Soviet Dawn: Expansion Kit

About this expansion

Soviet Dawn: Expansion Kit is a solitaire expansion for one player, with games taking about 25 minutes. It adds new optional rules, event cards, and scenarios to Soviet Dawn: The Russian Civil War, 1918-1921.

The expansion introduces another layer of drama to the original solitaire gameplay through optional rules for Front Battles. These rules cover decisive victories and defeats, while also allowing the player to commit the “last battalion” to swing the outcome of a battle.

Additional optional rules bring the CHEKA into play and add political recovery when Petrograd and Kiev are retaken. Together, these choices offer new ways to shape the story of the Russian Civil War during play.

The kit also includes twelve new Darkness and Dawn Event cards. They complete the storyboard by filling the gaps in the original card numbering sequence and create more variety across the available scenarios.

• Optional Front Battle rules for decisive outcomes
• The “last battalion” option for influencing battles
• Optional use of the CHEKA
• Political recovery after retaking Petrograd and Kiev
• Twelve new Darkness and Dawn Event cards
• A Historical Scenario in which events occur in their actual sequence

With the included scenarios, players can explore different versions of the campaign, including the Historical Scenario and its ordered sequence of events. The added cards and rules are designed to extend the original game’s storytelling and replay variety.

Soviet Dawn: Expansion Kit is not a standalone game. A copy of Soviet Dawn: The Russian Civil War, 1918-1921 is required to use this expansion. The kit contains one instructions sheet with the new optional rules and scenarios, plus twelve new Darkness and Dawn Event cards.