I feel this service is as important today as the encyclopedia was in the the 1960’s when I was a kid.
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AAR Wargames by Russ Lockwood May 2025
AAR Wargames by Russ Lockwood
A banner issue for a long weekend (at least here in the US). A lot of gaming variety plus the usual large section of book reviews. Enjoy!
After Action Report Newsletter — May 2025
Samurai vs. Samurai: RUSE Raid
Star Wars: Clone Wars Card Game
Von Lockwood: Return to WWII Normandy
Smallamo: Small Alamo in Iraq
Norway 1940: Slow German Progress
Norway 1940: The Battle Continues
Norway 1940: Special Rules
Up Front: One From The Vault
Battle of Bicocca 1522: SPI Oldie
Battle of Bicocca 1522: The French View
MLB Showdown: Baseball Card Game
Play Ball: MLB Baseball Cards
Red Alert: Red Shirts to the Front!
Milito: Ancients Card Game
C3i Gettysburg 2018: Mini Game
Star Wars Duels: It’s Shootin’ Time
Guadalcanal: Axis & Allies Boardgame
Fighters in the Pacific: Dice less Hex Air Wargame
NEWS: Figures, wargames, offers, and more.
HMGS Next Gen: Expanding Gaming
Return of Tazan Rell: D&D Continues
Interlude: Next D&D Quest?
Shhhh! We’re Huntin’ Liches
Books I’ve Read
Solid as a Rock: Fallschirmjager Regt 1
The Year That Made America: 1775-1776
The Pig War and the Pelican Girls
German Way of War: Eastern Front 1944-5
The Roman Auxiliary Units of Britain
The Forecast for D-Day: Weatherman
Light Panzers
Hitler’s Heroes During Stalingrad Advance
The Life of Samuel H. Walker
Leatherneck Warrior: Gen. Lemuel Shepherd
The Tenacious Nurse Nichols
Five Flags: Warship That Reshaped The World
Che Guevara’s Final Adventure: LatAmerWar 45
Korea: War Without End
STUG III: East Front 1944 – TankCraft 44
Nashorn: East Front 1943-45 – TankCraft 45
VGC 2025 Guide to Video Games
DFS 230 Combat Glider: Luftwaffe Eagles 3
Cormac Mac Art: Sign Moonbow (fantasy novel)
Serenity (sci-fi novel)
War Against Partisans: Operation Barbarossa
Red Army Self-Propelled Guns of WWII
Fighting Ships US Navy 1883-2019: V4 P3 DDs
Hitler’s Housewives: WWII German Homefront
III Germanic SS Panzer-Korps: V2 1943-1945
Assault from the Sky: USMC Heli Ops Vietnam
Generals and Admirals of 3rd Reich: Vol 3
War of 1812: Chesapeake Campaign 1813-1814
War of 1812: The Canadian Theater 1813
Omaha Beach: D-Day June 6, 1944
Into the Inferno: B-17 Gunner Over Europe
The Panavia Tornado at Low-Level
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Concord Bridge in 40mm at Huzzah
Concord Bridge in 40mm at Huzzah
My good friend the Gamepoet ran this battle at Huzzah. I had the honor of painting up some British Light Infantry and Militia.
He used my AWI rules Light Bobs. We were a bit rusty but made it work.
The special bit about the game was the bridge. The Gamepoet and his dad built that for a school project in 1974. Cool or what.
Here is a short POV video of the game.
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Attack on Nancy, 1944 D-Day to Berlin Video
Attack on Nancy, 1944 D-Day to Berlin Video
Well last Saturday I had probably the most memorable DDtB games I have seen. it was attack on Nancy by Patton’s 3rd Army. We were two players shy due to no shows but the 4 players we had came to play. We actually completed 3 days and 2 nights. It was a close run game the the US took Nancy on day two and held it.
I had bought a body harness for my GoPro and was able to shoot a 2 hour video in POV.
I did find that when I leaned in to help with the rules the camera didn’t capture the part I was helping with.
Still I thought it was very good and promising.
One rule change we decided to try in a later game had to do with combat results.
The idea was if a force took any excess Morale Markers due to combat it had to make a Division Morale test. Can’t wait to try that.
Here is a link to the video. Comments are welcome 🙂
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New Medieval and LOTR Miniatures from Medbury
New Medieval and LOTR Miniatures from Medbury
Some very interesting character type miniatures from Medbury this month.
