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Games Conflict of Heroes Series Storms of Steel: Kursk 1943
Storms of Steel! Kursk 1943

Box Cover

Awards

Cards

Counter Sheets

Firefight Tank Fest

Soviet Counters

Firefight Luchki

Map 7 Tractor Detail

Map 7 Village

Map 9 Balka Detail

Map 9 with Hill Overlays

Church Overlay

Template Front

Template Back

Storms of Steel! Kursk 1943

Origins Award Winner

Storms of Steel! ™ makes you a witness to the greatest tank battle in history! After their stinging defeat at Stalingrad, the Germans mass their best forces for an all-out attack against the growing Soviet bulge at Kursk. The Soviets’ network of master spies has caught wind of the German plans, and they are prepared to trap and decimate the best panzer forces the Germans can muster...

Storms of Steel!™ is the second stand-alone title in the best selling “Conflict of Heroes” series and follows in the footsteps of Awakening the Bear! by winning the 2010 Origins Award for Best Historical Boardgame. Each game in the series uses the same core rules system, so it’s easy to advance from one game to the next!

So you want tank battles?! You got them. Panzers and Tigers face off against SU-152s and T-34s in tank battles that have not been seen in a war game for years!
  • Fun: Quick-paced simultaneous play keeps you in the action all the time!
  • Fast: Scenarios can be played in as little as half an hour or as long as 2 hours.
  • Easy: You can teach a new player how to play in under 5 minutes!
  • Interactive: Never any downtime! All players are simultaneously playing in a tense showdown of action and counter action.
  • BIG: The high quality maps and counters are BIG and easy to read. The counters are 1” square!
  • Multi-player: Play with up to 4 commander or Solo! Solo rules are included.
  • Historically Accurate: Learn the unique tactics and logistics used by each side as you experience the same battlefield challenges real commanders faced! Noted historical game designers and WWII researchers Dana Lombardy and Bill Jaffe have joined forces to make the campaigns as realistic as possible.

As a thank you to our customers, we are offering a Limited Edition game that includes a 96 page campaign book “Kursk 1943” by Osprey Publishing that is signed by the game designer! This special is good only while supplies last!

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Storms of Steel Artist Perspective

Storms of Steel cover art was a different animal and I knew from the start that if I had any comfort zones regarding images of the Russian front, I'd need check them at the door before picking up my brushes. No snow this time, the battle of Kursk was the largest tank battle of the war--- and I needed to try and show the vastness of the battlefield, the huge scope with strafing fighters, gross Tiger Tanks lumbering across the Russian landscape wreaking serious havoc, at the same time themselves huge targets of opportunity .... and all this with summer like colors...

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Stephen Paschal
Stephen Paschal's Art Studio
www.stephenpaschal.com

Academy Games Catalogue - Fall 2011

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