Cover art for Kirovograd

Kirovograd

1983 · BGG
Avg rating
6.85
Bayes rating
5.53
Weight
3.12 (Medium Heavy)
Players
2-4
Playtime
3 hr
Ratings count
56

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Description

"Kirovograd" is a World War 2 wargame that recreates the epic armor battle which took place in the Ukraine from January 5-16, 1944 between the forces of General Ivan Konev's Second Ukrainian Front and General Otto Wohler's Eighth Army. After ten days of desperate fighting in conditions of frost and light snow, Konev's troops were unable either to make a lasting breakthrough of the German front or to annihilate those elements of XLVII Panzer Korps that they managed to encircle at Kirovograd. However the Germans, took a terrible pounding and the Second Ukrainian Front had taken the city of Kirovograd, an industrial center and road hub, from them. Game features Untried units, step-loss strengths and Dummy counters. Game Scale: Game Turn: 2 days Hex: 1.5 miles / 2.4 kilometers Units: Regiment to Division Game Inventory: Four 8.5 x 22" full-color mounted mapboards Two dual-side printed countersheets (300 1/2" counters) One 12-page Kirovograd rulebook Two single-side printed Player Aid Cards Two 6-sided dice Complexity Level: Medium-Heavy (4 of 5) Players: 2 Playing Time: 3-6 hours

Play mode

Competitive

How it plays

Area control & tactical conflict Dice rolling Resource & economic management

Game type

Wargame Campaign / legacy game Board game

What it’s about

History, politics & real-world conflict

Publishers

3W (World Wide Wargames)

Designers

Jack Radey