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Turn 1 just before the Germans break through at the south with their panzers!
Battle for Moscow
Set Up - PnP Version for eMagazine
The view from above prior to Turn 1 Phase 1.  My home-made BfM set.

Battle for Moscow (1986)

Players
2
Best: 2
Playing time
90–90 min
Age
12+
6.40
Average rating
379
Ratings
1.88/5
Weight
#9325
BGG rank
Outside top 5,000
Designer:Frank Chadwick
Artist:Rodger B. MacGowan, Paul Richard "Rich" Banner, James B. Byrne
Publisher:Game Designers' Workshop (GDW Games) +3 more
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 7, Luck 9, Interaction 5, Complexity 3.8, Theme 5
Strategy7.0
Luck9.0
Interaction5.0
Complexity3.8
Theme5.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

WargameWorld War IIPrint & PlayHexagon GridSimulationDice RollingGrid MovementRatio / Combat Results TableVariable Set-upMovement PointsZone of Control

Overview

Battle for Moscow is an Operational level relatively simple World War II Russian Front free board-wargame.

The game simulates the German push toward Moscow in late 1941. The objective of the German faction is to capture and hold Moscow using blitzkrieg, while the Soviet faction tries to prevent that via strategic retreats.

The basic game lasts 7 turns by each side; the expansion What happens next rules doubles that.

Many of the elements of wargames are presented here: zones of control, combat results table, movement and combat values, full strength versus half strength, terrain effects on movement and combat, turns divided into phases, and weather conditions for mud.

The reimplementation Battle for Moscow: Operation Typhoon, 1941 by Victory Point Games is not the same game. A web-based version of that game, including computer opponent, exists at https://oberlabs.com/b4m/.

Expansions

What Happens Next
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