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Hube’s Pocket

Hube's Pocket - The Battles for Western Ukraine, January to April 1944, is the fourth game in the Operational Combat Series from The Gamers and depicts the campaign in the Western Ukraine from January to April, 1944. It pits Manstein’s Army Group South against the 1st and 2nd Ukrainian Fronts in three encirclement battles—Kirovograd, Korsun, and Kamenets-Podoliskiy.

OCS Game 4-04, published in 1995. Designer: Dave Friedrichs. Developer: Dean Essig. 2 full-size maps, 3 countersheets (plus 2 marker sheets), scale is 1 hex = 5 mi/8 km. The scope of the game covers 32 turns, from January to April 1944. 

Game Specific PDF's:

• Hube’s Pocket Rules

Errata:

• Hube’s Pocket Errata (30 March 2014)
• Errata counters for this game were included with The Gamer's XMas mailings in 1997, 1999, and 2000.

Counters:

• HP CS1 front
• HP CS1 back
• HP CS2 front
• HP CS2 back
• HP CS3 front
• HP CS3 back
• HP CS4 front
• HP CS4 back

Miscellany:

• Hube’s Pocket Soviet Holding Boxes
• Hube’s Pocket German Holding Boxes
• Setup and Strategy Part 1 - Scan of in-depth play article from Operations #41
• Setup and Strategy Part 2 - Scan of part 2 from Operations #42
• German Survival Strategies - Scan of article from Operations #26

Hube’s Pocket VASSAL Module Page

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