Solo boardgame up for pre order Enemy Action: Kharkov

[wodin]

Enemy Action Ardennes is raved about as one if not THE best solo boardgames ever released. By non other than Mr Butterfield himself.

Now you can pre order the next game. This time set in Russia.

I'd pre order as it will sell fast, very fast and then cost the earth to find online.

"Enemy Action: Kharkov is the second game in John Butterfield’s acclaimed Enemy Action series of card-driven games simulating pivotal battles in World War II, playable by two players or one player controlling either side in the conflict.

Enemy Action: Kharkov portrays the Third Battle of Kharkov, the key Eastern Front battle in which the German Army ended a string of Soviet victories begun at Stalingrad. In the late winter of 1943, Soviet Operations code-named Star and Gallop drove the Germans from the city of Kharkov and threatened a complete breakthrough, only to be driven back by the German counteroffensive known as Von Manstein’s Back Hand Blow.

Each volume in the Enemy Action series features:

• Two-player competition with low complexity and constant decision points for both sides;
• Solitaire play of either side with systems governing all aspects of enemy command and tactics;
• Card-driven impulse system, with multi-purpose cards played to activate formations, implement command events, or gain tactical advantages in combat.
• Diceless and chartless combat system – players draw combat chits that build a narrative of each combat.
The solo games add fog of war to the experience. Many enemy unit locations in the solo games are unknown until your forces move to contact. Enemy units behind the front line often disappear to reappear elsewhere, within realistic movement limitations.

Features specific to Enemy Action: Kharkov include:

• Soviet partisans
• Offensive command quality
• Withdrawal under fire
• Armor depletion
• Von Manstein’s Rochade (rapid redeployment)
• Soviet forward support
• Spring thaw and mud conditions
Product Information:

Complexity: Moderate
Solitaire Suitability: Designed for solitaire play
Map scale: 7.5 miles per hex. Hexes are oversized for easy counter handling.
Time scale: Three days per turn, with several impulses in each turn.
Unit Scale: Regiments, brigades and divisions
Players: One or Two (features Solitaire mode)
Playing Time: 15 minutes to 5 hours for the full campaign
Components:

Three 22"x34" maps (1 for each solitaire game and 1 for the 2-player game)
Three rules books (1 for each game)
Two full sheets of counters, printed both sides
110 playing cards (poker quality)
Multiple player aid cards
One ten-sided die (for solo play)
One full color 3” box and lid
Game Credits:

Designer: John Butterfield
Developer: Ted Castronova"

LINK

[wodin]

Nobody?

Honestly EA: Ardennes is raved about as the greatest solo War boardgame released. EVen better for me is this new game is set on East Front.

Surely someone on here knows about John Butterfield and Enemy Action: Ardennes boardgame?

If not you all need to go check it out and then sae your pennies\dimes\Euros etc for EA: Kharkov

EA Ardennes BGG LINK

[rocketman71]

If I would buy one boardgame it would be EA:Ardennes, but I have no good space for it and can't have it there long term as I find it hard to play long sessions. Hoping for a PC version of the game, but that will probably never happen.

[wodin]

No interest in Kharkov then?

ORIGINAL: rocketman71

If I would buy one boardgame it would be EA:Ardennes, but I have no good space for it and can't have it there long term as I find it hard to play long sessions. Hoping for a PC version of the game, but that will probably never happen.

[rocketman71]

I know too little about the Kharkov battles as of now to make it my top priority.

[elmo3]

Well I'm interested, but a Q4 2020 release is just way too far out in the future for me to pony up now.

[AlessandroW]

Lot of interest on this one but no preorder for me, the shipping is too expensive from USA to Europe.

[JudgeDredd]

Hey Wodin

I saw you let your copy go...why was that? You seemed stoked about it

[wodin]

Sorry late in replying

Sold as I needed the money


Just wondering JD this mean I’m no longer in Coventry? Hehe

[JudgeDredd]

I can't recall what happened. You'll have to refresh my memory.

All I recall is you asking me to do some models for your website but I couldn't work to your time scale or something.

I let my copy go because it wasn't - imo - nearly as good as Enemy Action:Ardennes. I had high hopes for it but it fell way short compared to it's predecessor.