A real first on today's update: an AAR in German!
Those of you who don't speak German need not worry: the report, or spielberichte, is in two parts. First up are some words which Google and I have translated for you and, secondly, there's a great cartoon strip version which is in German...but you can always look at the pictures!
A great pdf AAR from Lars detailing his first game of Q13.
Lars does a lot of aerial wargaming. His website, Red Dragon Squadron, can be found here.
Great AAR from Grah, who moves from Stalingrad to Normandy with this pic-heavy AAR of a recent D-Day game.
I found a new source of IABSM After Action Reports today: a blog by a member of the Metropolitan Wargamers of Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York City, aptly named Brooklyn Wargaming.
Kimber has recently discovered IABSM, and has written a review here.
He has also posted a couple of short After Action Reports from the Where The Hell Have You Been, Boys?scenario pack.
#1: Find the Guns
#2: Holding the Pointe
#4: South of Vierville
An AAR covering the next game in the Bashnya or Bust! campaign I'm currently playing against my regular opponent, Neil.
Following the events of the last game, the initiative had passed to the Germans. Their objective: to take the ford at the village of Sorok...
Another great AAR from the Mark Luther archive (all available on Flickr but gradually being added here too). This is another IABSM game in 6mm: this time it's action on the Eastern Front as a German column retreats.
Added a couple of archive battle reports from Amokfigur: these date back to 2006 and are taken from a website that declares itself in hiatus. Well, I hope all is good with Amok and he's still playing IABSM...and I do love the way that King Tiger is painted.
Heldenhausen
Somewhere in Russia
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!
Craig Ambler continues his Vyazma or Bust! campaign with Scenario 2A: the Bridge at Urk.
Scrivs and friend took their amazing Keren game to the Partizan in the Park show. Some excellent new additions, including this great Sikh stretcher team:
Here's the promised second AAR from the OML2 game of Bloody Omaha...
I have two AARs involving Mike Whitaker's fantastic Bloody Omaha game. Here's the first: the warm-up game played a week or so before Operation Market Larden 2.
Great report, great photos!
I was lucky enough to be able to make Operation Market Larden 2 this weekend: a day of Lardy wargaming organised by the Wyvern Wargamers.
This was an excellent day's gaming at which I played Chain of Command for the first time in the morning (my apologies to my opponents for the slightly flukey at-the-last-moment victory!) and Mike Whitaker's brilliant rendition of the Bloody Omaha scenario from the Where The Hell Have You Been, Boys? D-Day scenario pack in the afternoon.
There will be a proper AAR posted shortly but, for the moment, here is a sample shot of the afternoon game.
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.
Two more AAR from Amokfigur. No photos this time as unfortunately the site has corrupted a bit, and the pictures for these battle reports are now unavailable...even on the Internet Archive.
But they are a good read anyway!
Two more AAR from Amokfigur. No photos this time as unfortunately the site has corrupted a bit, and the pictures for these battle reports are now unavailable...even on the Internet Archive.
But they are a good read anyway!
Glory in Russia
Vodka and Steel
As those of you who regularly visit this website know, I love discovering new sources of battle reports. Here's another find: a website from Denmark, I think, with a handful of reports dating back to 2006!
The site is currently marked as being in hiatus, and I hope that changes, as the reports are great. Here's the first two.
The Briansk Front
Eastern Front Game
A third play-test scenario from the forthcoming Bashnya or Bust! scenario pack. The Germans have their backs against the wall...
Another great AAR from the Blenneville or Bust scenario pack: Topi and his friends fight scenario 3A: Near Chemont.
Whisperin' Al returns to the scene with a quick early war AAR: the Gloucesters at Zutpeyne.
The first of two AARs from Topi using scenarios from the Blenneville or Bust! Normandy scenario pack. This time it's scenario 2A: Avaux.
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