Breaking out Stalingrad ‘42. My friends place has a big window in the room where we game, so we get a lot of light during the day which makes some interesting pictures. I took the Soviets this time because I wasn’t quite feeling up to running the big offensives - but wow, playing defense with the Soviets is hard! The German spearheads are just so fast, it’s really hard to avoid getting lots of guys pocketed. You actually have a decent armored reserve of pretty good tank corps, but it’s just hard to compete with the agility of the large number of German mechanized formations. I’ve been playing a fair amount of Holland ‘44 recently; that game is just so constructed, while this is a panzer-pusher’s delight of wide open spaces. Anyway, it’s cool, and like all Simonitch games, it just plus like a dream for a game of this scope and scale. The 8 turn Case Blue scenario is not crazy playing time wise and is action packed. Outside of conventions I usually have to break most of these up into two sessions, but they fit quite comfortably into two afternoon or evening games. Looking forward to getting better at this one 😆 #bgg #boardgamegeek #tabletopgames #gmtgames #marksimonitch #stalingrad42 https://www.instagram.com/p/B5Mu0cKh8D6/?igshid=114zpo99glp8e
