plays Street Masters vs Kingdom pt 2

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A lonesome Gamer plays Street Masters vs Kingdom pt 1

791 views March 2nd, 6:43 pm


Advanced Squad Leader - Alternative Bypass LOS

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Advanced Squad Leader RSS - Episode 55 - Star Leader

615 views August 21st, 4:00 am

Advanced Squad Leader RSS - Episode 54 - Monster CGs

646 views August 14th, 4:45 am

Advanced Squad Leader Scouting Report 89 - Journal #17

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Race for Berlin. turn2 op2 /3

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Played, Posted, Playing, Ordered! - & New series discussion

337 views August 22nd, 10:31 pm

WARNO 6- LIVE STREAMS

360 views August 22nd, 1:30 pm

Race for Berlin...niggles, bitches and missing tracks. Oh and a Martini. /2

247 views August 21st, 6:00 pm


Command Post Episode 16 Special Guest Mike Denson

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Command Post Ep. 15 Modern War Games

1.6K views August 1st, 4:12 pm

Command Post Episode 14: The Best Civil War Games

1.2K views July 18th, 5:15 pm

Open the Box! 'Speed Kings' from Historic Wings and Blue Panther Unboxing

251 views July 16th, 2:37 pm


Coast Watchers [Gameplay overview] (GMT Games 2026)

1.4K views August 20th, 8:05 pm

Hell Let Loose: Vietnam [Live gameplay]

186 views August 15th, 8:52 pm

Coast Watchers (Unboxing - GMT Games)

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John Tiller's 'Battleground Gettysburg' - 1 July, 1863.

429 views August 7th, 11:48 pm


Fall of Berlin from Legion Wargames Preview

247 views August 25th, 3:00 pm

Whiskey Charlie - Episode 97: End of Summer

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Whiskey Charlie - Episode 96: July Jam

487 views July 29th, 9:49 am

War Diary Issue #32 Digital Preview

232 views July 9th, 3:00 pm


August 2026 | New Wargame Arrivals

2.2K views August 24th, 11:00 am

The 6: Favorite World War I Solitaire Games

863 views August 22nd, 11:00 am

World War I Deluxe Edition (Decision Games) | First Look & Rules Overview

3K views August 21st, 11:00 am

First to Fight - Battle for Poland 1939 (Old School Tactical Vol. 5 Expansion) | First Look

378 views August 19th, 11:00 am


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KilroyWasHere August 22, 2026 12:24 pm

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KilroyWasHere August 21, 2026 1:26 pm

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KilroyWasHere August 21, 2026 12:43 pm

This is the Strait of Hormuz: the narrow entrance to the Persian Gulf and one of the most important maritime chokepoints on Earth. And right now, Iran is demonstrating exactly why it matters.

Iran says the Strait is under its control and management, while commercial shipping has been severely disrupted and the United States is contesting that claim. The result is a struggle not simply over territory—but over who can actually guarantee passage through these waters.

And if you’ve read Tim Marshall, this should sound very familiar. In The Power of Geography, Marshall specifically identifies Iran’s position on the Strait of Hormuz as one of the geographic realities that makes the country a major geopolitical power.
Iran doesn’t have to defeat the United States Navy in a conventional naval battle.
It just has to make this narrow stretch of water dangerous enough. Mines, missiles, drones, submarines, fast attack boats—or simply the credible threat of attack—can increase insurance costs, discourage shipping, and potentially disrupt energy supplies around the world. That is geography acting as a force multiplier.

And unremarkably, wargames have been modeling essentially this exact problem for years.
GMT’s Next War: Iran begins with Iran mining and closing the Strait of Hormuz, forcing a U.S.-led coalition to try to reopen it:

Scenario 17.1.3 — “Persian Incursion”
This is the 16-turn Standard Campaign Game.
Its scenario introduction explicitly says that Iran has been harassing Western shipping and seizing tankers transiting Hormuz. Iran then decides to blackmail the West and closes the Strait to traffic. That's not merely background flavor for the game. The campaign literally begins from an Iranian closure of Hormuz.

There's an even more focused scenario:
Scenario 17.1.1 — “Qeshm If You Can”

Its premise begins after Iran closes the Strait of Hormuz. Allied planners attempt to seize Qeshm Island, immediately adjacent to the Strait, as a foothold for subsequent operations. Iran starts with two mine-density markers in the Strait of Hormuz, plus submarine and patrol-boat capabilities.

And Scenario 17.1.2, “Any Old Port in a Storm,” follows the same operational logic: the Allies realize that an attempt to secure the Strait requires a functioning Iranian port to support operations, so the scenario centers on capturing one.

The rules reinforce this further. The designer specifically tells players that the rules for “mining and clearing the Strait of Hormuz” are among the game's important mechanics. There is even an optional Advanced Game rule, 16.16 “Strait of Hormuz Movement,” forcing naval movement physically through the appropriate all-sea hexes rather than allowing the Allied player to bypass the chokepoint by moving abstractly between the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman boxes. The designer explicitly says this prevents Allied ships from avoiding Iranian patrol-boat interference.

