From: Pietro Cremona <asterix@LINKNET.IT>
Subject:      Russian Campaign II

Hi all

Skip Franklin wrote about this second edition of TRC game.

I have a copy of this kit from John Edwards and it consist of :

- Three page rules
- A sheet with 252 counters

So what's different fram the AH's version ?

(1) - Hitler and Stalin jhave thauir photo printed in their counters and are
no more considered HQ, but moves as other units.
(2) - The Stawka counter can be replaced (once in the game)
(3) - After 1942 any C or EX result may be changed to DR by the defender
(4) - There are no more Dudden Death rules : the German must control 12
cities (or 8 major cities) at the end of each turn in 1942, 10/6 in 1943,
7/4 in 1944.  If he cannot he lose the game.
(5) - new chits are printed as a reminder of the battle odds (a "3" means
that you have a 3:1 battle, etc.)
(6) - New counters have been added for "battle groups" : when Russian
Guards, or German SS or Army regular units are eliminated by an EX, D1 or DE
result, you may sobstitute the defunct unit with those battlegroups (that
may not enter ennemy ZOCs).  A replacement unit my enter in the map in place
of the battlegroup (wich is eliminated)
(7) - Russian have now an Artillery Barrage counter, to be used like the
german Stukas in a radius of 5 hexes from the Stavka.

Finally you have a minimap of the Russian Campaign battlefield, that you may
use in your PBM games.

I think that this second edition i a sure improvement of the original game :
I use to regularly PBM Russian Campaign (I have now two games going) and I
would like to test also the RCII rules, but unfortunately it seems that only
a few players bought this kit.

I hope that the above may be of some intyerest for Skip and other

Ciao

Pietro

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