Hongrie 1944-1945 (2008)

Issue 78 of Vae Victis (January-February 2008) includes a wargame of the Hungarian campaign of 1944-45.

The campaign in Hungary, Slovakia and East Austria from October 1944 to late April 1945, brigade-division scales for Germans and Hungarians, Army Corps for Soviets, Romanians, Czechs, Tito's Yugoslavs and Bulgarians.

2 weeks/turn, 20 km/hex. Map covers Transylvania, Hungary, most of Slovakia (including the Dukla pass leading to Poland) parts of Croatia and Eastern Austria.

Campaign scenario (14 turns), plus shorter, 4-6 turn scenarios simulating the Soviet offensive on to Budapest, the German counterattack at Debrecen, Operation Konrad or Operation Spring Awakening and the final Soviet offensive on to Vienna.

Campaign game can be played in a long evening, shorter scenarios in 2 hours.

Game published in Vae Victis No. 78.