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Cleaning and curing my 3D prints
Cleaning and curing my 3D printed miniatures in cold water
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Short Video on how I setup my 3D Print files
Short Video on how I setup my 3D Print files
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Lion Rampant 2025 Update #6 …
Lion Rampant 2025 Update #6 …
Hi folks!Lion Rampant News …(1.) Huzzah! 2025 registration has been temporarily suspend from Monday 5/5 to Wednesday 5/7. Signups are still possible beyond that!(2.) Lion Rampant tourney at Huzzah! On Friday May 16th starts at 11am, and there are currently 4 of 8 spots still open, although aware of at least one more person planning to sign up, which means only 3 spots remain. I only play if there is an odd number of participants for making it even. Also … prizes to this past Havoc’s tourney participants will be provided before tourney starts at 11am, and prizes will be available for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place for the Huzzah! tourney too, while all participants will receive consolation prizes from our tourney sponsor at Huzzah! … Chris Parker Games with his print on demand medieval figures.(3.) Lion Rampant and associated events at Huzzah! …A. Friendly Lion Rampant Tourney, Fri 11am, 2nd Edition … 4 of 8 spots remaining.B. Battle of Bouvines, Fri 8pm, 2nd edition modified … 6 spots filled up.C. Battle of Falkirk, Fri 8pm, Big Battle Lion Rampant … 6 spots filled up.D. Clean Out The Swamp, Sat. 9am, Dragon Rampant … 4 spots filled up.E. Get Out of My Swamp, Sat. 2pm, Dragon Rampant … 2 of 4 spots remaining.(4.) New Tourney … Summer Bash Lion Rampant Tourney, June 28th, 11am to 6pm, 3 rounds, 2 hrs each 15 minutes in between, 6 tables for 12 players, $5 cover charge, located at Fortress of Gaming, 18 Railroad Ave, Unit 2,
Albany, NY 12205.(5.) Stay tuned for possible tourney at Council in Schenectady, NY, Sept 5, 6, and 7.(6.) Stay tuned for likely tourneys at Havoc in Marlborough, MA, and Huzzah! in South Portland, ME, in 2026.(7.) Stay tuned for a possible announcement of a special Lion Rampant event that may be held in 2026.Paint your armies, get your armies out, and enjoy!And questions … don’t hesitate to ask!Cheers!Mark T.
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New Medieval Miniatures from Medbury
New Medieval Miniatures from Medbury
Some very interesting character type miniatures from Medbury this month. A knight skewering a soldier, a pair of mounted sergeants arguing or talking 🙂 Numerous sets of banner bearers and trumpets.
https://www.chrisparkergames.com/product/mounted-hornblower-and-banner-bearer-1/
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On Military Matters – Books, Rules, Magazines eFlyer for 4/21/2025
On Military Matters Weekly Update 4/21/202
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<![if !vml]> <![endif]>Ryan, Edward editorNAPOLEON’S ELITE CAVALRY 8.5×11, (91) original plates from the Ann K. Brown collection, accompanying text. 1 vol, 192 pgs 1999 LONDON, GREENHILL BOOKS |
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<![if !vml]> <![endif]>Bucquoy, Cdt. E. L.LES UNIFORMES DU 1ST EMPIRE: Volumes 1-10 Oversized at 8.5×12 inches, in French text, with hundreds of color plates. Covers every aspect of the French Army of the First Empire. The 10 volumes of this series are: 1: Imperial Guard troops on foot |
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<![if !vml]> <![endif]>Haythornthwaite, Philip Illustrations by Michael ChappellUNIFORMS OF THE RETREAT FROM MOSCOW Classic Blanford book, scarce. 1 vol, 203 pgs 1976 NY, HIPPOCRENE BOOKS |
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<![if !vml]> <![endif]>Chandler, David GNAPOLEON’S MARSHALS Oversized at 7.5×10.5 inches, this book contains 26 chapters dealing with all the men appointed Marshal by Napoleon. Includes black/white illustrations and maps, appendices, and index. 1 vol, 624 pgs 1987 US, MACMILLAN PUBLISHING |
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<![if !vml]> <![endif]>Funken, Lilane and FredARMS & UNIFORMS OF THE NAPOLEONIC WARS: Volume 1 and Volume 2 Two volumes cover all the armies of the major participants as well as the French allies. Hundreds of color illustrations. 2 vol, 316 pgs 1984 NJ, PRENTICE HALL INC |
