Hube's Pocket
(1995)
Who is this game suitable for?
Suitable for ages 12 and up. You can play with 2 to 2 players.
For the pros among you, the following mechanics can be decisive: Dice Rolling, Hexagon Grid und Simulation...
Game Data
| Average time to play: | 360 |
| Minimum age: | 12 |
| Number of players: | 2 |
| Publisher: | The Gamers |
| Designers: | Dean Essig, Dave Friedrichs |
| Artists: | Unknown |
| Mechanics: | Dice Rolling, Hexagon Grid, Simulation |
Hube’s Pocket 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.
Both sides confront difficult strategic and tactical problems. The still potent German army holds a vulnerable position. Poor logistics happers the maturing Red Army.
Contents:
1x Box
1x OCS Series Rulebook (v2.0i)
1x Game Specific Rulebook
2x Dice (one red, one white)
22x 34” Map
22x 25" Map
3x 280-counter countersheets (combat units)
1x 140-counter countersheet (combat units)
2x 280-counter countersheets (OCS markers)
Scenario 1: The Battle of Kirovograd (2 maps, 4 turns,
Scenario 2: The Korsun Pocket (2 maps, 7 turns,
Scenario 3: Relief of Korsun (2 maps, 5 turns,
Scenario 4: The German Collapse (2 maps, 6 turns,
Scenario 5: The Moving Pocket (1 map, 9 turns,
Game Scale:
Turn: 2 or 3 days
Hex: 5 miles / 8 Km
Units: Battalion to Division
(from the Playbook and user's description)
Last Updated: 2025-10-23 23:11:41 UTC
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