Smolensk 20 (2008)

Designer Alan Emrich offers a fascinating Expansion Kit for Borodino 20, placing you in command of the the French and Russian armies along the great Minsk-Moscow Highway where the near-trap was sprung at Smolensk. Although the Russians ultimately withdrew from the field of battle, it was a close-run engagement as the Czar and Russian Generals argued to stand and fight their decisive battle there along the Dniepr river. Complexity: 4 on a 9 scale. Solitaire Suitability: 5 on a 9 scale. Scale: Each unit is 1 corps, each hex is about 1000 meters, and each turn is roughly 3.5 day hours (or 10 night hours).