From the Russian-Finnish winter war.
Finnish ski troops ambush the Russians.
Soviet | Finnish | |
Division 1 |
3 Squad Bases 1 GMC CCKW 353 1x Starving |
4 Squad Bases 4x SMG |
Division 2 |
6 Squad Bases 1 GMC CCKW 353 |
4 Squad Bases 4x Expert |
Strategy Decks | - | - |
Starting Strategy Cards | - | - |
Operations Cards | - | - |
Deployment Zone | The three hexes outlined in red. | Anywhere except adjacent to a Russian unit. |
Starting Initiative | Setup First. | |
Objective | Eliminate ALL Finnish units (or) save at least 1 tank by moving it off the map through one of the victory marker hexes. (Costs one movement point to exit the map). | Eliminate ALL Russian units (including the tanks). |
Rounds | infinite | |
Actions per turn | 2 | 2 |
Reinforcements | - | - |
Special Rules |
Reduce movement values of all Russian units by 1. Soviets are caught by surprise and may therefore not initially be put in op fire mode. |
All Finns have +1 movement (due to skis) Snow |
Comments
It should be noted that ALL trucks need to be full in order to place all troops within the three deployment hexes.
The commissar is just added for fluff.
Experts represent ad-hoc anti-tank weapons.
If the Finns don’t act correctly in the first two turns, it will most probably be a fast victory for the Russians. It is up to the Finnish player to find out what the first two actions should be. If the first two actions are chosen wisely, it is a balanced scenario.
The Russians have several options, both at setup and during play, and the Finns need to react in order to achieve victory.
A few notes on movement points.
ALL Russians units have -1 movement.
Which means that
-KV1 has 3 in movement, 1 if doing a fire & movement action
-KV1 can overrun one squad, but not 2 squads (it doesn't have enough movement)
-A lightly damaged KV1 have 2 movement, may not overrun & may not fire and move.
-Regular Russian infantry have only 3 movement.
-A hungry Russian have only 2 movement points! Thus a hungry may exit a vehicle and nothing more!
-A regular Russian infantry with officer have 4 movement points and thus considerably more options.
Edit: just one more note: Trucks are light vehicles and may be assaulted! So be careful!!!
All Finns have +1 movement.
Thus Finns without officer have 5 movement points, while a Finn with Officer has 6 movement points.
As written, if the Finns don't do the correct 2 action in the beginning of the game, the Russian wins easily. If the Finns do the correct 2 actions I hope (and think) it should be a balanced scenario.