With the second UK lockdown still in full swing, I went back to playing a solo game of I Ain't Been Shot, Mum. This is an excellent set of rules which works really well in solo as I've shown before with the recent game set in Kursk and the one set in Stalingrad.

This time, I dialled the clock back to 1941 and the invasion of Russia by Germany, AKA Operation Barbarossa. I set it in the southern sector with a Romanian force pressing forward the attack.

The Soviets had lost their AT capabilities after the BAs were abandoned and were faced by two StuGs, two R-2s, along with a pretty fresh platoon. It would have only been a matter of time before they were either destroyed to a man or driven from the field. It was another excellent game of IABSM, with more twists than the last game I played and about half way through it could have genuinely gone either way. The friction caused by drawing cards really helps to make IABSM a great solo game as you have to react to the next card you draw.

As with other games, I also filmed this and you can watch the AAR here:

Alex Sotheran