Pictures from a game of IABSM in 6mm based on an unspecified scenario from Chris Stoesen's In the Name of Roma! scenario pack, covering the actions of the Italian 80th Roma Regiment in the Soviet Union between August and December 1941.
No captions unfortunately: just the photos.
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A very colourful game of I Ain't Been Shot, Mum! in 6mm from Mark Luther.
The scenario involves one of my favourite situations: a clash of late war reconnaissance units. Forget the big cats and the swarms of Shermans: let's let the armoured cars and half-tracks out to play!
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Had a great game of I Ain't Been Shot, Mum! on Saturday: a Sealion scenario that was played in a hall only a few hundred yards from where the battle was actually set.
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Another excellent Western Desert battle report from Dr. the Viking, this time featuring a British assault on an Italian-held fort.
The Dr's blog can be found here, or you can see the report on this site by clicking on the pic below.
Another great battle report from Mark Luther: as usual playing his I Ain't Been Shot, Mum! in 6mm.
Mark's last AAR was from Poland 1939, this one if from Germany 1945: looks like he has the whole war covered!
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Considering the work I'm currently doing on the Panzerspah list for the German army in 1939, it's a somewhat marvellous coincidence that the next battle report from the archive of Mark Luther is set in Poland in 1939 and features a German reconnaissance force attempting a river crossing in the face of Polish resistance.
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what an incredible table!
Another great looking AAR from Mark Luther featuring his impressive 6mm collection.
The game features action on the eastern front, centred around the village of Iakovlevo. Click on the pic below to see all...
Here's another great battle report from Joe Patchen, this time covering a game of I Ain't Been Shot, Mum using scenario #2 of the Anzio: Wildcat to Whale scenario pack.
It's 25th January 1944 and the Allies have surprised the Germans by landing troops behind their lines at Anzio. Now the British Guards thrust towards Carroceto and the Factory hoping to break out of their beachhead.
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Another of Mark Luther's beautiful 6mm games of I Ain't Been Shot, Mum.
This time it's a late war game based on one of Bob Mackenzie's scenarios set near Vienna in April 1945.
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Another quick battle report from our friends at the Stipsicz Hussars.
They are currently playing through the Operation Compass scenario pack, and have hit scenario #05: Tummar West.
The "three day raid" is now fully underway. Next on the British list is the Italian camp at Tummar West. Click on the pic below to see how they do.
Here's a quick battle report from Mark Luther for a game taken from Chris Stoesen's Campaign for Greece scenario pack.
Here, two largely tank-based forces, one German, one British, fight for possession of a small town in Greece.
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A quick battle report from the Stipsicz Hussars, whose excellent blog can be reached by clicking here.
The Hussars return to the sands of the Western Desert to play out the fourth scenario of the Operation Compass scenario pack: the British/Indian attack on the camp of Nibeiwa.
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Those of you who read the report will note that the Hussars comment that all the scenarios in the Compass pack so far seem very biased towards the British.
Well, that's because they are designed that way for two reasons: firstly, they are historically accurate; and secondly, the idea is to give the British players the sense of superiority (and the Italian players the sense of inferiority) that were such characteristics of the campaign as a whole. It gets more difficult for the British as the pack goes on!
The second report from the 2016 Operation Market Larden games day. Same village, Zhena, but this time it's the Soviets who start the game on table, with the Germans attacking.
This was a real meat-grinder of a game!
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The first battle report from the games of IABSM that I ran at this year's Operation Market Larden games day in Evesham.
For those not familiar with the event, some thirty Lardies gather deep in the heart of tractor country for a day of superb gaming followed by a curry and the usual mild drinking session! My thanks, as always, to Ade for organising the event so well.
Back to the action.
My morning game featured scenario 3D from the Bashnya or Bust! scenario pack: a small German force holds the village of Zhena during Operation Bagration. The Soviets are attacking in large numbers, but reinforcements are on the way. Will the vital road junction be held?
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A great battle report from Joe Patchen featuring tank-on-tank action at Kursk.
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Another great AAR from Mark Luther: it's back to the eastern front for action around the Nikopol Bridgehead.
Here, the Soviet attack meets with initial success, but then the Germans counter-attack with Ferdinandes and Sturmpanzers.
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Another great AAR from Mark Luther, this time using one of the scenarios from Chris Stoesen's Campaign for Greece scenario pack as the basis for the game.
As Royal Engineers rig a vital bridge for demolition, a German motorcycle recce force hoves into view. Will the charges be laid and the bridge blown in time? And even if they are, what about the next bridge?
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Great battle report from Dr. the Viking of a game set in the Western Desert: defending Brits versus attacking Italians.
This report appeared both on Dr. the V's blog, which you can visit by clicking here; and on the Lead Adventure Forum, another good source of wargaming chat.
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Another superb battle report from the Devon Wargames Group.
This time they place the A Canadian VC scenario from the IABSM v3 rulebook. Click on the picture below to see all:
Sorry about the lack of posts so far this week: real life intervening!
Anyway, to get us back on track, here's an I Ain't Been Shot, Mum! battle report from Mark Luther: a 6mm game set East of the Nemen.
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