![]() Pass the morale check, that hit is negated. The target rolls a die for each potential hit and compares it to his or her morale. When firing on the enemy tanks, the target's Armor Factor is subtracted from the firing unit's Armor Piercing Factor, a D10 is rolled, and the results checked on the appropriate column on the Fire Results Table, yielding a number of potential hits. It's the Fire Phase and players alternate firing with individual units or stacks of units against in-range and in-sight enemy units. Action Cards, in addition to the special Aid chit, may be used to improve a unit's chances of preparing for combat. Then it is time to rally disrupted units with a simple 1d10 (yes, the game uses 1D10) roll against a nationality or scenario-designated morale. Next, players will draw a scenario-designated number (usually just one) of Action Cards that may be used for anything from artillery strikes, through rally assists, to negating the opponent's just-played card. At the beginning of the turn, the players determine initiative with a unique dice-off system in which ties award the initiative to whomever lacked it the previous turn and applying the Commander's Focus to the roll might tilt the odds in your favor. In Platoon Commander Deluxe: Kursk each turn is gamed through several phases. There are Tiger tanks, Panther tanks, Mk IV tanks, T-34/76 tanks, KV-1 tanks, SU-152 assault guns, infantry (rifle, guards, pioneers, submachinegun), mortar batteries, Stukas, IL-2, and more. ![]() Each game includes two mounted 22” x 17” geomorphic maps, and four sheets of thick (as in 2mm thick, wow these counters are so easy to pick up, thick, why haven’t wargames been like this forever, thick), 1” square counters. Platoon Commander Deluxe: Kursk (PCD:K) is a big box, mounted map, large counter, visually appealing game. ![]() And that is what you get with Platoon Commander Deluxe: Kursk. Just one hell of a lot of fun to game with 1” square cardboard counters representing platoons of infantry and tanks and batteries of anti-tank guns, mortars, and stuff. The end of the myth of German invincibility. Witness to the largest tank battle of the entire war. Many historians believe it was the turning point of World War II. ![]()
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