Pavlov's House | digital version

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Take control of the valiant defenders of a Soviet strongpoint in Stalingrad as they hold out against constant German attacks for almost two months. Can you rise to the challenge of mounting odds and hold Pavlov's House?


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About

The goal of Pavlov's House is to last until the defenders of Pavlov's House are tasked with storming a key German strong-point during the Battle of Stalingrad. In the game, this is depicted by playing through a deck of cards representing elements of the German 6th Army.

Pavlov's House was a fortified apartment building used as a strong-point by the Soviet 62nd Army during the pivotal Battle of Stalingrad in WW2. Soviet defenders – primarily from the 7th Company, 3rd Battalion, 42nd Guards Rifle Regiment of the 13th Guards Division - held out for almost two months from a constant German assault. The building's name was drawn from Yakov Pavlov, a sergeant who led the initial storm group assault that resulted in the capture of the building from the Germans. The story of Pavlov's House was a key piece of Soviet propaganda and was used as a symbol of the incredible resistance of Soviet forces during the Battle of Stalingrad.


Features

- A full recreation of the original board game
- Learn the game through an engaging tutorial.
- Play against four different levels of difficulty and complexity, from Basic to Elite.
- The game takes care of the rules, allowing you to focus on the strategy.
- Comprehensive rules and extensive background information is also included.
- Make tough decisions, handle the consequences.
- Highly re-playable and story driven. You'll never play the same game twice!
- An original soundtrack composed by Gabriel Berger.

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Pavlov's House 1.0.1
Sun, 28 February 2021



The following changes are in release 1.0.1. Thanks to everyone who provided feedback. Other requested changes will hopefully go into release 1.0.2.

- Fixed the framerate to 60FPS
- Added tooltips to the first aid, food, sapper and ammo tokens
- Fixed a couple of typos in the tooltips and tutorial
- Improved a couple of the explanations in the tutorial
- A minor tidy to some of the instrumentation in the music
- Fixed a couple of unit tokens showing the incorrect cost

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Pavlov's House 1.0.2 Release
Fri, 5 March 2021

Thanks to everyone who has provided feedback since the Pavlov's House release. Please find the 1.0.2

changelog below.

- Added a fullscreen/windowed option (Windows only for now)
- Added some helper text for Storm Group cards and Operations cards (click on the card for the help)
- Added some helper text in the Forward Observer unit window
- Added a cancel button while supplies are being loaded onto the Volga
- Added tooltips on unit status tokens (exhausted, disrupted, etc)
- Fixed a bug where the card help wasn't appearing even if it was set to in the settings
- Fixed a bug where pressing fog of war left the card option behind at the end of the turn
- Fixed a couple of bugs where tool tips turned up on cards when they weren't visible
- Corrected the costs shown on some of the large Soviet unit images
- Made the Forward Observer fire button dependent on having at least one target set and artillery selected.

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Pavlov's House 1.0.3
Sun, 7 March 2021


- Extended the card helper settings option to provide continual help for both cards and unit actions (now renamed Action Helper).
- Added sniper results text to the latest report box
- Fixed a couple of minor typos in the tutorial
- Fixed an issue where operations cards weren't scoring (this issues was in the 1.0.2 release).
- Improved the text accompanying the Storm Group card to explain how the card is resolved

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Pavlov's House 1.0.7
Sat, 15 May 2021



- Brought movement rules in line with full game rules. If a unit moves into a space occupied by another unit, the displaced unit is moved to the reserves space and can take a free move that turn. Free moves are shown next to the remaining moves at the top of the screen in brackets, and in the reserves window the unit is clearly marked as having a free move available.

- Again in line with full game rules the game ends after the final Soviet action phase (not the Wehrmacht card phase as per the previous version). Then if possible the Milk Run Storm Group will take place.

- Fixed a bug where in specific circumstances it was possible to apply reinforcements during the move phase.

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Pavlov's House 1.1.0
Sun, 27 September 2026



This update brings a new guided tutorial, expanded language support, detailed Battle Records, and improvements to the interface and controls.

The focus is on making the game easier to learn and clearer to play while preserving its distinctive board-game presentation.

Improved Interface
- Drag and drop units
- Click directly on board locations to enact orders
- Refined panels, action trays, and Latest Report presentation.
- Clearer highlights distinguish available choices from selected targets.
- Improved card and deck feedback makes it easier to see when a card can be drawn or an action selected.
- Latest Report now explains why Soviet card commands have no available action.
- Added keyboard board navigation: arrow keys to pan and Shift + Up/Down to zoom.
- Reinforcements can be sorted by name or cost.

Improved Tutorial
- New guided tutorial introduces the game's phases, reinforcements, movement, combat, air defence, and supply network.
- Step-by-step objectives and highlighted choices help you follow each lesson.
- Contextual help explains cards, counters, and supplies without leaving the game. Right-click to see more information.
- Expanded tooltips explain actions and their effects.

Expanded language support
- Added French, German, Spanish, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, and European Portuguese.
- Localized interface text, tutorials, instructions, reports, and contextual help.
- Improved fonts and layouts for translated text and accented characters.
- Your language preference is remembered between sessions.

Battle Records
- New Battle Records provide a detailed account of your game.
- Review combat results, enemy losses, air raids, supply deliveries, defender casualties, wall damage and repairs, and Storm Group outcomes.
- Battle Record progress is retained when saving and resuming a game.
Clearer interface and controls
- Redesigned status header makes score, remaining Wehrmacht cards, defenders, actions, moves, phase, and turn easier to read.

Presentation and feedback
- Improved card dealing, counter movement, shadows, and selection feedback.
- Added brief combat and bomb-impact effects to make resolved events easier to follow.
- Refined sound effects and title-screen presentation.
Fixes and reliability
- Improved attack selection and cancellation.
- Fixed a Fog of War card-handling issue after loading a saved game.
- Added confirmation before starting a tutorial that would overwrite an existing save.
- Fixed Latest Report retaining text from the previous game.
- Improved Steam achievement synchronization.

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