Barbarossa: The Russo-German War 1941-45 (1969)

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Designer	Jim Dunnigan
Artist	Redmond A. Simonsen
Publisher	Kokusai-Tsushin Co., Ltd. SPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.)
Year Published	1969
# of Players	2
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 2 players Recommended with 1, 2 players (2 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	360 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	14 and up
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Category	Wargame World War II
Mechanic	Dice Rolling Hex-and-Counter Simulation
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Simulation of Hitler's 1941 campaign against the Soviet Union.

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1st edition released in September of 1969 as an envelope full of unmounted counters.
2nd edition released in August of 1971 in three different formats: envelope, a printed white box and SPI's standard black box. Developer on this edition was Bob Champer.

Redesigned as Barbarossa: The Russo-German War, 1941-45.

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Second edition SPI flat black box

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Year: 1971

Size: 15.00 x 12.00 x 1.00 inches

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CRT, TEC, TRT, Reinforcement Track

Barbarossa (1969 ver.) Combat Results Table, Terrain Effects Chart (for color map), Turn Record Track and Reinforcement Track.

kryfam

2012-02-05

Barbarossa Map

A Colorful replacement map for the old (1969) version of the game. I simplified the terrain layout (only one terrain type per hex) which I believe makes the map more functional and less confusing to "newbies" (after all this is a great intro to wargaming). Printed at 100% size the map dimensions are 18" X 22.5" with hexes at 6/10 of an inch.

kryfam

2012-02-01

Replacement Counters

A nice set of replacement counters for this old warhorse. I have replaced the 16 Soviet Shock Armies (XXXX..5-9-3) with 16 Soviet Fronts (XXXXX..5-9-3). Being that it takes three Soviet Infantry Armies plus one Soviet Mech Corps to combine in order to produce one 5-9-3, changing them from "Armies" to "Fronts" just seemed more realistic. I named the 16 "Fronts" as follows: 1st, 2nd, & 3rd BALTIC 1st, 2nd, & 3rd BELORUSSIAN 1st, 2nd, 3rd, & 4th UKRAINE CAUCASUS TRANS-CAUCASUS DON CRIMEAN KALININ OREL

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Errata for 1st Edition	http://grognard.com/errata1/spibarb.txt	2011-09-25
"web grognards" review	http://grognard.com/./zines/ph/p0205.txt	2007-10-27
Cyberboard Gamebox for Barbarossa	http://privatewars.kyth.org/	2004-06-15