Mark Luther and friends played a game taking place in the sodden Reichswald in February 1945, with the Coldstream Guards and 7th Seaforths taking on some stubborn Fallschirmjagers east of Kleve. Lots of bogging Churchills and Kangaroos, and some ineffective close range antitank fire!
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In 2016-17, I wrote a pair of campaign books for I Ain’t Been Shot Mum covering the Japanese capture of Malaya/Singapore (Fall of the Lion Gate) and Burma (Bloody Burma). Between them, the two packs contain 45 scenarios set in the Far East in 1941/2, designed to be played with IABSM but easily convertible to any other company-sized WW2 tabletop wargame.
Regular visitors to this site will also know that it holds an extraordinary repository of After Action Reports for all the Lardy company-sized games, including hundreds (I gave up counting them today at 250!) for IABSM.
Unbelievably, none of these reports have covered any of the Bloody Burma scenarios. There are 14 reports from games using Liongate but nothing for Burma…until now!
Chris Lane and friends played the Paung scenario, and here’s his report (taken from the IABSM Facebook group). Click on the picture below to see all, and I’m always happy to publish more AARs here. Next target is 1,000!
Here’s an I Ain’t Been Shot Mum after action report from Alex “Storm of Steel” Sotheran based on the A Hasty Defence scenario generator from the v3 rulebook: a Soviet infantry company supported by T34s attack a Romanian position.
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Here’s a pictorial AAR from the Storm of Steel blog featuring a Soviet attack on a German held village.
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Here’s an IABSM after action report from James. He did what I sometimes do: left a table from another game up and then used it for a different encounter!
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More from Alex “Storm of Steel” Sotheran: a re-play of one of the historical scenarios included in the I Ain’t Been Shot Mum v3 rulebook: North of Caen: the British are pushing forward cautiously…
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Having painted all the Belgian armour from bayonetsandbrushes.com, I was keen to get them onto the table, so set up a scenario where elements of the German 3rd Panzer Division would attempt to force the crossing of a canal “somewhere in Belgian” around 11th-12th May 1940.
A cracking game of IABSM. Click on the photo below to see all:
Here’s a quick I Ain’t Been Shot Mum battle report by James Manto: Fallschirmjaegers defend a town against an American assault.
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Here’s another superb pictorial AAR from Michael Curtis and friends. It’s I Ain’t Been Shot Mum in 28mm with a scenario featuring XXX Division’s advance to take a Bailey Bridge.
Definitely worth a look!
One of the things I look forward to every year are the I Ain’t Been Shot Mum games put on by fellow Lardy, Phil Turner, and friends.
Here’s a pictorial report of a playtest of their latest offering, due to make it’s debut in a few weeks time: the Monmouths at Mouen.
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Another stunning photo-aar from Mercian Miniatures and Michael Curtis taken from the IABSM Facebook group.
This was another practice game in preparation for a Seelowe Nord demonstration game: well worth a look!
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Here are two sets of pictures showing 1st Corps’ I Ain’t Been Shot Mum demonstration game at this year’s The Other Partisan show.
Beautifully presented, it’s a stunning simulation of the battle of Kamenewo, October 1941, where Soviet T-34s halted the Germans’ advance on Moscow.
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Here’s a quick pictorial After Action Report from Mercian Miniatures taken from the IABSM Facebook group. German Fallschirmjaegers take on the brave defenders of Blighty!
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Another spectacular I Ain’t Been Shot Mum after action report from Mercian Miniatures taken from the IABSM Facebook Group and featuring miniatures from 1st Corps.
This game in an Operation Sealion encounter at what started off as Bridlington but then became a generic British seasside town. The set up is truly inspirational and well worth a look.
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Not a full After Action Report, but pictures from the set-up of a great looking game of I Ain’t Been Shot Mum using an Operation Market Garden Scenario. This is taken from a post from the IABSM Facebook group.
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Another stunning 6mm game of I Ain’t Been Shot Mum from Mark Luther: the Germans defend as the Soviets advance on the Kursk southern front.
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Regular visitors will have seen the two recent reports featuring the excellent Starmaskaya table put on by legendary IABSM duo Phil and Jenny: one from a preview game and one my own report from this year’s Operation Market Larden event.
Here now is a third report using the same terrain layout, but an earlier, playtest battle with a report from the excellent Bleaseworld blog: highly recommended as a regular site to visit.
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Another amazing looking I Ain’t Been Shot Mum tabletop from a Mercian Miniatures post on the IABSM Facebook Group.
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Fantastic game of I Ain’t Been Shot Mum at the afternoon session of this year’s Operation Market Larden Lardy Day.
The game, set during Operation Barbarossa in June 1941, involved me leading a Soviet force forward to clear the field of an advancing German recce force before securing the bridges over the river.
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Here’s another great game from Mercian Miniatures and 1st Corps, taken from the IABSM Facebook page.
Some really nice early war kit on show, although the Germans fielding their precious few 251’s so close to the front line might be considered a bit cheesy!
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