Components

one 22" x 34" black and white map, covering the area from Kharkov in the north, Taganrog in the east, Perekop in the south to Kiev/Odessa in the west;

one 87page 8 1/2" x 11" brown and white rules booklet;

one 11" x 17" black and white play accessory sheet;

199 die cut 1/2" counters.

The inside of the play accessory sheet contains nine charts and tables and the outside forms the cover, the artwork of which is reproduced at the start of this article on the previous page.

Counter Manifest

Although material which came with Tatchanka indicates that there are 199 counters, the copy of the game I had an opportunity to inspect came with 201 counters, as follows:

89 Reds (black on red)
14 Makhnovists (red on black)
32 Ukrainian Nationalists (black on white)
51 Whites (blue on white)
6 French (black on light blue)
5 Greek (black on very light blue)
4 blanks (red)

Counter Manifest

5 - Reds 13th Army Sharpshooters: 1, 3. 13, 46 & 52 3-6
2 - Reds 13th Army Sharpshooter: 4 & 6 2-6
1 - Reds 13th Army Sharpshooters: Letts 4-6
6 - Reds Cavalry: 1, 2, 4, 7, 9 & 13 4-12
2 - Reds Railway Guns 2-30
2 - Reds Armored Car Brigades 2-15
4 - Reds Donetz Group Sharpshooter: 6, 7. 8 & 9 3-6
1 - Reds Donetz Group Cavalry: 7 2-12
2 - Reds Donetz Group Artillery: 2 & 8 2-6
6 - Reds 8th Army Sharpshooters: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9 4-6
2 - Reds 8th Army Cavalry: 6 & 7 3-12
4 - Reds 8th Army Artillery: 5, 6, 7 & 9 5-6
8 - Reds 9th Army Sharpshooters: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 4-6
5 - Reds 9th Army Cavalry: 2, 4, 5, 6 & 7 5-12
8- Reds 9th Army Artillery: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 6-6
7 - Reds 10th Army Sharpshooters: 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9 4-6
6 - Reds 10h Army Cavalry: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 7 5-12
9 - Reds 10th Army Artillery: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9 7-6
5 - Reds Cheka battalions: 0-12
4 - Reds Political Point markers & 4 blank counters
5 - Makhnovist Infantry: 3-7
5 - Makhnovist Cavalry:5-15
4 - Maklmovist Political Point markers
11 - Ukrainian Nationalist Cavalry 2-12
11 - Ukrainian Nationalist Infantry 2-6
3 - Ukrainian Nationalist Artillery 2-6
2 - Ukrainian Nationalist Railway Guns 2-30
1 - Ukrainian Nationalist Armored Car 2-15
4 - Ukrainian Nationalist Political Point Markers
2 - French Infantry 5-5
2 - French Infantry 3-5
2 - French Artillery 3-5
2 - Greek Infantry 5-5
1 -Greek Infantry 3-5
2 - Greek Artillery 2-6
3 - White Infantry Corps: 1 Vol, 2 Vol & Don Vol 3-6
1 - White Infantry Corps: Mixed Volunteers 2-6
1 - White Infantry Division: Grenadiers 6-6
2 - White Infantry Divisions: 6 & 7 5-6
2 - White Infantry Divisions: Kuban & Markov 2-6
1 - White Infantry Division: Poltava 1-6
2 - White Infantry Regiments: 1 Sim & 2 Lab 5-6
2 - White Infantry Brigades: Cossack & Special 2-6
1 - White Cavalry Division: 2 7-12
4 - White Cavalry Regiments: 1 Markov, 1 Komilov, Ulagay & Iuzefovich 2-12
13 - White Cavalry Brigades: Astra, Don, Circa, Terek, 1 Coss, 2 Coss, 3 Coss, 4 Kuban, 1, 2, 4, 6 & 7 4-12
1 - White Cavalry Brigade: 5 Volunteer 2-12
3 - White Railway Guns 2-30
4 - White Garrison Detachment Counters [1]-0
5 - White Artillery: 1, 2, 4, 5 & 6 3-6
1 - White Armor 2-12
1 - White Armored Car 2-15
4 - White Political Point Markers

The above table provides as complete a counter manifest for Tatchanka as is possible to develop. The rulebook states that there are 199 machine cut counters in the game, but the counter manifest in the rulebook lists only 185 counters and does not include blanks or Political Power markers. 201 counters came with the game.

Tatchanka: Ukraine 1919-1921

Tatchanka: Background
Tatchanka: Game Review
Tatchanka: Component Manifest
Tatchanka: Collector's Value