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The Siege of Leningrad

The Siege of Leningrad

Amarillo Design Bureau, Inc. · 1976
2180 min12+ yrs2.7/5 complexity6.2 BGG103CouplesStrategy
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This game depicts the efforts of Army Group North from 1941 to 1944. The area encompassed by the Map sheet covers the Baltic coast up to Leningrad & past-including part of Lake Ladoga, North to past Tikhvin, over to past Demyansk, & South to past Ostrov & Tartu.

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The Siege of Leningrad box art
official art · Amarillo Design Bureau, Inc.

This game depicts the efforts of Army Group North from 1941 to 1944.

The area encompassed by the Map sheet covers the Baltic coast up to Leningrad & past-including part of Lake Ladoga, North to past Tikhvin, over to past Demyansk, & South to past Ostrov & Tartu.

The RULES have Special provisions for: Railroads; Engineers (Soviets ONLY); Weather effects (WINTER:Frozen Lakes/Rivers hexes); Airpower (German Airstrikes ONLY); Artillery (Ranged-Soviets ONLY); Supply Units (Germans ONLY) & Supplying Leningrad.

There are 5 scenarios:

 Breakthrough on the Luga Front - 8 Turns 1 - July~17 Sept.,1941
 Battle in Northern Russia - 9 Turns - 18 Sept.~5 Dec.,1941
 The Seige of Demyansk - 10 Turns - 12 Jan.~22 April,1942
 The 2nd Battle of Lake Ladoga - 8 Turns - 28 Nov.,1942~26 Feb., 1943 
 The Destruction of Army Group North - 12 Turns - 29 Nov.,1943~27 March, 1944

Sequence of play is as follows: Germans begin first, 1.Reinforcement Phase; 2.Supply Determination Phase; 3.Movement Phase; 4.Combat Supply Determination Phase; 5.Combat Phase; 6.Mechanized Movement Phase; followed by the Soviet Player performing these same phases. NOTE: in some of the later scenarios, the Germans "skip" their entire FIRST turn, thereby allowing the Soviets to start the game.

There are many details on the map including the German Demyansk Pocket. Leningrad forts are represented. Supply level is recorded as units in the city have to trace supply to it.

The game scale given is: 10.5 Km across a hex, Regiment/Division/Corps level but NO Historical designations, for Units, and each turn equals 10 Days.

Published as a magazine game in JagdPanther #13 (Apr 1976) and has now been re-released in PDF format by Amarillo Design Bureau.

game anatomy
Complexity2.7 / 5
BGG rating6.2 / 10
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CouplesStrategy
Language dependence
Moderate text — a crib sheet helps
Play time
180 min
Players
2
Recommended age
12+ yrs
from Trișache · verified

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Q4How many players does The Siege of Leningrad support?
The Siege of Leningrad is played by 2 players.
Q5How long does a game of The Siege of Leningrad take?
A game of The Siege of Leningrad takes about 180 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is The Siege of Leningrad for?
The Siege of Leningrad is recommended from age 12.
Q7How complex is The Siege of Leningrad?
The Siege of Leningrad has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 2.7 out of 5.
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