Kharkov 1943: Le Coup de Maître de Von Manstein is an Operational level board-wargame - a two in one as it contains all the material for TWO battles of World War 2: Kharkov (1943) and Rostov (1941) both happening in the same corner of USSR. A fourth game of a planned series of six which all use the same rules, on 6 page leaflets. Published in a issue of...
Kharkov 1943 follows Debrecen 1944 and Kiev 1943 and is the 4th volume in the Storms in the East series. In late winter 1942–43, the Soviets, intoxicated by their successes, particularly at Stalingrad, launched massive offensives across the entire Eastern Front. They believed their opponents had been broken by their recent defeats, without realizing that...
Kharkov Battles uses the Fall Blau basic rules to cover the Second & Third Battles of Kharkov. Basics of the system are: Stacking is 3 units per hex and combat out of a hex is restricted. Large units (mainly German divisions and Soviet corps) have Combat Ratings which pull a strength chit for combat. Typically only one unit with a strength chit may combat...
Khet (a.k.a. Deflexion) is a chess-like board game that has two built in lasers and movable Egyptian-themed game pieces that have embedded mirrors that can be positioned to bounce the laser light around the board and hit opponent pieces. To play, players alternate moving their pieces around the board. Some pieces have mirrors and some do not. Bounding the...
Watch your step! The Ruins of Abetan are a treacherous labyrinth of steep cliffs and rickety bridges, but the fabulous Khrysos treasure inside is all that matters to the Khrysos Hunters. Expand your hunt to up to six players with Khrysos Hunters: Ruins of Abetan Expansion, which includes ten new Hunters to make your team. Jump the gaps, but don't get...
"[A] tactical level game, simulating the constant struggle between the forces of the Raj and their various opponents, e.g. Afghan native irregulars and regulars and the fierce Pathan Tribesmen, of the Northwest Frontier. The period depicted here is the mid 1870's through the early 1880's. The scenarios are primarily hypothetical occurrences that are...
An old Hungarian chess variant. The title means Who is the winning army leader? The pieces (stickered checkers) depict 6 kind of modern (at that time) military units. They move a little bit differently from the pieces in chess. Both players get a a 10x10 grid with terrain (basically some squares are obstacles for some pieces). They secretly deploy their...
Kibamusha is an ancestral chess-like boardgame, from the feudal japan. There are only 2 pages of rules : it is not a complicated game. So a 9-year-old child can play Kibamusha, and even wins against an adult. Kibamusha uses a gameboard of 9 rows by 10 files. Each player has 20 pieces (Ashigaru, Bowman, banner, Horse archer, etc..). There is no dice in this...
"The fast game for long flanks, ideal passing and tactical moves." Kick-it is a tactical soccer game that challenges the head and not the legs. The team in possession of the ball has 2 movement points available, while the opposing team without the ball has 3 move points available. By jumping straight over the opposing player, the ball can be taken away at...
Kick-it is a tactical soccer game that challenges the head and not the legs. The team in possession of the ball has 2 movement points available, while the opposing team without the ball has 3 move points available. By jumping straight over the opposing player, the ball can be taken away at any time. To complete the move, the ball is passed over any number...
User summary Kidnap Machine is a print-and-play solitaire boardgame. There is a variant Version called Obscura (see below). You woke up in a dark room, and you feel the presence of something horrible. You must get out of the room using your wisdom and luck. To play the game, you need a die, two pawns, a pencil, and a printed square-grid play sheet. You may...
—description from the publisher "Kiev 1943" is a wargame by Nicolas Stratigos, the third game of the "Storms in the East" VaeVictis jeux d'histoire series. After the failure of Zitadelle in mid-July 1943, then the loss of Kharkov on 23 August, the German armies surged back on the Dnieper with the Soviet forces at their heels. The Voronezh Front of Vatutin...