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Stalingrad Roads: Battle on the Edge of the Abyss

2023-12-27T14:52:45-05:00

Vendor: Nuts! Publishing
Type: Board Games
Price: 74.95

Designer	Nicolas Rident
Publisher	Nuts! Publishing
Players	2
Playtime	60-180 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Additional Info	266474/stalingrad-roads-battle-edge-abyss http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/266474/stalingrad-roads-battle-edge-abyss/forums/63

Offensive Roads: Stalingrad is a wargame for 2 players covering the 1942-43 winter campaign on the Soviet South Front. The game begins with the outbreak of the Uranus offensive in late November 1942 and ends with Manstein's counter-attack in March 1943.
The game is aligned with the 'Roads' series, which features the titles Liberty Roads and Victory Roads (published by Hexasim). The system will be familiar to players who have enjoyed the first two games, but it has been adapted to take into account all the specifics of the campaign (the supply of the Stalingrad pocket, management of the Stavka,...).

Offensive Roads: Stalingrad has four scenarios.

Edge of the Abyss: 17 turns. The full campaign.
Wintergewitter: this small two-turn scenario is ideal for getting started with the system, but is also a challenge for both players.
Manstein's Backhand Blow: a short but intense scenario to maneuver the elite German armored forces and save a desperate situation.
Star and Gallop : Starting in February 1943, this scenario shows the end of the campaign from the surrender of the 6th Army. A real game within the game, it allows players to discover these very little simulated offensives and opens up a situation rich in opportunities for the Soviet player.

—description from the publisher

Victory Roads

2017-03-15T17:22:00-04:00

Vendor: Hexasim
Type: Board Games
Price: 94.95

Designer	Nicolas Rident
Publisher	Hexasim
Players	2
Suggested Age	12 and up
Additional Info	171278/victory-roads http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/171278/victory-roads/forums/63

June 1944, the Allies have finally opened the second front demanded by Stalin. The Red Army then launches the Bagration operation. Bringing considerable resources, over 2 million men and 4,000 tanks, it aims to liberate Byelorussia. Taken by surprise, the German Army Group Center collapses quickly. The Soviets then advance 600 km in a month, causing an unprecedented defeat to the Germans. They are stopped at the gates of Warsaw, where the insurgency that has just started will be ruthlessly suppressed.

But the Axis forces are not yet beaten and 10 months of fierce fighting will be necessary until the final victory.

Victory Roads is a historical simulation retracing the campaign on the Eastern Front, from June 22, 1944, the day of the launch of the offensive Bagration in Byelorussia, until May 1945 in Berlin.

Victory Roads uses the same game system as Liberty Roads, our wargame on the Western Front, from the D-Day to April 1945, while integrating the specific characteristics of this campaign. The counters are the divisions (Axis) and corps (Soviets) of both sides involved in the campaign.

The system focuses on the different structure of the two opposing armies. Supports represent the effects of various materiel, equipment, as well as specific battle events.

Players who are used to play with Liberty Roads should find Victory Roads very familiar.

The main difference the game offers relies in the way to handle the Soviet player’s offensive. A TO marker represents an area of logistic and administrative support from the Chief Commander of Stavka. Theaters of Operation markers are somewhat similar to PLUTO markers although slightly more tricky to handle. They

Scenarios

Budapest-Vienna (7 turns: January-April 45), an initiation scenario to learn the system basics
Bagration (4 turns: June-August 44)
Bessarabia (7 turns: July-September 44)
Downfall (9 turns: January-May 45)
The Campaign game (24 turns), with historical setup or semi-free Soviet setup

Game components

2 standard maps (A1 size) + 1 small map (A4 size) - printed on both sides
924 die-cut counters (1/2") - 3 countersheets with 308 counters on each
One full-colour rules booklet with designer notes (28 pages)
Game aids - 9 A4 size and 2 A3 size
Two 6-side dice
Box

(source: Hexasim website and user's description)

Liberty Roads

2016-09-08T08:06:00-04:00

Vendor: Hexasim
Type: Board Games
Price: 79.95

Designer	Yves le Quellec, Nicolas Rident
Publisher	Hexasim
Players	2
Playtime	960 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up
Honors	2009 Charles S. Roberts Best World War 2 Era Board Wargame Nominee 2009 Charles S. Roberts Best Board Game Graphics Nominee
Additional Info	39188/liberty-roads https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/39188/liberty-roads/forums/63

Liberty Roads is a WWII campaign of France simulation, from 6th of June 1944 (the D-Day) to March 1945. The game map covers all the operation theater from Brest to the Ruhr, Rotterdam and Toulon. Rules are divided in basic rules and advanced rules. Basic rules covers movement, combat, supply... and allows play of introduction scenario Cobra. Advanced rules deals mainly with airborne drops and landings.

Game length:

Cobra scenario: 1.5 to 2 hrs.
D-Day scenario: 6 to 8 hrs.
Campaign scenario: 15 to 20 hrs.

Game scale: 1 hex = 25 km
1 counter = 1 division

Complexity : Moderate