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Quarterdeck Games and Hobby Japan meeting discussing licensing of "Bitter End" game in 1982.
Close up of Budapest.
Bitter End: A Relief of the Besieged City, 1945
Early in a game played with my brother, circa 1985.
Bitter End – By Rodger B. MacGowan, Cover Art ©1983,2014 – Published 1983 HJ

Bitter End: A Relief of the Besieged City, 1945 (1983)

Players
2
Playing time
360–360 min
Age
12+
7.72
Average rating
33
Ratings
3.40/5
Weight
#16915
BGG rank
Outside top 5,000
Alternate names:ブダペスト救出作戦
Designer:Richard Spence
Artist:Rodger B. MacGowan
Publisher:Hobby Japan +1 more
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 7, Luck 7, Interaction 5, Complexity 6.8, Theme 5
Strategy7.0
Luck7.0
Interaction5.0
Complexity6.8
Theme5.0

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Overview

Bitter End: A Relief of the Besieged City, 1945 is an operational level game on the attempted relief of Budapest, Hungary in 1945.

Game includes:

Four-panel multi colored mounted map board. Plastic counter tray. 400 multi colored die cut units representing SS, Luftwaffe, Wehrmacht, Russian, Russian Guard, Hungarian, and Romanian battalions and regiments. Most counters are back printed for step-reduction. One Historical Scenario, six Hypothetical Scenarios such as the cancellation of the west front Ardennes offensive and free deployment options. Contains original Japanese instructions, Orders of Battle and charts as well as English translations.

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