Pavlov's House

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.

This game is hard to win but there is so much appeal that I keep playing it. I read about the actual events in a book called Enemy At The Gates, by William Craig, and I have admired what the men did in this situation. I am not sure if the mechanics between the Signal units and the Fog of War card is correct, or if maybe the explanation is unclear. If all the Signal units have a token, it does open up an extra action, but I'm not sure how to clear a Fog of War card and draw another Soviet card. It just seems to skip your re-draw. Overall it is a lot of fun and good value for the dollar.

I guess this game had some updates that made the tutorial a stupid f-ing mess. And it seemed a decent game, too. Devs will f up anything to keep job security, I guess.

Just like playing the board game !

Replayable game with significant and deep tactical choices couched in a very simple setup. The Soviets have a variety of potential tactics for defending the house, and have to adjust accordingly based on what the card draw gives them. Essentially a resource allocation game, but one where the interactions of the available resources create many potential interesting combinations. I've played it dozens of times and only now do I feel like I am starting to understand all my choices.