The Barbarossa Campaign
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Detailed Sequence of Play
. unit, beginning with: a) Most engaged; b) Highest
1. Events (6.0)
i. Advance Turn Marker and move Reinforcements to
Reserves (Shock & Tank) or Holding Box (Guard & Axis)
ii. Resolve any Turn Events on the Turn Track
iii. Draw 1 Event card (2 in Summer)
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2. Economics (7.0)
Draw Economic Chits for this Turn and place on proper
Economic Track; Discard if track is full or Devastation;
Lend-Lease can be placed on any Soviet track if full
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3. Axis Redeployment (8.0)
i. Reorganize supplied Axis units along the front line:
a) Special units can move up to 4 hexes
b) Other units can move up to 2 hexes
ii. Rebuild Axis Front Line & uncommit all Axis units
iii. . (Player chooses which hexes are captured)
4. Axis Blitz Combat (9.0)
(Skip if Winter, Oil Fields captured, or Initiative < -5)
Supplied, uncommitted Panzer (only if Axis have Initiative)
and 1 Luftwaffe-supported German (not Ally) non-Panzer
units may attack on the Blitz Table (not into Rough, Major
City, Fortified hexes), in any order, one at a time:
i. Make an attack on the Initial (2nd in Spring) column
ii. Resolve combat results and immediately reform
both Front Lines (Axis Line units begin committed)
iii. Unit may attack again (2nd / 3rd column) if allowed
iv. Do not commit unit (unless combat results say to)
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5. Axis Regular Combat (10.0)
(Skip during Axis Collapse)
a) Uncommitted Axis units (regardless of Supply) may
attack 1 hex on Regular Combat Table, in any order:
i. Make an attack on the Terrain column (1→ in Spring)
ii. Resolve combat results and immediately reform both
Front Lines (Axis Line units begin committed).
iii. Do commit unit
b) Anti-partisan attack: Once per Turn, any one supplied,
uncommitted German unit may attack on the Anti-
Partisan Table to attempt to remove a Partisan from an
Axis-controlled hex. Flip unit to committed.
c) Uncommit all Axis units at the end of this phase.
d) . iv. Adjust Axis Ally units
6. Encircled Axis Units (11.0)
All isolated Axis units are eliminated* except for:
a) Units in Major Cities or Baltic Sea coasts
b) Units in a Minor City if a Luftwaffe counter is spent
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7. Axis Winter Build-up (12.0)
On Winter Turns, Axis receive 1 Luftwaffe OR 2 Hedgehogs
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8. Soviet Counter-Attack Combat (13.
The Soviet Front Line will attack each uncommitted Axis
Counterattack Table column; c) Player choice:
i. Determine Counterattack column
(attack prohibited if net column shift is ≤2)
ii. Draw & Resolve combat chit
iii. Commit Axis unit unless attacked by Breakthrough
iv. Reform both Front Lines (new Axis units committed)
v. .
9. Soviet Initiative Hex Capture (14.0)
(Skip if Soviets have no Initiative, x2 during Axis Collapse)
i. Draw a card to see how many hexes are taken north
& south of the Operations Line (-1 in Spring)
(Min. Combat value 5 if Soviet Initiative)
ii. Consult the Initiative Table and Advance Soviet
units one at a time (follow Advance priorities) until
required number of hexes are captured
iii. .
10. Encircled Soviet Units (11.0)
All isolated Soviet units are eliminated* except for:
a) Units in Major Cities or Black Sea coasts
b) .
11. Calculate Initiative Index (15.0)
i. Reset Initiative to 0 and apply shifts
ii. Return eliminated units to appropriate Box
iii. Adjust VP by +1 or -1 if Initiative is +6 or -14.
