Matrix Games

Overview

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.

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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

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Review on IGN UK
7.9/10 (Good) - It's an ambitious design, full of the historical details and accurate combat modeling that grognards crave, and it recreates a thrilling battle along the Eastern Front with enough breakouts, pockets and sieges to satisfy any Red Army officer.

Review on GamersHall.de
A real Strategy heavyweight ... The "Area of Operation System" brings a new aspect to the world of Strategy Gaming ... A very good AI.

Review on MikroBitti.fi
5 Stars - [Translated from Finnish] Only the ignorant think that hex military strategy is a thing of the past. [Kharkov] is a landmark for the friends of the old school.

Review on Armchair General
Kharkov is wargamers’ heaven. SSG has proven that experience counts when it comes to building a great game.