From: "Andrzej J. J. Cierpicki" Subject: Polish Wargames While on holiday in Krakow 18 months ago I came across a bookshop selling board wargames on a variety of subjects by a company called Dragon (Polish for Dragoon) - production values are similar to the games in Vae Victis - unmounted counters, glossy art. I didn't have much room in my bags so I picked up only two (at approx US$5 each!), Grunwald 1410 (aka Tannenberg - the Poles/Lithuanians trouncing the Teutonic knights) and Wieden 1683 (Jan Sobieski holding back the Ottoman hordes at the gates of Vienna). The only problem is the rules are in Polish . . . Well, I have translated and recently played Grunwald - a jolly good game it is too. I would however like to hear from anyone who has played any of their other games or who has any relevant information. They produce quite an extensive line of games. I know of the following additional titles: Arnhem 1944; Waterloo 1815; Szczury Pustyni (i.e. Desert Rats), Kircholm (Swedes in Poland?), and a grand tactical game on a battle in Poland in 1939 whose name I can't recall. There was also a strategic game set in WWII Europe in the shop where I bought my games, however I'm not certain it was by the same publisher (different packaging, mounted board?). Dragon apparently also publish their own magazine covering their games and historical articles with the wargamer in mind. It gets a glowing review on page 56 of Vae Victis issue 13. Their address is: Wydawnictwo DRAGON, Sulejowek, ul. E. Plater 1, 05-070, Poland, tel/fax: (22) 783 28 98. Andrzej From: Steve Claybough Subject: Re: Polish Wargames I don't have an email address for EDITION DRAGON but the tel/fax is 22 783 28 98. Boulder Games is getting a few sent over along with another Polish wargame review magazine, GRY WOJENNE and ROK 1920. This is what a Polish customer has to say about ROK 1920: The game is called "Rok 1920" ("Year 1920") and was released in 1995 by Encore. The game is boxed. A close-up of a painting from National Gallery was used as a cover art. On the back there are four snapshots: Marshal Pilsudski, Polish machine gun and crew, Russian howitzer battery and Renault tanks in Polish service. Game features: one unmoutned map (50x65 cm) and 200 full color counters. Both map and counters are of average quality. (Seen worse in S&T). There are 8 fast-paced and highly mobile scenarios and campaign. Unlike other WWI era battles, vicissitudes of war led to rapid changes of situation. (It resembles North Afrika campaign but don't expect Tiger tanks.) "Rok 1920" is definitely worth playing. It is far more versatile and detailed than any American game dealing with those events. Potentially, this conflict could have been one of our era's most decisive. Had the Bolsheviks managed to conquer Poland and thus achive a direct link with the various revolutionary regimes and parties then arising in Germany, why, to say the least, everything thereafter would've been totally different. According to an English rating it was the eighteenth most decisive battle in world history. ROK 1920 is priced PLN 14.50 (approx. $4.60).