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After Action Report Newsletter: August 2026

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After Action Report Newsletter — August 2026

 

Romans vs Germans: Field of Glory
Blenheim 1704: Alternate Fire & Fury
Snuffing Out a Greece Fire: WWII Command Decision
Avengers Assemble: Avoiding a Thanos Thumping
Thanos Rising: Another Close Game
Retro WWII: War in the Pacific
Hidden RUSE: WWII Eastern Front
Failure of the Will: Broken Game?
One Hour World War II: Doubletime
HMGS Next Generation: AmRev Gaming and More
NEWS: Games, Minis, Conventions, and More
Waterdeep Northern Campaign: Company of the Sun
Terminal Velocity: Wild Ride RPG
AI More Destructive Than Known: Shredding the Past

Books I’ve Read

War on the Turtle’s Back: 7YW (RtR154)
F4F Wildcat vs A6M2-N Rufe: Duel 155
With Napoleon’s Guard in Russia: 1812
Baptism of Fire: Hungary Slovak 1939 EaW62
We Then Prepared Our Batteries: ECW CS135
Philippines 1941-42: Air Campaign 62
Roman Britain & Celtic Ireland
Overshadowed: US Marines in WWII
Lost Legionary in South Africa: UK Colonial
To War With the All-American: US 82nd
Roman Army Units East Prov. 3: MAA 570
Regulator: Death of a Bank (novel)
The Lusitania Murders (murder mystery novel)
Second World War’s Military Legacy
Charles F. Ball: Gardens to Gallipoli
German Marders of WWII: New Vanguard 350
Pirates and Privateers: Atlantic Caribbean
The Second Mountain: Quest for Moral Life
Military History of Byzantine Rome: 1204-1261
Battle Atlantic 2: U-boats 1942-43: Camp. 432
Trayne of Artillery 1642-1646: Cent Sold 133
Second Day at Gettysburg: Casemate Illustrated
Crucible of Combat: Volume 1
Kadesh 1286 BC: Campaign 430
ABDA Striking Force 1943: Fleet 19
Gunboats and Empires: Early US Naval Policy
Tanks Caucasus 1942-43: New Vanguard 351
D’You Hear There! Daily Pipes of the Royal Navy

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