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"Another instalment in Warlord Games’ Epic series has just been released..."! Norm Smith, in Battlefields & Warriors, checks out the latest figures/ruleset package in this series. "... a lot of work has gone into this rule set to make it AWI specific - well done that team."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 6/30/2025

War reaches northern Italy, 215 BC

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"Hannibal has come over the Alps..."! Prufrock and his friend Ian P bring us an intense Punic War clash that doesn't look too promising for the Romans, when they "...win the first move and mostly freeze."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 6/26/2025

Interview with Robert Phaneuf Designer of Secession 1861: The American Civil War and The Armada from Fortress Games Currently on Kickstarter

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"...there are few more fertile areas for educational, simulation-ai gaming." Grant Kleinhenz, in The Players' Aid, interviews designer Bob Phaneuf about his two upcoming games. See why he thinks that "...Secession 1861 will mature as a classic solitaire nail-biter."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 6/18/2025

Battles of Heraclea Lyncestis, 219 BC and Emporiae, 218 BC (Med Campaign 9)

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"Reports are in of a battle in northern Macedon between the invading Illyrians and a force scrambled together to meet them...". Prufrock continues with two more nicely photographed AARs in the ongoing Med Campaign! "...in Nearer Spain, Proconsul Aaronius Dubius Scipio Calvus, having landed a force near Emporiae, was engaged by an alliance of indomitable Iberian tribes...".

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 6/9/2025

My pre-orders analysis – what is new and coming!

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Michal, in The Boardgames Chronicle, covers his current game preorders, and why he is anxiously awaiting them. See which game has him commenting that "...we are getting so many new elements – from graphical representation, to add-ons and optional rules – that this it will be a great, refreshing comeback to fantastic classic!"

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 6/6/2025

My Top Solitaire Wargames: New Designs and All-Time Classics

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Michal, in The Boardgames Chronicle, reveals his favorite recent and all time solitaire classics. Check out the game he describes as "...probably the best small units combat simulation ever created, which has fantastic planning phase and unfolds completely differently each time.", and the one that challenges you to "...harness a brilliant mind, titanic energies, and a sometimes terrifying charisma to leave your mark on history?"

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 6/4/2025

Soviet 12mm WWII Pocket Army

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"My second WWII Pocket Army is now complete..."! Norm Smith, in Battlefields & Warriors, brings us a Pocket Army update pictorial.

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 5/26/2025

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Game: STALINGRAD


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 Publisher: Avalon Hill
Game Type: Board
Designer(s): Charles S. Roberts, Lindsley Schutz, Thomas N. Shaw
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Description:


"Now YOU can re-fight the most gigantic military campaign the world has ever known. YOU command all the major units that took part in the actual battles. As the German Commander you begin your great offensive near the Polish-Russian border--leading the powerful Wehrmacht toward Leningrad, Moscow and Stalingrad. Or, as the Russian Commander you direct a strategic defensive in the hopes of stopping the German thrust before the gates of Stalingrad. By piecing together information from captured military records in Government archives, Avalon Hill has set the stage for you to re-create history. It is now June, 1941--time to mobilize your forces in this historical world War II battle campaign--STALINGRAD. (From the first page of the rules in the original 1963 edition)". Avalon Hill published 2 editions in 1963 with different box sizes and released the game again in 1974.

Articles

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 Article Description
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992
 Date: 7/1/2025
Poster: Pat L.
 In Memoriam: Revisiting the Avalon Hill Classics, Part II (game inventory)

Joseph J. Scoleri III posted this complete inventory and physical description of the box contents for Avalon Hill’s vintage war games from the 1950’s and 1960’s. 		Web Link
993
 Date: 11/9/2024
Poster: Pat L.
 Avalon hill Stalingrad trip down memory lane (video)

clarkcommando1983 unboxes Stalingrad. You never know what you will find when you buy a used war game. 		Web Link
991
 Date: 10/25/2024
Poster: Pat L.
 Stalingrad (wargame) (audio only)

WikiAudio posted this audio targeted for blind players. The audio gives a complete description, history of the game, and criticisms that led to improvements in future war games devoted to the Eastern Front during World War II. 		Web Link
990
 Date: 10/12/2024
Poster: Pat L.
 Stalingrad (AAR) Avalon Hill (video)

Hex 2 Hex posted this after-action report for the vintage game, Stalingrad. The video summarizes what happened after each significant turn leading to an a-historical, decisive German victory. 		Web Link
989
 Date: 10/5/2024
Poster: Pat L.
 Stalingrad - Avalon Hill Unboxing (video)

Three guys from Hex 2 Hex dive in to a used version of this vintage game and uncover some surprises from the previous owner. You never know what you’ll find when you buy a used game! 		Web Link
988
 Date: 8/31/2024
Poster: Robert Holifield
 Oh No - Another Stalingrad Variant!

