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Red Sun Rising: The Russo-japanese War 1904-05 box art
1977 Ranked #13,220

Red Sun Rising: The Russo-japanese War 1904-05

Maneuver forces across tactical or historical battle maps.

Wargames Wargame Post-Napoleonic Hexagon Grid History: Russo-Japanese War

Players

2

Play time

Not listed

Age

12+

Complexity

3.5/5

Rating

7.03

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.6/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Red Sun Rising: The Russo-Japanese War 1904-05 is a brigade/divisional level simulation of the Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905. The game map shows the theater of operations.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Hexagon Grid

Use a hexagonal map where each space connects evenly in six directions.
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Red Sun Rising: The Russo-Japanese War 1904-05 is a brigade/divisional level simulation of the Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905. The game map shows the theater of operations. The playing pieces represent the armed forces, both land and sea, of both belligerents that participated in the conflict. Components: one sheet of 400 counters, one sheet of 100 ship counters, one land map/strategic naval map, one tactical naval display, one rules booklet, one Japanese unit assignment Chart, one Russian unit assignment chart. Game Design: Frank Davis Game Development: Mark Herman Graphic Design: Redmond A. Simonsen

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Type

1
Wargames

Category

2
Post-Napoleonic Wargame

Mechanism

1
Hexagon Grid

Family

3
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All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2
Best with
1
Play time
240 min
Age
12+
Complexity
3.5/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
Frank Davis Mark Herman

Artists

2
Redmond A. Simonsen Masahiro Yamazaki

Publishers

2
Six Angles SPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.)

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