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Stalin's Tanks: Armor Battles On The Russian Front box art
1980 Ranked #15,972

Stalin's Tanks: Armor Battles On The Russian Front

Maneuver forces across tactical or historical battle maps.

Wargames Wargame World War II Hexagon Grid Line of Sight

Players

2

Play time

Not listed

Age

12+

Complexity

2.1/5

Rating

6.31

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

MicroHistory #3 in the Metagaming MicroHistory series Players fight the East Front battles of WW2. From back of the game: Welcome to the Eastern front...

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Dice Rolling

Roll dice to introduce uncertainty into actions, production, movement, or resolution.
Line of Sight

Visibility between pieces determines valid targets, movement, or effects.
Hexagon Grid

Use a hexagonal map where each space connects evenly in six directions.
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MicroHistory #3 in the Metagaming MicroHistory series Players fight the East Front battles of WW2. From back of the game: Welcome to the Eastern front... The Nazi invasion of Russia destroyed more lives than any war in history. For the common soldier it meant unsurpassed suffering. Great battles were fought in ice, mud, dust and exhaustion. The tank became queen of the battle and the key to victory. Now you can face the challenge of an east front armor commander in this fun, fast playing game of maneuver and combat. STALIN'S TANKS is another historical MicroGame from Metagaming. Players take command of the mighty, proven German war machines or the relentless Soviet defenders. Complete with basic and advanced rules, STALIN'S TANKS is an exciting simluation of armored warfare on the Russian front and is compatible with ROMMEL'S PANZERS.

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Type

1
Wargames

Category

2
Wargame World War II

Mechanism

3
Dice Rolling Hexagon Grid Line of Sight

Family

6
Country: Germany Country: Russia Country: Soviet Union Players: Two-Player Only Games Players: Wargames with Rules Supporting Only Twoâ?¦ Series: MicroGame (Metagaming)

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Play and group

Players
2
Best with
1–2
Play time
60 min
Age
12+
Complexity
2.1/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Roger Damon

Artists

2
Trace Hallowell Ben Ostrander

Publishers

1
Metagaming

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