Russian Front 2: The Kursk Campaign

Russian Front 2: The Kursk Campaign is a 1990 DOS strategy game focused on one of the largest armored battles of World War II. Players command forces during the Battle of Kursk, managing units, positioning troops, and making tactical decisions across a detailed battlefield. The game emphasizes historical military strategy rather than fast action, requiring careful planning and an understanding of terrain, unit capabilities, and battlefield objectives. Its subject matter gives the campaign considerable historical weight, while the turn-based structure allows players time to consider their options before committing forces. Russian Front 2 is aimed at players who enjoy detailed war simulations and are perfectly happy spending several minutes deciding whether one tank should move a few spaces. It may not be glamorous, but that is warfare at the strategic level: fewer explosions on demand, considerably more staring at maps.