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Steel Lobsters

. . by Myke Cole. Hardback (6.4×9.5 inches). 280 pages. 2024. Subtitle: Crown, Commonwealth, and the Last Knights in England This book covers Sir Arthur Hasilrige’s Regiment of Horse, known as “The Lobsters,” during the English Civil War. Sir Arthur

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Great American Marine Corps Stories

. . Edited by Tom McCarthy. Softcover (5.5×8.5 inches). 310 pages. 2025. This is a collection of 10 reprinted articles originally published from 1955 to 2023. They cover from WWI’s Belleau Wood to Afghanistan in 2005. Four are reprints of

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HMGS, Inc.’s New Website

As part of improving our internal processes and making support and volunteers’ tasks easier, in August 2025 we started a program to move away from Your Membership (YM). HMGS, Inc. (HMGS) has used Your Membership since 2013.  The YM software

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Historicon 2024 After Action Report

Historicon 2024 is over and I wanted to provide a “brief overview” of the convention results, allowing everyone to understand some of the details that each convention director considers before, during and after each convention. This report was delayed due

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What Is Miniature Wargaming

By Lt. Col. Wilbur Gray This is a companion piece to the History of Wargaming; used here with his permission. A Short Primer for the Newcomer Introduction Historical miniature wargaming is the recreation of historical battles (the tactical level of

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The History of Wargaming

By Lt. Col. Wilbur Grayadapted from the author’s master’s thesis Playing War: the Applicability of Commercial Conflict Simulations to Military Intelligence Training and Education (DIA Joint Military Intelligence College, Bolling AFB, DC, 1995)used here with his permission. Military Wargaming Early

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