{"product_id":"baltic-gap-summer-1944","title":"Baltic Gap: Summer 1944","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Baltic Gap: Summer 1944\", depicts the Soviet drive into Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania during the summer of 1944. As the game begins, the defense of Vitebsk, a Byelorussian fortified city located just a few hexes beyond the southeast corner of the playing surface, has just collapsed. 1st Baltic Front is advancing westward through the shredded German line, and will soon threaten all of Army Group North with encirclement. Finally, after four months of fierce battle, the Red Army will win the great prize of this campaign, Riga, and pocket the enemy in the Courland region of Latvia.\n\nBaltic Gap allows players to explore this interesting campaign from a variety of historical and hypothetical vantage points. Long campaign games can be enjoyed by up to five players. Several short scenarios are also provided, and these work best with a single player per side.\n\nBaltic Gap is the 11th wargame in the award winning Operational Combat System (“OCS”). It stays true to the ground breaking earlier games in the system that allow players a deeper glimpse into why the skills and behaviors of the two sides were so very different. Here in 1944, we find a much more developed Russian army (much more advanced than the one shown in the 2007 CSR Award winning game Case Blue) facing a still potent German Wehrmacht. The Germans will need to fight their forces with great skill to avoid getting swamped by their tough adversary.\n\nGame Scale:\nGame Turn: 3 to 4 days\nHex: 5 miles \/ 8.0 Km\nUnits: Battalion to Army\n\nGame Inventory: \nTwo 22 x 34\" Full Color Game Maps \nFive countersheets (1,400 1\/2\" dual-side printed counters)\nOne 48-page OCS Rulebook \nOne 48-page Baltic Gap specific Rulebook \nTwo 4-page OCS Charts and Tables Booklets \n2 6-sided dice\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePlayers:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePlay time:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240 min\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComplexity:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4.14 \/ 5\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDesigners:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dean Essig, John Kisner, Hans Mielants\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2009\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Multi-Man Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51927181689048,"sku":"SB-D7E0222CE24A-BOARD-GAMES-UNK-SEALED","price":0.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0734\/6271\/0488\/files\/htqllvkfpl5acyee3mrfvb4o589v.jpg?v=1785466875","url":"https:\/\/abbyboardwalkstore.com\/products\/baltic-gap-summer-1944","provider":"Boardwalk Cafe \u0026 Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}