More I Ain’t Been Shot Mum action from John Paul Hancock and friends.
The next scenario in their Bashnya or Bust! campaign is #3D: Zhena, where both the Soviets and Germans need to take and hold a vital road junction.
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Another great AAR from John Paul Hancock and friends, this time covering the action from Scenario 2B of the Bashnya or Bust! campaign pack for I Ain’t Been Shot Mum: Sorok.
Can the Germans roll over the Soviets, or will the fanatical defenders hold out. Click on the pciture below to see all:
John Paul Hancock and friends have begun playing through the Bashnya or Bust scenario pack for I Ain’t Been Shot Mum.
Here’s the After Action Report from their first game: click on the picture below…
New Lardy John Paul Hancock and friends fought their first game of I Ain’t Been Shot Mum. Click on the pic below to see how they got on:
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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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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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 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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