Bagration 1944
BGG rank
BGG #25,573
BGG rating
5.9

Bagration 1944

1996

Rules assistance for Bagration 1944

Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

  • 2 players
  • 300 min
  • Complexity 2.4/5

For 2 players

Rules assistant for Bagration 1944

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Answers come from the official rulebook, with the page to check.

Bagration 1944 is a board game released in 1996 for 2 players and 300 minutes per game. It was designed by Wojciech Zalewski and its main mechanics are Hexagon Grid.

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About the game

A wargame about the final phase of Russian offensive in summer 1944. After the success of operation Bagration and destruction of German Army Group Centre, the Soviets advanced quickly towards the Vistula river and Warsaw. Already exhausted from the earlier fights and 500km advance the Russians encountered strong German forces pulled from the Italian front just when they were about to cross Vistula and capture Warsaw. At the same time the Warsaw Uprising began, complicating the German situation. The game uses the "Wielkie Bitwy II Wojny 1939-45" or "WB95" (Great Battles of World war II 1939-1945) rules designed to simulate large battles of World War II. Counters represent regiments (Germans) or divisions (Russians), one hex represents 2500m, one turn represents one day.

Mechanics

Publishers

  • Dragon

Questions and answers

Bagration 1944 supports 2 players according to the catalogue. This is the publisher’s listed player count, so the game is designed for exactly that number of participants. Variants for other group sizes, if any, are described in the rulebook of your edition, so check it before setting up a different configuration.