How to Play - GI Joe: Battle for the Arctic Circle powered by Axis and Allies

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0:00 Breaking News
3:15 Game Overview
3:35 Game Components
4:10 Game Objectives
5:45 Hex Type - Land, Sea, Dual
6:48 Game Setup
7:17 Stacking Chips
7:36 Unit Limit by Pieces
8:17 Scenario Selection
9:49 Game Play Overview
11:42 Purchase Reinforcements
12:28 Weather Dominator
13:20 Conduct Combat
14:07 Land & Sea Units Moving Through Dual Hexes
16:15 Sea Units - Aircraft Carriers
16:58 Sea Units - Cruisers
18:47 Amphibious Assaults
20:21 Combat Example #1
21:50 Combat Sequence
24:58 Air Units
27:06 Rattlers
27:42 Skystrikers
28:14 Combat Example #2 - With Air Units
33:55 Defending with Multiple Commander’s Units
34:12 NonCombat Move
35:06 Landing Air Units
35:36 Force Move Out of Overcrowded Hex
37:31 Check Stacking Limits
37:58 Deploy Reinforcements
38:24 Set Victory Points
38:36 End of Round - Check for Victory
39:14 Vehicles
39:50 Blitz or Blitzing
40:31 Snowcat
40:53 W.O.L.F.
41:52 Combat Example #2 - With Vehicles
44:50 Divebomb
46:32 Icebreaker Ability
50:18 Meet Adm Keel Haul
50:58 Logistics Expert Ability
51:53 Destro Breaks In!
53:09 Tactician Ability
53:42 Meet Snow Job
54:18 Ski Troopers Ability
54:42 Cobra Commander Crashes the Party
55:55 At All Costs Ability
58:11 Recap Commander Abilities
1:00:30 Credits and Thank Yous
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CAST:
Gary Blevins as Himself, Cobra Commander (Costume), and Hector Ramirez

Alex Thorpe as Himself, BGN Senior Junior Correspondent

Jonathan Bosch as Adm. Keel Haul

Robert 'The Chaplain' Prather as Snow Job ( @TheChaplainMO )

CL 'Goose' Maiden as Destro (Voice and Costume) and Cobra Commander (Voice)   / dreadnought_photo_werkz  

Jamie Blevins as Voice of BGN Action News
Max Thorpe as Overzealous Make-up Artist

PRODUCTION TEAM:

Concept, Direction, Creative Executive
Gary Blevins

Screenplay
Matt Hyra
Eric Beem
Terry Pollock
Gary Blevins

Lighting & Camera Operators
Gary Blevins
CL ‘Goose’ Maiden

Video Editing
Gary Blevins
Sarah Green (http://skgreen.weebly.com/)

Costume Design
Shannon Merritt
Jamie Blevins
Gary Blevins

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Equipment:
Video: Logitech Brio 4K Webcam w/ Ecamm Live, Samsung Galaxy S23+ Ultra

Audio:
Azden 250 Shotgun Mic
Zoom H6

Lighting:
2x 18" Moon Soft LED lights by Neewer
2x Neewer 660Pro RGB
Govee LED RGB Strip

Editing:
DaVinci Resolve 18.6 Studio on MacBook Pro 2021

Music:
Jazz in Paris
News Theme 1 - Audionautix

YouTube Creator Library - Fair Use

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Disclaimers:
In short, BGN doesn't own the game or any of the art. The music and photos are creative commons or fair use. BGN received the game for free from Renegade Game Studios and was compensated for this production.

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