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YouTube video by Hexed And Countered Combat! Volume 3: Arnhem (Compass Games) - First Look & Rules Overview

My First Look & Rules Overview of the latest entry in
Compass Games' Combat! series of solitaire man-to-man combat. It's Volume 3 - Arnhem, adding the British to the series as they fight for that "bridge too far." #boardwargaming #consim
youtu.be/23kRkDsSANs

YouTube video by Hexed And Countered Spring Prelude (Compass) - First Look & Detailed Rules Review

My first look & detailed rules overview for the new release Spring Prelude from Compass Games and designer Greg Blanchett. The game features variable combat strength chits and details the Second Battle of Kharkov in May 1942. #boardwargaming #consim youtu.be/EksxvuDlXic

YouTube video by Hexed And Countered The Last Hundred Yards: Volume 5 – For King & Country (GMT Games): First Look

My first look at the latest entry in the fantastic tactical series The Last Hundred Yards from
@gmtgames.bsky.social. This one brings the British & Canadians into the mix. youtu.be/ENYtYORu1Dw #boardwargaming #consim

Thanks Grant!

My YT channel hit 4000 subscribers!

There are many content creators who inspired me but three of them were & are amongst my favorites: @zillablitz.bsky.social, @playersaidblog.bsky.social and @ardwulf.bsky.social

Anyone else want to give a quick shout out to their favorite content creators?

YouTube video by Hexed And Countered Burden of Command (PC) - Gameplay

Gameplay from Burden of Command, due to release on Stream on April 8th. BoC is a tactical leadership RPG, an engrossing blend of tactical hexed-based wargaming and roleplaying as a platoon and company commander, bringing to light the challenges of leadership and the cost of war.
youtu.be/KsNj0IAvyTE

YouTube video by Hexed And Countered Rebel Fury (PC) - Chancellorsville Gameplay Pt. 1

First part of a playthrough of the Battle of Chancellorsville from the PC version of @gmtgames.bsky.social Rebel Fury. Big kudos to developer Hexes of War for delivering another great digital adaptation of a @markherman54.bsky.social design.
youtu.be/TNFFxbGpWTs
#wargame #consim

On my table today: two games from Worthington Publishing- Band of Brothers Stalin's Favorite in the background (pending complete setup) and Iwo Jima 1945 in the foreground ready to go. Also have @markherman54.bsky.social's excellent new book there, too. #boardwargame #wargame #consim

YouTube video by Hexed And Countered Iwo Jima 1945 (Worthington) - First Look

Another arrival from Worthington via KS! It's Iwo Jima 1945, a solitaire game where you manage the USMC's grueling campaign to take the island. Here's my first look video: youtu.be/q7pA9SMbDzw
#boardwargames #consim #wargames

Yes! I am hoping to have a gameplay video done in the next week or so.

YouTube video by Hexed And Countered Band of Brothers: Stalin's Favorite - First Look

Received my copy of the new Band of Brothers game yesterday. It's called Stalin's Favorite and is about the 12th Guards Tank Division with scenarios ranging from Kursk to Berlin over the last couple of years of the war on the Eastern Front. Here's my first look video: youtu.be/oiIG8U9esas

YouTube video by Hexed And Countered December 2024 - Look Ahead

I've been posting "Look Ahead" videos each month on my YT channel. This time around, I'm asking for feedback on which recent acquisition(s) viewers would prefer to see sooner rather than later. If you'd like to participate you can comment on YT or here on BlueSky. Link: youtu.be/8L4z9NXTAdU

YouTube video by Hexed And Countered Musket & Pike (GMT) - Gameplay 1

Gameplay from the Edgehill scenario in This Accursed Civil War from the @gmtgames.bsky.social Musket & Pike Dual Pack, designed by Ben Hull.
Kicking myself for having waited on this one - it's richly detailed and dripping with historicity!
youtu.be/IpBoD4fb1DA #boardwargames #wargaming #consim

Checking out the components in the just-arrived Fire & Sword from Avalanche Press - a Panzer Grenadier game on the battles for Hungary in late 1944. #boardwargames #consim #wargaming

