Back into the thick of it : Rev War Montage - Next Up - More SGS We The People

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Start of a fresh new game of SGS We The People. Doing the full American Rev War scenario.






Otherwise, I've been working on a War In Spain by Matrix Games First Impressions article for the Armchair Dragoons website.







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