Blocks in the East: Card Deck Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Special Events
  • MANICH CROSSED!
  • GUSTAV Heavy Siege Gun
  • SCORCHED EARTH
  • Evacuation of Industry
  • AXIS FIRST WINTER
  • Luftwaffe Supremacy
  • SOVIET INFRASCTRUCTURES
  • BM-13
  • RED ARMY SURPRISED!
  • T-34 550mm WINTER TRACKS
  • SOVIET OIL ROUTE LOST
  • MOSCOW is LOST

Special Events

MANICH CROSSED!

Preconditions: the Axis controls Rostov AND any hex on the Manych River's southern bank.

Effect: Panzer HQ Von Weichs is now available to rush toward Stalingrad and cover the left flank, while the main effort will be conducted to reach Baku and the Caucasus Oilfields.

GUSTAV Heavy Siege Gun

The Gustav never needs any air recon. Against Bunkers and Fortresses it may overstack and it has 1 Bonus, instead of 1-2 Mali.

An Armor-HQ or FHQ activation is needed for the full efficiency of the Gustav (13.0).

SCORCHED EARTH

Precondition: Soviet Union attacked in this turn.

Effect: the Soviet player automatically destroys oil, mining, and population centers (not factories) but has NO production of any kind for this month.

Destroyed centers do not start generating PP for the Axis player in the turn after their conquest. Every center must be repaired.

Evacuation of Industry

Precondition: Scorched Earth in play. Lasts for 6 months.

Effect: the Soviet player has the option of shutting down and evacuating a factory at a cost of 3 SRM in the Strategic Rail Movement Phase.

AXIS FIRST WINTER

Precondition: Scorched Earth

Effect: from December 1941 to March 1942 (incl.):

• Air Units 1/4
• Artillery 1/2
• GCU and AA: 1/4 when attacking, 1/2 when defending

Supply lanes are reduced to 1 hex.

SRM (from November) is reduced to 1.

Luftwaffe Supremacy

Precondition: Red Army Surprised!

Effect: all Axis (Romanians included) planes roll double dice during the their first combat round of the surprise attack.

This costs a double Air-HQ (= all 3 LW HQ, except Antonescu) reduction.

SOVIET INFRASCTRUCTURES

(The card prints "INFRASCTRUCTURES"; the spelling is as printed.)

Precondition: From July 1942 on.

The Soviets may start building:

• the Saratov-Stalingrad (3 PP)
• the Stalingrad-Astrakhan (4 PP)
• and the Astrakhan-Baku (5 PP) railroads
• and the new sea-route Baku-Krasnovodsk (10 PP)

BM-13

(The card title is "BM-13"; the name Ekaterina appears only in the flavour text.)

Precondition: Soviet Infantry at TECH 2

Effect: the Soviet artillery rolls 2 more dice (but not its AA).

RED ARMY SURPRISED!

Effects:

• Soviet fighters cannot take off.
• Soviets not eligible for any Bonus.
• Axis unaffected by any Malus (except RECON).
• All German artillery units and all Axis AU: 1 BONUS.
• Soviet AA guns do not fire at any Axis air unit (Air Recon included).

T-34 550mm WINTER TRACKS

Effects: Soviet tanks and Armor-HQ (but not tankettes) have 4 MP from December 1941 to March 1942.

SOVIET OIL ROUTE LOST

Preconditions: Stalingrad OR any other hex on the Eastern banks of Volga (south of Saratov) is Axis controlled.

Effects: SOVIET OIL ROUTE LOST!

The effect may be cancelled by a completed suitable Soviet infrastructure.

MOSCOW is LOST

Preconditions: Moscow is Axis controlled and Stavka has been eliminated.

Effects: Soviet SRM reduced by 1. Stavka may be rebuilt and placed in Kuibyshev.

Note: the base rulebook (section 13.8.1) says the Stavka can be rebuilt in Chelyabinsk. The card text, transcribed here, says Kuibyshev.