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Post by easyeight on Apr 20, 2020 2:10:18 GMT
After being out of print for several years, Stalingrad: Heroes All, I'm excited that Two Hour Wargames has let me update it as a supplement for NUTS! 4th edition. While you can play either side, the focus of the book is on the operations of 16th Panzer Division, one of the few that fought across the entire campaign…and escaped. Well, some escaped. Stalingrad: Heroes All plays just as well from the Soviet side. It can be played solo, cooperatively with all players on the same side, or head to head. Packed with 22 linked scenarios, this book covers a variety of small-unit and medium-sized actions from lunges across the Russia steppes during Fall Blau, to short sharp fights in the rubble of the Rattenkrieg, to desperate struggles for survival during the Kessel. This book also introduces several new unit types, hero characters and morale advantages. I hope you enjoy reading and playing it as much as I enjoyed writing it! www.twohourwargames.com/stalingrad.htmlDesign notes: sbminisguy.wordpress.com/2020/03/23/nuts-stalingrad-coming-soon/
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Post by stevenpage on Apr 20, 2020 14:51:13 GMT
I really like the wide variety of scenarios involved. This will make for a most interesting campaign.
One quick question; On page 13, there is a footnote related to the T35 tank, but no 'stat line' for one. Was this just 'legacy text'? I know the monsters did not see much action, and usually broke or bogged down when they did.
Thank you for NOT delineating EVERY model of Marder/PzJg out there. The stat line given, with the substitution of a '7' main gun, will take you from the PzJgI all the way to the advent of the Hetzer. FoW players used to drive me crazy nit-picking "which Marder is that?"
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Post by easyeight on Apr 20, 2020 16:00:13 GMT
Thanks! In doing my research, the book "Voices of Stalingrad" had a range of personal tales that led to the "Babushka" scenario. There were other like it, I play tested one at a local game club in which a German and Soviet squad, both with Privation and Out of Supply effects, had to fight to win a shell hole full of muddy water with a freshly killed pack mule with ammo next to it. If you won, you got water, food and ammo removed your Privation and Out of Supply effects -- the consensus was that it was an "interesting scenario" but that it wasn't "fun." Though one guy, a Vietnam Vet said it was the most realistic scenario he'd ever played in a skirmish game before -- so that's something. They responded better to the "Babushka" scenario, they found amusement in fighting over a pot of cabbage soup -- less grim than the other one. Yeah, that's a reference from the OOP "Clash of Titans" Ostfront book. That tank will be in the upcoming Eastern Front Campaign Book (part of a 4-part series I'm workin one -- Europe will have Western and Eastern front book, then Desert War, and a new PTO book that folds in the OOP War Against Japan book. Attached are the stats in case you just have to get that beast of a T-35 model onto the table! T-35 tank.pdf (102.85 KB) LOL, right?? But there are enough gamers out there who want that, so I've put those into the Campaign books. So even if there's practically no real difference between a Marder I and a Marder II, that "make ya go blind" list will be there. Btw -- the only diff between them in game terms is the Marder I has Front Armor 1, a Marder II has a Front Armor 2...but some folks expect to see that in a game book, so it shall be done. Any ways, thanks for your feedback and I'm glad you like the book!
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Post by stevenpage on Apr 20, 2020 20:23:06 GMT
25 years ago, when almost no Russian 15mm early models were available, I carved a wooden T35 and cast them in resin. We used them in a Command Decision game wherein a Russian Tank Corps was counter-attacking an over-extended German advance. The Germans used an 88 AA/AT section, a recon company, and a flight of Stukas to collapse that 'house of cards" before the panzers even got on the table.
I will put those stats to good use, in memory of that happy day of gaming.
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Post by easyeight on Apr 24, 2020 16:32:26 GMT
Greetings, Someone emailed asking about the stats for the StuiG 33B since it was present at Stalingrad. I missed this one. This was a hastily designed assault gun with a 150mm howitzer installed in a casemate on top of a StuG III chassis. It was intended to provide close fire support for infantry, to clear out Russian strongpoints. Only x12 were built, and they were all lost at Stalingrad. Stats file for NUTS: StuiG33B NUTS.pdf (254.06 KB)
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