Russian Civil War Game

Today’s last full day’s game of our great gaming week away was a Back or Beyond game, set during the Russian Civil War.

The day dawned cold but fine...



...and developed into a stunning winter’s day.

The scenario was based around the famous story of the escape of the Czech Legion. In our version of the story the legion had taken an armored train and was heading for Vladivostok complete with a store of captured gold. But the train ran out of fuel at a small town and a stock of wood was sought from local forests. However, many other groups, Reds, Whites, Cossacks and Anarchists, sought to secure the gold.

The object of the game was to fight off the other factions and secure as much gold as possible. It would be difficult to describe the chaos that followed, with deals, counter-deals, twists and turns during six hours of play. At one point a significant force led by the Emir of Bukhara appeared and observed the fighting.

In the end the Chechs held on to most of the gold, while my command of Red Army regulars and the Anarchists made off with a couple of boxes each.

Here are a series of images from the game.

A wonderful dinner of a fillet of beef, washed down by a couple of fine red wind followed. Tomorrow is our last day.