SPI Panzergruppe Guderian BOXED Unpunched 1976 Smolensk WWII Russia Germany For Sale

The Battle of Smolensk, July 1941

From SPI in 1976

Ranked #255 on BGG\'s War-game Ranking! TRIPLE DIGITS!!!!

VG-Mint Condition.Boxed DesignerEdition.UNPUNCHED.

Box is V-good.All corners in perfect shape.There is shelf wear and one sort of pushed out area on the lh front. see pics.

Contents-MINT. Rules, MOUNTED maps, Oil shortage die, all unplayed, unfolded and unrolled. Map does have three dinged corners, see pics.

The time is: 0830hrs., 3 June 1941

Panzergruppe Guderian:The Battle of Smolensk, July 1941, is a wargame simulation of the German campaign to capture Smolensk in July, 1941. The game is played in twelve turns, each one representing 2 days time, on a map scale of 10.5 km/hex.

This wargame is famous for its innovative use of \"untried\" Soviet units. These untried Soviet counters enter play face down, their combat strength unknown to either player, until they take part in combat, at which time they are flipped to reveal their strength and defense numbers. Making it a true solitaire game.

The game also models the effectiveness of German operations by allowing them a full mechanized movement phase both before and after combat, while the Soviets only move prior to combat. In addition, if all of a German division\'s regiments attack or defend in the same hex, their strength is doubled by a divisional integrity bonus.

The German player scores victory points for the capture of cities, and for any Soviet units redirected from the Southwestern Front. The Soviet player scores vp for recaptured cities and destroying entire German divisions (which possess several steps of strength).

Game Components:

• 200 die-cut counters (no blanks)
• 22\" x 34\" MOUNTED map
• victory point record
• rules book
• Oil shortage d6
• plastic counter tray
• Errata