"Battlegroup Core Rules" Topic

I want to pick up a copy of these rules, but there are 2 different versions I am seeing. One is from 2017 at around 170 pages and the other is from 2019 at around 90 pages. What is the difference between the rules? Also, is there a PDF version out there I could purchase instead? Thanks.

I'm not home to check, but IIRC, the 2017 version has a lot of vehicle and weapons data, while the 2019 version has less focused on a Canadian vs SS mini-campaign.

Check the Plastic Soldier Company website---thught they had some pdf versions?

I have played the game once so I'm not an expert, but this is TOC from both rulebooks. Kursk has German and Russian lists, while Rulebook doesn't have any army lists, I guess you need to get them separately. I too hope they will make available digital PDF for english rules, as shipping makes physical books quite prohibitive.

BATTLEGROUP RULE BOOK
Battle Group Introduction . . . . . . . . . 5
How this Book Works . 6
Gaming Principles . . . . 7
Your Battlegroup . . . . 10
Game Size . . . . . . . . . . 10
THE RULES . . . . . . . . . . 11
The Turn and Orders…………..12
Example of a Turn 16
Movement . . . . . . . . . 17
Open Fire! . . . . . . . . . . 20
Area Fire . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Aimed Fire (with small arms and machine guns). 24
Fall Back! . . . . . . . . 26
Infantry Close Assaults . . . . . . . . 27
Infantry Weapons of World War Two . . . . . . . . 28
Aimed Fire (with High Explosive shells) . . . . . . . . 30
Aimed Fire (with Armour Piercing shells) . . . . . . 32
Anti-Tank Grenades . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Indirect Artillery Fire 35
Morale . 41
The Battle Rating System . . . . . . . . . 43
Unit Special Rules . . . 46
Aircraft 49
Anti-Aircraft Fire . . . . 52
Battlefield Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Vehicle and Gun profiles . . . . . . . . . 55
BASIC SCENARIOS
Attack/ Counter-Attack . . . . . . . . . . 57
Flanking Attack . . . . . 58
Defence Line . . . . . . . . 58
High Ground . . . . . . . 59
Battlegroup Organisation Roster . . . . . 60
Rules Reference Sheet . . 61
Battle Counters . . . . . . . . 63

BATTLEGROUP KURSK
Battle Group Kursk Intro 5
Game Size Table . . . . . . . 10
THE BATTLE OF KURSK . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Operation Citadel . . . . . 12
Force Lists 18
Timeline for the Battle of Kursk – North . . . . . . . . . . 21
Timeline for the Battle of Kursk – South . . . . . . . . . . . 26
THE ARMY LISTS . . . . . . 37
Unit Availability Table . 39
The German Army at Kursk . . . . . . . . 42
German Equipment . . . . 51
Armoured Vehicles . . 51
Soft-skinned Vehicles and Aircraft . 57
German Guns . . . . . . . 58
Panzer Division Battlegroup . . . . . . . . 60
Infantry Division Battlegroup . . . . . . . 75
The Russian Army at Kursk . . . . . . . . . 85
Russian Equipment . . . . 93
Armoured Vehicles . . 93
Russian Guns……………. 96
Soft-skinned Vehicles and Aircraft . 98
Tank Corps Battlegroup 99
Rifle Divison Battlegroup . . . . . . . . . . 109
BATTLES AT KURSK . . 122
The Terrain of Kursk . . 123
Scenarios 126
Clash of Reconnaissance . . . . . . . . . 126
Attack/ Counter-Attack . . . . . . . . . 127
Flank Attack . . . . . . . 128
Bridgehead Breakout 129
Defence Line . . . . . . . 130
High Ground . . . . . . 131
Strongpoint Attack . 132
‘THE INGLORIOUS 12th JULY' . . . . . 133
1. First Charge at Hill 252.2 . . . . . . . . 141
2. West of the Oktiabrski State Farm 143
3. Defence of the Stalinskoe State Farm . . . . . . . . . . 145
4. Holding the Flank at Mikhailovka 148
5. The Death's Head at Andreevka . . 150
6. Surrounded at Komosolets . . . . . . 152
7. Counter-Attack at Vinogradovka . 155
APPENDIX . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Battle Group Organisation Chart . . . 158
Rules Referece Sheet . . 159
German Equipment . . . 161
Armoured Vehicles . . . 161
Soft-skinned Vehicles and Aircraft . . 167
German Guns . . . . . . . . 168
Russian Equipment . . . 171
Armoured Vehicles . . . 171
Russian Guns . . . . . . . . 174
Soft-skinned Vehicles and Aircraft . . 176

2017 is hardback print of rules with Normandy Canadians and SS Germans with a mini campaign for them. 2019 is soft back rules only.

Mini campaign is available for free on PSC website in PDF

No current PDF of the rules

Sold in US by Gemini and NWS.