IABSM AAR: Slaughter at Izdeshkovo!

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Back to sanity after all this pike and shot malarkey with a quick game of I Ain’t Been Shot, Mum.

I’d decided to play through the Vyazma or Bust! early war eastern front campaign with K., Daughter #1’s boyfriend: trapped with us for the duration, but now an avid wargamer. I was looking forward to this game, especially as K. had been happy to let me have the Soviets.

Unfortunately, it was to be one of those games where the dice gods had utterly deserted me: even K., nascent gamer that he is, commented on the fact that I couldn’t roll a five or six to save my life: he even mentioned it later when I rolled double six whilst playing Monopoly (I won that one at least, bankrupting K. in the process!).

Click on the picture below to see my humiliation!

IABSM AAR: The Bridge at Urk

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Nice to see someone playing a scenario from Vyazma or Bust! 

Here, fellow Lardy Vaggelis plays #2A: The Bridge at Urk in 6mm. Will the Germans manage to find a way through to outflank Sychevka? Will the Soviet commander survive the disgrace of his last battle? It all happens around the bustling metropolis that is Urk.  Click on the pic below to see the story unfold...

You can visit Vaggelis' excellent looking blog Wargames and History by clicking here.

IABSM AAR: Vyazma or Bust! #3B: The Outskirts of Vyazma

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Big game of IABSM on Saturday: a four-player mash up using one of the climatic scenarios from the Operation Barbarossa scenario pack Vyazma or Bust!

Epic game during which the fortunes of war swung back and forth like a pendulum in an earthquake!

Click on the picture below to read all about it:

IABSM AAR: The Bridge At Urk

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Yesterday's game was a continuation of the Vyazma or Bust! campaign I've been running for John and Dave.

Today's game involved a battle of constantly shifting advantage as each side alternatively received two waves of reinforcements.

Click on the photo below to find out whether the Soviets can hold the bridge at Urk!

IASM AAR: On The Road to Izdeshkovo

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James Mantos and the Mad Padre got together for one last game of IABSM before the Padre heads off to his new posting.

Click on the picture below to read their reports:

IABSM AAR: Izdeshkovo Re-Visited

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Saturday morning before the rugby saw a great game of I Ain't Been Shot, Mum take place as the Benson boys and I played the first scenario of the Vyazma or Bust! campaign.

Click here or on the picture below to see how the game unfolded. Be warned: it was bloody, very bloody!

AAR: Vyazma

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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: Izdeshkovo

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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.

AAR: The Outskirts of Vyazma

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Originally posted 10th February 2013

Brian Weathersby and crew play scenario 3B from the Vyazma or Bust! scenario pack.

This AAR is subtitled "Men versus Tanks".

AAR: The Centre of Yelna (Day 2)

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Originally posted 20th December 2012

Those of you who follow this site regularly will remember that battle four in Benito's Vyazma or Bust! campaign had ended in a draw. Votes were called for, and the overwhelming response was for Benito to play the game again as if the Germans had renewed their assault on Yelna the next day.

Here's the report of what happened. Another close game!

AAR: The Bridge at Urk

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Originally posted 6th December 2012

Everyone is going Vyazma or Bust crazy! Not only do we have Benito submitting battle reports faster than I can get them  loaded up, but here's a great report by Brian Weathersby from a game featuring scenario 2A: the Bridge at Urk.

AAR: The Centre of Yelna

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Originally posted 4th December 2012

Back to Benito's Vyazma or Bust campaign. This time the action moves into Yelna, and street fighting occurs.

AAR: Two from Vyazma via Madrid!

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Originally posted 9th November 2012

Well, Benito and his friends in Spain are playing through the Vyazma or Bust campaign almost too fast for me to keep up with their battle reports!

Here are the AAR from the second and third games in the campaign.

First up is Belyj, second is On The Road to Pochinok.

Belyj

On The Road To Pochinok

AAR: Izdeshkovo

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Originally posted 3rd November 2012

Benito turns his hand to the Second World War, and the first scenario from the Vyazma or Bust! campaign: Izdeshkovo. 

Not a good result for the Germans!

AAR: Two from Norseygamer

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Originally posted 25th October 2012

A couple of battle reports from Norseygamer. These are both played solo in 20mm on an enormous 8" by 4" table!

Both are from scenario packs. The first is our first AAR from the new Blenneville or Bust! supplement (see below): British tanks and infantry attempt to capture Avaux.

Avaux from Blenneville or Bust!

Vyazma from Vyazma or Bust!

The second is from the Vyazma or Bust! supplement: the climatic battle in the campaign set on the outskirts of Vyazma. The Germans are attacking, and get a bit of a shock when the Soviet armoured train de-cloaks!

AAR: The Outskirts of Vyazma

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Originally posted 26th November 2011

My first game of IABSM3, using one of the "IABSM3 compatible" scenarios from the newly revised Vyazma or Bust scenario pack.

Vyazma or Bust! Redux

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Originally posted 15th November 2011

The next scenario pack updated for IABSM3 is "Vyazma or Bust". 

Set in Russia in the autumn of 1941, Vyazma or Bust  contains over a dozen scenarios that may be played individually, or for greater enjoyment as part of a linked campaign: 126 pages of high quality wargaming. 

AAR: Four added

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Originally posted 19th April 2008

After a work- and baby-enforced absence, a whole raft of battle reports added:

  • French vs Yanks in Tunisia courtesy of Max Maxwell and fort Perdu Encore.
  • Zutpeyne with the Gloucesters again, from Jan Spoor.
  • The Vyazma or Bust scenario pack features with action at Izdeshkovo from Steve Burt and from near Belyj from Huscarle.
  • A battle from Cymru Am Byth: the Welsh Guards in action near the Albert Canal, courtesy of Oddball.

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