Enemy Action: Kharkov

Enemy Action: Kharkov is the second game in John Butterfield’s acclaimed Enemy Action series of card-driven games simulating pivotal battles in World War II, playable by two players or one player controlling either side in the conflict.

Enemy Action: Kharkov portrays the Third Battle of Kharkov, the key Eastern Front battle in which the German Army ended a string of Soviet victories begun at Stalingrad. In the late winter of 1943, Soviet Operations code-named Star and Gallop drove the Germans from the city of Kharkov and threatened a complete breakthrough, only to be driven back by the German counteroffensive known as Von Manstein’s Back Hand Blow.

Each volume in the Enemy Action series features:

Two-player competition with low complexity and constant decision points for both sides;

Solitaire play of either side with systems governing all aspects of enemy command and tactics;

Card-driven impulse system, with multi-purpose cards played to activate formations, implement command events, or gain tactical advantages in combat.