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🔥 WARGAMER SCORE OF THE YEAR?! 🔥

I still can’t quite believe this one…

In today’s video, I’m unboxing an absolute gem from the Blind Swords Series—and here’s the kicker:

👉 5 games… for the cost of SHIPPING.
👉 Total damage? A whopping $17.

Yeah… you read that right.

This haul includes At Any Cost plus four other titles in the series, and we’re diving into what makes these games so special—from the beautiful maps to the tense, narrative-driven gameplay that Blind Swords is known for.

If you’re into:
⚔️ American Civil War wargaming
🧠 Tactical decision-making
🎲 Card-driven mechanics
📦 Finding insane deals in the hobby

…this is one you don’t want to miss.

I’ll walk you through what’s in the box, first impressions, and whether this might be one of the best entry points into the series.

💬 Question for you:
Have you played any of the Blind Swords games? Which one should I get to the table first?

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WARGAMER SCORE OF THE YEAR?!

Cardboard Commander

Come join in as the Rebs drive on LRT!!!
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Longstreet's Assault (3DoG)

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Longstreet's Assault (3DoG)

Camp Sawyer

Session Report 8-10 June 1944 - The Battle for Normandy
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Session Report 8-10 June 1944 - The Battle for Normandy

Wise Guy History

If you want to find water on Mars, just send me there to golf.  Join Cody as he takes a look at this new edition of the classic area control game from Matagot.  Will it you fall in love with this strange new world on game night?  Or will it just crash and burn on your tabletop?  Let's watch!

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TDG: Mission Red Planet (2025)

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First physical on the revamped Tiny Gameroom.

Camp Sawyer

Fall of Berlin, 16 April - 2 May 1945, The End of the Thousand Year Reich is the second game in Michael Taylor's Russian Front Series. It is an operational-scale game covering from 16 April to 2 May 1945 in the area around Berlin: from the River Oder, Frankfurt an der Oder and Seelow in the east, and from Torgau and the River Elbe in the south-west, through to the forests north of Berlin at the northern edge of the map.

There is some subtlety in play to generate the correct strategy. Designer Michael Taylor said: “….. you will probably lose badly until you figure out the right strategy”. There are three options for playing the game. The Basic game is 7 turns long; the Extended game is 9 turns; and the third option is a 3-player game with 2 Russian players competing against each other (which can be either 7 or 9 turns).

-from the publisher

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Fall of Berlin: The End of the Thousand Year Reich (Legion) | First Look

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National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency.  (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This U.S. Army film talks about the 101st Airborne Division in Vietnam
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2 Episodes of The Big Picture Vietnam: Screaming Eagles and A Nation Builds w/ John Wayne #history

Military Conflict

Check out the beautiful maps (and counters) in this Historical ASL module from Advancing Fire. New Zealanders vs Germans in an Italian Alpine village in 1943, you're always moving uphill or downhill. 14 scenarios and 4 CGs. The full map is a long one, 31.3” x 92.8”.


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