AAR: Three from Scandinavia

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Originally posted 4th May 2012

We have a flourishing community of Scandinavian Lardies: renown for their good humour; extraordinary combinations of hair style and beards; and wonderful After Action Reports.

Here are three  After Action Reports, all from the Miniatyrmannen (The Miniatures Man) blog: two from various Cons, and one from a club game.

A Tale of Wooden Crosses describes how a German reconnaissance force succeeded in its aim of finding the enemy...

The game put on at Incognicon 2012 was based on the Nice One, Kirill! scenario from the TFL Summer Special 2007:

Finally, a good looking Winter War game set back in 1939:

AAR: A Village in Normandy

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Originally posted 15th April 2012

Inspired by the arrival of Battle for Liberation, here is an AAR from a great Normandy game played yesterday.

I've included details of the terrain and forces used, so you can actually re-play this game yourself if you want. If you do, let me know how you get on!

AAR: North of Caen 3

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Originally posted 12th April 2012

A third outing for the North of Caen scenario from the IABSM3 rulebook, also from Paul Scrivens Smith:

AAR: Random Game

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Originally posted 12th April 2012

James Mantos reports on an early war game where the forces and terrain were generated using the new random scenario generator to be found in the IABSM3 rulebook:

AAR: Le Bas de Ranville

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Originally posted 12th April 2012

A report on a D-Day game centred around the Paras' defence of Ranville. The scenario was taken from the Summer Special 2006, and you can see other AAR from the same scenario in the Games Day 2008 section of the AARs page.

AAR: North of Caen

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Originally posted 25th March 2012

Two AARs from the pen of new-to-IABSM player Paul Scrivens Smith. Both describe fighting the North of Caen scenario from the IABSM v3 rulebook, although one re-fight has been transposed to the desert!

AAR: A Canadian VC (or Three!)

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Originally posted 29th December 2011

A magnificent day's gaming today!

It's always nice to welcome a new player to your favourite set of rules, so I was very pleased to be invited round to new-to-IABSM Paul's house for a game. 

Here is the report of how we played the "A Canadian VC" scenario from the IABSM3 rulebook not once, not twice, but three times in a row. I'm shattered!

Operation Compass Redux

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Originally posted 24th December 2011

My final scenario pack updated for IABSM3 takes us to Libya and the opening phase of the war in the Western Desert: Operation Compass.

AAR: The Road to Scoglitti & The Biazza Ridge

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Originally posted 17th December 2011

It's off to Sicily for two great AARs covering battles from the Sicilian Weekend scenario pack.

First, Brian Cantwell takes us along the Road to Scoglitti, where US Airborne troops take on Tigers with nothing more than grit and determination.

Secondly, Robert Avery (i.e. me) follows the fortunes of the same paratroopers as they fight for their lives along the Biazza Ridge. The Tigers are on the rampage again!

The Road to Scoglitti

The Biazza Ridge

Anzio and Sicilian Weekend Redux

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Originally posted 3rd December 2011

The next two scenario packs updated for IABSM3 Sicilian Weekend (Operation Husky) andAnzio: Wildcat to Whale: