This game includes two separate and distinct battles. Both battles use many of the same rules and concepts, however for ease of play, the rules are separated into two distinct rule sets. The first set of rules cover Stalin's First Victory and the second The Battle of Taierzhuang. Both games are low complexity two-player grand tactical games. Stalin's First Victory (SFV): Covers the five-day campaign that determined the outcome of the 1929 Sino-Soviet War.