Our friend Mark Walker over at Lock ‘n Load Publishing has a new title in the Nations at War series on the horizon, Stalin’s Triumph. The game system tackles the Soviet struggle to keep the Nazi wolves at bay with the action focused on scenarios surrounding the 1943 Battle of Kursk – the largest tank battle ever to take place on the planet. Stalin’s Triumph is open for preorders and carries a prerelease price of $44.99 with a post publication MSRP of $64.99.
From LnL:
In the spring and early of summer of 1943, Germany desired to renew an offensive against the Soviet Union. Operation Citadel was designed to focus the German forces on the Kursk salient, a portion of the Eastern Front that bulged west into the center of the German lines. What resulted was a dispelled myth of German invincibility, a Red Army that was growing in skill and numbers, and the beginning of an evolving narrative that would ultimately lead to the defeat of Germany.
Stalin’s Triumph includes three counter sheets chock full with the vehicles, men, and weapons of both the Soviet and German armies that fought in and around the area of Kursk in the summer of 1943. The game includes Soviet units such as the famed animal killer, the SU-152, and the workhorse of the Soviet Army, the T-34. For Germany, there’s a wide array of hardware such as Tigers and Mk IVs, but also unique vehicles such as the Flamepanzer and the dreaded Elephant. Included in the game will be new rules for tank riders, commissars, fighter planes, Goliaths and rockets. Battles depict actions around such famed areas as Prochorovka and Ponyri. There are 16 scenarios played out on five 11” x 17” geomorphic maps with 120 ¾” (.75”) and 166 5/8” counters.
Nations at War: Stalin’s Triumph Includes:
- Full color and complete Nations at War rules…It’s a complete module, after all
- Three sheets of counters, including German Panthers, Tigers, Elephants, MkII and IV, Soviets T- 34/76, T-34/85, and much more
- Four new, mounted 11” x 17” geomorphic game boards depicting typical Russian terrain in the vicinity of Prochorovka
- Full-color player aid cards
- Sixteen scenarios as delineated below
- A box in which to stuff it
- The dice to make it happen
Scenarios Include:
Berezovyy Logg – July 11th 1943: The 11th and 10th Panzer Grenadier attempt to take the bridge behind the tiny village of Berezovyy Logg in the hopes to break through the stiff Soviet defensive to clear a path to Kursk.
Clash of Steel – July 6th 1943 – Near Prokhorovka The German advance encounters its first major tank engagement against waves of Russian T-34s and T-70s.
Infantry Attacks – July 5, 1943 – German Infantry launch diversionary attacks against the Soviet lines in an attempt to disguise their tank force.
Out of the North – July 5th – German forces were not as well equipped as their forces fighting on the southern flank although; they did bring an Elephant to a gunfight.
A Busy Morning – July 6th -Soviet counterattacks on the northern flank with formations of T-34s taking on the fierce German Tiger.
Ponyri Probe: July 6th – The town of Ponyri is in front of the German advance. A light German force is looking to soften up the defenses there before the final assault.
Ponyri Station: July 7th – The Germans attempt to storm the town or Ponyri to take the train station, the tractor depot and the nearby hill. The Soviet defenders are prepared to hold out until their reserves can come up to counter attack.
State Farm 61 – July 8th -The Germans are looking to capture the majority of an important rail line.
Hill 247 – July 9th- The Russians fight to recapture Hill 247 so that they may look to pour steel rain down on to German positions.
Stul Stul Stul July 12th -The largest scenario in the GAME! An epic tank duel to capture key rail crossings, the train station and points beyond.
Little Stalingrad – July 7th- The Germans look to make inroads into the lines with the elimination of dug in Soviet infantry and AT guns and perhaps a few other surprises that the Germans were not counting on.
Klyachi -July 10th -The Germans did not get much of a rest as Soviet forces marshal to counter attack and take back the town in which they just lost.
Uphill Battle – July 10th – German forces struggle to take a key hill objective but Soviet forces are prepared to push back and take on one of Germany’s feared Tank killers: The Elefant.
Kutuzov’s Revenge –July 9th- Having stopped the German attacks in the North, the Soviets launched a massive attack against the understrength 2nd Panzer Army.
The Long Right Flank –July 11th- A Soviet attack against an over extended German Flank in the southern salient.
To the Next Line -July 6th-The Germans advance is devastating. Soviet forces muster an attempt to prevent an overrun of their defensive positions in a delaying action.
