Ukraine '43 simulates the 1943 Soviet summer offensive across the Ukraine to the Dnieper river.
280 counters, 1 22"x29" map + 1 5"x29", 32 pages rules booklet and 4 scenarios.
Scale is mostly divisional units, 5 days per turn, 10 miles per hex.
The game features a traditional basic system plus Reaction phase, Exploitation move and combat.
It includes rules for Panzer corps/Russian Tank armies capabilities, massed artillery, German tactical proficiency, Tiger tanks, sappers, air power, leader special rules for Zhukov and Manstein, ZOC bonds.
It is medium-high complexity (6 on 9). Full campaign should last about 8 hours.
Top notch production.
Republished in Command Magazine Japan #60 in 2004.
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