1979Frank Chadwick, Marc W. Miller
- Videos
- 9
- Creators
- 3
2 - 5 players120 minHeavy weight

1986Frank Chadwick
From BoardGameGeek
Battle for Moscow is an Operational level relatively simple World War II Russian Front free board-wargame. The game simulates the German push toward Moscow in late 1941. The objective of the German faction is to capture and hold Moscow using blitzkrieg, while the Soviet faction tries to prevent that via strategic retreats. The basic game lasts 7 turns by each side; the expansion What happens next rules doubles that. Many of the elements of wargames are presented here: zones of control, combat results table, movement and combat values, full strength versus half strength, terrain effects on movement and combat, turns divided into phases, and weather conditions for mud. The reimplementation Battle for Moscow: Operation Typhoon, 1941 by Victory Point Games is not the same game. A web-based version of that game, including computer opponent, exists at https://oberlabs.com/b4m/.
Battle for Moscow has 3 videos from 3 creators: 1 how-to-play guide, 1 playthrough and 1 other video. They date from 2022 to March 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "Battle for Moscow - VASSAL Tutorial" by Christian Holm Christensen, which runs 5 min.
To see it played, watch "Getting comfortable with Vassal - Playing Battle for Moscow solitaire" by Nathan Wailes Gaming.
If you like it, try Belter: Mining the Asteroids, 2076, The Third World War: Designer Signature Edition, Tide of Iron: Designer Series Vol. 1 and White Death: Velikiye Luki, The Stalingrad of the North, also by Frank Chadwick.
1979Frank Chadwick, Marc W. Miller
2 - 5 players120 minHeavy weight
2022Frank Chadwick
1 - 8 players360 - 2200 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
1979Frank Chadwick
2 players240 minHeavy weight
From BoardGameGeek:
Battle for Moscow is an Operational level relatively simple World War II Russian Front free board-wargame. The game simulates the German push toward Moscow in late 1941. The objective of the German faction is to capture and hold Moscow using blitzkrieg, while the Soviet faction tries to prevent that via strategic retreats. The basic game lasts 7 turns by each side; the expansion What happens next rules doubles that. Many of the elements of wargames are presented here: zones of control, combat results table, movement and combat values, full strength versus half strength, terrain effects on movement and combat, turns divided into phases, and weather conditions for mud. The reimplementation Battle for Moscow: Operation Typhoon, 1941 by Victory Point Games is not the same game. A web-based version of that game, including computer opponent, exists at https://oberlabs.com/b4m/.
Designer
Frank Chadwick
Artists
Paul Richard "Rich" Banner, James B. Byrne, Rodger B. MacGowan
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