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<![if !vml]> <![endif]>Chandler, David GCAMPAIGNS OF NAPOLEON, THE The mind and method of one of history’s greatest soldiers. A must book for any student of the period. Maps, illust, index, biblio. 1 vol, 1172 pgs 1966 NY, MACMILLAN PRESS |
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<![if !vml]> <![endif]>Lachouque, Henry & Brown, Anne S.K.ANATOMY OF GLORY, THE: Napoleon and his Guard Excellent resource with numerous color plates and b/w plates, fold out maps, bibliography, artist notes, and index. 1 vol, 564 pgs 1961 BROWN UNIVERSITY PRESS |
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<![if !vml]> <![endif]>Foy, GeneralHISTORY OF THE WAR IN THE PENINSULAR Foy rose through the ranks to become a Colonel in 1803, and later a General in 1810. He was present at many of the battles throughout the Peninsular. Index, notes, illust, maps in separate volume. 3 vol, 1108 pgs 1989 UK, WORLEY PUBLICATIONS |
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<![if !vml]> <![endif]>Elting, John R.SWORDS AROUND A THRONE: Napoleon’s Grand Armee Classic, nice b/w illust, extensive biblio, index, chapter notes. 1 vol, 769 pgs 1988 NY, FREE PRESS |
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<![if !vml]> <![endif]>Chandler, David G.DICTIONARY OF THE NAPOLEONIC WARS One source for hundreds of facts, many b/w illust,maps, line drawings, biblio, index. 1 vol, 576 pgs 1999 LONDON, ARMS & ARMOUR PRESS |
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<![if !vml]> <![endif]>Simmons, Ted translatorMEMOIRS OF A POLISH LANCER The diary of Dezydery Chlapowski, excellent first-hand account of 1807-1813, b/w illust. 1 vol, 158 pgs 1992 CHICAGO, EMPEROR’S PRESS |
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<![if !vml]> <![endif]>Nafziger, GeorgeLUTZEN & BAUTZEN:Napoleon’s Spring Campaign One army lost in the Russian winter, Napoleon raised another to keep his grip on Europe. A tired Russian Army and a raw Prussian force marched to meet him. ‘Lutzen and Bautzen’ is a detailed and masterful study of a misunderstood and little covered campaign. Yet it was a war between titans as Napoleon led his conscripts to crush a foe worthy to face him. From the great battles of Lutzen and Bautzen to the skirmishes with marauding Cossacks, George Nafziger follows the complete campaign in Germany from top to bottom, with a wealth of detail. A great researcher, George Nafziger uncovers the secrets of one of the greatest of Napoleonic campaigns. This new edition incorporates a new set of images, and newly commissioned maps. |
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<![if !vml]> <![endif]>Ojala, Jeanne A.AUGUSTE DE COLBERT, 1793-1809 Study of the one of Napoleon’s most capable young officers. He served from 1793 until his death in Spain. The author melds his private correspondence with other sources, maps, biblio, index. 1 vol, 199 pgs 1979 SALT LAKE CITY, UNIV UTAH |
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<![if !vml]> <![endif]>Hayman, Sir PeterSOULT-NAPOLEON’S MALIGNED MARSHALL The first in-depth study of this remarkable man, general, leader and governor, b/w illust, biblio, chpt notes, index. 1 vol, 286 pgs 1992 LONDON, ARMS/ARMOUR PRESS |
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<![if !vml]> <![endif]>Linck, TonyNAPOLEON’S GENERALS, THE WATERLOO CAMPAIGN 8.5×11, service history, details of actions during the Hundred Days and post 1st Empire history all highlight seventy of Napoleon’s Generals, listing of Command & Leadership Ratings, b/w illust. 1 vol, 352 pgs 1994 CHICAGO, EMPEROR’S PRESS |
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<![if !vml]> <![endif]>Fletcher, IanIN HELL BEFORE DAYLIGHT 7.5×10, details of the some of the most savage hand-to-hand combat on the night of April 6th 1812b/w illust, drawings, maps & photos, biblio, index 1 vol, 135 pgs 1994 UK, SPELLMOUMT LIMITED |
