Kharkov: Disaster on the Donets is the latest strategy title from the award-winning team at Strategic Studies Group.  A synthesis of the very best elements of two critically acclaimed and top-rated game systems, Decisive Battles and Battlefront, and a successor to both, the new Kharkov: Disaster on the Donets brings to life a campaign of epic scale and dynamic battles on the Eastern Front of World War II.

Command the Soviet forces, newly confident after stopping and throwing back the Barbarossa offensive, or try the elite and seasoned German army now reconstituted after Winter losses and ready to regain the initiative.  Two separate forces prepared offensives in the same area in the Spring of 1942.  When the dust had cleared the Germans had managed a great victory that opened the doors to the drive on Stalingrad.  But the outcome was far from certain and in Kharkov: Disaster on the Donets, history is yours to rewrite.

This new system allows both regimental and battalion level combat, while incorporating many innovative features such as off-map reinforcement decisions and on-map historical areas of operation with mystery variants to increase replayability and limit the effect of hindsight.  Along with the substantially improved and simplified supply and movement systems, a new bonus and advantage system for headquarters effects, simplified direct fire and better combat tables, an improved strong points system and the ability to create hedgehog defenses make this the most advanced and realistic SSG design to date.

Perhaps the most innovative new feature of Kharkov: Disaster on the Donets is the on-map area of operation and mystery variant system. This new system takes away the advantage of hindsight by restricting mass unit relocation while allowing the areas to change as you achieve your objectives, with mystery variants keeping the opponent from predicting your limits.  These new rules represent a realistic modeling of historical command restrictions and add a new and fascinating layer to each side’s decision-making.

Features:

  • A dynamic and exciting campaign scenario
  • New Area of Operations feature recreates the challenges of field command.
  • Ten Mystery Variants will keep you and your opponent guessing and greatly extend replayability

  • Full tutorial for new players

  • Improved and expanded game manual

  • Special rules for Hedgehogs and Heavy Artillery

  • Simplified Supply and Movement system

  • Modified system for Direct Attack and Direct Defence

  • Important HQ bonuses for offensive operations

Across The Dnepr Second Edition

Across The Dnepr Second Edition is a scenario pack for Kharkov: Disaster on the Donets and has been completely redesigned to take advantage of all the great new Kharkov features. ATDSE is a huge battle with many hours of gameplay and features mystery variants for both sides to keep players guessing.