Wise Guy History
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![Coast Watchers [Gameplay overview] (GMT Games 2026)](https://img.youtube.com/vi_webp/UrvXPmKNX04/hqdefault.webp)
![How to win at Daybreak [Solo Playthrough]](https://img.youtube.com/vi_webp/1_Q_S7nhDpI/hqdefault.webp)
![Playthrough of 'Paladin's Oath' [Mage Knight...but, it's not...]](https://img.youtube.com/vi_webp/A5iUSPxF7FA/hqdefault.webp)
![Wonderous Creatures [Playthrough] - 'Ark Nova with little monsters!'](https://img.youtube.com/vi_webp/T2OAjph8KuE/hqdefault.webp)
!['A light, but plausible, Bulge experience' - Review of Ardennes II [SCS, MMP, 2023]](https://img.youtube.com/vi_webp/1He3ARrTuFk/hqdefault.webp)
![Ardennes II [SCS, MMP] - Map overview, campaign setup and rules overview.](https://img.youtube.com/vi_webp/3bGjWdfc76A/hqdefault.webp)
!['Beautifully Balanced' - Review of The Mighty Endeavor [SCS, MMP]](https://img.youtube.com/vi_webp/6Kf03lB0hlU/hqdefault.webp)
![Review of The Battle for Normandy [Deluxe Ed. - GMT 2025]](https://img.youtube.com/vi_webp/uQnhJ3uuk5E/hqdefault.webp)
![Introduction to the Campaign Game - Battle for Normandy [Deluxe Edition].](https://img.youtube.com/vi_webp/XdZ4ehMnw4Y/hqdefault.webp)
![Following the US advance [LIVE] in Operation Cobra - Battle for Normandy](https://img.youtube.com/vi_webp/0KfBZcfK_0A/hqdefault.webp)
![Opening moves in Operation Cobra - The Battle for Normandy [Deluxe Ed.]](https://img.youtube.com/vi_webp/jG39p-BuLBo/hqdefault.webp)
![Introduction to 'Cobra' scenario from The Battle for Normandy [Deluxe Edition]](https://img.youtube.com/vi_webp/ZOIAHcHeO-k/hqdefault.webp)
![Opening moves of Italy '43 [GMT Games 2026]](https://img.youtube.com/vi_webp/t8wUMPHeajY/hqdefault.webp)
![Learning playthrough of Stonesaga - The second day...[Mining, Processing, Crafting]](https://img.youtube.com/vi_webp/G7x3n0r6gag/hqdefault.webp)
![Stonesaga [Unboxing and Overview]](https://img.youtube.com/vi_webp/NM4gnwFRAYg/hqdefault.webp)
![Playthrough of Final Girl [S2] - Into the Void: Evomorph on the USS Konrad](https://img.youtube.com/vi_webp/T3kMmJwmAT0/hqdefault.webp)
![The Jaws of Victory [Introduction and Overview]](https://img.youtube.com/vi_webp/Sgf58DXhtm0/hqdefault.webp)
![Illusions of Glory [GMT] - Turn 1 Playthrough](https://img.youtube.com/vi_webp/-itcnTJs2Ek/hqdefault.webp)
![Review of Kingdoms Forlorn [and comparison with Aeon Trespass: Odyssey]](https://img.youtube.com/vi_webp/dJZPxWg8g2k/hqdefault.webp)
![Kingdoms Forlorn: Ten Thousand Succulent Fears Expansion [Unboxing]](https://img.youtube.com/vi_webp/9OuwsbxVyaw/hqdefault.webp)
![Kingdoms Forlorn: Dragons, Devils and Kings [Unboxing]](https://img.youtube.com/vi_webp/sonL2XNXdKQ/hqdefault.webp)
![[Part 3] Opening moves of OCS: Case Blue. 17th Army and 1st Pz Army attacks! 29 June, 1942.](https://img.youtube.com/vi_webp/jYR7R1-jD9U/hqdefault.webp)
All videos from Wise Guy History
- Coast Watchers [Gameplay overview] (GMT Games 2026)
- How to win at Daybreak [Solo Playthrough]
- Playthrough of 'Paladin's Oath' [Mage Knight...but, it's not...]
