More Board Wargaming - The Russian Campaign and Donneschlag

Got another couple of solo sessions in with couple of board wargames (on a bit of a kick with cardboard warriors) one an antique another a newbie.

First up was The Russian Campaign from Avalon Hill of 1977 vintage and a game I played a few times back in the day but not for decades.

With several new versions out recently am rather tempted to upgrade so was trying to see if game still holds up.

And lo and behold it most certainly does, with simple straightforward hex and counter game play but with nice overall feeling of the campaign on Eastern Front.

Certainly old school in graphics department compared to modern stuff like No Retreat (a game I really enjoy) especially with the very dated counters and colour schemes (or lack thereof) but still a great game. 

This was one of first games I tried corner clipping but bit of a hash job on the tiny counters

Then it was one of my latest acquisitions again Donnerschlag which is just such a fun game even solo with lovely components (marred somewhat by errata to cards and QRS) and excellent smooth gameplay.

The combat and activation cards and low complexity overall make this very playable even though combat card play not particularly solo friendly (helps to have retention span of a gnat now).