Turning Point: Stalingrad

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Turning Point: Stalingrad is a board game published in 1989 by Avalon Hill. [1]

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Publication history

It was the third game in Avalon Hill's area movement series of detailed simulation wargames. [2]

Gameplay

The game simulates the strategic situation in the Battle of Stalingrad during the period 13 September 1942 – 3 October 1942.

Reception

Ellis Simpson reviewed Turning Point: Stalingrad for Games International magazine, and gave it 5 stars out of 5, and stated that "Of the year's wargame releases, this is my favourite and deserves to be yours too. Each playing is different, each turn within a game is different and no two games are ever going to be the same." [3]

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References

  1. "Turning Point: Stalingrad". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
  2. "Series: Area-impulse (Avalon Hill) | Family | BoardGameGeek". boardgamegeek.com. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
  3. Simpson, Ellis (September–October 1989). "Warames". Games International (9): 34–36.
  4. "Games Magazine [December 1989/January 1990]". December 1989.
  5. "Casus Belli #055". 1990.