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!
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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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’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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Here’s a quick After Action Report from Mark Luther. This was a 6mm I Ain't Been Shot Mum game played at GigaBites Cafe in September 2025.
This was a fictitious scenario that was based on some units of the 21st Panzer Division moving closer to the Sword Beach landing area than they did historically on June 6th.
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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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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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Mark Luther ran a teaching game of I Ain’t Been Shot Mum to introduce a new player to the system, choosing scenario #05 from the Anzio: Wildcat to Whale scenario pack: The Huts.
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Some great pictures of a game Nick Bellamy and friends played recently featuring the British assault on Cristot in June 1944. The report is taken from a post on the IABSM Facebook Group.
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A lovely set of photos from Alex Sotheran showing a rceent game of I Ain’t Been Shot Mum featuring a Christmas 1941 Hong Kong scenario.
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Here’s a quick battle report from Nick Bellamy, taken from the IABSM Facebook group.
It’s September 1944, and some Paras are trying to get through woods to help their comrades at the bridge.
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Here’s a pictorial battle report from the camera of Michael Curtis and Mercian Miniatures coveing a recent Defence of Calais scenario played out using I Ain’t Been Shot Mum.
This looked to be a truly spectacular game, and the pictures are wonderful.
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I didn’t get to The Other Partisan this year: real life getting in the way of wargaiming again!
A pity, as there look to have been many excellent games on display including those in the now usual Lard Zone.
Featured below are photographs from Michael Curtis from the I Ain’t Been Shot Mum Facebook Group of the superb 28mm Gold Beach, King Sector, 6th June 1944 game.
Great game of I Ain’t Been Shot Mum played by Mercian Miniatures and friends.
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Here are some great pictures from a game of I Ain’t Been Shot, Mum played in 20mm by Mercian Miniatures, taken from the IABSM Facebook Group.
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