It might be the single bloodiest battle in history. It was most certainly the most strategically decisive battle of WW2. After Stalingrad, it was only a matter of time for Hitler's Germany. But if the Wehrmacht had won there, who can say what the outcome might have been? A regimental-scale game of the two-month struggle for control of the 30-kilometer long industrial town that sat on the west bank of the Volga River.
Stalingrad: Verdun on the Volga is divided into several two-player scenarios (based on the historical German offensives in September and October). The game enables you to re-fight one of the most important battles of World War II in a single evening (a victory point check at the mid-way point that can keep games under three hours) using Rinella's favorite area impulse game system. Turns represent four days of historical time. The unit scale is roughly regimental, with some battalion-sized formations, versus battalion scale with some company-sized formations. Only three units types - infantry, armor, and pioneer. An accurate modeling of German combat attrition. Based on most recent publications utilizing post-Cold War Soviet sources (primarily Glantz).
Contains:
Full color mounted map - overall size 17" x 44"346 full color 5/8" countersFour Set-up and Reinforcement Play AidsFull color rulebook16 pages of campaign analysisx4 dice
