Battle of Nach Stalingrad The Maelstrom Scenario 4, Little Wars TV

The terrain map was designed on Inkarnate and printed on a vinyl fabric as 6’ x 4’ Banner from Temu. Terrain map basic layout courtesy of Little Wars TV – Nach Stalingrad scenario with the FFofT34s rule adaption.

I find with 10mm figures the 2D maps are the easiest to manoeuvre bases. Getting them printed on Temu reduces the cost considerably and allows for quick setup and easy storage. I have passed this and the other map designs to Little Wars TV for you to get a free JPEG download.

The specific Scenario details can be found in the Nach Stalingrad free download off of Little Wars TV. In a quick synopsis the Russians have 16 turns to clear the town Verkhne Kumsky and not lose too much armour (shown by the red arrows). The German force intends to stop this, destroy all or most of the Russian armour but must keep the town.

This was the third game our weekend of campaigning, we managed 2 scenarios on Saturday and this one on Sunday. Mark as German, Colin as Umpire, me as Russian (Simon Russian arriving later).

The German player Mark could not get his two airstrikes to hit, and if they did they failed to do any damage for the whole scenario. Lost a lot of the T34s from the 20^th Brigade could have caused the centre to collapse with the Russians. The Russian artillery strikes were very effective. The Germans get 2D6 to advance the distance track. The roll 5km So have 51km with the Probe bonus.

We had the game setup and played between 11am and 4pm.

What Next? Well the scenario reads

“If a German victory is scored, proceed to Scenario #5. If a Russian victory was scored, the Russian player may elect to go backward and fight Scenario #3 if it has not yet been played. This represents pressure on the German bridgehead.

If Scenario #3 has already been played—or if the Russian player does not wish to play it—proceed to Scenario #5. .”

After some deliberation the Russian player (Simon) decides to go to # 5 The Farm. So that is our next scenario we will have to play in the next few weeks..