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Our Mission ends with 1st Platoon's patrol of the now familiar area.
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Wondrous Creatures [LIVE]
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Join Cody as he plays through Marvel Zombies: MZ2: Avengers Tower. 

BGG: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/351817/marvel-zombies-a-zombicide-game

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TDG Live: Marvel Zombies: MZ2 - Avengers Tower

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A Feast For Odin [LIVE]
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A Feast For Odin [LIVE]

Wise Guy History

Why did the Celtics go to Miami?  To beat the Heat.  Join Cody as he takes a look at this drafting/area majority game from Kolossos and Matagot.  Will it bring a little bit of the Iron Age to Game Night?  Or will it just sit on your tabletop like a new Stonehenge?  Let's watch!

BGG: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/155821/inis

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TDG: Inis

The Discriminating Gamer

The Seinfeld of Advanced Squad Leader talk shows!! A show about...nothing! Live tonight because the ASL Wheel of Chaos made us do it.
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Join Cody as he plays through the first mission of Marvel Zombies. 

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TDG Live: Marvel Zombies: MZ1 - The Hunger

The Discriminating Gamer

Fort Circle never skimps when it comes to compnent quality. Hunt for Blackbeard is beautiful, sturdy, and filled with history as well as a unique game. This is not your movie Blackbeard, this is the real thing.

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Hunt for Blackbeard Unboxing

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Gameplay from Scenario 4: Stumbling Armor from Avalanche Press’s Saipan 1944 (Panzer Grenadier series). This scenario covers the Japanese tank and infantry counterattack that opened at noon on June 15th, 1944—the day of the invasion.


Thanks for watching! 

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Saipan 1944 (Avalanche Press) | Scenario 4 Gameplay

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