Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
Race for Berlin is a game on the last drive to Berlin where you take control of Marshal Zhukov's 1st Byelorussian front, or Marshal Koniev's 1st Ukrainian front.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Area Movement
Move pieces between connected regions rather than along individual spaces.
Area-Impulse
Players alternate short actions within contested areas until everyone passes.
Dice Rolling
Roll dice to introduce uncertainty into actions, production, movement, or resolution.
Simulation
Model a real or imagined system through detailed cause-and-effect rules.
Read the full game description
Race for Berlin is a game on the last drive to Berlin where you take control of Marshal Zhukov's 1st Byelorussian front, or Marshal Koniev's 1st Ukrainian front. At the same time you also take control of the German forces in front of your opponent (Army Group Vistula for Koniev or Army Group Center for Zhukov), to delay your opponent's forces while your Soviet units Race for Berlin. The one who succeeds best will be rewarded by Stalin, who will give him command of the last assault on Berlin's Reichstag. Race for Berlin is a 2-player game played on a 17x22 area map with 140 die-cut counters and having 8 pages of rules. The scale is operational and each turn depicts one to two days of battle. Release date: June 2010 in Battles Magazine #4