Hungarian Nightmare puts you in the difficult command situations for both sides. The Soviets have two full “fronts” worth of troops, plus a corps of their newly gained (and doubtful quality) Romanian troops, while the Axis player commands a hodge-podge of various unit types of widely ranging enthusiasm. German units include remnants of two SS cavalry divisions, panzer kampfgroups, rear-area units, and strays, while Hungarian units are even more diverse, with everything from assault gun companies to police units and WWI veterans, with some troops ready to hold on to the bitter end and others looking for an early opportunity of melting away. The Axis player struggles with dwindling fuel, supplies, and manpower energy, while the Soviet player competes with a difficult time-table and the loss of key units to repel relief efforts.

Designed by Mark Stille (Wintergewitter, Imperial Sunset, North Wind Rain), Hungarian Nightmare offers 400 counters, an area-movement map of the cities, with each space about one square kilometer, and three-day turns that cover the entire, brutal campaign.

For the first time in gaming, the assault on Budapest is yours to make or to fend off.

Hungarian Nightmare and issue #31 of ATO:

Map - Two full color area mapsheets for a 33" x 34" playing surface.
Counters - 400 full color 1/2" die-cut pieces
Rules length - 12 pages
Charts and tables - 2 pages
Complexity - Medium
Playing time - 12 to 15 hours
How challenging is it solitaire? - Average

Design - Mark E. Stille
Development - Paul Koenig
Graphics - Joe Youst