Death Ride Kursk

Death Ride Kursk is the most ambitious project GSI has undertaken. The project is a series of monster games encompassing the entire southern front of the Kursk operation. The series is broken down into 3 separate and distinct sub-sets of 3 games each. That means the total series is comprised of 9 games. Each game has a different number of maps and focuses on a different German Division. The 3 sets are broken down into the 3 different Korps Areas of Operation (XLVIII PzK, IISS PzK, and III PzK). The image states “The Monster Game of Monsters”. What this means is that each game in the series is a monster game of its own. Putting them all together, and you can, is a Monster Game of Monster Games.

Each Game Set has a Base Game that includes the rules, charts, and other game system components that you will need to play the game. The other games in the Game Set are expansions and need the Base Game to be played.

And don’t forget the All Encompassing Death Ride Kursk – Sud Front, Russland – Staff Limited Edition

The current plan for completing the entire series is to have all the 8 games completed by 2018 in time for the 75th Anniversary of the battle. At CSW 2016 we showcased the revamped XLVIII Panzer Korps games. At CSW 2017 we will have the III Panzer Korps games completed. And at CSW 2018 a massive 8 game all inclusive playing.

All Death Ride Kursk games come with or allow:

Numerous Charts and Tables
Rules Written Based on the Seven Battlefield Operating Systems
Detailed but not Overbearing with 4 levels of game play
Basic / Intermediate / Advanced / Ultimate
Each level is clearly marked and enhanced rules are all included and color coded for ease of understanding
There are a variety of scenarios, large and small (counter counts and map footprint)
The Command and Control and Fire Support Enhancements are built in to each game
Task Organizing at the most basic level
Each 3 game set will have its own separate Enhancement package for Air/Maintenance/Logistics
Excellent Solitaire Play

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These games have gone through a considerable update. THESE GAMES ARE RECOGNIZED BY THE ‘Updated 2016’ MARKING ON THE BOX COVER. THEY ARE CONSIDERED VERSION 2. THE UPDATED MASTER RULES ARE LABELED VERSION 2.5. If you have the existing games nothing is changing that much that you need to get new stuff. Maps and Scenarios are the main items being updated. A few counters will be updated to reflect their strengths better, but nothing that will affect game play to any real degree. We have re-releasing all 3 games and the Enhancement package and brought them up to the same standard as the IISS games we released in 2014. The games are:

All Death Ride Kursk XLVIII games come with or allow:

Numerous Charts and Tables
Rules Written Based on the Seven Battlefield Operating Systems
Detailed but not Overbearing with 4 levels of game play
Basic / Intermediate / Advanced / Ultimate
Each level is clearly marked and enhanced rules are all included and color coded for ease of understanding
There will be a variety of scenarios
The Command and Control and Fire Support Enhancements will be built in to each game
Task Organizing at the most basic level
A separate XLVIII Korps level Enhancement package for Air/Maintenance/Logistics
Excellent Solitaire Play

Game Designs: Chris Fasulo Sr
Map Design: Rick Barber
Map Artwork: Kyle Gebhardt

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Gross Deutschland:

THIS GAME IS THE BASE GAME FOR ALL XLVIII PZK GAMES. YOU MUST OWN GD IN ORDER TO PLAY 3PZ OR 11PZ OR USE THE XLVIII ENHANCEMENTS

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Gross Deutschland – Base Game – comes with (in Full Color):

(18) Map Sections of the Pena River Area of Operations
(16) Counter Sheets with over 3000 Units and Markers
(12) Scenario Cards and a Master Reinforcement/Withdrawals Card
(3) d10
140 Pg. Master Rules Version 2.5e, now including more diagrams and examples
Supplemental Rules Specific to Gross Deutschland
Order of Battle Cards
Task Organization Charts for Each Major German and Red Army Formation
Command and Control Enhancement Built In
Fire Support Enhancement Built In

Price is $350 // $300 LITE version + FREE Postage

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3rd Panzer:

THIS GAME IS AN EXPANSION GAME AND YOU MUST OWN GD IN ORDER TO PLAY IT

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3rd Panzer – comes with (in Full Color):

(4) Map Sections of the Pena River Area of Operations
Supplemental Rules Specific to 3rd Panzer
Order of Battle Cards
Task Organization Charts for Each Major German and Red Army Formation
Approximately 1800 Unit Counters and Markers

Price is $164 + FREE Postage

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11th Panzer:

THIS GAME IS AN EXPANSION GAME AND YOU MUST OWN GD IN ORDER TO PLAY IT

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11th Panzer – comes with (in Full Color):

(2) Map Sections of the Pena River Area of Operations
Supplemental Rules Specific to 11th Panzer
Order of Battle Cards
Task Organization Charts for Each Major German and Red Army Formation
Approximately 2000 Unit Counters and Markers

Price is $175 + FREE Postage

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XLVIII Enhancement:

THIS GAME IS AN EXPANSION GAME AND YOU MUST OWN GD IN ORDER TO PLAY IT

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XLVIII Enhancement comes with (in Full Color):

Air Operations Charts
Logistics Charts
Maintenance Charts
600 Unit Counters and Markers

Price is $69 + FREE Postage

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All Death Ride Kursk SS games come with or allow:

Numerous Charts and Tables
Rules Written Based on the Seven Battlefield Operating Systems
Detailed but not Overbearing with 4 levels of game play
Basic / Intermediate / Advanced / Ultimate
Each level is clearly marked and enhanced rules are all included and color coded for ease of understanding
There are a variety of scenarios, large and small (counter counts and map footprint)
The Command and Control and Fire Support Enhancements are built in to each game
Task Organizing at the most basic level
A separate IISS Korps level Enhancement package for Air/Maintenance/Logistics
Excellent Solitaire Play

