The Cossacks are Coming!

"The Tannenberg Campaign, 1914"


Title:		The Cossacks are Coming!
Publisher:	People's War Games (1982)
Designer:	David Bolt
Subject:	Eastern Front campaign, World War I - Germany vs. Russia
Scope:		regimental
Box:		11" x 14" x 1"
Counters:	1 sheet of 400 0.5" square + 1 sheet of 200 0.5" square
		    sheet #1:
			33 gray/black (infantry)
			 3 gray/black (machine gun)
			 3 gray/black (engineer)
			 1 gray/black (railroad)
			11 gray/black (cavalry)
			13 gray/black (dragoon)
			 1 gray/black (amored car)
			 3 gray/black (motorized infantry)
			11 gray/black (indirect field artillery)
			15 gray/black (field artillery)
			 2 gray/black (horse field artillery)
			 1 gray/black (heavy artillery)
			 2 gray/black (indirect heavy artillery)
			 5 gray/black (supply depot)
			18 gray/black (fortress)
			 2 gray/black (zeppelin)
			10 gray/black (airplane)
			 4 gray/black (leader)
			17 gray/black (headquarters)
			 9 gray/black (dummy)
			34 gray/black (command)
			 2 gray/black (ammo left)
			47 green/black (infantry)
			40 green/black (field artillery)
			13 green/black (cavalry)
			 9 green/black (horse field artillery)
			12 green/black (supply depot)
			 2 green/black (indirect heavy artillery)
			 1 green/black (indirect field artillery)
			18 green/black (headquarters)
			 2 green/black (railroad)
			 1 green/black (engineer)
			41 green/black (command)
			 1 green/black (leader)
			 9 green/black (fortress)
			 1 green/black (dummy)
			 3 green/black (airplane)
			
		    sheet #2:
			24 white/gray (regular combat)
			14 white/black (entrenchment mode)
			 3 white/black (rail mode)
			54 white/black (strength points)
			10 white/black (artillery support)
			14 white/black (ammo left)
			 6 white/black (out of ammo)
			 8 white/black (main depot status)
			 8 white/black (army mission)
			 2 white/black (german rail points)
			 2 white/black (russian rail points)
			 6 white/black (prisoners)
			 1 white/black (final combat period)
			 1 white/black (current phase)
			 1 white/black (days used)
			 1 white/black (game turn)
			 5 green/black (leader)
			29 green/black (command)
			10 green/black (dummy)
			 1 white blank
			
Map:		1 22" x 36" sheet unmounted
Rules:		1 38-page booklet
Player Aids:	none
Dice:		2 6-sided

Information on this title compiled by David Krause on December 31, 1999.
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