Kirovograd recreates the epic armor battle which took place in the Ukraine from January 5-16, 1944 between the forces of General Ivan Konev's Second Ukrainian Front and General Otto Wohler's Eighth Army. Fighting in conditions of frost and light snow, the Russians must seek to capture Kirovograd and rip a hole in the German Front the Germans must attempt to limit the Russian breakthrough then counterattack. Scale is 1.5 miles per hex, regiment/division sized units, 12 hours per turn.Components include: 34' x 22' mounted mapboard, 300 counters, rulebook, two player aid cards, one die. - BoardGameGeek