A Victory Lost (2006)

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Designer	Tetsuya Nakamura
Artist	Nicolás Eskubi
Publisher	Multi-Man Publishing
Year Published	2006
# of Players	2
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 2 players Recommended with 1, 2 players (28 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	360 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
User Suggested Ages	14 and up (4 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (8 voters) [poll]
Honors	2007 Golden Geek Best Wargame Nominee 2007 International Gamers Awards - Historical Simulation
Subdomain	Wargames (10 voters) [vote]
Category	Wargame World War II
Mechanic	Chit-Pull System Dice Rolling Hex-and-Counter
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Family	International Games Series
Primary Name	A Victory Lost
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International Game Series game from Multi-Man Publishing.

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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First edition

Publisher: Multi-Man Publishing

Artist: Nicolás Eskubi

Year: 2006

Size: 11.61 x 9.06 x 1.57 inches

0.82 pounds

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The Mighty Endeavor	Stalingrad Pocket (2nd Edition)	Rommel in the Desert	Von Manstein's Backhand Blow
Ardennes '44

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Shifting Sands	Leningrad	Gazala	Ukraine '43
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AVL_Special_Rules

Summary of special rules for major rivers and enemy zones of control.

ekted

2011-06-30

A Victory Lost - Countermix setup and reinforcements.

This is a pdf-file with the countermix of all the HQ's and their forces for setting up on the map, reinforcements added too. After a game I use it to put the counters back in my Chessex trays.

W. Holthuis

2011-01-02

12 box counter tray storing

I use a 12 box counter tray Even if you have a different one, the tool is useful to recount the pieces after a game and store them

boboset

2009-09-24

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

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Rules in english	http://www.multimanpublishing.com/LinkClick.aspx?f...	2011-04-20
Portuguese Review at SpielPortugal	http://spielportugal.blogspot.com/2008/11/victory-...	2009-03-21
VASSAL Module page for A Victory Lost - FtF and PBEM play	http://www.vassalengine.org/community/index.php?op...	2007-04-22
VASSAL Engine module page	http://www.vassalengine.org/community/index.php?op...	2007-04-19