World at War #53: Strike & Counterstrike – Battle for Moscow

World at War #53: Strike & Counterstrike – Battle for Moscow is a magazine-format issue from Strategy & Tactics Press / Decision Games covering the Soviet winter counteroffensive against German Army Group Center from December 1941 to April 1942.

Product Type: Magazine-format issue with included solitaire wargame.

The included game, Strike & Counterstrike, is purpose-designed for solitaire play. The player commands Soviet forces as they attempt to seize key territorial objectives and drive back the exhausted German army after the failed push on Moscow. The game system controls German deployment and resistance.

Strike & Counterstrike shares a solitaire system family with Rampage, Stalingrad Cauldron, and Panzers East, while adjusting its rules to reflect the specific time, scale, and operational situation of the Moscow counteroffensive.

Components include: one 22×34 inch map and 228 die-cut counters.