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Kharkov - Disaster on the Donets

By: Matrix Games

Type: Software (boxed)

Product Line: Computer War Games - World War II - Eastern Front (Matrix Games)

PC CD-Rom

Last Stocked on 6/15/2021

Product Info

Title
Kharkov - Disaster on the Donets
Publisher
Sub-category
Publish Year
2008
Dimensions
6x8x1.5"
NKG Part #
2147386832
MFG. Part #
MXG0908
Type
Software (boxed)

Description

Seize the Initiative and Secure Victory!

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.

Game Features:

Successor to the highly popular and award winning Decisive Battles and Battlefront engines, combining the best elements of both.
An innovative and fun area of operation system which limits unrealistic redeployments for both players, with changes triggered as local objectives are achieved and based on mystery variants to keep the enemy guessing
Improved and simplified supply, movement and direct combat systems
Improved combat tables that better model diminishing returns and new HQ bonuses that can affect Direct and Indirect Fire
Improved strong points and new hedgehog rules
Models both battalion and regimental combat

Game Data:

Complexity: Intermediate
Field of Play: Operational
Historical Period: WWII
Theater: Eastern Front
Unit Scale: Regiment and Battalion
IGOUGO
Players: 1 or 2
AI: Yes
TCP/IP: No
PBEM: Yes
Game Editor: Yes
Manual: PDF (Download) & B/W printed(Physical) 166 pages
Display Resolution: 1024x768 min , 1280x1024 supported

Requirements:

OS: 98, ME, Windows 2000, XP, Vista
CPU: 800 MHz
RAM: 256 MB
Video/Graphics: GeForce2 or equivalent Graphics Card
Sound: Windows Compatible Sound Card
CD-ROM Drive: Yes, for boxed version installation
Hard Drive: 200mb
DirectX 9.0c