This game is a Strategic game on the Eastern Front of World War II.
It is a digital port from the famous and eponym boardgame, No retreat!, designed by Carl Paradis, which retells the story of the titanic struggle between the invading armies of Nazi Germany versus Communist Russia during WW2 at a player-friendly and manageable level of scope and difficulty. With only 70 Army/Front sized counters for the whole campaign, and with very low stacking, it’s a quick-playing yet realistic affair that favours the strategic and offensive-minded player.
The moderate complexity of the game, the light number of armies and the contained size of the map allows easier onboarding, fast play and fun experience.
In a skillfully blended collation of classic hex-based wargaming and modern card-driven simulations, No Retreat: The Russian Front stays truly story-centric, providing the proper feel of sweeping maneuvers, exploitation and encirclements across the vast steppes and forests of Russia.
With a simple-yet-innovative economic model, players will also feel the growing might and sophistication of the Russian’s Red Army, and the degradation of the once-invincible German Wehrmacht, over the epic four year sweep of time that this merciless campaign was fought.
See the Axis hordes deeply invade Russia and encircle ill-prepared Soviet units.
Watch the Red army resist and slowly acquire experience to finally push back the Germans up to Berlin !
Each turn is alight with intriguing on-board challenges plus the surprise of 55 cards hand Events as players vie to win in one of three different ways.
TIME SCALE: 2 months per turn
MAP SCALE: 100km / 60 miles per hex
UNIT SCALE: Armies and Fronts
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 2
6 Historical Scenarios: BARBAROSSA 1941, CASE BLUE 1942 , URANUS 1943, CITADEL 1943, BAGRATON 1944, NA BERLIN 1945,
THE BARBAROSSA CAMPAIGN 1941-45
Lightweight Hex maps with a scale of 60 miles per hex covering The Eastern part of Greater Germany to Moscow and the Caucasus.
German and Axis minor allies vs Soviets.
50 armies, split into 4 types of land units, Mechanised Infantry, Tanks and Fortifications.
One deck of 55 cards per Major Power. Spend it as events or as fuel for your different actions (improve, entrain, reorganise, counterblow, etc..)
Turn-based system, scale of 1-3 months per turn, with different phases: Draw, Organization, Movement, Combat. and Supply.
Asymmetric Combat Table.
Terrain and Weather effects.
An elegant, easy-to-understand on-screen guide that will walk you through every sequence of play and help you better understand the nuances and depth of choices and strategies available.
Different playing modes: solitaire play, against the AI, multiplayer across several platforms
Available in English and in French upon release, with Spanish, German, Russian and Chinese coming afterwards.
Neither side can afford the disgrace of yielding an inch of ground to their hated foe, so your orders are: “No Retreat!”
Full opf bugs and a waste of money
This great WWII strategy boardgame has been brillantly ported to computer by Cyril Jarnot. You could feel the thrill of the dark times of Barbarossa operation back to the Red Army rolling back to Berlin. The mechanics of the game are simple but true to the spirit of the original game and thus efficient for players. It seems easy to complete but it requires lots of strategy and ahead thinking if you want to prevail. That's exactly what we expect, isn't it ?
I am not familiar with the board game and haven't played physical card and hex wargames for a good number of years. My initial impression was the that the map was quite small, but the game plays very well, with encirclaments possible and woe betide you, if you overstretch your supply lines. The AI is more than capable of taking advantage of this and cutting you off. I would say that the earlier negative criticisms about the UI being a mess were justified. However, in my opinion this has improved considerably, with regular updates from the developers. Keep up the good work :-)
No Retreat! The Russian Front costs $24.99.
Minimum: Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10+ Processor: 2.5 GHz Intel Dual Core Memory: 6 GB RAM Graphics: 1024 MB DirectX 11 compatible DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 2 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Recommended: Recommended: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 11 or higher Processor: Intel Quad Core Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: 2048 MB DirectX 11 compatible DirectX: Version 12 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 4 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX 11+ Compatible
No Retreat! The Russian Front is available on Windows PC, macOS.
No Retreat! The Russian Front has 80% positive reviews from 5 players.
No Retreat! The Russian Front was released on Jun 25, 2025.
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