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?
Struggle for Stalingrad is a small game on the Germans' attempt to take Stalingrad from Sept.-Dec. 1942.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Area Movement
Move pieces between connected regions rather than along individual spaces.
Dice Rolling
Roll dice to introduce uncertainty into actions, production, movement, or resolution.
Chit-Pull System
Draw tokens to determine which units, factions, or events activate next.
Movement Points
Spend a movement allowance across spaces with different costs.
Simulation
Model a real or imagined system through detailed cause-and-effect rules.
Read the full game description
Struggle for Stalingrad is a small game on the Germans' attempt to take Stalingrad from Sept.-Dec. 1942. - 100 counters, - 17x22 map (areas - including special strong points, no hexes) - eight pages of rules Includes some fog of war as Soviet unit values are hidden until they are assaulted.