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Hungarian Rhapsody

This game depicts the Soviet drive into Hungary which led to the battle of Debrecen, the siege of Budapest and the German Konrad counter-offensives which attempted to relieve Budapest..  OCS Game 4-18, publishing in 2020.  Designer: Stéphane Acquaviva.  Developer:  Curtis Baer.

Two maps, 4 countersheets, scale is 1 hex = 5 mi/8 km.  Campaign game is 43 turns, from 5 October 1944 until 26 February 1945.

Game Specific PDF's (all "Living" documents are current with 13 May 2021 errata):

• Game-Specific Living Rules v1.2 - note from OCS Honcho Curtis Baer: important credit goes to Hans Kishel, instrumental in making HR by providing base mapping on which the final maps were produced.
• Scenario Book Living v1.2 
• Terrain Effects Chart Living v1.1 
• Axis Player Booklet Living v1.1
• Soviet Player Booklet Living v1.1

Original materials published with the game:

• Axis Player Booklet
• Soviet Player Booklet
• Game-Specific Rules 
• Scenario Book 
• Terrain Chart 

Errata:

• HR Errata (13 May 2021)
• Errata counters for Smolensk were included with The Third Winter.

Counters:

• HR Countersheet 1 front
• HR Countersheet 1 back
• HR Countersheet 2 front
• HR Countersheet 2 back
• HR Countersheet 3 front
• HR Countersheet 3 back
• HR Countersheet 4 front
• HR Countersheet 4 back

Misc:

• HR Campaign in Photos (10 MB) - 78-page article by Chip Saltsman with photos from the campaign, featuring major equipment used by each side and hard-to-find campaign images.
• HR Hungarian Pronunciation Guide - updated March 2020 with help from gamer and translator Scott Moore.
• HR Personalities - 18-page article by Chip Saltsman with bios of key personalities from the campaign.
• HR Preview of a Coming Attraction - Scan of article by Chip Saltsman from Special Ops #6, Summer 2015
• Chinese Language Rules, game-specific, translation by Xinglin Lu

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