CDS AAR: CDS at Call to Arms 2015

Last week, I mentioned Dan Wade's superb blog Wade's World of Wargaming. Well, last year, Dan put on a Vietnam demo game at Call to Arms using Charlie Don't Surf!  and a mash-up of a couple of scenarios from the CDS scenario pack, Surf's Up!

Dan reported on the demo game, and how he later played it through to a conclusion at home, over a series of blog posts which (and I hope he doesn't mind) that I have combined into one glorious battle report.

Click on the pic below to see his superb terrain and figures:

IABSM AAR: A Canadian VC

Sergeant Steiner continues his exploration of the IABSM rules with a game based on the fourth scenario from the IABSM v3 rulebook: A Canadian VC.

See how he gets on by clicking on the pic below:

CDS AAR: Tank Only Action

Dan Wade writes a great wargaming blog called Wade's World of Wargaming. There are loads of great posts and great pictures showing off Dan's collection of beautifully painted figures and terrain.

One of Dan's particular interest is Vietnam, so here's a very quick pic-only AAR from the period which I hope he doesn't mind me reproducing here. The game features a bit of tank-only action: click on the pic below to see all...

IABSM AAR: The Battle of the Reichswald

A quick battle report from the Stipsicz Hussars, whose excellent blog can be reached by clicking here.

Will the Canadian tanks be able to break through the German lines? Click on the pic below to find out...

CDS AAR: The Battle of Hoa Tan

A quick Charlie Don't Surf! battle report from the Dr Fischer's Game Night blog dating back to 2014.

Based on a real encounter, with information from the actual after action reports, the game doesn't go quite as the umpire had planned...

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IABSM AAR: Slim River

Scenario #10, Slim River, is one of my favourite battles from the Fall of the Liongate scenario pack for I Ain’t Been Shot, Mum.

Taking place on 7th January 1942 (i.e. a month after Pearl Harbour), the Japanese have been hammering down the centre of Malaya, smashing most British Indian troops aside, and slowed only by the efforts of some Gurkha regiments and the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. To continue their advance, they launch a sudden thrust down the single road that leads to the village of Trolak, their objective being the bridge there over the otherwise impassable Slim River.

Click on the pic below to see if the Japanese manage to take the bridge:

IABSM AAR: Action at Galmanche

A quick battle report from Sergeant Steiner's excellent blog (click here to visit). Here he plays the third scenario included with the IABSMv3 rulebook: Action at Galmanche.

IABSM AAR: The Road to Fort Capuzzo

The Stipsicz Hussars play another of the scenarios from the Operation Compass scenaripo pack for I Ain't Been Shot, Mum!

This time they play the first scenario in the pack: the Road to Fort Capuzzo, featuring a British attack on a position manned by Italian/Libyan colonial troops. Click on the pic to see all:

IABSM AAR: River Crossing 1944

Well we haven't seen one of these for a while: here's another of Mark Luther's amazing battle reports using IABSM in 6mm.

Here a mixed force of Soviets tries to scout out a suitable river crossing as they advance across Poland in 1944.

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CDS AAR: Where's My Zippo?

A final Charlie Don't Surf! battle report lifted from the, I think, defunct, Tao of Lard blog (no posts since 2013).

Here a company of US troops are tasked with checking a village for caches of rice...but will Charlie let them go about their work unmolested?

Click on the pic below to read all about it:

IABSM AAR: Beda Fomm

A few pictures of a recent game of IABSM from the Stipsicz Hussars:  a re-fight of the climactic battle of Operation Compass fought in the western desert in February 1941.

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CDS AAR: Home-Brewed Hi-Jinks

Another Charlie Don't Surf after action report from Penfold, but this time, for the first time, he is using a scenario of his own devising.

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IABSM AAR: A Canadian VC

Another great battle report from Joe Patchen. This time, Joe describes the action from the play of one of the scenarios in the I Ain't Been Shot, Mum! rulebook: A Canadian VC.

Will history repeat itself and medals be awarded? Click on the pic below to see all:

CDS AAR: On the Road in 2012

As I've said before, I like to think of this site as an archive of activity for the TooFatLardies company-sized wargames: IABSM, CDS, Q13.

As such, it's great to be able to archive/commemorate/celebrate the efforts of Abingdon Wargames Club in 2012 as they took their demo game of Charlie Don't Surf on the road to various wargames shows.

Click on the picture below to see a brief collection of words and pics from their UK tour...

IABSM AAR: Belgium Re-Visited

A bit of a blast from the past from Dr The Viking's blog: with a pictorial AAR from 2008 covering a late war bash as the Americans fight their way back into Belgium.

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CDS AAR: Playing the Beanball

Another great Charie Don't Surf  battle report from Penfold, this one using scenario #06: Playing the Beanball from the Surf's Up scenario pack.

Here the Communist forces learn an important lesson about playing as insurgents rather than playing as regulars...

Click on the Surf's Up cover, below, to see all:

IABSM AAR: Berlin Re-Visited

Back in 2013, Joakim and some of his fellow Penguins took advantage of an empty house to set up and play a huge game of I Ain't Been Shot, Mum!

Here's the AAR, with some great pictures of a truly huge table! Click on the picture below to see all.

CDS AAR: Combat Engineer

Another of Penfold's Charlie Don't Surf battle reports from 2011. This one uses the fourth scenario from the Surf's Up scenario booklet: Combat Engineer.

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IABSM AAR: Cats & Mice Around Caen

Another 2007 battle report from Dr. The Viking: this time a massive late war tank-only battle.

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IABSM AAR: Anzio #10: Highway Seven

Joe Patchen and friends have started to work their way through the Anzio: Wildcat to Whale scenario pack (available to buy from here or from the TFL website)

Here's an AAR from their first game: Scenario 10: Highway Seven. Click on the pic to see all: