"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