• Axis Victory if VP = +5 OR Axis control Leningrad,
Moscow & Stalingrad
• Soviet Victory if VP = -3 OR Soviets control Berlin
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12. Set Axis Strategic Mode (16.0)
Set the ASM to 1 available box (depending on Initiative)
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13. Housekeeping (17.0)
i. Restock Combat Chits Cup; Axis player may:
a) Spend 1 Luftwaffe to recover 4 black X chits
b) Twice per game, recover all X chits by placing
an OKW Directive marker in play
ii. Replace least-engaged supplied Soviet Line units:
a) Adjacent to German unit in Objective hex
b) Adjacent to any Non-Finnish Axis unit
iii. Replace supplied German Line units with Reserves:
a) Max 1 Panzer placed; Max 4 Panzers on map
a) If a country’s capital is Soviet controlled, country
Surrenders: Remove all units from play
b) Add / Remove Non-Finnish Axis Allies south of the
Operation Line to have 1 / 2 / 3 Ally units if 8 / 9-
14 / 15+ supplied Non-Finnish Axis units
*Demoralization: Half (↓) of all eliminated units
(Line if possible) go to Initiative Counters Box
Removing Units
• A unit which retreats to a prohibited hex, suffers a
negative combat result, or is Isolated during the
Encirclement phase is Eliminated::
a) Panzers go to leftmost box on Eliminated Track
b) Soviet Shock & Tank return to Soviet Reserves
c) All Line & Soviet Guard to Holding Boxes
d) Soviet Guard Tanks returns to Holding Box and a
Soviet Tank is moved from Holding Box to Reserves
e) All other Non-Line units to Removed Pieces Box
• A unit which retreats onto a friendly unit is Removed:
a) An isolated unit is eliminated instead
b) All Special units go to Reserves
c) All other unit go to Holding Boxes
• Withdrawn: Move unit to Removed Pieces Box
(cannot Withdraw an isolated unit)
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Miscellaneous Rules (18.0)
• Archangel: While Axis hold green Archangel objective,
remove and ignore all Lend-Lease counters
• Armor Superiority: Axis always have it Turn 1, and
while Axis Armor Track # > Soviet Armor Track #
• Axis Ally Restrictions: Cannot attack Major Cities and
cannot be placed / attack north of the Operations Line
• Axis Allies Improved: Finnish units are now Special
and other Axis Allies are treated as German Line units
(ignore Restrictions)
• Axis Oil Supplies: If Soviets capture Bucharest:
Rumania Surrenders; Axis Blitz Phase is skipped; Axis
may no longer spend Luftwaffe counters
• City Capture: When any Soviet City is captured, draw a
card to see if a Capture Bonus is placed
• Contested Initiative: Both sides have the Initiative
• Demoralization: Half (↓) of all eliminated units (Line if
possible) are placed in Initiative Counters Box.
• Devastation: Place on right-most non-Devastated
Lend-Lease Box; Remove Devastation + next / current
Lend-Lease marker placed there.
• Elite units: German SS and Soviet Guards are Elite
• Engagement: Equals the number of adjacent enemies
• Finnish Units: Cannot attack / occupy further than 1
hex beyond their border; Cannot attack Leningrad
• Finns Free: Finnish units can now enter and attack
hexes as far south as the 03XX hex row, incl. Leningrad
• Isolated: A unit cut off from its side of the Front Line
• Partisans: Cannot be removed if in Soviet-controlled
City, but immediately removed if City is recaptured
• Special: All non-Line, non-Axis Ally units are Special
• Stacking: Max 1 unit per hex (except during Setup);
Overstacked units are immediately Removed
Turn Events
A. Initial Onslaught:
• In lieu of Redeploying, each Panzer may conduct a
free Advance against an adjacent Soviet hex.
• During Axis Combat Phases, Axis player may redraw
1 chit during every Round of attack.
• Treat all as (i.e. no ‘X’ effects and recycle at
end of turn)
• Axis automatically have Armor Superiority
• Soviet Encirclement Resolution occurs in Phase 6
B. Soviet Winter Counter-Offensive:
• All uses of Soviet Counterattack Table receive 1→
C. Axis Case Blue Offensive:
• During the Blitz Combat Phase, Axis player may
redraw each unit’s Initial Round combat chit.
Winter Turns:
• Axis Blitz Combat is skipped
• Axis receive Winter Build-up
Spring Turns:
• Axis attacks are shifted 1→
• Subtract -1 from Soviet Initiative Attack
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Axis Strategic Mode Effects
a) Reserve Offensive: Retain the triggering counter / card
to initiate an Axis Blitz / Combat phase that would
otherwise be skipped (even in Winter / Axis Collapse)
b) Defense: Place a Defense marker (max 4) in an Axis-
controlled hex without Defense / Hedgehog marker
c) Logistics: 1→ each Initiative Phase; Place Berlin marker
when triggered
d) Tank Production: Either: Replace 1 German Line unit
with Gross Deutschland; Move 1 available non-Elite
Panzer to Reserves; or Replace 1 eliminated Panzer
from Eliminated Panzers Track to Holding Box
e) Economic Warfare: Either: Return 4 X chits to combat
cup; or Place Devastation on Soviet Lend-Lease Track
f) Exploitation: Either: Remove 1 Partisan from Axis-
controlled hex; or Draw a card to place a Capture
Bonus (if none) in an Axis-controlled Soviet city
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Initiative Shifts
a) Rightmost occupied Economy Track boxes
b) Other Initiative markers in play
c) ←1 / 1→ for eliminated encircled Axis / Soviet units
d) Axis-held Objective hexes
e) Partisans and Capture Bonuses (max 8)