Defiant Russia:
Playbook Edition
 In the early morning hours of June 22nd, 1941, Axis armies – German, Romanian and Finnish – launched a sneak attack on the Soviet Union, touching off the greatest conflict in human history. Millions of men fought and died in what became known as the Great Patriotic War, which would ultimately end with the Red Army mounting its battle flags over the ruins of Berlin.
Defiant Russia is our fast-playing game of the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union, known as Operation Barbarossa. The Playbook Edition gives you everything you need to play, except dice, in a book.
Defiant Russia puts its emphasis on fast and challenging play. Play is easy; strategy, not so much. The Axis player starts with overwhelming force, but has a stiff set of objectives to meet. The Soviets will usually see much of the seemingly-powerful Red Army melt away in the first turns of play, but reinforcements are on their way.
   
You get 200 playing pieces and a 28x22-inch map. There’s an introductory scenario for the 1939 German invasion of Poland, but the main event is the 1941 Axis attack on the Soviet Union. Plus some additional scenarios built around Operation Barbarossa plus variations like Turkish intervention.
   
Most Axis units represent corps; there are German, Romanian, Finnish, Hungarian and Italian units on the Axis side. Soviet units are mostly armies; the Soviets start out with a very powerful army but that first Axis turn is rough on the Red Army.
The map extends from Berlin in the west to Kuybyshev in the east, and from Petrozavodsk in the north on down to Kars in the south. There is plenty of room for rampaging.
You can download the game rules right here.
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Stock Code APL0720
Price: $40.99
Status: Now Available!
You can order Defiant Russia (Playbook Edition) right here.
Expand Your Fun!
Defiant Russia: Red Victory
 Red Victory uses the map from our Defiant Russia game and 180 additional pieces to re-create this campaign on your game table. The game system is the same as that of Defiant Russia, with a few minor alterations to reflect the changed situation.
Red Victory includes full-color player aids like those for the Defiant Russia Players’ Edition, including scenario set-ups. The 180 pieces represent for the most part armies for the Soviets and corps for the Germans. There are also Yugoslav partisans, Romanians, Bulgarians, and Hungarians present. There’s also a 32-page book containing the rules and the usual background you’ve come to expect from an Avalanche Press product. Red Victory is not a complete game: ownership of Defiant Russia is necessary for its play.
Defiant Package
Defiant Russia (Playbook)
Red Victory
Retail Price: $76.98
Package Price: $65
Gold Club Price: $52
You can experience the Defiant Package right here.
Defiant Russia: Stalingrad. Stalin’s Stalingrad
 Stalingrad is the expansion set for Defiant Russia that you never knew you wanted. Stalingrad adds a whole list of fun new things to turn Defiant Russia/Red Victory into an even better gaming experience. You get new scenarios for 1942 and 1943, a new combined campaign scenario stretching from 1941 through 1945, a cool little map for northern Finland, and pieces for the armies that fought there, a map of Manchuria and pieces and scenarios for 1939, 1941 and 1945, setup cards and such for those new scenarios and 140 new pieces, never seen before. This expansion is not yet available.
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