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Turning Point: The Battle Of Stalingrad box art
1972 Ranked #16,316

Turning Point: The Battle Of Stalingrad

Maneuver forces across tactical or historical battle maps.

Wargames Wargame World War II Hexagon Grid Simulation

Players

2

Play time

150-180 min

Age

12+

Complexity

2.33/5

Rating

6.46

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 4.0/5

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?

From the rules: Battle of Stalingrad is a simulation of the historical events of the Soviet offensive of 19 Nov., 1942 that led to the famous encirclement and destruction of the German Sixth Army in Stalingrad.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

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.
Hexagon Grid

Use a hexagonal map where each space connects evenly in six directions.
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From the rules: Battle of Stalingrad is a simulation of the historical events of the Soviet offensive of 19 Nov., 1942 that led to the famous encirclement and destruction of the German Sixth Army in Stalingrad. Counters = 200 Not to be confused with Avalon Hill's Turning Point: Stalingrad

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Type

1
Wargames

Category

2
Wargame World War II

Mechanism

3
Dice Rolling Hexagon Grid Simulation

Family

6
Cities: Volgograd (Russia) Country: Germany Country: Russia Country: Soviet Union History: World War II (Eastern Front) Players: Two-Player Only Games

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2
Best with
1
Play time
150–180 min
Age
12+
Complexity
2.3/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
Jim Dunnigan John Young

Artists

1
Redmond A. Simonsen

Publishers

1
SPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.)

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