A bad cold knocked out most of my miniatures gaming for a couple weeks, but I rallied enough to get in some miniatures gaming and some eurogaming. Fortunately, reading continued almost unabated. Enjoy.

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After Action Report Newsletter — May 2026

WWII British Attack: Italy 1944 The Thin Block Line: Saladin at Arsuf Crusader Kingdoms: Castle Bashing Battletech Campaign: Lancers Mercenary Co. Shiny! Giant Killer Robots StrattonCon 2026: Euro Gaming Afternoon StarCraft Risk: Speedy Play Rallyman GT: Car Race Dice Rohan vs. Rhun: Middle Earth RUSE Indian Ocean Raid: Double Blind WWII Indian Ocean Raid: Umpire View HMGS Next Gen: Inspiration for History HMGS Outreach: Spring Offensive 2026 Recap News: Products, links and events
Books I’ve Read

Thunder In The Mountains: WWI Italy Battle of Tewkesbury: 4 May 1471 Machine Gunner’s War: Normandy to Victory Japanese Military Uniforms 1841-1929 WWII British AA Cruisers: ShipCraft 35 18th C Moldavia Wallachia: RtR No. 160 STuG IV Assault Gun: TankCraft 47 Life & Times of a Medieval Knight US Soldier Versus Japanese Inf: Combat 85 Kings Mountain 1780: Campaign 427 Battle for Brittany 1944: Then and Now Nagato-Class Battleships 1920-46: NV 346 Iraq 2003: Air Campaign 60 Beaufighter vs German Flak Ships: Duel 151 Coalition Aircraft vs Iraqi SAMs: Duel 148 Italian MAS & MS Boats 1915-49: New Van 347 Renaissance Polish Armies 1492-1569: MAA 568 French Navy 1939-42: Fleet 16 D-Day Fleet 1944 British Sector: Fleet 17 North Africa 1941: Rommel’s War Machine North Africa 1942: The Turning Point Bad War Stories: Iraq and Afghanistan Star Voyager Academy (sci-fi novel) Star Dragon (sci-fi novel) The Space Barbarians (sci-fi novel) Armed Forces of North Korea: Vol. 3 Navy British Amphibious Operations of WWI Raiders on the Anglo-Scottish Border Titus: Conqueror of Jerusalem Who Is Government? Public Service

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Russ Lockwood

AAR_Wargaming: WarRoses, Thanos/StarWars, with Russ lockwood

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Hope you are enjoying the nice spring weather…at least up here in NJ. A nice mix of wargaming for this month. Enjoy.

After Action Report Newsletter

Roses, Thorns, and High-Borns:
War of the Roses
DBWR:
Dan Burkley’s War of the Roses Rules v19
Snap This: Thanos Rising
Thanos Rising: The Challenge
On the Dark Side: Russell and the Jedi Cruisers
Dark Side Rising: Same But Different
Pardon My French: H2O Smash And Grab
Looks Great: Less Flipping
Looks Great: Less Rolling
Heir Today: RUSE Tomorrow
Samurai: Go Figure
QuarterMaster General 1914: WWI Boardgame
Space Base: Race for 40
Japanese Blitz: Axis and Allies Pacific
Axis & Allies Pacific: With Some Revisions
The BB Damage Idea: A&A Pacific
Triple A: Computer A&A
Heroes of Normandie: Sword Beach Cards
Foggy Bulge: Command Decision
News: Products, links and events
Snappy Nappy at Kansas State University: Austerlitz
HMGS: Next Generation
Vault Dash: D&D Dreams
Dragon Draggin’: Five Times the Fun

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Books I’ve Read

Tudor Arte of Warre V3: Retinue to Regt 22
Bitter End: WWII Final Battles Eastern Front
Queen Victoria’s Colonial Troops 1837-1901
Great Battles of Punic Wars: Rome v Carthage
Tragedy & Revenge: Coronel, Falklands 1914
Fallschirmjager: Defense of the Oder 1945
Spanish Passion: Wargamer’s Guide to SCW
F-35 Lightning II: FlightCraft 33
Leros and the Aegean: Images of War
The Fleet That Fought Itself: SCW 1936-39
The Philippine Insurrection 1899-1902
Secret Warriors: UK Cold War Submarines
Final Assault (sci-fi novel)
Photon: Thieves of Light (sci-fi novel)
The Italian Way of War: 1866-1943
Armies of the Byzantine Empire 395-1204
The Longest Campaign: Britain’s Navy WWII
Strategies of Ukrainian War: 1500-1800
Armed Forces of North Korea: V2 Air and AA
Weapons, Warriors & Battles Ancient Greece/Rome

Russ
Russ Lockwood