In June 1944, the Red Army opened a massive offensive known as Operation Bagration. Designed to expel the Hitlerite hordes who had invaded Mother Russia 3 years earlier, the attack began a series of victorious offensives that only ended with the capture of Berlin less than a year later.
Defiant Russia: Red Victory uses the map from Defiant Russia Players' Edition Game and the pieces from our old out-of-print Defiant Russia: Red Vengeance Game plus 40 new ones to re-create this Campaign on your game table. The game system is the same as that of Defiant Russia, with a few minor alterations to reflect the changed situation.
The game plays swiftly, much like its parent game. The Red Army’s goals are simple: drive forward until Berlin falls. The Axis just play a more complicated game, holding back the Soviets, counter-attacking judiciously and trying to keep Germany’s allies from defecting to the other side.
Defiant Russia: Red Victory includes Full-color Player Aids like those for the Defiant Russia Players’ Edition, including Scenario set-ups. The 180 Pieces represent for the most part Armies for the Soviets and Corps for the Germans. There are also Yugoslav Partisans, Romanians, Bulgarians, and Hungarians present. There’s also a 32-page Book containing the Rules and the usual background you’ve come to expect from an Avalanche Press product.