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The Cossacks Are Coming!: The Tannenberg Campaign, 1914

The Cossacks Are Coming!: The Tannenberg Campaign, 1914

People's War Games · 1982
2360 min12+ yrs4.2/5 complexity6.9 BGG#16.434 BGG216CouplesStrategy
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The Cossacks are Coming! is an operational simulation of the World War I Tannenberg campaign in which Russian and German armies battled during August and September of 1914.

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The Cossacks Are Coming!: The Tannenberg Campaign, 1914 box art
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The Cossacks are Coming! is an operational simulation of the World War I Tannenberg campaign in which Russian and German armies battled during August and September of 1914. The game uses weekly turns (each composed of a variable number of impulses), a map scale of five miles per hex, and battalion to brigade level units to portray the conflict. Aspects of the campaign covered by the rules include artillery, limited intelligence, reconnaissance, command control, supply, morale, and prisoners of war.

600 counters

game anatomy
Complexity4.2 / 5
BGG rating6.9 / 10
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CouplesStrategy
Language dependence
Moderate text — a crib sheet helps
Play time
360 min
Players
2
Recommended age
12+ yrs
BGG rank
#16.434
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Q4How many players does The Cossacks Are Coming!: The Tannenberg Campaign, 1914 support?
The Cossacks Are Coming!: The Tannenberg Campaign, 1914 is played by 2 players.
Q5How long does a game of The Cossacks Are Coming!: The Tannenberg Campaign, 1914 take?
A game of The Cossacks Are Coming!: The Tannenberg Campaign, 1914 takes about 360 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is The Cossacks Are Coming!: The Tannenberg Campaign, 1914 for?
The Cossacks Are Coming!: The Tannenberg Campaign, 1914 is recommended from age 12.
Q7How complex is The Cossacks Are Coming!: The Tannenberg Campaign, 1914?
The Cossacks Are Coming!: The Tannenberg Campaign, 1914 has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 4.2 out of 5.
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