THE EVACUATION - Page 2

The Bolshevik commanders, left to right: Fred Diamond (Comrade Fred, Red commander), Sean Pitts, Robert Whitfield, Ed Sansing (later also the Green commander).

The White commanders. On the left: Jim Pitts (General Pavlov, White commander), on the right, Tim Latham.

Ships lying off the port, 15mm sailors on decks sporting red rings showing they are Bolsheviks in control of the vessels. Note the railway wagons and trucks onboard that were loaded by the Whites before the mutiny.

Green forces advance toward the town.

At the end of turn 3 the white commander was required to roll a D6 to determine where the "Green" anarchist forces would come on the table. A result of 1 would bring them on at the other corner of the table. A 6 would be right next to the town. 2 through 5 would be intermediate positions. The White commander rolled a 6!

Some of Jim Pitt's Bloodaxe figures playing the part of the anarchist Green forces advance toward the town. They must have looted a clothing depot to have such neat uniforms!

Green cavalry rides through the streets.

A unit of white reserves moves toward the town to try to curb the marauding greens.

Green forces about to sieze railroad tank cars. The two infantry stands to the right represent White defenders scraped up from rear echelon personnel.

A white gunboat begins to bombard the town to drive off the greens.

The Red armored train "Hammer of the Proletariat" enters the battle.

On turn 5 the White player rolled to get his long-awaited supply train. The D6 roll would produce the train on 1-4, no train at all on 5 and an enemy train on 6. You guessed it! Jim Pitts (the White commander) rolled a 6! To the White players' horror, the train of war material they were expecting never arrives. Instead a Red armored train roared down the track shooting at (and mainly missing) any White units in sight

Red cavalry and infantry reinforcements arrive on the table.

The Red commander (Comrade Fred) had kept most of the Red Cavalry and part of the infantry off the field to follow up success. On turn 5 after one of the White strongpoints had been reduced, he entered the field leading heroically the tidal wave of Red Cavalry. Along with the presence of the Red armored train and the shell shortage of the White artillery, this rendered further attempts by the White defenders futile. A rush for the town and the ships would have ensued (in the game-master's opinion). We ended the game at that point.

A freighter crewed by bolsheviks makes it's escape.

Miraculously, the White players had the most victory points at the end of the game, mostly due to their destruction of the initial Red assaulting forces.

• Greens - 15 points for destroying/capturing supplies in the town.
• Reds - 25 points for destroying White units and stealing the freighter.
• Whites - 38 points for destroying Red units and loading supplies onto ships

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