Stalingrad: Inferno On The Volga

Fit

Teach 2.4

Teaching signal

Replay 4.0

High replayability

Interaction 3.6

Highly interactive

Scaling 4.0

Scales well

Strategy 4.5

Deep strategy

Control 3.5

More strategic control

Table feel

The game has a high level of direct confrontation and strategic depth, with frequent interaction among players. However, it does not emphasize cooperation as much.

Replay value

Stalingrad: Inferno on the Volga has a high variability gameboard, allowing for different experiences each time it is played. The presence of expansions adds new content and gameplay elements, enhancing replay value. The game offers deep strategic possibilities and room for players to improve their tactics and strategies. The player interaction score is average. The game scales well with different numbers of players without compromising its appeal or balance. The easiness to learn score is moderate, making it accessible to a wide range of players. Overall, Stalingrad: Inferno on the Volga has a strong replayability score of 7.9.

Luck profile

The final luck score for Stalingrad: Inferno on the Volga is 7, indicating a moderate level of luck influence. Random elements have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome, allowing for some strategic decisions to influence the 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

Stalingrad: Inferno on the Volga recreates one of the most epic battles of World War 2 with a game mechanism that makes this work in FOUR different game modes, including a true solitaire (versus AI) version. The well-known campaign became a clash of wills between Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin, involving hundreds of thousands of troops in a death struggle which eventually led to the German defeat in the entire war. Inferno's map is generated from highly detailed air recon photographs and depicts both the city and outskirts in extreme detail, as it was in August 23, 1942, when the battle began. The map scope includes the main city and the its suburbs from Lateschanka to Kuspornoe, along 30 km of the volga river, and extends to the west as far as Gumrak Airfield, Orlovka, and Alexandrovka. Map scale is 1:33000, with hexes that represent 1,1 kilometer along each side. The wooden-block units in the game represent regiments for the Germans (with some assault battalions) and brigades/divisions for the Soviets. The game has one campaign, covering August 23 to November 20 and taking from 1 to 2 hours to play. There are several shorter scenarios in development, such as the September attack to the southern part of the city and the October attack to the industrial sector. The unit wooden blocks provide fog-of-war and easy recording of strength, while a card-driven system that allows for key historical events and dramatic surprises in battle... The game offers FOUR different modes of play: Solitaire (German player versus Soviet AI) Cooperative (two German players vs Soviet AI) Competitive:2 (German player vs Soviet Player) Competitive:3 (two German players vs Soviet Player) Complexity level is medium/high. The game is played out over a detailed 84x60 cm (33"x24"), laminated multicolor mapboard. The game features more than 200 wooden/plastic components and near 50 event cards. —description from the publisher

Mechanism

5

Action Queue Area Majority / Influence Area-Impulse Cooperative Game Dice Rolling

Family

6

Cities: Volgograd (Russia) Components: Block Wargames Components: Map (City Scale) Country: Russia Crowdfunding: Kickstarter History: World War II (Eastern Front)

Type

1

Wargames

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