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<![if !vml]> <![endif]>Nafziger, GeorgeNAPOLEON AT DRESDEN Nafziger details the entire campaign, b/w illust & maps, order’s of battle, biblio, index. 1 vol, 252 pgs 1994 CHICAGO, EMPEROR’S PRESS |
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<![if !vml]> <![endif]>Blaze, Captain ElzearLIFE IN NAPOLEON’S ARMY:Memoirs of Capt Blaze Blaze served in campaigns after Eylau for the rest of the Napoleonic Wars, the Bourbon restoration & the 1830 revolution, b/w line drawings. 1 vol, 216 pgs 1995 LONDON, GREENHILL PRESS |
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<![if !vml]> <![endif]>Nosworthy, BrentWITH MUSKET CANNON AND SWORD The long awaited follow on to ANATOMY OF VICTORY, this volume describes battle tactics for all major combatants, b/w illust, drawings, maps, extensive biblio, index. 1 vol, 516 pgs 1997 LONDON, CONSTABLE PUBL’NG |
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<![if !vml]> <![endif]>Nafziger, GeorgeNAPOLEON AT LEIPZIG: The Battle of Nations 1813 An exhaustive study in the same vein as Lutzen & Bautzen and Napoleon At Dresden. Includes b/w illustrations and maps, bibliography, and index. 1 vol, 432 pgs 2012 US, EMPEROR’S PRESS |
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<![if !vml]> <![endif]>Glover, MichaelWARFARE IN THE AGE OF BONAPARTE Part of the Cassell History of Warfare series, brief account, plenty of b/w & color illust, maps, drawings, several pages of osprey type drawings ,appendicies, biblio, index. 1 vol, 256 pgs 1980 LONDON, BOOK CLUB ASSOC. |
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<![if !vml]> <![endif]>Smith, Digby aka Otto von PivkaNAPOLEONIC WARS DATA BOOK Oversized 8.5×11-inch, Actions and Losses in Personnel, Colors, Standards and Artillery 1792-1815, 2000+ actions listed with which units participated, a must for every Napoleonic student. 1 vol, 600 pgs 1998 LONDON, GREENHILL BOOKS |
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<![if !vml]> <![endif]>Gallaher, John G.IRON MARSHALL, THE:A Biography of Louis N. Davout A classic, covers his entire military life, b/wmaps/illust, chpt. notes, biblio, index, A MUST FOR ANY NAPOLEONIC LIBRARY. 1 vol, 420 pgs 1976 CARBONDALE, SOUTHERN ILL |
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<![if !vml]> <![endif]>Alexander, Don W.ROD OF IRON French counterinsurgency policy in Argagon during the Peninsular War, corps o/b’s, battle maps, a great source for understanding guerrila warfare inSpain, b/w maps/illust, notes, biblio, index. 1 vol, 260 pgs 1985 WILMINGTON, SCHOLARLY BKS |
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<![if !vml]> <![endif]>Smith, DigbyNAPOLEON’S REGIMENTS:Battle Histories 1792-1815 8×10, (60) illust/charts, details the combat history & officer casualties for over four hundredfrench regiments, biblio, index. This is the ultimate reference guide to the individual regiments of the French Army from the Revolutionary Era to the final days of Napoleon. In this one volume work, Digby Smith examines all of the combat arms of the French Army. Included are the regiments of the Imperial Guard, the line and light infantry regiments, the line cavalry, the artillery (both foot, horse, marine, and bridging units), colonial and auxiliary troops, and units do not neatly fall into these categories, such as the Chasseurs d’Orient and the Regiment de Pioniers Blancs. Excluded, however, are those units that were not combat arms or were temporary organizations, such as the ‘Sacred Squadron’ of 1812. Some foreign units are included, but only those considered being part of the French Army (the four foreign infantry regiments, the Swiss Regiments, and the Vistula Legion, among others). 1 vol, 256 pgs 2000 LONDON, GREENHILL BOOKS |
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<![if !vml]> <![endif]>Cate, CurtisWAR OF THE TWO EMPERORS, THE The Duel Between Napoleon and Alexander in 1812.B/w illust, maps, index, biblio. 1 vol, 485 pgs 1985 NY, RANDOM HOUSE |
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AAR Wargames: News, Book Reviews – Russ Lockwood
AAR Wargames: News, Book Reviews – Russ Lockwood
Hope all is well with you. Here’s the April AAR. Per usual, miniatures gaming and a little bit extra, plus lots of book reviews.
Enjoy.
