The Russian Campaign (1976)

(from the back of the box:)

Game features include rail movement, sea movement, invasions, stukas, partisans, automatic victory, SS units, sudden death victory conditions, and double impulse movement capabilities. Seven scenarios break the total campaign down into its most important battles.

A 22" x 28" mapboard, various playing aids and charts, and a twelve page rulebook. On every gamer's top ten list, this one belongs in every gamer's library.

AVALON HILL COMPLEXITY RATING: 4 (On a scale of 1-easy; 10-hard)

Playing Time—Six Hours or Less

Contents:

• 22"x28" mapboard.
• 2 Order of Battle cards
• 1 Sheet of counters (252 counters, incl. 27 blank spares)
• 1 Die
• 12 page Rules

Awards :

• Best Game Of The Year (Charles Roberts Award 1976)
• Best Game Of the Year (Campaign Magazine 1976)

Expanded by Russian Campaign II.

Kokusai-Tsushin Co., Ltd. incorporated changes from Russian Campaign II and republished it first in Command Magazine Japan #33 in 2000. This japanese version was republished a second time as "World War Series" #2 in 2010 (see Russian Campaign II versions list).

Revised as The Russian Campaign (fourth edition).

From "The Avalon Hill General Index and Company History, 1952-1980"

The Russian Campaign (1976) Revised 1977, Revised 1978
Avalon Hill revised existing published design
Designed by John Edwards
Development by Don Greenwood

TRC was so warmly embraced by competition-oriented gamers that it soon drove STALINGRAD from the retail shelves. Like ‘GRAD before it, however, TRC never enjoyed outstanding sales figures. Richard Hamblen handled the third edition rules which include meaningful changes to the rulebook, plus expanded scenarios, and his own variant for TRC. The variant proposes additional counter which are included in the current counter sheets.

Wikipedia article : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Russian_Campaign

Magazine References:

The GENERAL Index Article List:

• The GENERAL Vol.12,No.5
  • The Avalon Hill Philosophy - Part 53: More new titles - The Russian Campaign, Diplomacy; AREA
• The GENERAL Vol.13,No.2
  • The Question Box - The Russian Campaign
• The GENERAL Vol.13,No.3
  • The Russian Campaign – “Initial Impressions of Russian Campaign” (Strategy) Dean Miller
  • The Russian Campaign – “Another Man's View of the Russian Campaign” (Strategy) Richard Hamblen
  • The Russian Campaign – “CONTEST NO. 73” (Strategy)
  • The Russian Campaign – “Reader Buyer's Guide Submission Form” (Insert)
  • The Russian Campaign – “CONTEST NO. 73 submission form” (Insert)
  • The Question Box - The Battle of the Bulge, The Russian Campaign
• The GENERAL Vol.13,No.4
  • The Russian Campaign – “RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN variant counters” (Insert) Richard Hamblen
  • The Russian Campaign – “But What If ... Russian Campaign Variants” (Variant Discussion) Richard Hamblen
  • Reader Buyer's Guide - The Russian Campaign
• The GENERAL Vol.13,No.6
  • The Russian Campaign – “The Viipuri Defense” (Strategy) J. Richard Jarvinen
• The GENERAL Vol.14,No.1
  • Design Analysis – “The Russian Campaign: The 2nd Time Around” Richard Hamblen
• The GENERAL Vol.14,No.3
  • The Russian Campaign – “Barbarossa Repulsed! - Expanding on the Viipuri Defense” (Strategy) Richard Jarvinen
• The GENERAL Vol.14,No.5
  • The Russian Campaign – “The Final Line - The Third Installment of the Jarvinen Russian Campaign Series” (Strategy) J. Richard Jarvinen
• The GENERAL Vol.15,No.1
  • The Russian Campaign – “The Road to Berlin” (Strategy) Richard Jarvinen
• The GENERAL Vol.15,No.3
  • The Russian Campaign – “Tournament (Strategic) Level Russian Campaign” (Variant) Ty Bomba
• The GENERAL Vol.16,No.3
  • The Question Box - The Russian Campaign
• The GENERAL Vol.16,No.4
  • Series Replay - The Russian Campaign Rob Beyma, J.R. Jarvinen, Richard Hamblen
• The GENERAL Vol.16,No.5
  • The Russian Campaign – “Tactical Alternatives in 1941” (Strategy) Paul Jameson
• The GENERAL Vol.17,No.3
  • The Russian Campaign – “Dividing Pressure Zones: A Weather Variant" (Variant) Tom Oleson
• The GENERAL Vol.17,No.6
  • The Russian Campaign – “Back to the Viipuri” (Strategy) J.R. Jarvinen
• The GENERAL Vol.18,No.5
  • The Russian Campaign – “Variant Ten (RCX) - Another Variation on the The Russian Campaign” (Variant) Kurt A. Blanch
• The GENERAL Vol.21,No.1
  • The Russian Campaign – “The Crimea River Defense - Lines of Departure in Russian Campaign” by Robert Harmon
• The GENERAL Vol.22,No.4
  • The Russian Campaign – “Long Trek Eastwards: Tracking the Weather of The Russian Campaign” (Disscussion) Mark Dultz
  • The Russian Campaign – “Handicapping In The Russian Campaign: Options For Balancing An Old Favorite” (Variant Discussion) Joe Carberry
• The GENERAL Vol.23,No.6
  • The Russian Campaign – “The Long Haul, Strategy, Axis Strategy for TRC” (Strategy) James Werbaneth
• The GENERAL Vol.24,No.1
  • The Russian Campaign – “The Steppes: Key to Victory, Playing the German in TRC” (Strategy) Paul Morrison
• The GENERAL Vol.27,No.1
  • The Russian Campaign – “The Offensive Approach: Soviet Strategy for The Russian Campaign” (Strategy) David Buckland
  • The Russian Campaign – “To the Gates: The Historical Russian Campaign” (Variant Discussion) R.B. & R.E. Allred
  • The Russian Campaign – “Divisions, Corps, & Armies: Realistic Russian Campaign” (Variant Discussion) Antonio Munoz
• The GENERAL Vol.28,No.3
  • The Russian Campaign – “The Black Sea waltz-Naval movement options in The Russian Campaign” (Strategy) James Lutz
  • The Russian Campaign – “A fond friendship renewed- Re-acquainting oneself with The Russian Campaign” (Discussion) Art Kritzer
• The GENERAL Vol.30,No.5
  • The Question Box - The Russian Campaign

Panzerfaust and Campaign Article Index:

• Number 72 Mar-Apr 1976
  • The Russian Campaign / Napoleon: The Waterloo Campaign, 1815 - "Official Rule Changes" (Errata)

Campaign Article Index:

• Number 80, July-August 1977
  • The Arab-Israeli Wars / The Russian Campaign / La Bataille de la Moscowa / The Book of Demons / The Warriors of the Green Planet Trilogy of Games, Additional Rules / Mukden, 1905 / Tannenburg / Königgratz - "Thumbnail Analysis" (Review), Don Lowry
• Number 82, November-December 1977
  • The Russian Campaign - "Strategies and Tactics in Russian Campaign" (Strategy), Alan Emrich
• Number 84, March-April 1978
  • The Russian Campaign - "Breaking Through the Viipuri Defense" (Strategy), Mark Diehl