Description:
Out of all the most horrific battles of WWII, one name stands out above the rest: Stalingrad.
It became the focus point for everything else on the Eastern Front. Once they battled into the city, the German troops called it the "Rattenkrieg," the "rat’s war," and joked that they had "captured the kitchen but were still fighting for the living room." The joke had more than an element of truth, as the bitter fighting went from block to block, then building to building, and - literally - room to room. Soviet soldiers in the city said, "there is no land on the other side of the Volga."
Stalingrad was the living example of the Unstoppable Force meeting the Immovable Object, as "Advance at all costs!" orders from Hitler ran into "Not a step back!" orders from Stalin. And then came Operation Uranus, when Hitler and Stalin reversed those same orders.
But the battle for Stalingrad-the-city was only part of the German 1942 campaign, with its multiple priorities of political objectives (like Stalingrad) and resource objectives (like the Caucasus). Now, you can face the same questions and try to do better.
Each player will take the role of the operational theater commander. You still have leaders with short names and shorter tempers looking over your shoulder and telling you want to do (handled in game terms with directives and procedures that turn your decision making choices as much into "How do I please him?" as "How do I beat the enemy?") Counters represent mostly Soviet armies and German corps, with "assets" that can be attached to both, and minor Axis allies represented as well. Map scale is 55km to the hex, with 2 turns per month.
Now, you can revisit one of the most bitter campaigns of the war, in a challenging game you can play in a single sitting.
The Battle of Stalingrad puts you in charge where a whole region is aflame, leading up to the bitter fighting in the city and what was a true turning point of the entire war. The choices are up to you!
Theme:
Wargame - World War II
Mechanic:
Hex-and-Counter
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