SPI Moscow 1941: The Enemy At The Gates (Board Game)
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October 1941:The onrushing German Blitzkrieg has smashed Stalin's frontier armies. As the Reeling survivors, stiffened by elite Siberian units, fight desperately to slow the German panzers, Stalin decides to stay in Moscow to lead the defense. Now, the unchecked German forces stand poised, ready to launch their final assault. The coming battle will be decisive.
In this operational level recreation of the battle for Moscow, the players maneuver colorful cardboard playing pieces on a ...four-color map of the Smolensk-Moscow area .These playing pieces represent the actual panzer regiments, tank corps, infantry divisions, and other units involved in the historical operation. Additional counters represent headquarters and cavalry units, ski troops, fortifications, and partisan organizations. A hexagonal grid superimposed on the map regulates deployment, movement, and battle engagement of the pieces at a scale of 10 km per hex. The roll of two dice on a probability chart determines each combat's outcome. Unit type, supply situation and the current weather also affect the outcome of combat. Each game turn represents 4 days of combat, covering German and Soviet operations from October 1941 to the end of January 1942. In the MOSCOW '41 game, the players recreate the most decisive battle of the early war years.
Box is opened, but contains all pieces and counters are in original packaging.Item is sold as is. Please, send us a message if you have any questions.
In this operational level recreation of the battle for Moscow, the players maneuver colorful cardboard playing pieces on a ...four-color map of the Smolensk-Moscow area .These playing pieces represent the actual panzer regiments, tank corps, infantry divisions, and other units involved in the historical operation. Additional counters represent headquarters and cavalry units, ski troops, fortifications, and partisan organizations. A hexagonal grid superimposed on the map regulates deployment, movement, and battle engagement of the pieces at a scale of 10 km per hex. The roll of two dice on a probability chart determines each combat's outcome. Unit type, supply situation and the current weather also affect the outcome of combat. Each game turn represents 4 days of combat, covering German and Soviet operations from October 1941 to the end of January 1942. In the MOSCOW '41 game, the players recreate the most decisive battle of the early war years.
Box is opened, but contains all pieces and counters are in original packaging.Item is sold as is. Please, send us a message if you have any questions.
