Kursk: History's Greatest Tank Battle, July 1943 is a two player board wargame designed by Eric Goldberg and published by Simulations Publications Inc in 1980, simulating the 1943 Battle of Kursk of the Second World War. It became a bestseller, reaching number one on SPI's Top Ten list by July 1980 shortly after its March publication. The boxed set includes a hex grid map scaled at ten kilometers per hex, six hundred game counters, a twenty five page rulebook and deployment charts, and offers three scenarios, a hypothetical earlier German offensive, the historical July 1943 battle and the Soviet counteroffensive beginning August 1 1943.
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Kursk: History's Greatest Tank Battle, July 1943 is a board wargame published by Simulations Publications Inc. (SPI) in 1980 that simulates the 1943 Battle of Kursk during World War II. The game proved popular, reaching the top of SPI's Bestseller list, and was well received by critics.
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