The Eagle & The Star is a game about Polish - Soviet War in 1919-1920. This war was a turning point of history not only for Poland, which saved its just regained independence. It was also very important for the whole Europe, because Polish victory stopped the spread of communist revolution. Some of historians recognize the Battle of Warsaw in 1920 as 18th most decisive battle of the world. Fall of Poland in this war could let communists to fulfill Lenins and Trotskys plan of invasion of Western Europe and the rest of the world afterwards.

The Eagle & The Star is a reconstruction of this historical campaign. Player can play as Bolshevik commander, Mikhail Tukhachevsky, trying to defeat the Polish forces, seize the territories of Poland, Ukraine and Belarus, and establish the communist regime there. As a Polish supreme commander Józef Pilsudski, you can try to stop the Soviet invasion and establish the eastern border in favor of Poland.

The original game mechanics was elaborated for 2 years. In the opinion of the authors the effect of this work is flexible and applicative mechanics, which can be used in other games. The Eagle & The Star is the first one in planned games cycle. The rulebook is lavishly illustrated. Numerous examples make the game rules easy to learn. The game was tested and consulted with the most experienced boardgames players.

Instead of traditional counters - wooden blocks are used. It enables player to have a full image of the battlefield. Friendly units are fully visible, the opposite player sees only a general position of the enemy forces.

Dices are not used, but multifunctional cards provide random effects to the game. Game mechanics is based on orders given by player to his units. Players can deduce attempts of the enemy commander but also they can feint and bluff. Historical scenarios and comments give an opportunity to understand this part of the world history better.

Spieleranzahl: 2-4

Game box contains:
- 105 wooden blocks
- two-folded cardboard map
- 110 cards
- counters
- labels for wooden blocks
- rulebook (historical scenarios included)