LINKS
HR Giger
INTRODUCTION
Two Player card game.
Simulation of the battle of Berlin (4/3/1945 – 5/2/1945).
Players are Russian Generals competing to be the first to capture Berlin.
One player is Marshal Georgi Zhukov (First Belorussian Front).
The other player is Marshal Ivan Koniev (First Ukranian Front).
VICTORY
The first player to capture the Reichstag (& raise the Red Flag) is the Winner.
THE DECKS
There are 3 common decks:
The Russian Deck
The Front Line Deck
The City Defense Deck
SETUP
Each player is dealt 3 cards from the Russian Deck.
Flip a coin to see who goes first.
Players take turns.
Each turn has 4 phases:
Front Line Phase
City Defense Phase
Logistics Phase
Attack Phase
FRONT LINE PHASE
Draw cards from the Front Line Deck and place them face up on the table so
That there are a total of 4 face up cards.
Note: there may already be cards out from previous turns.
Skip this phase if both players have captured 10 Front Line cards.
CITY DEFENSE PHASE
Skip this phase if both players have not yet captured 10 Front Line cards.
Draw cards from the City Defense Deck and place them face up on the table so
That there are a total of 4 face up cards.
Note: there may already be cards out from previous turns.
LOGISTICS PHASE
Draw 3 cards from the Russian deck & put them in your hand.
If the deck runs out, shuffle the discard & draw from it.
Max hand size is 5 cards. Discard excess cards.
ATTACK PHASE
Using cards in your hand you may capture opposing German cards in play.
You must first capture 10 Front Line cards.
Next you must capture 8 City Defense cards.
Next you must capture the Zitadelle (Inner Defense Zone: Force = 5).
Next you must capture the Reichstag (Hitler’s Bunker: Force = 4).
To capture a card, you must discard Russian cards from your hand with a
Force greater than the Force of the target German card.
You may pass your turn if you cannot or do not want to capture.
Card Name: Force:
Berlin Suburbs 2
Supply Lines Endangered 5
Bypassed Enemy Forces 6
Flank Threatened 4
Rebuilt Positions 4
Counter Attacks 5
Halted Outside the Gates 7
General Heinrici 7
Successive Defensive Belts 8
Deep Defensive Positions 6
Minefields 5
Anti-Tank Obstacles 3
Strong Points 6
Mobile Reserves 8
Ninth Army 9
Third Panzer Army 9
Fourth Panzer Army 9
Army Group Mitte 9
A Few Hundred Aircraft 2
700,000 Men 7
9,000 Artillery Pieces 7
1,500 Tanks & SPG 7
Second Defense Line 5
Fighting Withdrawals 4
Heavy Artillery Fire 8
Maze of Canals & Ditches 2
Heavy Soviet Casualties 7
Soviet Confusion 5
Soviet Attack Falters 8
Strong Resistance 8
Suicide Aircraft 1
Reinforcements 4
Heavy Fighting 8
Armored Engagement 9
Panzer Corps 8
Mountain Corps 4
GERMAN CITY DEFENSE DECK CARD LIST
Card Name: Force:
Fortified City 9
Protracted Urban Battle 9
Hitler Refuses to Surrender 8
Savage, Bloody Battle 9
Defense Sectors 2
Obstacle Zones 2
Defense Positions 3
Garrison 3
SS Personnel 5
Old Men & Boys 1
Volkssturm 2
Home Guard 2
Hitler Youth 2
Fanaticism 4
Defenders of Berlin 3
City Fighting 6
Soviet Infantry Loses 7
Panzerfausts 8
Roads Blocked 4
Debris & Rubble 4
Nazi Propaganda 4
Concrete Flak Towers 7
Anti-Aircraft Guns 8
Hand-to-Hand Fighting 9
Breakout Attempts 6
RUSSIAN DECK CARD LIST
Card Name: Force: Notes:
Breach Enemy Defenses 10
Defeat Enemy on Open Field 7 vs Front Line Cards only
Hitler commits Suicide 10 only if you have captured 7+ City cards
Secure Bridgehead 8 only if you have captured 4 or less Front cards
Spearheads 5 vs Front Line Cards only
Set Piece Offensive - Draw 2 cards
Expand Bridgehead 6 only if you have captured 6 or less Front cards
Deploy for Attacks 3
Advance 2
Launch Attacks 4
Clear the Germans 6
Begin Offensive 6 vs Front Line Cards only
Powerful Mobile Forces 5 vs Front Line Cards only
Fixing Attacks 2 vs Front Line Cards only
Encircle Berlin 9 vs Front Line Cards only
Soviet Vengeance 10
Soviet Momentum 9
Breakthrough 8
Axis of Attack 3
Highway 2 vs Front Line Cards only
7,500 Aircraft 7
2.5 Million Soldiers 9
41,000 Guns & Mortars 8
6,250 Tanks & SPG 9
Devastating Bombardment 8
Seize Initiative 6
Release Armored Reserve 7
Guards Tank Army 5
Sheer Weight of Numbers 6
Push Forward 4
Shatter German Divisions 10 vs Front Line Cards only
Bleed the Germans 4
Pour Tanks through Gaps 7 vs Front Line Cards only
Numerical Superiority 6
Air Support 3
Improving Weather 2
Push Germans Back 5
Bypass Resistance Pockets 4
Costly Frontal Assaults 4
Armored Formations 5
Thrust Deep 5
Artillery Bombardment 3
German Panic 5
German Armies Retreat 7 only if you have captured 7+ Front cards
Red Army 8
Tighten the Noose 6 vs City Defender Cards only
Heavy Firepower 5
Infiltration 4
Railway Tunnels 4 vs City Defender Cards only
May Day 10 only if you have captured 7+ City cards
Surrender Negotiations 7 only if you have captured 7+ City cards
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