Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Player-count sensitive
Deep strategy
More strategic control
How it plays
How does it play?
Direct the Reds or Whites through a volatile civil war of shifting fronts, political events, foreign intervention, and fragile armies.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Dice Rolling
Roll dice to introduce uncertainty into actions, production, movement, or resolution.
Chit-Pull System
Draw tokens to determine which units, factions, or events activate next.
Point-to-Point Movement
Move along explicit connections between named locations or nodes.
Hexagon Grid
Use a hexagonal map where each space connects evenly in six directions.
Combat Results Table
Compare opposing strength as a ratio, then consult a table to resolve combat.
Events
Triggered events alter the shared state, rules, or available choices.
Read the full game description
Reds! The Russian Civil War 1918–1921 is a two-player operational wargame about a conflict whose armies and alliances changed as quickly as its fronts. A chit-pull system activates Red fronts, White factions, national movements, and intervention forces in an uncertain order. Players move along rail and point-to-point routes, fight on a hex map, contest resource cities, and manage political events that can be as consequential as a battle. The Reds benefit from central position and eventually stronger organization; the Whites must coordinate dispersed armies, foreign aid, and local opportunities before that advantage hardens. Variable events and activation timing keep the historical outline recognizable while making each campaign strategically unstable.
