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!
I have updated the Ursid army list with details of the Lesser Ursids: slightly smaller bear-like aliens from Stan Johansen Miniatures. In my Ursid army list, the Greater Ursids (from Khurasan) are pure mercenaries, soldiers if you like, and the Lesser Ursids are miners who fight as militia armed with a variety of sidearms and converted mining equipment, including triple-barrelled mining lasers mounted on grav platforms. Tasty!
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!
A quick, picture heavy AAR, also IABSM!, featuring action within the Kuban Bridgehead: it's 1943 on the Eastern Front.
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
Benito reports on a game of Charlie Don't Surf in which the Free World Forces come a cropper in a big way. It's scenario #08 from Surf's Up: Rawhide.
Some more transport for the Felids: the excellent Wombats from Antenocci's GOT range of 15mm vehicles. I've renamed them Pumas, to fit in with the Felids.
"Grizzly" walkers for my Weird World War II US army. More to give the space bugs something to contend with.
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!
Nice battle report from Benito covering a Charlie Don't Surf game using one of the scenarios from theSurf's Up scenario pack. This time it's scenario #07: A County Fair.
The promised update to the Garn/Felid list as I add the Mako weapons system just released by Khurasan.
I've also added a picture of the Mako figures taken from Khurasan's website, showing how the system works. You buy the guns (a mortar and a twin-barrelled piece) with the crew you want (there are crew figures available for most of Khurasan's main ranges), and then choose the mounting you want: either a static stand or a small tractor. This multi-race approach really has to be the way forward for multi-range, sci-fi figure manufactures.
I've finally had time to varnish and photograph my Khurasan Stikk troops that I'm playing as Space Bug larvae for my Hive army. They bring a much needed depth to the Hive forces, with support weapons and the Skuttler tank.
A new army list covering the Gitungi from the Micropanzer Wargame Studio. There's something just so right about these aliens: now all I have to do is decide how to paint all mine up.
Nice battle report from Benito covering a Charlie Don't Surf game using one of the scenarios from theSurf's Up scenario pack. Better luck next time, Benito!
Here's the report of a game that John demonstrated at Spring Fever: an early-year wargaming show up in Raleigh, NC, USA.
The first battle in Grah's Stalingrad campaign. Some nice ideas on how to run a campaign, and a great AAR as well.
I do love Zombiesmith's 15mm Quar range of sci-fi figures, and cannot wait for them to work their way through releasing the entire range.
In the meantime, here are the latest additions to my collection: a Crusader Cavalry Wedge. Note the way that each Squad's cadiers are of the same colour; the wedge-shaped formation with leader in the middle; and, of course, the trooper that I have placed on the photography table facing the wrong way!
As an example of how Q13 army lists can constantly evolve, I have also re-organised my Space Bug, Hive and Stikk army lists.
The Space Bugs are now the pure Highlander Studio range, unpolluted by other figure manufacturers.
Now that I've actually built and painted a Skuttler tank from Khurasan's Stikk (Entomol) range, I've realised that the antennae on its, er, rear end are just crying out to be defined as having an EWSO function. So the list has been changed to reflect that.
Finally, I've now gathered together all my red bug-types into one mashed together army list called The Hive. This contains Highlander's Space Bugs; some of Khurasan's Stikk range; and a few other bits and pieces. We'll see who wins next time we play "Invasion Earth"!
Excellent news!
I thought I had lost Kev's battle report from the TFL Stalingrad Day way back in 2005: I had failed to slurp all Kev's content and, when he had problems with his own website, the report disappeared.
Now, however, thanks to those clever chaps at the Web Archive, it rises like a phoenix from the ashes. Hoorah!
The fifth and final battle from Craig Ambler's Blenneville or Bust! camapign.
It's the climax of the campaign: with the British trying to take Blenneville itself. Four straight wins so far for the Allies: will they make it the grand slam?
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