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Stalingrad Pocket: 2nd Edition – The Wehrmacht's Greatest Disaster
Stalingrad Pocket: 2nd Edition – The Wehrmacht's Greatest Disaster
by The Gamers (1996)
Player Count
1 to 2

Player Ages
15+

Playing Time
3 hours to 15 hours
Categories
  • Wargame
  • World War II
  • Designers
  • Dean Essig
  • Masahiro Yamazaki
  • Mechanisms
  • Hex-and-Counter
  • Simulation
  • Dice Rolling
  • Ratio / Combat Results Table
  • Zone of Control
  • Family
  • Standard Combat Series
  • Country: Russia
  • Country: Soviet Union
  • Player Count: Two Player Only Games
  • Cities: Volgograd (Russia)
  • History: World War II (Eastern Front)
  • Rating: 7.29/10 from 398 users

    Description

    "Stalingrad Pocket: 2nd Edition – The Wehrmacht's Greatest Disaster", covers the Soviet counteroffensive and the German operations to hold the pincers apart and (if that fails) to relieve the Stalingrad pocket. Soviet play requires the use of a ponderous and fragile weapon of great size (the Red Army of 1942). German play requires sabre-like use of mobile reserves in hit and run attacks.

    History: (from the back of the box:)
    The German Wehrmacht stands at the pinnacle of its last season of blitzkrieg. Embattled German troops hold most of the city of Stalingrad ­ but the flanks are covered with less dependable Axis allied units. Opposing these flanks are the shock troops of the 1942 Soviet winter counteroffensive. They are poised to encircle Stalingrad and turn the tide of the war.

    The Game:
    2nd Edition Stalingrad Pocket:
    This is the second edition of Stalingrad Pocket, winner of the 1992 CSR Award for Best World War 2 wargame. It includes a reworked map and Order of Battle (utilizing Enemy at the Gates, the 1994 CSR Best Workd War 2 wargame award winner). It also applies the series rules version 1.6 used in its sister games Yom Kippur and Ardennes.

    'Stalingrad Pocket 2nd Edition adds the following features to make play even more interesting:
    • Reserves
    • Determined Attacks and Defenses
    • Air Power
    • Artillery Barrage attacks
    • Limited use of "dead unit count" victory conditions.
    Features :
    • Easy to learn and use game system.
    • Dynamic and Fluid situation
    • Balance of Military and Political Victory Conditions required to win
    • Fast and Furious Action
    • Player Skill is highly rewarded
    • Three Major Scenarios

    Game Scale:
    Game Turn: 2 Days
    Hex: 3.4 miles / 5.5 Km
    Units: Battalion to Division

    Game Inventory:
    One 22 x 34" full color map
    Two dual-side printed countersheets (560 1/2" counters)
    One 8-page SCS system rulebook
    One 16-page Stalingrad Pocket II specific rulebook
    Two 6-sided dice

    Solitaire Playability: High
    Complexity Level: Low
    Players: 1 or more
    Playing Time: 3-15 hours

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