Distinguished and prolific game designer Joseph Miranda has a Stalingrad variant, which in his words, "My Objective was to turn Stalingrad into a reasonably faithful historical simulation using the types of game systems available to Avalon Hill in the 1960s". This variant was published by Strategist in Vol. XXXI, Issue 7, May 2001. 		Grognard Hosted
987
 Date: 2/12/2022
Poster: Pat L.
 Stalingrad Rules (2nd edition)

Scribd, a web page devoted to e-publications, has the complete rules for Stalingrad from Avalon Hill. This version is from the 2nd edition published in 1974. 		Web Link
985
 Date: 2/6/2022
Poster: Pat L.
 VASSAL Module for Stalingrad

Here is a module at the VASSAL web site for Avalon Hill’s Stalingrad. VASSAL is a game engine for building and playing online adaptations of board games and card games. A growing list of game Modules is available at the web site and at web sites for some game publishers. Players can play solitaire off-line, play live on the Internet or play by email. Vassal runs on all platforms, and is free, open-source software. 		Web Link
986
 Date: 2/6/2022
Poster: Pat L.
 Can Romanians be placed in Finland in Stalingrad?

Board & Card Games Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for people who like playing board games, designing board games or modifying the rules of existing board games. This example describes a novel strategy while playing Avalon Hill’s Stalingrad. 		Web Link
984
 Date: 1/30/2022
Poster: Pat L.
 Comrade Wargame (Avalon Hill’s Stalingrad)

From a most unusual web site, Gideon Marcus posts a review from 1963(?!) that discusses Stalingrad from Avalon Hill and some comparisons to their Waterloo game. Marcus provides a short description and notes the game’s innovations including rules for replacements, weather, rail transportation, and supply (all new at the time). The review includes a play through of his victory for the Germans and several interesting comments from readers. 		Web Link
983
 Date: 1/30/2022
Poster: Pat L.
 TAHGC, STALINGRAD (1963, 1974)

Here is a complete description of this vintage war game from Joseph C. Beard III. Beard also discusses the game’s place in war game design Including a short discussion of the game’s innovative rules for replacements, weather, and rail transportation. Although the game has shortcomings and newer games on the subject have better designs, Beard credits Stalingrad as the “original design” for this campaign. Some very interesting comments follow the review. 		Web Link
982
 Date: 1/22/2022
Poster: Pat L.
 THE 'STALINGRAD' NOTEBOOK: DEFENDING THE MOTHERLAND

Map and Counters, a long-time war gamer’s blog from Joseph C. Beard III, reviews the history of the strategies employed by the Russians in Avalon Hill’s Stalingrad. Although the game has problems with historical accuracy, Beard finds the game fascinating and worthy of play. Are you a Finnish first or a race to Warsaw advocate? 		Web Link
981
 Date: 12/5/2021
Poster: Pat L.
 Stalingrad

Al Butler reviews Avalon Hill’s Stalingrad on his Booze & Board Games blog. Mr. Butler describes the game components and reviews rules and game play in this illustrated review of “the most analyzed war game in existence”. 		Web Link
980
 Date: 7/28/2021
Poster: Harvey M.
 Stalingrad Review

I have to hand it to Centurion's Review because they are willing to look very far back into the early years of the wargaming hobby and review legacy games that most of us cut our teeth on. This video covers the old war horse, Stalingrad, published byAvalon Hill in the early 1960s. Everyone probably has their own opinion about this game but it's worthwhile to hear what they say. 		Web Link
979
 Date: 7/6/2010
Poster: Mark D.
 Differences between the 1963 and 1974 editions (Word document)

Stalingrad was issued by Avalon Hill in 1963 and reissued in 1974. Changes in the rules are listed here from Scott. 		Grognard Hosted
976
 Date: 10/26/1997
Poster: Mark D.
 Generic Russian Front Boardgame Order of Battle and Combat Results Table

Game designer, publisher, and Grognard Lou Coatney takes a deep dive analyzing improvements to the order of battle and combat results table for games like Avalon Hill’s Stalingrad and The Russian Campaign, and GDW’s 1941: Operation Barbarossa. 		Grognard Hosted
977
 Date: 1/22/1996
Poster: Mark D.
 Stalingrad Variant (zip file)

The Deer Valley Game Company creates “Game Kits” that are supplements to popular war games including Stalingrad from Avalon Hill. Each kit might contain updated maps, counters, player aids, and rules to add variety and new challenges to these classic war games. The kits are free. Click here to see Game Kits available for other war games. 		Web Link
974
 Date: 1/16/1996
Poster: Mark D.
 STALINGRAD, THE CLASSIC: A REVISIONIST'S REVIEW

Back in 1996, Lou Coatney, long time war gamer and war game designer, offered his review of this early and highly regarded and studied Avalon Hill classic. Citing several problems with the game, Coatney acknowledges what made the game so popular (playablity) while being highly inaccurate historically. The review includes a list of Stalingrad successor games and Coatney’s own set of revised rules to increase historic accuracy. 		Grognard Hosted
975
 Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
 article index

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978
 Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
 Avalom Hilly game module

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