2022Frank Chadwick
- Videos
- 9
- Creators
- 5
1 - 8 players360 - 2200 minHeavy weight

1979Frank Chadwick
From BoardGameGeek
White Death, Velikiye Luki, The Stalingrad of the North, is a simulation of the battle of Velikiye Luki in the winter of 1942-1943. The game begins with the massive Soviet offensive that led to the encirclement of the city of Velikiye Luki by the forces of the Red Army's Kalinin Front against the Wehrmacht's 3rd Panzer Army during the Winter Campaign of 1942–1943 with the objective of liberating the Russian city of Velikiye Luki as part of the northern pincer of the Rzhev-Sychevka Strategic Offensive Operation (Operation Mars). The game uses an impulse turn system. Frank Chadwick's impulse system was later adopted and used in such games as Korsun Pocket, Black Sea Black Death and others. It is a complex game and is designed for experienced gamers. Six scenarios Game Scale: Game Turn: 5 days Hex: 1 mile / 1.6 Km Units: Company to Regiment The game was first produced by GDW stock no 814. GDW Game Inventory: One 22 x 28" map Two dual-side printed countersheets (480 1/2" counters) One 20-page rules booklet Two single-side Organization Charts Two dual-side Order of Appearance/Terrain Effects charts One dual-side Turn Record & Terrain Chart One 6-sided dice Republished in Command Magazine Japan #96 in 2010. Command Japan Game Inventory: One A1 size map Two dual-side printed countersheets (560 1/2" counters*) One 24 rule booklet Two single-side Order of Appearance charts One single-side Combat tables chart -* 10 blank counters
White Death: Velikiye Luki, The Stalingrad of the North has 4 videos from 2 creators: 1 review and 3 playthroughs. They date from 2023 to June 2024.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "GDW White Death end turn 2. so many things I dislike about this game. Done with it." by Charles Latora. To see it played, watch "Velikiye Luki ( Part 1)" by Hex 2 Hex, one of 3 playthroughs.
If you like it, try The Third World War: Designer Signature Edition, Belter: Mining the Asteroids, 2076, Tide of Iron: Designer Series Vol. 1 and WWII Campaigns: 1940, 1941, and 1942, also by Frank Chadwick.
2022Frank Chadwick
1 - 8 players360 - 2200 minHeavy weight
1979Frank Chadwick, Marc W. Miller
2 - 5 players120 minHeavy weight
2008Michael Bennighof, Richard H. Berg, Frank Chadwick, John Goodenough, Jack Greene, Don Greenwood, John Hill (I), Bill Jaffe, Chad Jensen, Corey Konieczka, Robert A. Kouba, Dana Lombardy, Jason Matthews, Joseph Miranda, John Prados, Jack Radey, Ted Raicer, Mark Simonitch, Vance von Borries, Rick Young
2 - 4 players120 minMedium weight
2024John Astell, Frank Chadwick, Marc W. Miller
2 players60 - 120 minMedium weight
From BoardGameGeek:
White Death, Velikiye Luki, The Stalingrad of the North, is a simulation of the battle of Velikiye Luki in the winter of 1942-1943. The game begins with the massive Soviet offensive that led to the encirclement of the city of Velikiye Luki by the forces of the Red Army's Kalinin Front against the Wehrmacht's 3rd Panzer Army during the Winter Campaign of 1942–1943 with the objective of liberating the Russian city of Velikiye Luki as part of the northern pincer of the Rzhev-Sychevka Strategic Offensive Operation (Operation Mars). The game uses an impulse turn system. Frank Chadwick's impulse system was later adopted and used in such games as Korsun Pocket, Black Sea Black Death and others. It is a complex game and is designed for experienced gamers. Six scenarios Game Scale: Game Turn: 5 days Hex: 1 mile / 1.6 Km Units: Company to Regiment The game was first produced by GDW stock no 814. GDW Game Inventory: One 22 x 28" map Two dual-side printed countersheets (480 1/2" counters) One 20-page rules booklet Two single-side Organization Charts Two dual-side Order of Appearance/Terrain Effects charts One dual-side Turn Record & Terrain Chart One 6-sided dice Republished in Command Magazine Japan #96 in 2010. Command Japan Game Inventory: One A1 size map Two dual-side printed countersheets (560 1/2" counters*) One 24 rule booklet Two single-side Order of Appearance charts One single-side Combat tables chart -* 10 blank counters
Designer
Frank Chadwick
Artist
Rodger B. MacGowan
Publisher
Game Designers' Workshop (GDW Games)
Categories
Mechanics