The Russian Campaign

Should this hit the table?

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The Russian Campaign has a high level of direct confrontation and strategic depth in confrontation. Players must frequently pay attention to and react to each other's strategies. However, there is less emphasis on cooperation in the game.

Teach 2.8

Teaching signal

Replay 4.0

High replayability

Interaction 3.7

Highly interactive

Scaling 4.0

Scales well

Strategy 4.5

Deep strategy

Control 3.8

More strategic control

Table feel

The Russian Campaign has a high level of direct confrontation and strategic depth in confrontation. Players must frequently pay attention to and react to each other's strategies. However, there is less emphasis on cooperation in the game.

Replay value

The Russian Campaign is a highly replayable game with a high degree of variability in gameplay, strategic depth, and adaptability to different player counts. The presence of expansions adds further content and gameplay elements, enhancing the replay value. While it may take some time to learn, the game offers a rewarding experience for players who invest in mastering its tactics and strategies.

Luck profile

The Russian Campaign has a moderate level of luck. While random elements do have an impact on the game outcome, players have a substantial ability to mitigate luck through strategic decisions and planning. The game relies more on player strategy and decisions, with luck playing a minor role.

Overview

What ABG knows about this game

On the 18th of December, 1940 Hitler issued Fuhrer Directive No. 21, code named Barbarossa, which stated: “The Soviet Union is to be crushed in one swift campaign before the war with England ends.” On the 22nd of June, 1941, Barbarossa was finally launched. Over three million German soldiers, most of them veterans of the campaigns in Poland, France, and the Balkans, began a blitzkrieg style of invasion against two million Russian defenders. The initial advance was fantastic. Hundreds of thousands of prisoners were taken and the motorized divisions began to outrun the rest of the army. The Germans reached the gates of Moscow, victory in sight. Then the winter came. RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN has been universally acclaimed as one of the finest wargames around. With the ease and playability of the 'Classics', the game also conveys the feel of the actual campaign and is exceptionally accurate historically. Both players will have to use the subtle skills, advantages, and tactics of their historical counterparts to win. Game features include rail movement, sea movement, invasions, stukas, partisans, automatic victory, SS units, sudden death victory conditions, and double impulse movement capabilities. Seven scenarios break the total campaign down into its most important battles. A 22" x 28" mapboard, various playing aids and charts, and a twelve-page rulebook. On every gamer's top ten list, this one belongs in every gamer's library. AVALON HILL COMPLEXITY RATING: 4 (On a scale of 1-easy; 10-hard) Playing Time—Six Hours or Less The inspiration to Russia Besieged. The fourth (and fifth) editions of this game have a different game entry, as does the Designer Signature edition. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/10156/russian-campaign-fourth-edition https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/208974/russian-campaign-designer-signature-edition

Mechanism

5

Dice Rolling Grid Movement Hexagon Grid Movement Points Multiple Maps

Family

6

Country: Belarus Country: Germany Country: Russia Country: Soviet Union Country: Ukraine History: World War II (Eastern Front)

Type

1

Wargames

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