Game Designs: Chris Fasulo Sr
Map Design: Rick Barber
Map Artwork: Kyle Gebhardt

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Totenkopf:

THIS GAME IS THE BASE GAME FOR ALL IISS PZK GAMES. YOU MUST OWN TOTENKOPF IN ORDER TO PLAY LEIBSTANDARTE OR DAS REICH OR USE THE IISS ENHANCEMENTS

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Totenkopf – Base Game – comes with (in Full Color):

(16) Map Sections of the Psel River Area of Operations
Master Rules
Supplemental Rules
(11) Scenario Cards
(3) Order of Battle Cards
(2) Task Organization Charts
2000 Unit Counters and Markers

Price is $263 // $215 LITE version + FREE Postage

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Leibstandarte:

THIS GAME IS AN EXPANSION GAME AND YOU MUST OWN TOTENKOPF IN ORDER TO PLAY IT

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Leibstandarte comes with (in Full Color):

(16) Map Sections of the Prokorovka Area of Operations
Supplemental Rules
(7) Scenario Cards
(3) Order of Battle Cards
(2) Task Organization Charts
2000 Unit Counters and Markers
Alternate Assault Combat Tables

Price is $197 + FREE Postage

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Das Reich:

THIS GAME IS AN EXPANSION GAME AND YOU MUST OWN TOTENKOPF IN ORDER TO PLAY IT

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Das Reich comes with (in Full Color):

(12) Map Sections of the Das Reich Area of Operations
Supplemental Rules
(22) Scenario Cards
(3) Order of Battle Cards
(2) Task Organization Charts
1900 Unit Counters and Markers

Price is $229 + FREE Postage

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IISS Enhancement:

THIS GAME IS AN EXPANSION GAME AND YOU MUST OWN TOTENKOPF IN ORDER TO PLAY IT

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IISS Enhancement comes with (in Full Color):

Air Operations Charts
Logistics Charts
Maintenance Charts
600 Unit Counters and Markers

Price is $69 + FREE Postage

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All Death Ride Kursk SS games come with or allow:

Numerous Charts and Tables
Rules Written Based on the Seven Battlefield Operating Systems
Detailed but not Overbearing with 4 levels of game play
Basic / Intermediate / Advanced / Ultimate
Each level is clearly marked and enhanced rules are all included and color coded for ease of understanding
There are a variety of scenarios, large and small (counter counts and map footprint)
The Command and Control and Fire Support Enhancements are built in to each game
Task Organizing at the most basic level
A separate AD Kempf Enhancement package for Air/Maintenance/Logistics
Excellent Solitaire Play

Game Designs: Chris Fasulo Sr
Map Design: Rick Barber
Map Artwork: Kyle Gebhardt

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III PzK:

THIS GAME IS THE BASE GAME FOR ALL AD KEMPF GAMES. YOU MUST OWN III PzK IN ORDER TO PLAY KORPS RAUS OR USE THE ADK ENHANCEMENTS

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III PzK comes with (in Full Color):

(20+) Map Sections of the AD Kempf Area of Operations
Supplemental Rules
(6) Scenario Cards
(3+) Order of Battle Cards
(5+) Task Organization Charts
5000 Unit Counters and Markers

Price is $460 // $410 LITE + FREE Postage

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Korps Raus:

THIS GAME IS AN EXPANSION GAME AND YOU MUST OWN III PzK IN ORDER TO PLAY IT

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Korps Raus comes with (in Full Color):

(6) Map Sections of the AD Kempf Area of Operations
Supplemental Rules
(3+) Order of Battle Cards
(3+) Task Organization Charts
2000 Unit Counters and Markers

Price is $219 + FREE Postage

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AD Kempf Enhancements:

THIS GAME IS AN EXPANSION GAME AND YOU MUST OWN III PzK IN ORDER TO PLAY IT

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AD Kempf Enhancement comes with (in Full Color):

Air Operations Charts
Logistics Charts
Maintenance Charts
600 Unit Counters and Markers

Price is $69 + FREE Postage

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DRK-Small Scenario Pack XLVIII PzK:

THESE ARE SCENARIOS AND YOU MUST OWN XLVIII PzK GAMES IN ORDER TO PLAY THEM

In this package are 5x small scenarios, based on engagements in the XLVIII PzK Area of Operations, and providing players some additional options for being able to play Death Ride Kursk, without setting up the entire large footprint battle. Each of these scenarios map footprints tries to use only 2x 11×17 map sections, and a limited set of forces for both sides.

DRK-Small Scenario Pack 1 XLVIII PzK comes with (in Full Color):

Take the Outposts! – GD(-)
Counter-Attack at Tolstoje Woods! – 3Pz(-)
Attack on Kazatskoe! – 331IR(+)
Attack on Verchopen’ye – GD(-)
Cross the Pena – GDPzR(+)

Price is $34 + FREE Postage

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These games all focus on combined arms operations and have units that are built at Platoon for the Germans and Companies for the Red Army. There are Company sized units that the Germans can exchange for and use instead of the platoons.

Rules account for primary and secondary weapons and ranges, opportunity fire, overwatch fire, overruns, obstacle breeching and building, and a host of detailed rules. ALL the rules are contained in the Master Rules, even for the Enhancements.

More advanced enhancement rules cover the assignment of artillery missions such as DS (Direct Support), GS (General Support), and R (Reinforcing), and other limiting factors for artillery fire. The Command and Control rules include Radio Line-of-Sight, HQ Initiative, and limits on the use of task organized forces.

All in all a very complete and detailed picture of the battle and the way in which it was fought.