Another of Joe Patchen's excellent battle reports for I Ain't Been Shot, Mum.
Here the action moves to Yugoslavia, 1943, where a band of partisans is looking to make its escape through a village occupied by Germans.
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Another great 6mm IABSM AAR from Mark Luther. This scenario involves the Germans advancing into a hail of fire from Soviet anti-tanks guns...and then there's the JS-IIs to contend with as well. I'll play the Soviets please!
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For those who are interested, I will be at Colours tomorrow, Saturday 16th September, probably for most of the morning.
For those wishing to join me, you can find details of the event by clicking here. At only £6 entry, it's got to be worthwhile, either as a shopping trip or a chance to see the demo games. I personally can't stand the venue, but the show is always good.
Another brilliant Lebanon 1982 battle report from Anton Ryzbak's blog, Anton's Wargame Blog.
This AAR, from 2012, covers the further adventures of the Israeli column featured in his last two games, and is actually written by fellow player Justice and Rule.
The report features vast numbers of pictures (seventy-five in all!) showing off some of the wonderful terrain they were using. Viewing is highly recommended. Click on the pic below to see all:
You may remember that when I posted James Tree's AAR using the A Canadian VC scenario from the rulebook, I posted links to all the other battle reports using the same set up.
Well, James had a look at some of them, and decided he hadn't quite played the scenario correctly...so there was nothing for it but to play the game again.
Click on the pic below to see how it worked out this time: take two!
Fellow Lardy Norseygamer has been working his way through a Bashnya or Bust! campaign.
Here's his latest battle report: the Germans, fresh from their victory Near Osen, now try and take the village and ford of Sorok.
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Great battle report from Mike Whitaker from a game he played recently: British infantry and armour assaulting German positions in Italy.
Mike's blog Trouble At T'Mill is also recommended reading.
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Rather than immediately clear away the rather nice set up for the For the Honour of France game played a couple of weeks ago (click here to read the AAR, opens in a new window), I decided to use the same scenario for a game that I was umpiring between John and Dave that took place last weekend.
A very different game from last time. Click on he pic below to see all:
Another quick battle report from James Tree, first posted on the IABSM Facebook page.
Here, the German panzers steam forward only to be met by a storm of fire from Soviet tankers in reply. Click on the pic below to see all...
One of the things I love about being a scenario writer is seeing how different people interpret the scenarios that I write: how do they translate my maps to their tabletops, how do their players handle the tactical challenges set for them.
I enjoy all this not just with my scenarios but with all scenarios, so it's nice to see the eleventh battle report for a game using the A Canadian VC scenario from the IABSM v3 rulebook: this one posted onto the IABSM Facebook group by James Tree.
I hope he doesn't mind, but I've also reproduced the whole AAR here as well. Click on the pic below to see all...then perhaps go back to the main AAR page to compare and contrast how the other ten games looked and played out.
Here's a great IABSM after action report from the somewhat surprisingly named Miniature Bastards* Russian-language blog by Valderech.
I haven't been able to make contact with Valderech, so I hope he doesn't mind me reproducing his entry here, but his game looks absolutely superb and deserves a wide audience.
As for the accompanying words, I have tried to convert the gobbledegook that Google Translate came up with into something resembling good English, so for any clumsy phrases etc, blame me.
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*Now whilst my little men do sometimes let me down (my orders are always clear, my tactics always sound!) I'm not sure bad language is called for!
As mentioned in a previous post, there's now a thriving I Ain't Been Shot, Mum! group on Facebook, which you can visit by clicking here.
One relatively recent post was from James Tree, with a brief pictorial report of his game using the first scenario from the Defence of Calais scenario pack: Les Attaques. I'm sure he won't mind me reproducing it here, so click on the pic below to see what happens as the Panzers first arrive at the outskirts of Calais...
Fantastic modern Africa battle report from the archives of Anton Ryzbak's excellent blog.
When diamonds are discovered, the government of a small African state regrets giving its mining rights away, but the company that has them are reluctant to give them back.
Click on the picture below to see what happens when the government "negotiators" move in...
Another quick battle report from Burt Minorrot's excellent Spanish-language blog Burt's Stuff.
Here, a small force of Americans advances into Holland in 1944. Click on the picture below to see all.
June 1941. A most unlikely conflict has broken out between two former Allies. Vichy French airfields in the Levant have been used by the Lufwaffe to support an uprising in Iraq, and Britain has decided that enough is enough. A task force has been assembled to move north into the Lebanon and Syria to take control of the area for the Free French and safeguard British oil supplies. Unexpectedly Vichy forces resist strongly, fighting for the honour of France.
That’s the introduction to the game of IABSM that Bevan and I played on Sunday evening. An unusual game featuring Australians versus French in the desert.
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Another great Lebanon '82 after action report from Anton Ryzbak and crew, from Anton's excellent blog Anton's Wargame Blog.
This one dates back to a game played in 2011, and features the Israeli's trying to clear a town of PLO. Click on the pic below to see all...
Reading through the battle reports on Anton Ryzbak's excellent blog, Anton's Wargame Blog, I am getting really tempted to dive into the period and theatre covered by B'Maso.
Here's one of Anton's AAR's covering a sweep by the Rhodesian Light Infantry. Click on the pic below:
We haven't had a battle report from Mr Luther for a couple of weeks now, so here's a slice of Eastern Front action as the Soviets push forward against determined German panzerjaeger opposition.
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Here's an after action report from the game of I Ain't Been Shot, Mum! that I played this weekend just gone.
It's the Pacific Theatre, 1945, with a company of US Marines, along with supporting Amtracks, tasked with assaulting a Japanese-held beach on a small island in the middle of nowhere.
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Here's another moderns AAR from Anton Ryzbak's excellent blog, Anton's Wargame Blog.
This time it's off to Lebanon with Rock the Casbah, as Israeli infantry try and clear the table against PLO opposition.
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Here's a quick battle report from first time player Konstantinos, running a solo game to work through the rules.
It's Greeks versus Italians in 10mm in 1940.
I'm liking the way the terrain has been put together: some good ideas for a quick way to make up a table.
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