AAR: Near Devyat

Craig Ambler gives us the next installment in his solo-play Bashnya or Bust! campaign. This time it's action near Devyat, featuring a German raid to spike some Soviet guns.

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And for those who like a bit of Vietnam action, I've finished loading all the Charlie Don't Surf! After Action Reports. Use the navbar in the header to go there now (well, after you've read Craig's AAR, of course).

AAR: Near Ploschad

Craig Ambler gives us a write-up of Scenario #3B from the Bashnya or Bust! scenario pack: the Germans launch a surprise attack on a Soviet column Near Ploschad.

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AAR: Last two From Amokfigur

Originally posted 26th August 2014

The last two After Action Reports rescued from Amokfigur's site-in-hiatus..

These are from the Franco-German border region, but one is from 1939, Neighbours at Neunkirchen, and the other, The Road to the Ardennes, from 1944.

AAR: South Pacific

Originally posted 24th August 2014

A couple of After Action Reports culled from the distant past of the Internet.

These are two Pacific Theatre reports from 2009: Australian Forces at Bougainville and Somewhere in the South West Pacific.

AAR: Belle Maison

Originally posted 10th August 2014

An After Action Report from a game I played recently over in the Oxford area. It's Normandy 1944, a village called Belle Maison, and the Germans need to clear the road for their heavy artillery..

 

AAR: A Canadian VC

Originally posted 4th August 2014

A real first on today's update: an AAR in German!

Those of you who don't speak German need not worry: the report, or spielberichte, is in two parts. First up are some words which Google and I have translated for you and, secondly, there's a great cartoon strip version which is in German...but you can always look at the pictures!

 

AAR: WTHHYBB x 3 from NYC

Originally posted 19th July 2014

I found a new source of IABSM After Action Reports today: a blog by a member of the Metropolitan Wargamers of Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York City, aptly named Brooklyn Wargaming.

Kimber has recently discovered IABSM, and has written a review here. 

He has also posted a couple of short After Action Reports from the Where The Hell Have You Been, Boys?scenario pack.

#1:  Find the Guns

#2: Holding the Pointe

#4: South of Vierville

AAR: Sorok

Originally posted 15th July 2014

An AAR covering the next game in the Bashnya or Bust! campaign I'm currently playing against my regular opponent, Neil.

Following the events of the last game, the initiative had passed to the Germans. Their objective: to take the ford at the village of Sorok...

AAR: Germans Retreat

Originally posted 10th July 2014

Another great AAR from the Mark Luther archive (all available on Flickr but gradually being added here too). This is another IABSM game in 6mm: this time it's action on the Eastern Front as a German column retreats.

 

AAR: Eastern Front Double

Originally posted 5th July 2014

Added a couple of archive battle reports from Amokfigur:  these date back to 2006 and are taken from a website that declares itself in hiatus. Well, I hope all is good with Amok and he's still playing IABSM...and I do love the way that King Tiger is painted.

Heldenhausen

Somewhere in Russia

AAR: Vyazma

Originally posted 28th June 2014

Craig Ambler finishes his Vyazma or Bust! campaign with Scenario 3B: The Outskirts of Vyazma. I can't wait to see what he makes of Bashnya!

AAR: Keren at Partizan

Originally posted 22nd June 2014

Scrivs and friend took their amazing Keren game to the Partizan in the Park show. Some excellent new additions, including this great Sikh stretcher team:

AAR: Bloody Omaha Warm-Up

Originally posted 16th June 2014

I have two AARs involving Mike Whitaker's fantastic Bloody Omaha game. Here's the first: the warm-up game played a week or so before Operation Market Larden 2.

Great report, great photos!

TFL Games Day: Operation Market Larden 2

Originally posted 15th June 2014

I was lucky enough to be able to make Operation Market Larden 2 this weekend: a day of Lardy wargaming organised by the Wyvern Wargamers.

This was an excellent day's gaming at which I played Chain of Command for the first time in the morning (my apologies to my opponents for the slightly flukey at-the-last-moment victory!) and Mike Whitaker's brilliant rendition of the Bloody Omaha scenario from the Where The Hell Have You Been, Boys? D-Day scenario pack in the afternoon.

There will be a proper AAR posted shortly but, for the moment, here is a sample shot of the afternoon game.

AAR: Izdeshkovo

Originally posted 15th June 2014

Craig Ambler has decided to celebrate the launch of the Bashnya or Bust! scenario pack by running throught he Vyazma or Bust! campaign again.

Here is the AAR from his first game: Izdeshkovo.