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Designed By	Tetsuya Nakamura
Art By	Nicolás Eskubi
Published By	Multi-Man Publishing (MMP)
Year Published	2006
# of Players:	2 − 2
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 2 players Recommended with 1, 2 players (24 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	360 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
User Suggested Ages	14 and up (2 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (6 voters) [poll]
Category	Wargame World War II
Mechanic	Chit-Pull System Dice Rolling Hex-and-Counter
Primary Name	A Victory Lost
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International Game Series game from Multi-Man Publishing (MMP).

A harsh, cold wind blows across the steppes of Russia. With a flurry of thundering explosions, the Russian offensive Operation Saturn begins. Can the Russians encircle and trap the extended German armies?

Originally published in Japanese in Game Journal Magazine #4 as Struggle of Army Group Manstein, A Victory Lost starts with the Russian offensive Operation Saturn and continuing through van Manstein's famous "backhand blow". It revives the simplicity of classic games such as Russian Campaign and Panzergruppe Guderian, but with some very modern twists. Easy to learn and with a compact playing time, A Victory Lost nevertheless offers a historical treatment of this subject that has seldom been seen in larger and more complicated games.

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Awards:

2006: Charles S. Roberts award for Best World War II Boardgame (Charles S. Roberts Awards) winner

2006: Charles S. Roberts award for Best Wargame Graphics (Charles S. Roberts Awards) winner

2006: Jim Dunnigan Charles S. Roberts award for Design Elegance and Development, winner

2007: International Gamers Award for Best Historical Simulation of the Year, winner

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0	General Thinking of getting AVL...but are the counters too small to handle?	2009-06-15	br1an625	8
0	Rules Placement of reinforcing units	2009-05-18	Ivappanther	5
0	Rules Retreat path blocked by enemy units	2009-05-02	Ivappanther	5
0	Rules Question about HQ relocations	2009-04-27	cornjob	7
2	Rules Retreat across Major River Hexsides	2009-04-23	Ivappanther	4
2	Rules Cost of movement from ZOC to ZOC to stack with a friendly unit when not across a Major River hexside	2009-04-09	Ivappanther	6
8	Strategy Deconstructing Wargames - A simple but effective German Counter-Attack [Page 1,2]	2009-03-23	bartman347	35
0	General VASSAL 3.1 question	2009-03-06	Firepigeon	0
0	Rules minor axis HQs and activiating	2009-01-15	frighteni...	2
0	General Anyone interested in a VASSAL game?	2009-01-11	admanb	1

	Recommendations

Standard Recommendations
Bitter Woods (4th Edition)	Fire in the Sky: The Great Pacific War 1941-1945	FAB: The Bulge	Red Star Rising: The War in Russia, 1941-1944
The Mighty Endeavor	Stalingrad Pocket - 2nd Edition	Rommel in the Desert	Von Manstein's Backhand Blow
Ardennes '44

Weak Recommendations
Breakout: Normandy	Clash of Giants	Saratoga	Tunisia
Shifting Sands	Leningrad	Gazala	Ukraine '43
Wilderness War	Fallschirmjaeger	Paths of Glory	Drive on Stalingrad
Target Arnhem: Across 6 Bridges	World War II: Barbarossa to Berlin	Advanced Squad Leader (ASL) Starter Kit #1	Triumphant Return: The Soviet Liberation of Kiev, November 1943
Afrika - 2nd Edition	Advanced Squad Leader (ASL) Starter Kit #2	Europe Engulfed	Bonaparte at Marengo

Very Weak Recommendations
Combat Commander: Europe	Here I Stand

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Help sheet in spanish/ Hoja de ayuda en castellano

Completa hoja resumen creada por Iñaky

jsper

2009-01-06

Trc for A victory lost in spanish

Tipo de terreno en castellano para pegar sobre mapa/ Terrene type in spanish to use in original boardgame

jsper

2009-01-06

reference charts in spanish

Reference charts in spanish - tablas de ayuda en español, por Arracataflan.

zaratustro

2008-12-31

AVL Scorecard

Provides a way to record each turn's Chit Draw Sequence as well as a turn-by-turn score update. Helps players re-live the "narrative" of the game after completion.

Commish

2008-04-01

AVL - Extras 1

VP Track, VP Marker, Reinforcement Box

LordYupa

2007-12-26

IGS A Victory Lost HQ Manifest and Turn Record Version3.pdf

ADMIN: Remove version 2: IGS A Victory Lost HQ Manifest and Turn Recordv2.pdf

Galileo

2007-03-24

A Lost Victory HQ Manifest and Turn Record version2.pdf

Reinforcement Tracks (units and turn number) and complete HQ/Command Chit Manifest (corrects game title)

Galileo

2007-02-11

AVL_Odds_sm.pdf

A single-page .pdf combat odds table for A Victory Lost

Bostich

2007-02-07

AVL_odds.pdf

A .pdf table of combat odds for "A Victory Lost"

Fury

2006-12-07

A Lost Victory HQ Manifest.pdf

HQ and Command Chit Manifest, including Turn of arrival

Galileo

2006-12-06

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610	Top 150 Availability (updated 5th December '07)	2007-01-30
408	2007 Edition of: My Secret Santa Sent Me... (only received gifts)	2007-11-20
286	"You've Lost and You'll Like It!" Board Gaming With Chuck Norris	2008-09-22
285	The BoardGameGeek VASSAL Competitor's Directory -- wargamers wanted!	2007-09-09
249	Geeks Gone Wild! Cheap Skinflicks Based On Your Favourite Games	2007-02-03
245	The Games I Love and Why - Cornjob Rambles	2008-04-03
237	My favorite low complexity wargames	2008-01-18
182	It's time for another game ... How well do you know your game rules? Go on, have a go. You know you want to.	2008-11-19
181	Language levels of the top 250 (or can I buy this cheap foreign edition?!)	2007-09-13
178	The Road to Hell is Paved with Wargames	2008-06-12

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User Rank:	143
Wargame Rank:	63
Num Ratings:	522
Average Rating:	7.90
Standard Deviation:	1.28
Num Views:	81447
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Avg. Game Weight:	2.6
Fans:	10

Personal Comments:	315
Users Owning:	874
Users Wanting:	116
Users Trading:	20
Has Parts For Trade:	0
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Total Plays:	738
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Preorder page from MMP	http://www.multimanpublishing.com/preorder/preorde...	2005-09-06
Game description at mmp (click here to buy as well)	http://www.multimanpublishing.com/IGS/prodavl.php	2006-12-29
VASSAL Engine module page	http://www.vassalengine.org/community/index.php?op...	2007-04-19
VASSAL Module page for A Victory Lost - FtF and PBEM play	http://www.vassalengine.org/community/index.php?op...	2007-04-22
Portuguese Review at SpielPortugal	http://spielportugal.blogspot.com/2008/11/victory-...	2009-03-21

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