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Plan Around the Unseen in Strategy Games

A short evening strategy session can unravel when you treat unexplored terrain as empty terrain. You send an army toward an apparently open route, discover defenders…

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A Turntable Setup, Part by Part

A turntable is a chain of mechanical and electrical handoffs. Learn how the signal travels through each part and where to look when playback goes wrong.

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