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Red Poppies Campaigns: The Battles for Ypres
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Red Poppies Campaigns: Volume 2 – Last Laurels At Limanowa
2018
Rules assistance for Red Poppies Campaigns: Volume 2 – Last Laurels At Limanowa
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 2 players
- 120–1440 min
- Complexity 2.0/5
Rules assistant for Red Poppies Campaigns: Volume 2 – Last Laurels At Limanowa
For 2 players
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Red Poppies Campaigns: Volume 2 – Last Laurels At Limanowa is a board game released in 2018 for 2 players and 120–1440 minutes per game. It was designed by John Gorkowski and its main mechanics are Hexagon Grid.
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About the game
From the publisher: Red Poppies Campaigns: Volume 2 - Last Laurels at Limanowa (LLL), simulates Austria-Hungary's last independent victory against the Russian Empire in World War I. In November 1914, Russia's 3rd Army pressed on Krakow, the center of Austrian Poland, while the Russian 8th Army threatened to break through the Carpathian passes into Hungary. Desperate to relieve the pressure, Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Chief of the General Staff for Austria-Hungary, gambled on a counter attack about 25 miles southwest of Krakow. Conrad launched his 4th Army into the thinly held, 20-mile wide gap between the Russian 3rd and 8th Armies on December 3. Austro-Hungarian forces rolled forward about 12 miles in just three days along a front from Lipanow in the north to Limanowa in the south. Russian resistance stiffened on the 6th with fierce fighting erupting around the village of Limanowa. Several days of see-saw action ensued until the lines crystallized on December 11. For once, Conrad's daring paid off. In response to his gains, the Russians scrambled to secure their front and so abandoned plans to drive on Krakow and Hungary. Conrad, however, paid a heavy price by suffering 12,000 casualties and expending the last of his elite 14th "Innsbruck" infantry corps to stop the Russians who easily absorbed and replaced their 30,000 losses. Never again would the Austro-Hungarian Army win an independent victory; from now on, all progress depended on German participation. LLL is the second volume in the Red Poppies Campaign (RPC) system for gaming World War I battles. Ownership of volume one, The Battles for Ypres, is NOT required to play LLL; everything you need to play LLL is in this box. LLL offers the same rules as The Battles for Ypres except that section 12, the Ypres scenarios and campaigns, is intentionally left blank while section 13, the Limanowa scenarios and campaigns, has been added. LLL offers a map of the Limanowa battlefield scaled at 200 meters per hex. Game play proceeds in interactive turns representing 10 minutes of real time each as players maneuver opposing cavalry and infantry companies across a rugged rural landscape typical of the Carpathian foothills. Product Information • Complexity: 6 out of 10 • Solitaire suitability: 8 out of 10 • Time Scale: 10 minutes per turn • Map Scale: 200 yards per hex • Unit Scale: Companies, squadrons, sections
Questions and answers
Red Poppies Campaigns: Volume 2 – Last Laurels At Limanowa supports 2 players according to the catalogue. This is the publisher’s listed player count, so the game is designed for exactly that number of participants. Variants for other group sizes, if any, are described in the rulebook of your edition, so check it before setting up a different configuration.
The listed playing time for Red Poppies Campaigns: Volume 2 – Last Laurels At Limanowa is 120–1440 minutes. This is the publisher’s estimate for a full game. The actual duration depends on the group, the player count and familiarity with the rules: first sessions usually run longer, while experienced groups often finish faster. Setup and teaching time are not included in this estimate.
Red Poppies Campaigns: Volume 2 – Last Laurels At Limanowa has a complexity rating of 2.0 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a medium-light game. The rating reflects how much rules knowledge, planning and decision-making a typical game demands. Expect a longer first teach for heavier games, and use a preparation guide before game night.
Red Poppies Campaigns: Volume 2 – Last Laurels At Limanowa belongs to these categories: Wargame and World War I. Its main mechanics are Hexagon Grid. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Red Poppies Campaigns: Volume 2 – Last Laurels At Limanowa are: John Gorkowski. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Red Poppies Campaigns: Volume 2 – Last Laurels At Limanowa as a base game. It can be played on its own with the components in the box and does not require any other title. Expansions, if any exist, add new content or rules on top of it and are listed separately in the catalogue with a link back to this base game.