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Fortress Stalingrad

Players

2

Time

?-?

Age

12+

Weight

2.45

Rating

6.34

Fit

Teach 2.3

Teaching signal

Replay 4.0

High replayability

Interaction 3.6

Highly interactive

Scaling 4.0

Scales well

Strategy 4.5

Deep strategy

Control 2.3

Luck-sensitive

Table feel

Fortress Stalingrad has a high level of direct confrontation and strategic depth in confrontation. Players need to frequently pay attention to and react to each other's strategies and turns. However, there is less emphasis on cooperation in the game.

Replay value

Fortress Stalingrad offers a high level of variability with its gameboard, expansions, and strategic depth. The game scales well with different player counts and has a moderate learning curve. Overall, it provides a highly replayable experience.

Luck profile

Fortress Stalingrad has a moderate influence of luck. Random elements like dice rolls or card draws have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome. Players have substantial ability to mitigate randomness through strategic decisions and planning. The game outcome is primarily determined by player strategy and decisions, with luck playing a minor role.

Overview

Fortress Stalingrad: Soviet Winter Counter Offensive 1942-1943, is a strategic/operational level simulation of the Soviet Winter Counter Offensive in 1942-43. Many have called this to be the single most important Campaign in all of World War II. The game was first published in Strategy & Tactics magazine #124. The Soviet player gains victory points based on objectives and German unit losses. If he gains more than 110 points in the 12 game turns, he wins. If the German player holds the Soviets to less than 100 points, he wins. The game is declared a draw if the point total is between 100 and 110. Game Scale: Turn: approximately 10 days Hex: 15 miles / 25 km Unit: Company to Army Game Inventory: One 22" X 30" mapsheet One countersheet (200 1/2" counters) One 20 page rules booklet

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Credits

Designers

1
Ty Bomba

Artists

2
Larry Hoffman Rodger B. MacGowan

Publishers

1
3W (World Wide Wargames)

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