Demyansk Pocket
BGG rank
BGG #25,322
BGG rating
6.0

Demyansk Pocket

1991

Rules assistance for Demyansk Pocket

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

  • 2 players
  • 12+
  • Complexity 1.9/5

For 2 players

Rules assistant for Demyansk Pocket

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Demyansk Pocket is a board game released in 1991 for 2 players and ages 12 and up. It was designed by James Meldrum and its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Grid Movement, and Hexagon Grid.

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About the game

Demyansk Pocket, is an Operational level board wargame depicting the Soviet offensives in late 1941/early 1942 attempting to pinch off and destroy the German units occupying the Demyansk Pocket south of Leningrad. 126,000 Germans spent 47 days surrounded by the Russian Army and General Winter. The Germans began their attack to relieve the pocket four hours before the Soviets planned to start their attack to crush it. Both sides must attack in some places and defend in others at the same time. Game Scale: Game Turn: 5 days Hex: 2.4 miles / 4.0 kilometers Units: Battalion to Division Solitaire Playability: Medium Complexity Level: Medium Players: 2 or more Playing Time: 1-2 Hours

Questions and answers

Demyansk Pocket 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.