Craig Ambler has been working his way through the Anzio scenario pack. Here's an AAR from his last battle (although not the last in the pack) covering the opening phase of Operation Fischfang.
This was a truly colossal battle (the Germans have two companies of infantry!) that gave an excellent game.
Here is another AAR from the Mad Padre, but it's a blast from the past: the report from his first game of I Ain't Been Shot, Mum!
Exciting stuff, even if it was from many moon's ago!
An unusual AAR from The Mad Padre: a battle that takes place at night as the Canadians attempt to hold off marauding Big Cats in June 1944.
A quick After Action Report from Paul Scivens-Smith, once again from early-war East Africa. Will the Italian counter-attack throw the British off the ridge that they so recently captured?
A battle report featuring a game played using the first scenario from the Five Planets scenario pack: the Avians launch their invasion of the Gitungi controlled Pankova star system!
Here's an AAR for IABSM from Kazenstein, who took advantage of the Christmas break to get in a game. The Germans are counter-attacking!
Here's the final Whisperin' Al IABSM AAR downloaded from his blog. It's short but sweet, and covers action on Crete during the German airborne invasion.
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I mentioned below that Whisperin' Al's blog had a CDS battle report in it. It's only a short one, covering an attack on a Free World firebase. Here it is...
Those of you who regularly visit VL (bookmark us now!) will know that I love finding and collecting After Action Reports from all over the web. I especially like seeing how other people interpret scenarios that I have either written of played. So I was very happy, yesterday, when I found Whisperin' Al's blog which has several AARs for either IABSM or CDS.
Here's the first batch covering scenarios from the Defence of Calais and Sealion scenario packs. Lovely photographs of well set up tables and nicely painted figures. More to follow.
Coulogne
Coulogne Redux
Rearguard at Pevensey
Paul Scrivens-Smith reports on the game that he and his fellow Lardies will be taking around various shows next year. From the East African theatre, it's the attack on Sanchil and Brig's Peak by 1/3rd Punjabis on 10th February, 1941.
Excellent pictures again!
Benito provides us with another CDS battle report, this time featuring a riverine action based on the additional rules outlined in the TFL 2011 Summer Special. Some excellent photographs of some equally excellent terrain and figures.
A cracking AAR from a scenario from the Blenneville or Bust! scenario pack.
It's scenario 3A: Near Chemont, and the lead elements of an American armoured division are tasked with securing a vital crossroads...
Craig Ambler returns to Carroceto to play scenario #15 of the Anzio: Wildcat to Whale scenario pack.
A huge game of IABSM involving masses of figures as the Germans attack the Allied troops desperately holding the town.
Topi continues his East Africa campaign with another clash between British and Italian colonial forces.
Looks like some nasty blue-on-blue action!
Lardy Craig Ambler takes a trip to Italy to play Carroceto, the second scenario in the Anzio: Wildcat to Whale scenario pack.
A game characterised by lethal dice rolling: the British suffering fifty Kills and only three points of Shock. My only question is where I can get dice like that!
Unusually, both my usual wargaming opponents were available in the same week. Last night, Dave and I fought to an epic draw (see below), tonight was Neil's turn. As I didn't have time to set up anything new, we'd fight the same battle as before. Not only that, but I would play the Germans again, and decided to set up in almost exactly the same way as before, looking forward to seeing how the two games would differ.
Well, it was indeed a very different game...
Terrific game of IABSM last night. Dave and I fought Scenario #4B from the Blenneville or Bust!scenario pack: Near Avaux. A hugely entertaining clash with the fortunes of war swaying backwards and forwards each turn, and with a truly epic climax!
A quick AAR from John Thomas: a clash between the Soviets and the Japanese in 1945.
Benito returns to the jungles of Vietnam with an AAR from one of the scenarios from the Surf's Up! scenario pack for Charlie Don't Surf. It's time for Rawhide Replayed...
Here's an AAR that's been on my to-do list for some time. John has designed and is playing an IABSM scenario around the Operation Biting raid at Bruneval, where the Paras went in to capture some German radar technology.
A great AAR currently in two parts. You can see the details of the historical raid at the beginning of part two.
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