Pavlov's House was the name of a ffortified apartment building defended by Sergeant Yakov Pavlov during the Battle of Stalingrad. Even though it was only held by fewer than two down men at a time, it never fell to repeated German assaults. The small Soviet garrison surrounded the building with barbed wire and minefields, and established anti-tank and machine gun posts at the windows. It still stands as a symbol of courage to this day. The Soviet officer figure represents Sergeant Pavlov.
Not one step back!”
Joseph Stalin
Soviet | German | |
Division 1 |
4 Squad Bases |
4 Squad Bases 1x Engineer |
Division 2 |
4 Squad Bases 1x AntiTank |
4 Squad Bases 1x Engineer |
Strategy Decks | Command 1 Morale 1 |
Artillery 1 Ground Support 1 |
Starting Strategy Cards | 2 per Strategy deck | 2 per Strategy deck |
Operations Cards |
013 Desperate Defenders |
005 Clear Mines |
Deployment Zone | The Russians may deploy anywhere on the map outside of the German deployment zone (hexes with a gray border). | Any hex with a gray border. |
Starting Initiative | ||
Objective | The Soviets win in the Germans are unable to achieve their objective. | The Germans win if any German squad is present in any hex of Pavlov's House (the large building on map 9A) at the end of any game round. |
Rounds | 5 | |
Actions per turn | 3 | 3 |
Reinforcements | - | - |
Special Rules | The Soviets can move through the mine fields and razor wire markers unimpeded by paying one additional movement point. | - |