YouTube video by Hexed And Countered Wolfpack (GMT) - First Look

Just arrived from P500 - Wolfpack from @gmtgames.bsky.social, designed by Mike Bertucelli. Been waiting for this one & can't wait to get it on the table. #wargaming #consim
youtu.be/ndcFee2So-8

YouTube video by Hexed And Countered Great Battles of Alexander (GMT) - Gameplay

Gameplay example from The Great Battles of Alexander from Mark Herman & the late Richard Berg, published by @gmtgames.bsky.social. This is such an outstanding wargame, chock full of battles and well-deserving of its legendary status.
youtu.be/0eR4eax5u7c

YouTube video by Hexed And Countered Save South Vietnam! - Gameplay

The latest "Solitaire Sunday" entry on the channel features Save South Vietnam! from Fortress Games: youtu.be/UWm-dZgCvtU?... #wargaming #consim

YouTube video by Hexed And Countered Cassino (Cities of the Damned) - Gameplay Part 1

Most of the first turn in the Cassino game from Against the Odds #60 "Cities of the Damned" (Aachen is the other half of the two-fer in this issue). youtu.be/PsASbjBNMI4

A new batch of Solo Sunday content begins with the first career gameplay video for the game Nightfighter Ace from Compass Games and designer Gregory M. Smith... Nightfighter Ace - Career Gameplay #1

Starting a new "Solo Sundays" series with Nightfighter Ace from Compass Games today. Narrative solo wargames may not be for everyone, but no one does it better than Gregory M. Smith. youtu.be/KC0h3NgQSVY #wargaming #consim

A playthrough of The Hunters from GMT Games/Consim Press, designed by Gregory Smith. This is the first part of a series in a career as commander of the U-39.... The Hunters - Career Playthrough Part 1

Started a new campaign of The Hunters from @gmtgames.bsky.social & Consim Press. The first installment begins the career of KptLt. Josef Verhext and the U-39, a Type IX-A boat. The plan is to feature one patrol per video for as long as the commander survives. youtu.be/KHsCgvPaJsQ

A first look at the newest addition to GMT's Panzer series: Panzer North Africa from designers James M. Day and Fernando Sola Ramos. There is a ton of game in this box, and you can tell from just picking it up off the table. In all seriousness, there really is a lot of gaming here. For more on the game, check it out on BGG: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/341306/panzer-north-africa And on the GMT website: https://www.gmtgames.com/p-941-panzer-north-africa.aspx Panzer North Africa - First Look

Excited to open up this massive box of wargaming goodness: a first look at Panzer North Africa from
@gmtgames.bsky.social. You know this will be a part of my Tanktoberfest 2024 (but I will be playing it well before October too naturally).

Yeah, I was somewhat surprised at how big that number was. I knew it was a lot, but over 200 was not what I expected.

My YT channel's Year In Review, including my "Magnificent Seven" games from 2023 featuring games from
@gmtgames.bsky.social, Tiny Battle Publishing, MicroProse, Worthington, Hermann Luttmann & more. youtu.be/tF0UYvO_XxM #wargaming #consim

Playing Prime Minister from @gmtgames.bsky.social using the Clockwork I system. Playing as PM Marquess of Salisbury fending off the clockwork opposition leader Rosebery. Who'd have thought Victorian politics could be so much fun? youtu.be/R71fNbIvq5I

I had that for a stretch too. Eventually the troll seemed to get bored and stopped (or just moved on to do it to someone else). Ironically it still counts as engagement for the YT algorithm and so is a positive. But it does suck to see those former 100%s go down into the 90%s.

I'm also in the "looking forward to this" camp and definitely think it'll be interesting. No pressure! 😆

A playthrough of the Express version of
PLAAY Games' excellent Hockey Blast game, playing the 1953 Stanley Cup Finals game 1 between the Montreal Canadiens & Boston Bruins: youtu.be/7Cp5PD-3HiY

Time to rip the shrinkwrap & make my first post here. I did a gameplay video for the card game Rule the Waves Britannia! from designer Matt Haywood, published by Catastrophe Games: youtu.be/b0z-DA86x_4