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Legal notices are important and we thank you in advance for respecting our intellectual property rights! "Every Man a Fortress" (EMF) is the new ATS download game created specifically for owners of Panther Line, Stalingrad and Kursk. It caters to lovers of LARGE hex games. In fact, perhaps we should say, "giant" hex games. The EMF map consists of 15 sections, each a color PDF file formatted to 8" x 10", that fits together to create a piece of cartography representing the famous Stalingrad battlefield. See the sample below -- those are counters at ACTUAL SIZE depicted on the map! With hexes this large, the scale of the tank counters is practically one-to-one!
The scenario "Every Man a Fortress" is also provided as a special color PDF file. Simply click on the links, sit back and enjoy your new Eastern Front ATS action.
STALINGRAD, RUSSIA, 14 September 1942: Overlooking the rubble of Stalingrad just south of the Tsaritsa Gorge stood the massive silos of a large grain elevator. This dominating position would soon become the anchor of the citys southern defenses. Within this strong-point an ad-hoc force of fifty Soviet Marines and guardsmen defiantly halted the German advance. The men inside withstood pounding after pounding by artillery and refused requests for surrender brought forward by a panzer flying a white flag. Soon after turning down the enemy offer, the tank was blown up. Along the southern front battered Soviet forces appeared ready to collapse. Von Paulus, sensing the opportunity to drive to the Volga, ordered elements of the 94th Infantry Division to attack and eliminate this thorn in his side. The defenders of the grain elevator, reinforced on the 17th, held out until finally driven back by thirst on September 20. During their withdrawal, a Marine platoon leader and his men stumbled upon a German mortar battery in a nearby gully. They drove off the enemy, gulping down their water frantically, before proceeding back to 62nd Army lines to fight another day.
Use the following rule for "Every Man a Fortress":
FANATIC RESISTANCE NEST: The building the Russian Commissar sets up in (only, i.e., not later buildings it may subsequently enter) may be declared a Fanatic Resistance Nest. As long as the Commissar is in any hex of the building and non-Broken/Surrendered, ALL Personnel are considered to be marked with a Courage marker. If declared via SSR that a building is a Fanatic Resistance Nest, at least one Commissar must set up within or this status is not applied.
This page was updated on February 6, 2005 with a brand new map edition that is 12" x 19". If you have your browser set to automatically open PDF and GIF file types, you can right click on the links below to save the files to your hard drive.
