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The Forgotten Battles: The Battle for Belorussia, September 1943-April 1944

Publisher/Brand: Multi-Man Publishing

Product Code: MMP-OCSTFB

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The Forgotten Battles: The Battle for Belorussia, September 1943-April 1944
The Forgotten Battles: The Battle for Belorussia, September 1943-April 1944
The Forgotten Battles: The Battle for Belorussia, September 1943-April 1944
The Forgotten Battles: The Battle for Belorussia, September 1943-April 1944
The Forgotten Battles: The Battle for Belorussia, September 1943-April 1944

Description

Operational Combat Series (OCS) games simulate campaign-level combat from 1900 to the mid-1950s. The series goal is to allow a sophisticated study of historical events while maintaining mechanical simplicity. Every facet of modern combat is modeled. 

The Forgotten Battles covers the key fighting between late September 1943 and April 1944 in the Army Group Center portion of the Russian front. This was a war of attrition around cities and rugged terrain in the Belorussian region of the former Soviet Union. The major success in this sector was delivered by the Belorussian Front commander, Rokossovsky, who far outshone his neighboring Western Front commander. This leader was Sokolovsky, a protégé of Zhukov and later Soviet Chief of the General Staff. When the time came to write the official Soviet history of the war, it was not politically acceptable for Rokossovsky, who was Polish, to be seen as more effective than Sokolovsky. The result was that the success of one commander was suppressed just as vigorously as the failure of the other. The campaigns here laid the foundations for the collapse of Army Group Center the summer of 1944, but only recently has the full story of The Forgotten Battles been uncovered.

The game area covers Belorussia, eastern Poland and parts of the Baltic States, from Daugavpils and Velikiye Luki in the north to Chernigov in the south and from Brest-Litovsk and Tilsit in the west to Rzhev and Bryansk in the east. The Forgotten Battles contains scenarios for the major engagemnts: the desperate fighting around Vitebsk, the dramatic advance of the Belorussian Front through the Prypet Marsh, assaults on fortresses such as Bobruysk, Mogilev, and Orsha, and the last attempts to capture Kovel. The Soviet Partisan campaign requires constant reaction by the Axis player. The Forgotten Battles is designed by Tony Birkett, and is fully playable with The Third Winter. In fact, there is a one map-sized scenario that uses both games to cover the combined advance of the 1st Ukrainian Font and Belorussian Front. Both games can be combined for a massive gaming experience using campaign setups that start in September 1943 and January 1944.

The Forgotten Battles is Volume 2 of a planned 3-volume "Ostfront" series which, including Crimea, will enable players to explore the entirety of the Russian front during this period.

Scenarios List:
The Red Army Resurgent (Campaign Game Start, 4 maps, 63 turns), 26 Sept 1943 to 26 April 1944.
The Liberation Offensive (January Campaign Start, 4 maps, 27 turns), 26 Jan 1944 to 26 April 1944.
Vitebsk: The Winter Siege (partial map scenario, 6 turns), 15 Dec 1943 to 1 Jan 1944 (6 turns).
Festung Kovel (partial map scenario, 7 turns), 29 Mar 1944 to 19 Apr 1944.
The Partisan Army (partial map learning scenario, 3 turns), 19 to 26 Feb 1944.
The Gomel-Kiev Offensive (4 map sections from The Forgotten Battles and Third Winter, 13 turns), 26 Sept 1943 to 5 Nov 1943 (13 turns).

A complete game of The Forgotten Battles include:
  • Two Full Color Game Maps (22" x 34")
  • Two Full Color Game Maps (22" x 34.5")
  • Five Game Specific Countersheets and Three OCS Markers Countersheets (2,240 total counters)
  • Two Full Color Terrain Effects Charts 
  • One Full Color Turn Record Track and Weather Display
  • One Full Color Soviet RVGK Logistics Display
  • Two Full Color General Record Tracks – One Axis and One Soviet
  • Two Full Color Reinforcement/Breakdown Regiment Display Cards – One Axis and One Soviet
  • Two Full Color Multi-Unit Formation Display Cards – One Axis and One Soviet
  • OCS Rulebook (version 4.3)
  • Two OCS v4.3 Charts and Tables
  • Game-Specific Rulebook with extensive Historical Commentary, Designer's Notes, Developer's Notes, Historical Commentary, and Players Notes
  • Scenario Booklet 
  • Axis Player Booklet, including an Order of Arrival with Counter Icons
  • Soviet Player Booklet, including an Order of Arrival with Counter Icons
  • Dice

Specification

Series
Operational Combat Series (OCS). Game No.22
Edition
2024
Design
Dean Essig, Antony Birkett
Artist
Nicolás Eskubi
Game Language
English
# Players
2-4
Complexity
MEDIUM
Solitaire
MEDIUM
Sizes
30.0cm x 23.5cm x 7.5cm
Weight
0 kg

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