Wendell
United States
Arlington
Virginia
All the little chicks with crimson lips, go...
Hey, get your stinking cursor off my face! I got nukes, you know.
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TOTAL PLAYS: 6
Face to face: 2
Solitaire: 4
I was introduced to this 1976 game at my weeknight game group. We played it twice and it's a blast! By luck, Decision Games was just about to republish this (listed as Russian Civil War 1918-1922 (second edition)[/]), so I grabbed it and played some solitaire games (there is a solitaire scenario), too. (I listed all my plays under first edition, for some reason.)
A session report from one of our four-player games:
A somewhat impressionistic report of a wild Russian Civil War, with a surprise ending
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David Dockter
United States
Minnesota
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Another appearance of pink; this time from SPI.
I like the 2nd edition recently done by Miranda and gang. Game map from that version below:
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David Dockter
United States
Minnesota
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F: 3.0
S: 2.5
GW: 3.2
A blast of a multiplayer game. Good recent S&T reprint also.
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Jeff Myers
United States
Los Ranchos
New Mexico
"Always rely upon a happy mind alone." Geshe Chekhawa.
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Box good, contents very good. Free U.S. shipping, first $10 elsewhere.
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Jeff Myers
United States
Los Ranchos
New Mexico
"Always rely upon a happy mind alone." Geshe Chekhawa.
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Box good, contents very good. Free U.S. shipping, first $10 elsewhere.
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Roger Whitney
United States
Ruskin
Florida
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At the same table was this, punched but complete (I counted them!)
Was informed the next day that this was reprinted in S&T but would have purchased it anyway....
$10
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Darth Pete
Australia
Fitzroy North
Victoria
Dum, dum, dah, dah dah
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James To My Friends
Netherlands
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Part of a larger stash (see above)
Cost £2.86.
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Elwyn Darden
United States
Richmond
Virginia
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The game that pioneered the practice of killing your own units for victory points.
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Thomas Cadenhead
United States
Oberlin
Ohio
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acceptable: game player's version. I played it a lot decades ago and it shows. Pieces that go in the cup are worn. a couple pieces are missing with replacements made. The mounted board is in exc cond though. The box is damaged because tape was used on it by a mover, but no corners are broken.
Free within CONUS & first $10 elsewhere
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David Dockter
United States
Minnesota
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Game on the list is actually Mr.Miranda's recent 2nd addition from S&T. Hats off to S&T for updating. Like the new rules/chrome/map. But, ohhh, those counters...
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Enrico Viglino
United States
Phoenix, AZ
Arizona
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With it's light mechanics and easy play,
this is where this belongs.
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Michael K.
Netherlands
Huizen
Noord-Holland
Hoe, hoe, hee, hee!!? Zo werkt dat niet!!
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Classic multiplayer about the Russian Civil War. Recently re-issued by S&T (the version I own and would like to give a try).
Chaos, conflict, chrome, backstabbing, etc.
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Enrico Viglino
United States
Phoenix, AZ
Arizona
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Bryan Laird
United States
Nashua
Iowa
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posted by Lancer4321 of Washington; USA
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Wendell
United States
Arlington
Virginia
All the little chicks with crimson lips, go...
Hey, get your stinking cursor off my face! I got nukes, you know.
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Played FOUR solo games of the new Decision Games version this evening, in about two hours (not counting setup, which was already done).
Seems tough for the Reds. Three games ended extremely quickly, with enemy forces in Moscow and/or St Petersburg. The fourth game, the Reds avoided early calamity but could not quite eradicate the core of the country (Greater Russia, White Russia, Don Cossacks, Ukraine) of enemy units in time to get a win.
Quite different from the multiplayer version, but interesting.
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Wendell
United States
Arlington
Virginia
All the little chicks with crimson lips, go...
Hey, get your stinking cursor off my face! I got nukes, you know.
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Yeah, I know it came out in 1976. But I'd never played it. Played two four-player games in January, and WOW I like this game. Chaotic, full of back-stabbing and double-crossing and Czar-murdering. Really, what's not to like? I just wish I'd discovered it earlier because my teenaged/college era game groups would have LOVED this game, like Kingmaker on the Volga.
AND - a new edition is coming out in the March edition of Strategy & Tactics. I've already ordered it.
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Wendell
United States
Arlington
Virginia
All the little chicks with crimson lips, go...
Hey, get your stinking cursor off my face! I got nukes, you know.
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We started a four-player game of the Russian Civil War last night. Half-way thru the game (I'm guessing, never played before) after a good start, things look bad for the White Russian forces. The Tsar is dead, too. The British have pulled out, the Poles are invading. Bunch of lesser Red leaders have bitten the dust, but White forces are now in full retreat and mostly holed up in the Trans-Caucasus. I don't think I can win, but the game is a lot of fun.
I wish I'd had this game when SPI first released it in the '70s. It would have been PERFECT for my game group back then! Multiplayer (2-6). Diplomacy, treachery, backstabbing, combat, executing nobles (well, the Tsar anyway). Shifting factions. Random force allocation. Kind of like Kingmaker on the Volga!
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Enrico Viglino
United States
Phoenix, AZ
Arizona
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Just finished up a game of this,
and it's a real shame 'twas never
republished.
Given the price it gets online, I'm surprised.
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ER Bickford
United States
Auburn
Maine
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I am working with the new Decision Games update which will be released soon in an S&T magazine double issue.
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David Dockter
United States
Minnesota
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Pick youself up a copy of this for your group. Playtime 3 to 4 hours if I recall correctly. A blast. Short rules. Unique game where each player controls both the REDs and the WHITEs and manipulates things to have the side win that most favors them.
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Steve Herron
United States
Johnson City
Tennessee
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When I saw this cover for the first time, it made me want to dive right in. One of the most haunting box covers of all time.
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Patrick Carroll
United States
Carver
Minnesota
"If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly." (GK Chesterton)
"That's how the light gets in." (Leonard Cohen)
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