No one told me the Russians would get slaughtered while playing Stalingrad!

That’s the feedback from one of the Russian commanders on the first day. I’m thinking “Didn’t you see any of the movies?” –“Comrade here are your bullets. Pick up a rifle after someone holding one is killed.” The Russians still managed to slow the Germans somewhat on the first day, and cause some casualties while doing so, but the Germans got a first day win.  The second Russian commander spent more time playing and less complaining and was able to get a Russian victory the second day, while still being slaughtered. Doug, the German commander still won an overall wehrmacht victory.

This 2 day Stalingrad campaign game was put on at HMGS 2017. Both sessions were about three hours each, with new players.  So the campaign was sized right and the rules weren’t too complicated. I emphasize this because my main complaint about convention games is that the Russians got slaug… no my complaint is that too many gamemasters don’t pay enough attention to getting games up and running quickly and moving along smartly.