Small General : Eastern Front manual : Eastern Front Rules

This is written for the main Barbarossa scenario. For the other scenarios only part of these rules are applied.

Victory

When nobody took the Victory Points neccessary for direct victory by end of May 1945 the German side is awarded an endurance victory. Otherwise the Germans need to take 24 VP or roughly the line Leningrad-Moscow-Stalingrad and the Soviets need to take 32 VP, which is basically all VP on the map except 2.

Initial Soviet Shock

On June 1941 all Soviet units are set to 'shocked'. This is because the enormous surprise of the German attack.

German Winter Shock

On December 1941 50% of German units are set to 'shocked'. This is because the German army is completely underprepared for the Soviet winter.
In January 1942 25% of German units sufferes the same fate and in February 1942 10% of German units. From March onwards the effect is over for the remainder of the war. Lets say the Germans learned their lessons and bought good winter clothing for the next winter.

Soviet Initial Mobilization

The first 7 months of the war (Jun,Jul,Aug,Sep,Oct,Nov,Dec) the Soviets receive 2 new Infantry Armies per turn in random towns.

Soviet Off-Map Production

Soviets start with 0 off map production, but after each year that passes (for max 3 years) they get 1 raw and 3 production points off-map. So eventually in 1944 the Soviets will get 3 raw and 9 production points from off-map.

Soviet Partisans

There is a 1/3 chance every round from December 1941 onwards that a Soviet Partisan unit will take a random unoccupied German hex.

SS Arrivals

3 times the Germans get a powerfull SS unit awarded. In May 1942, May 1943 and May 1944. It will arrive at a random town.

Different Town VPs

Not all town is worth the same ammount of Victory Points and Production Points. Most are 1 VP. The 2 VP towns are: Kiev, Leningrad and Stalingrad. The 3 VP towns are: Moscow and Berlin. Furthermore you should keep an eye on the hexes with 3 oil wells near Bucharest and Tiblisi, you should not lose them.

Weather

Its clear weather untill October.
November is a mud month.
December till February are snow/winter months.
March is a mud month.
April and onwards are clear weather turns again.

Production/Raw/Oil Points

First of all your own towns give you their full production points, the enemies towns only half!
1VP Towns give 1 production points. 2 VP Towns give 2 production points. 3 VP Towns give 3 production points.
Mines give 1 production point. Oil wells give 6,12 or 18 oil points depending on the number of oil well symbols in the hex.
Both sides have a rail network and get in 2 strategic transfer points in the full map Barbarossa scenario.

Axis Minor

You start with a number of Romanian and Finish corps at the launch of Barbarossa in June 1941. Some extra axis minor units will arrive later on.
Hungarians will arrrive in May 1942 and July 1942.
Italians will arrive in August 1941 annd August 1942.

Special units

Partisans and Shock Armies have special rules.
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