Kostev's Cost - The Matrix Games version of East Front II

Kostev, 45km SE of Kharkov: [Best played against Human opponent. Recommend the use of optional armor facing rule.] For over two months now the "landsers" of Major Wuerst's II Battalion have been doing their duty. And their duty today, like many other days since the failed offensive now known as Kursk, is to stop whatever formation the Russians have gathered together to throw at them. The survivors once again find themselves under orders to prevent a Soviet breakthrough, this time near the small town of Kostev. Grimly they await the inevitable onslaught, wondering what the price of Kostev will be -- a question which is also on the mind of Russian Col. Mitryaev, as he makes his final preparations before setting his command in motion. Special thanks to Beta Brigade Testers Arne Beruldsen, Hugh Browne, Bart Gauvin, Paul Lebowitz, Jim Mays, Patrick Mullen, Richard Munroe, Craig Stewart