- Wonderous Creatures [Playthrough] - 'Ark Nova with little monsters!'
- 'A light, but plausible, Bulge experience' - Review of Ardennes II [SCS, MMP, 2023]
- Ardennes II [SCS, MMP] - Map overview, campaign setup and rules overview.
- 'Beautifully Balanced' - Review of The Mighty Endeavor [SCS, MMP]
- The Mighty Endeavor - Introduction and overview (SCS, MMP, 2005)
- Paths of Glory - Strategy Guide #3: Advanced Tips
- Paths of Glory - Strategy Guide #2: Intermediate Tips
- Paths of Glory - Strategy Guide #1: Beginner Tips
- First turn of Coalitions! Solitaire using L'Empereur mode.
- Quick start setup guide for learning The Campaign for North Africa
- Review of The Battle for Normandy [Deluxe Ed. - GMT 2025]
- Introduction to the Campaign Game - Battle for Normandy [Deluxe Edition].
- Following the US advance [LIVE] in Operation Cobra - Battle for Normandy
- Opening moves in Operation Cobra - The Battle for Normandy [Deluxe Ed.]
- Introduction to 'Cobra' scenario from The Battle for Normandy [Deluxe Edition]
- Review of Italy '43 - 'The grindiest of the ZOC-Bond series'
- Opening moves of Italy '43 [GMT Games 2026]
- LIVE Stonesaga Playthrough - 'Putting down roots'
- Learning playthrough of Stonesaga - The second day...[Mining, Processing, Crafting]
- Learning playthrough of Stonesaga - The first day...
- Stonesaga [Unboxing and Overview]
- Playthrough of Final Girl [S2] - Into the Void: Evomorph on the USS Konrad
- Session Report 7/~ (26 September - 3 October) - 1914 TITE The Grand Campaign
- Session Report 6/~ (18-25 September) - 1914 TITE The Grand Campaign
- Session Report 5/~ (12-17 September) - 1914 TITE The Grand Campaign
- Session Report 4/~ (4-11 September) - 1914 TITE The Grand Campaign
- Session Report 3/~ (29 August - 3 September) - 1914 TITE The Grand Campaign
- Session Report 2/~ (23-28 August) - 1914 TITE The Grand Campaign
- Session Report 1/~ (16-22 August) - 1914 TITE The Grand Campaign
- Opening moves in 'Konev Springs the Trap! The 2nd Ukrainian Front Attacks' - Scen 1 from JoV
- The Jaws of Victory [Introduction and Overview]
- Illusions of Glory [GMT] - Turn 1 Playthrough
- Review of Kingdoms Forlorn [and comparison with Aeon Trespass: Odyssey]
- Kingdoms Forlorn: Clash with the Ironcast Dead!
- Kingdoms Forlorn: Playthrough of Delve and Ambush Encounter!
- Kingdoms Forlorn: Introduction, overview, and initial playthrough
- Kingdoms Forlorn: Ten Thousand Succulent Fears Expansion [Unboxing]
- Kingdoms Forlorn: Dragons, Devils and Kings [Unboxing]
- [Part 3] Opening moves of OCS: Case Blue. 17th Army and 1st Pz Army attacks! 29 June, 1942.
- [Part 2] Opening moves of OCS: Case Blue. The XXXX Motorised Corps attacks! 29 June, 1942.
- Opening moves of OCS: Case Blue - The Fourth Panzer Army attacks! 29 June, 1942.