It is one thing to possess overwhelming military power. It is another thing entirely to project that power into geography that favors your opponent. That’s the central lesson of Tim Marshall’s Prisoners of Geography and The Power of Geography:
Technology changes.
Armies change.
Governments change.
But mountains, coastlines, deserts—and narrow stretches of water—keep shaping what nations can and cannot do.

Hegseth's Hormuz Problem - https://youtu.be/eozyWhSbt_A?si=Xb2mGdmUG5cvVAqs
Prisoner' of Geography - https://youtu.be/vcrpEkHgSvs?si=kCTBFS3sn-rvmRte
Next War: Iran - https://youtu.be/uRFVWEvnsKI?si=35wujFq2wxOvdj73 Strait of Hormuz - "It’s Geography, stupid!"

Strait of Hormuz - "It’s Geography, stupid!"

KilroyWasHere August 18, 2026 1:30 pm


No Easy Ground Escalating Engagement First Game and Thoughts - Mistakes are made!

260 views August 23rd, 12:00 pm

Interview w Nick Roser Line of Battle Designer

66 views August 22nd, 9:10 pm

Let's Chat with Nick Roser!!!

83 views August 22nd, 9:10 pm

Combat commander in the bocage! #wargame #ww2 @GMTGames

541 views August 21st, 12:09 am


Halls of Hegra | Unboxing & Overview

130 views August 22nd, 8:00 am

Coast Watchers | Unboxing & Overview

291 views August 15th, 8:00 am

Castelnuovo 1539: Come whenever you dare! Unboxing & Overview

245 views August 8th, 8:00 am

Cuius Regio: The Thirty Years War | Unboxing & Overview

545 views August 1st, 8:00 am


Roads to Gettysburg II - Scenario #3 - The Confederate High Tide

113 views August 25th, 8:16 am

Roads to Gettysburg II - Scenario #2 - Stuart Rides North - Rematch

142 views August 18th, 8:19 am

Roads to Gettysburg II - Scenario #2 - Stuart Rides North

206 views August 11th, 9:07 am

Roads to Gettysburg II - Scenario #1 - Meade Moves North - REMATCH, part 2

274 views August 4th, 8:17 am


Crusade: Road to Jerusalem (Solo Wargame)

353 views August 18th, 3:24 pm

Cuius Regio - The Palatinate War scenario (GMT Games)

3.6K views August 7th, 11:00 am

New Arrival - Tankschlacht (Revolution Games)

764 views July 27th, 11:00 am

New Arrival - Hunt for Blackbeard (Fort Circle Games)

322 views July 9th, 2:21 pm


NEH NEWS

235 views August 21st, 11:00 pm

NEH NEWS

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NEH NEWS

292 views August 7th, 11:00 pm

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Game On 2026 Retrospective and Takeaways

668 views February 10th, 12:00 am

Game On 2026 Day 2

488 views February 6th, 2:23 am

Game On 2026 Day 1

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Game On Con 2026 Prep and what is coming later this year

386 views January 7th, 12:01 am


Solobabble Live! Episode 1

206 views August 20th, 7:18 am

And The War Came Part 4

157 views August 18th, 11:11 am

And The War Came Part 3

170 views August 5th, 7:18 am

And The War Came Part 2

288 views August 1st, 4:38 pm


Guadalcanal (Intro)

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No Turning Back (Scenario 6.1 Intro)

445 views August 23rd, 9:51 am

Let's Chat with Nick Roser!!!

548 views August 22nd, 9:10 pm

Gettysburg in Living Color - Talking about the meetup in October

426 views August 16th, 9:15 am


Fields of Fire 2 Co-Op with Mike Bertucelli Part 2

119 views August 20th, 1:04 am

Whatever Wednesday: Fortune and Glory vs The Mob: Episode 1

80 views August 19th, 7:00 am

Fields of Fire 2 Peleliu Mission 1 Part 4

150 views August 13th, 7:07 am

Command Post Episode 16 Special Guest Mike Denson

151 views August 8th, 4:12 pm


Live Cardboard 39 - Flashback to 2000

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Santa Cruz 1797 Unboxing

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57 - Wes Crawford, Sam London, Stalingrad Roads

170 views August 22nd, 3:30 pm

Battlefields of the Napoleonic Wars unboxing

849 views August 22nd, 9:45 am



Let's Chat with Nick Roser!!!

68 views August 22nd, 9:10 pm

3DoGD - Longstreet's Assault - 17:00 turn McLaw's engages

320 views August 18th, 8:51 pm

Gettysburg in Living Color - Talking about the meetup in October

54 views August 16th, 9:13 am

3DoGD - Longstreet's Assault - 16:00 turn Hood's Attack

293 views August 13th, 4:39 pm


Seapower & the State 2025 - Rules Review Part 3 - Localization, AA, AS, AU Combat

101 views February 18th, 8:01 am

Seapower & the State 2025 - Rules Review Part 2 - Movement & Logistics

101 views February 14th, 8:01 am

Seapower & the State 2025 - Rules Review Part 1 - Overview, Components, Sequence of Play

173 views February 12th, 8:06 pm

Offline AI RPG Setup - Bravo Team Op Forest Storm Mission 2

72 views February 10th, 4:25 pm