Pavlov's House

Хороший соло варгейм, про оборону дома Павлова, играем за СССР. Играть интересно, есть множество решений, как использовать ограниченные ресурсы для получения максимальной отдачи и в конце концов победы. Механика построена на двух колодах карт из случайных событий. Немцы бомбят Сталинград с воздуха, устраивают минометные обстрелы, штурмуют дом. СССР может и связь с штабом наладить, и зенитки разместить, и дом по периметру заминировать. Есть проверка на кубиках в моменты стрельбы. Игра на англ. языке, но он нужен только читать подсказки на начальном этапе, а так механика очень простая и можно считать игру азяконезависимой. Есть 4 уровня сложности, но за 4 партии на начальном уровне мне ещё не удалось победить.

Played game for about 27 hours now. Took four tries to manage a draw, fifth game was a victory, at the basic level. Reinforcing with Chekhov was key to first victory. He's a bit tough to notice among all the other units. Of the three walls defending the red wall is most important. Game has a bit of a learning curve which I think is a plus. Wish was suppression was done a little bit differently as it seems unrealistic to have a unit put down suppressing fire on a wall it moved away from three turns ago. Overall its a fun challenging game

Not a fan. Very swingy, which in a way makes sense for the type of game it is, but it's quite punative specifically due to the low amount of actions one gets. I find it very hard to believe that only 3 people can fire their weapons at any one time. For balance, I think it would have made more sense if the player had more action, whilst retaining how swingy it is. That way there's more agency in the defence action this game is modelling, but no guarantee that their men are quality marksmen, or that the Germans are merely performing well. It's based on the actual boardgame published by DVG, and their games are brutal by design, but I felt that this one was excessively so. If you like that kind of punishment, then ignore my complaint and give it a go. For $13AUD, it's a solid purchase.