October 2020 #Wargame #Boardgame #RPG #Books Month in Review

Games Played & Times Played

Games Acquired

1. Iron Curtain: Central Europe, 1945-1989 (Standard Combat Series, MultiMan Publishing, 2020)
2. Star Wars: Rebellion (Fantasy Flight Games, 2016)
3. Konigsberg: The Soviet Attack on East Prussia, 1945 (Revolution Games, 2018)
4. Corps Command: Dawn’s Early Light (Lock ‘n Load Publishing, 2010)
5. Nations at War: White Star Rising (Lock ‘n Load Publishing, 2010)
6. Nations at War: White Star Rising – Airborne (Lock ‘n Load Publishing, 2012)
7. Nations at War: White Star Rising – Operation Cobra (Lock ‘n Load Publishing, 2012)
8. Here to Slay: Warriors & Druid Expansion (Unstable Games, 2020)
9. Moonrakers (IV Games, 2020)
10. Cortex Prime: Game Handbook (Fandom Inc., 2020)
11. Hell’s Paradise (A Clement Sector adventure from Independence Games, 2018)

New Preorder Games

• Red Dust Rebellion (GMT Games P500)
• Kahuna (Kosmos, 1998)

Key Reading

• Harrier 809: The Epic Story of How a Small Band of Heroes Won Victory in the Air Against Impossible Odds, Rowland White, Silvertail Books, 2020
• The 2020 Commission Report on the North Korean Nuclear Attacks Against the United States: A Speculative Novel, Jeffrey Lewis PhD, Mariner Books, 2018
• The Case for Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century, Brad Roberts, Stanford Security Studies, 2016
• “Would U.S. Leaders Push the Button? Wargames and the Sources of Nuclear Restraint”, International Security, Vol. 43, No. 2 (Fall 2018)
• “The Question: Why Would China Not Invade Taiwan Now?”, Military Review Sept-Oct 2020
• “Russian New Generation Warfare: Deterring and Winning the Tactical Fight”, Military Review Sept-Oct 2020

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