- 'Pusan, here we come!' North Koreans drive on Pusan! OCS: Korea
- The Battle for Normandy [Deluxe Ed.] - Unboxing
- Kingdoms Forlorn: Dragons, Devils and Kings [Introduction and Overview via Tabletop Simulator]
- Game Comparison: War of the Ring vs Star Wars: Rebellion vs Dune: War for Arrakis
- Wolfpack - Example of play
- Wolfpack (GMT Games) - Unboxing
- Tensions mount as ships are stolen! Turns 3-4 playthrough of Pax Hispanica
- Privateers get into the action! [Turn 2 Playthrough] Pax Hispanica [LIVE]
- 'PIRATES!' Pax Hispanica - Introduction and Turn 1 playthrough
- 'Clearing the roads' - The US 3M Div's first Security Operation in 1965 from GMT's Vietnam
- 'Cat and Mouse' - Operation Starlite [Example of play from Vietnam 1965-1975]
- Silver Bayonet (Operation Long Reach) - Turn 1 Playthrough [GMT's Vietnam 1965-1975]
- Introduction to ATO Onwards Odyssey Mini Expansion 1 - Broken Patterns
- 'Fun, Fantastic, Fascinating...yet Flawed' - Review of Aeon Trespass: Odyssey
- Aeon Trespass: Odyssey - Example of play
- Aeon Trespass: Odyssey - Second Edition [Unboxing - Trismegistus All-in Pledge]
- Better than Here I Stand!?! - Tanto Monta [GMT] Review (and Here I Stand comparison)
- Tanto Monta, Turn 2: 'Shakedown 1479. Cool kids never have the time'
- Review: War of the Ring with all core expansions
- 'The battle for night quarters' - Scen 1. from Eylau 1807 [Sound of Drums, 2024]
- 'Free at Last' - Example of play
- Opening moves for Operation Theseus [Scenario 3, The Gazala Battles] [VUCA, 2022]
- Review of North Africa '41 [GMT Games, 2023]
- Campaign Session Report - Stalingrad '42
- Opening The Ardennes Offensive [16-18 Dec, 1944] - Summary of Turns 1-5 from Ardennes '44
- North Africa '41 - Summary of Turns 1-4
- Eylau 1807 [Unboxing] (Battles of Napoleon, Volume I)
- Review of Salerno '43
- Unboxing: Heroes of Might and Magic III - The Board Game [KS Grail Pledge]
- The 7th Citadel [Unboxing]
- 'To Save Bastogne' [Learning GOSS] - Scen 2 from Wacht am Rhein
- Downfall [Playthrough - Turn 1]
- Pest [2023] (unboxing)
- Downfall - Setup and overview
- Downfall: Conquest of the Third Reich, 1942-1945 [Unboxing]
- 'A more agile approach' - Atlantic Chase: Blockade Scenario 1 - Raiders of the North Atlantic
- Atlantic Chase: Blockade Scenario 1 - Raiders of the North Atlantic (Sept. 1939)
- Unboxing: Hegemony - Lead your class to victory!
- Crossing the Line [Review]
- Learning 'Rome, Inc.: Rome Augustus to Diocletian' [27 BCE Scenario]
- Best Narrative-Driven Game Ever? Review of Skies Above Britain [GMT Games, 2022]
- 1: Opening the Campaign! [Campaign 1 - Skies Above Britain]
- And now the bombers have escorts! [Scenario 11: Escort] Skies Above Britain
- We're intercepting!!! [Scenario 10] Skies Above Britain
- Nevsky [How to play] (Levy and Campaign Series, GMT Games, 2019)
- Bigger bomber formations! [Scenarios 8-9] - Skies Above Britain
- A flurry of dogfighting [Scenarios 4-5] - Skies Above Britain
- On to the bombers! [Scenarios 6-7] - Skies Above Britain
- Game Comparison: SpaceCorp and High Frontier 4 All
- Opening moves for 'Crossing the Line: Aachen, 1944' Campaign
- Learning 'Crossing the Line' by VUCA Simulations [Scen. 1 'First Blood]
- Skies Above Britain [Unboxing - GMT Games 2022]
- Legion of Honour (Overview)
- The Anzac Landing - Final Report
- Bios: Megafauna [2-player playthrough]
- Bayonets & Tomahawks (live) 1755 Scen. 1