AAR: Avaux
/Originally posted 31st August 2013
Brian Cantwell continues the Blenneville or Bust! campaign with action around the small village of Avaux. Will the British armour manage to smash though the German lines? Read on to find out!
AAR: Hedgerow Hell et al.
/Originally posted 26th August 2013
Sorry there hasn't been much from me lately: all my time has been spent painting up my 15mm squadron of Cromwell tanks, courtesy of Plastic Soldier Company. I'm just finishing the basing now, so pictures etc soon.
Meanwhile, here are three battle reports. Hedgerow Hell is one from last weekend, the other two are from last year.
Hedgerow Hell
First Run at IABSM
Second Run at IABSM
AAR: Slugfest at the Crossroads
/Originally posted 24th August 2013
Here's something we don't see very often: two AARs about the same game. The Mad Padres and James Mantos each provide words and pictures about the Slugfest at the Crossroads: a squadron of Shermans encounter German tanks and supports in France, 1944.
AAR: Warning Order
/Originally posted 9th August 2013
The Wasatch Front Historical Gaming Society (WFHGS) produce a lovely little pdf wargaming magazine three to four times a year called Warning Order.
Warning Order is packed full of reviews, AARs and, best of all, recent issues have contained a series of nostalgia pieces looking back at the recent history of wargaming. I experienced several flashbacks to my school days when reading them! Highly recommended.
Warning Order issue #33 contains a very positive review of IABSM v3 and an AAR; Warning Orderissue #35 another IABSM v3 AAR. Both are reprinted here with kind permission of the WFHGS.
On The Road To Moscow
German Armoured Assault
AAR: The Battle for St. Contest
/Originally posted 29th July 2013
A lovely looking battle report created in the style of those action comics we all loved so much when we were young. Thanks to Paul from the movealongnownothingtoseehere blog for permission to reproduce it here.
AAR: North of Caen
/Originally posted 20th July 2013
Action from the Small Sagas blog, where they re-fight the first scenario from the IABSMv3 rulebook: North of Caen.
AAR: Brig's Peake
/Originally posted 6th July 2013
Another great IABSM AAR from East Africa in 1941. This time, James Morris describes the desperate fight for Brig's Peak.
AAR: Cameron Ridge
/Originally posted 16th June 2013
A short WW2 battle report from Paul Scrivens-Smith takes us to East Africa. It's 1941, and the British and Italians are fighting for the Cameron Ridge.
AAR: South of Cherbourg
/Originally posted 13th June 2013
A WW2 battle report from Mike Whittacker, with scenario #02 from the IABSMv3 rulebook.
AAR: The Battle for Werth
/Originally posted 5th June 2013
A WW2 battle report from Benito, who is warming up for a Hell's Highway campaign.
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AAR: The Railway Station at Stalingrad
/Originally posted 23rd May 2013
The third instalment in Grah's Stalingrad campaign. More fierce and bloody fighting.
AAR: Soviet Counter-Attack a Stalingrad
/Originally posted 18th May 2013
Grah continues his Stalingrad campaign with the Soviets counter-attacking. Looks like some nasty FIBUA action!
AAR: North of Caen
/Originally posted 13th May 2013
A first time player's report covering one of the scenarios given in the v3 rulebook: North of Caen.
AAR: The Ravine
/Originally posted 13th May 2013
A rather unsubtle bludgeoning by a Soviet heavy tank company with Yours Truly on the receiving end. Good fun, though.
AAR: Somewhere Near Calais
/Originally posted 18th April 2013
Although some people are now sending me their battle reports direct*, I do still make sure that I regularly search the Internet to make sure I have reproduced every AAR out there on this site.
This does sometimes cause a few problems as my language skills are sometimes just not up to the task!
Here then is an AAR translated from the Hungarian. Google gave me the base text: all the other mistakes are mine!
AAR: Sainte Melotte
/Originally posted 8th April 2013
The latest episode in my Blenneville or Bust! campaign. The Germans counter-attack, with theschwerepunkt being the small Normandy village of Saint Melotte.
But who would my opponent be? Read the AAR to understand what on earth I'm babbling on about!
AAR: The Kuban Bridgehead
/Originally posted 4th April 2013
A quick, picture heavy AAR, also IABSM!, featuring action within the Kuban Bridgehead: it's 1943 on the Eastern Front.
AAR: West of Pierrecourt & The Campoleone Salient
/Originally posted 4th April 2013
Two superb After Action Reports from Brian Cantwell, both for I Ain't Been Shot, Mum!
In the first, an American recon force tries to scout ahead in the first scenario from the Blenneville or Bust! scenario pack.
In the second, the Germans counter-attack at Anzio: their target is the Campoleone Salient, scenario 11 from the Anzio: Wildcat to Whale supplement pack.
West of Pierrecourt
The Campoleone Salient
AAR: Near Belle Maison
/Originally posted 31st March 2013
I took advantage of the Bank Holiday to get in only my second actual wargame this year: plenty or writing and painting done, but not much gaming as real life bite back with a vengeance.
The game played was one of the scenarios from the Blenneville or Bust! scenario pack: #2B Near Belle Maison. Those of you who favour the Allies and have a nervous disposition may want to look away now!
AAR: Spring Fever
/Originally posted 14th March 2013
Here's the report of a game that John demonstrated at Spring Fever: an early-year wargaming show up in Raleigh, NC, USA.
