48th Panzer Korps: Battles on the River Chir
BGG rank
BGG #13,640
BGG rating
7.0

48th Panzer Korps: Battles on the River Chir

1991

Rules assistance for 48th Panzer Korps: Battles on the River Chir

Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

  • 2 players
  • 240 min
  • 12+
  • Complexity 2.5/5

For 2 players

Rules assistant for 48th Panzer Korps: Battles on the River Chir

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48th Panzer Korps: Battles on the River Chir is a board game released in 1991 for 2 players, 240 minutes per game, and ages 12 and up. It was designed by Jim Zoldak and its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Variable Set-up, and Grid Movement.

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About the game

48th PanzerKorps: Battles on the River Chir, is a battalion/regiment-level simulation of the battles on the Chir River, December 7-12, 1942. Players control the Soviet 5th Tank Army and the German 48th Panzer Korps. The game emphasizes the special abilities of armor, infantry, and weapons units. The German player must use his small number of powerful mobile units to blunt many Soviet drives deep into his positions, and then counterattack. Game Scale: Turn: 12 hours Hex: 1 mile Unit: Company to Regiment Game Inventory: One 22" X 34" mapsheet One countersheet (200 1/2" counters) One 12 page rule booklet This game was included in CounterAttack magazine #3. Republished in Command Magazine Japan #17 in 1997. In 2006 Pacific Rim offered the companion game 57th Panzer Corps: The Strong Right Hook which had a similar size and scope to this title. It was to be published when orders reached 500.

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Publishers

  • Kilovolt Design
  • Kokusai-Tsushin Co., Ltd. (国際通信社)
  • Bonsai Games
  • Pacific Rim Publishing

Questions and answers

48th Panzer Korps: Battles on the River Chir supports 2 players according to the catalogue. This is the publisher’s listed player count, so the game is designed for exactly that number of participants. Variants for other group sizes, if any, are described in the rulebook of your edition, so check it before setting up a different configuration.