You may recall my Spanish Civil War project last year. It was an unexpected departure for me and
proved to be a lot of fun. Lightning has
struck twice and I now find myself writing a set of rules for The Russian Civil
War. You could call it a steppe change.
The game is pitched at the same
level as Arriba e Non Passaran and the first draft is near complete. I only have to factor in armoured cars and the like.
Once again it is a card driven game
Research is ongoing and toys are being painted. I’ll have more to say soon. Although I may just show you a game. Meantime here are my first three White units.
Kuban Cossacks here.
Siberian Cossacks above.
White Officers Battalion with a splendid flag. My first three Red units below.
Red cavalry at the gallop. Some of the better Red cavalry units used the old Texas Ranger tactic ride in close and blaze away with a revolver.
Well equipped Red regulars above and, below and top of the page Red Sailors.
All the toys came from Peter Pig. As with their Spanish Civil war range I found the figures very pleasing. That said my various horses for dismounted cavalry are from QRF.
They make World War 1 Russian ones which, see above, do nicely enough with Peter Pig. The horses match better than the foot figures in my view.
Initial inspiration for this project came from Trebian's RCW games at Wargaming for Grown Ups. Here's a link. http://wargaming4grownups.blogspot.com/
For research I mainly relied on Mark Plant's excellent Russian Civil War site here.
https://pygmywars.com/rcw/history/articles.html
More on this one soon. Should it be of interest my draft rules are called Reds and Whites. There's imagination for you.
A final thought, if you enjoy a good historical novel try Mikhail Bulgakov’s “The White Guard.”
