Crimea is a two-player grand-tactical board wargame of the Crimean War of 1854 to 1856, designed by Frank Chadwick and published by Game Designers' Workshop (GDW) in 1975. It is a detailed division and brigade level simulation that follows the war from the allied landings at Evpatoria in September 1854 through the fall of Sevastopol in September 1855, pitting Russia against the alliance of Britain, France, Turkey and Sardinia. The map is divided into five sections so that players can study single actions, and a Line of Communications Chart lets the sections be joined for the advanced campaign game. A player turn has three segments: fortification construction, strategic movement and an action segment that begins when enemy units come adjacent or when siege artillery is declared. Action turns open with a simultaneous fire phase. A retailer lists a playing time of about 180 minutes and an age range of 12 and up. It was sold as a ziplock game.
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Playing Time Band Classification
Player Count Sport
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Ancestor Of
Source 1815: The Waterloo Campaign (Wikipedia)
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1. Noble Knight Games: Crimea - The Dawn of Modern Warfare (Noble Knight Games)
Noble Knight GamesProduct info, number of players
2 Players
Product info, game length
180 Minutes
View the Source 2. GDW, CRIMEA (1975) (Map and Counters)
Description, map sections
He has divided the game map into five sections, so that players can examine individual actions or aspects of the whole campaign
Lead, designer and year
CRIMEA was designed by Frank Chadwick and published by Game Designer's Workshop (GDW) in 1975.
View the Source1815: The Waterloo Campaign (Wikipedia)
Ancestor Of: 1815: The Waterloo Campaign, Description, rules lineage, CrimeaQuote, Ancestor Of: 1815: The Waterloo Campaign, Description, rules lineage, Crimea
The rules are developed from previous GDW wargames Torgau and Crimea
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