VICTORY AT STALINGRAD
INTRODUCTION
Card game for 2 players.
Theme: WWII Eastern Front Battle of Stalingrad
One player is the Soviets.
The other player is the Germans.
VICTORY
The German Player must win 3 Hands in a row (Ignore Ties) to win.
If the German player has not accomplished this by turn 10 the Soviet player wins.
THE DECKS
Each player has a Unique deck.
Each deck has 5 Suites with cards marked 1-10.
TURN NOTATION
The first 4 Turns are known as the Early Turns.
The last 4 Turns (6-10) are known as the Late Turns.
The early turns favor the Germans. Late turns favor the Russians.
Some cards can only be played in the Early Turns.
Some cards can only be played in the Late Turns.
THE GERMAN DECK
The German Deck has 5 Suites:
Firepower
Objectives
Morale
Tactics
Forces
THE SOVIET DECK
The Soviet Deck has 5 Suites:
Defense
Locations
Morale
Tactics
Forces
TURN SEQUENCE
Each turn has 5 Phases:
1. Reserves Phase
2. Strategy Phase
3. Event Phase
4. Conflict Phase
5. Logistics Phase
RESERVES PHASE
Each player fills their hand to 7 cards.
If a deck runs out, shuffle the discard and draw from it.
STRATEGY PHASE
Players may discard up to 3 cards and draw replacements.
EVENT PHASE
Starting with the German player, each player may discard a card to do a Special action.
Players are limited to 2 such actions in this Phase.
The Special Action depends on the Suite of the card discarded.
Firepower = Opponent must discard 1 Random card from his hand
Objectives = Rank of Opponent’s Card Combo this turn is minus one
Defense = Draw 2 cards from your Deck
Locations = Rank of your own Card Combo this turn is plus one
Morale = Draw 1 card from your Deck
Tactics = Look at Opponent’s hand
Forces = If you win this Hand draw one extra card next turn
CONFLICT PHASE
Players reveal their hands.
The player with the best card combination wins the Hand.
Card Combinations are poker-like.
CARD COMBINATIONS
Combinations are based on a hand of up to 5 cards.
These Combos are ranked from lowest to highest.
Higher Ranked combos beat lower ranked combos. Ties are possible.
Rank Combo:
1. High Card
2. One Pair
3. Two Pair
4. Three of a Kind
5. Full House (3 of a Kind and a Pair)
6. Straight (5 numbers in a row)
7. Four of a Kind
8. Flush (5 cards same suite)
9. Straight Mix (5 numbers in a row: All Suites different)
10. Straight Flush (5 numbers in a row: All the same Suite)
11. Five of a Kind
LOGISTICS PHASE
Discard all cards.
Record the winner of the Hand.
CARD LIST NOTATION
P = Firepower
O = Objectives
D = Defense
L = Locations
M = Morale
T = Tactics
F = Forces
GERMAN CARD LIST
Name: Suite Rank Notes:
Superior Firepower P 1
Combined Arms P 2
Bombing P 3
Shelling P 4
Bloodiest Battle P 5
Slaughter P 6
Artillery Fire P 7
Enormous Bombardment P 8
Sustained Fire P 9
Air Support P 10
Italian Soldiers F 1
Hungarian Soldiers F 2
Romanian Soldiers F 3
Tanks F 4
German Sixth Army F 5
Fourth Panzer Army F 6
Nazi Juggernaught F 7
Motorized Divisions F 8
Field Commanders F 9
Sharpshooters F 10
Relief Operation T 1 Late
Siege T 2
Blitzkrieg T 3 Early
Massive Effort T 4
Desperate Fighting T 5
Military Intelligence T 6
Two Pronged Assault T 7
German Thrust T 8
Luftwaffe Airlift T 9 Late
Staff Officers T 10
Russian Terror M 1 Early
Russian Despair M 2
German Professionalism M 3
Elite Army M 4
Master Race M 5
General Von Paulus M 6
German Optimism M 7 Early
Russian Deserters M 8 Early
Russian Prisoners M 9 Early
Nazi Propaganda M 10
Hitler’s Insistence O 1
War of Annihilation O 2
Reach the Volga O 3
Take Objectives O 4
Overwhelm Defenses O 5
Obliterate Command Post O 6
Tactical Victory O 7
Breakthrough O 8
Big Push O 9
Breakout O 10 Late
SOVIET CARD LIST
Name: Suite Rank Notes:
Savage Street Fighting T 1
Night Fighting T 2
Infiltration T 3
Human Wave Attacks T 4
General Chuikov T 5
Counterattack T 6
House to House Fighting T 7
Russian Shrapnel T 8
Operation URANUS T 9 Late
Strategic Envelopment T 10 Late
Civilian Population F 1
Partisans F 2
Reinforcements F 3
Snipers F 4
Red Army F 5
Guards Division F 6
Men and Supplies F 7
Political Commissars F 8
Tank Killing Squads F 9
River Ferries F 10
Stalin’s Orders D 1
Rubble Strewn Streets D 2
Inspired Defense D 3
Stiff Resistance D 4
Barricades D 5
Hold at all Costs D 6
Ruins D 7
Pockets of Resistance D 8
Urban Warfare D 9
Freezing Winter D 10 Late
Soviet Propaganda M 1
General Zhukov M 2
Heavy German Casualties M 3
Heroism M 4
Sacrifice M 5
German Calamity M 6
Beginning of the End M 7
Doomed German Soldiers M 8 Late
Battle Weary Germans M 9 Late
Starving Germans M 10 Late
No Mans Land L 1
Sewers L 2
Red October Factory L 3
Bridgeheads L 4
Banks of the Volga L 5
Tractor Works L 6
Apartment Blocks L 7
Pavlov’s House L 8
The Grain Elevator L 9
Train Station L 10
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