After Action Report Newsletter — April 2025
Voin Defense 1941: Command Decision
Tile Me! Carcassone
Return to Space Base: Pluto
Total Domination: Abstract WWII Boardgame
Star Wars: Card Game
Dominion: Pair of Card Games
Snappy Nappy: With Skirmishers
Hyperspace Hack: Spaceship Battle
Norway 1940 Part I: Double Blind
Norway 1940 Part II: Multiple Invasions
HMGS Next Gen: Elementary Gaming
NEWS: Figures, Wargames, HMGS, and more
The Mob Scene: D&D Choices
D&D Campaign Continues: White Dragons
Books I’ve Read
The Mighty A: WWII USS Atlanta
Bagration 1944: The Great Soviet Offensive
Pompey the Great: The Roman Alexander
Lockheed C-130: FlightCraft 32
The Modern British Army: V1 EuropeWar 44
The Italian Army in the Balkans 1940-41
The Blackhorse in Vietnam: 1966-1972
Why Vietnam? Reflections on Effect of War
Mercenaries, Gunslingers & Outlaws: Iraq 2004
The Hunting Falcon: WWI Ace Buddecke
Saving MacArthur: Daring Rescue 1942
The Defeat of the Damned: Dirlewanger 1944
The Pathfinder and the President: Fremont (ACW)
System Failure (sci-fi novel)
Barbarossa Victims Vol. 1: Camera On 34
Fighting Colours 5: Hawker Hunter
Fairchild A-10A: Colour & Scale 08
Wagner Group: Private Military Company V.1
Military Aircraft 1950s: Combined Volume
Covert Radio Agents 1939-1945
Operation Steinbock 1944: Air Campaign 52
A War of Their Own: Fulro Vietnam 1955-75
Convoy PQ-17 1942: Campaign 414
WWII Soviet Motor Torpedo Boats: NVangd 336
Tanks in the Gulf War 1991: New Vangard 337
The Goths AD 200-700: Elite 261
France 1940: Air Campaign 53
Raising Atlantis (novel)
B-29 vs Japanese Nightfighter: Duel 144
Luftwaffe Bombers vs British AA: Duel 145
Target London: Battle of Britain Vol. 5
British and Commonwealth Armies 1939-1943 V1
British and Commonwealth Armies 1944-1945 V2
British and Commonwealth Armies 1939-1945 S1
British and Commonwealth Armies 1939-1945 S2
Montgomery vs Rommel at El Agheila 1942
US Army 1783-1811: Defending a New Nation
M von Richthofen: Life and Times in Pictures
Ground Forces in the Korean War (2): MAA 561
Great American Marine Corps Stories
Steel Lobsters: ECW and Last Knights
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FOLLOW UP for Friendly Lion Rampant Tourney at Havoc
Lion Rampant Tourney at Havoc
Hi gentlemen,
A few items …
(1.) My apology for having left the prizes behind. John and Thomas will have first pick of the prizes when we see each other at Huzzah!, they having tied with 2-0 scores and number of unit points with 46 each. Then Peter came in third with 2 wins and 34 points. Additionally, consolation prizes of 4 figure unit packs will be awarded to Chris, Noah, and Mark when seeing folks next.
(2.) Having given a go to using the “Alternative Rule For Failed Activation” offered in the 2nd Edition rules, let me know what your observations are using the different methods of activation … those being … if fail to activate, then “turn stops” versus if fail to activate, then “move onto next unit”.
Here’s my sense …
(A.) The “move on to next unit” method didn’t seem to speed the game up as I hoped.
(B.) With the “move on to next unit”, it seemed less important as to what unit was activated first from a rolling perspective, and presented a different dynamic that seems to make it more important as to which unit goes first, sort of like chess. I’m a fan of chess, yet I have enjoyed the more chaotic nature of “turn stops”, particularly since these rules are meant to be more of a skirmish game for the Medieval era, and with a harder grip on “command and control” by a leader than what chess offers.
(C.) I can see if one is running a larger “big battle” game how the “move on to next unit” can make a scenario potentially easier for the typical convention player that wants more control over their force. While at the same time, I played in Chris’ “big battle” Lion Rampant game on Saturday, and had no issue with how the “move on to next unit” method worked when both sides move all at once, and back and forth.
However, even at that level, I’ve enjoyed what happens with “turn stops” method that my scenarios for Civitate, Agincourt, Crecy, and Bouvines have seen, especially when each player gets an initiative role each turn adding to the swirling nature of the game, and gives me an impression of the chaos I imagine on a Medieval field of battle. Things can turn quickly, as I sense from my reading of medieval battles, and the pain of “turn stops” goes away quickly when the chaos brings a reversal of fortune, and when a player suddenly finds an opportunity to creatively act when all seemed lost.
Hopefully my conciseness in viewpoint gives some food for thought, even if there could be differing opinions.
(3.) Greatly appreciate all of you who were able to participate, as well as those who have been attending the various Lion Rampant tourneys that have been happening at New England area conventions! I’m grateful that some drive quite a distance to jump in on the fun. And it was great to have Noah join in for his first time, cheers!
Thank you!
Mark T.
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