Three Donated ScenariosThe very kind Richard Clarke has sent me three of his scenarios for this period. I have not played them, but they are all firmly based on historical actions and look great fun. Naturally they are written for his rules, Triumph of the Will, but any Red Actions! players will need to make only minor adjustments.These three scenarios are in .pdf format, and the links will open in a new page. Guards to PoltavaUkraine late 1919, AFSR Whites vs RedsA series of linked encounters based on the engagements witnessed by Brigadier H.N.H. Williamson..Ritt Nach den OstenLatvia, July 1919, Freikorps vs Estonians/Latvians during the Battle of CēsisA smallish scenario based on the fighting at Cēsis (refered as the Battle of Wenden by Richard, using the German name for the city).Red
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My ScenariosAll my scenarios, below, have been played at least once (though not necessarily by me) – hopefully meaning that any glaring problems have been spotted. However, this does not mean that they can be considered “balanced”: each side has a chance of succeeding in its objectives, but that does not imply by any means that they have an equal chance.They are all written for the manoeuvre element being a company or depleted battalion. |
Komarów/CześnikiPoland, 31 August 1920, Polish uhlans vs Budënny's cavalry near ZamośćThe most famous engagement of the Soviet-Polish War: the day's combat contains several potential scenarios, both Kriegsspiel and normal. I have written up the early morning encounter for the tabletop, but the famous charge of the Soviet cavalry later in the day is equally possible.SalaspilsLatvia, 2 July 1919, Iron Division (Freikorps) vs Estonians outside Riga following the Battle of CēsisA smallish fairly simple scenario: the first one I played by e-mail kriegsspiel (for that reason, actually).BorkowoPoland, 14 August 1920, Poles vs Soviets north of Warsaw as the Soviets closed in on that cityThe Borkowo scenario requires quite a few figures, but is fun and simple to play, either as a kriegsspiel or a normal game. Steve Turn has also worked up a parallel scenario for nearby Nasielsk, and there are a couple of other actions on the following day that could worked up fairly easily.RaunaLatvia, 22 June 1919, Baltic Landeswehr (Freikorps) vs Estonians during the Battle of CēsisThis one was a lot of work to umpire as a kriegsspiel and took a lot more moves than the others to get a resolution, despite it not being terribly big. The transcript of the time I gamed it is included.ChapchachiRussia, January 1918, Red Guards vs Cossacks in a generic scenario for the Railway War periodA very small, quick scenario. I played it on the table, and a report of that is attached, but it would also make a simple kriegsspiel game.PustomerzhaRussia, 1919, North-Western Army (Iudenich) vs Soviets in a generic scenarioA
large game I played against a
friend on a big table.
SlovechnoBelarussia,
1920, surprise attack by Poles (Bułak-Bałachowic) on Soviets in the Pripet
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