The Battle of Stalingrad SPI Game 1972 Unpunched

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This is the rare, original game first published by SPI in 1972. It was later renamed "Turning Point" Contents: Game Map (23" x 29") Game Rules Two Set Up Sheets (8 1/2 x 11) One set of die cut counters (11" x 7") Unpunched Unboxed From the SPI Games 1972 catalog: The Battle of Stalingrad: The Soviet Winter Offensive 1942 Sixteen scenarios show alternatives The effect of Hitler's "stand fast" order How much the Soviets gambled November 1942: The German Sixth Army grinds block by block through the rubble of Stalingrad. In the Caucasus, Army Group A closes on Maikop and Batum, the "oil cities," source of fuel for Soviet armies and industries. Suddenly the Red Army strikes, shocking the German High Command. Soviet troops envelop the Sixth Army in Stalingrad and threaten to isolate Army Group A in the south. Battle of Stalingrad simulates the Soviet Winter Offensive with sixteen scenarios of the major alternatives that could have occurred. Battle of Stalingrad is a grand tactical (division/corps) game with hexes equal to 16 kilometers (10 miles). Each Game-Turn represents two days. The game system is similar to Kursk and France '40, but it has been refined and modified to reflect the peculiarities of the situation. Soviet cavalry, for example, can move in the motorized movement phase. An optional rule forcing the German units to hold read more