Post by armchair general on Apr 18, 2017 19:40:32 GMT
[NOTE: This was originally posted by Snippersley on the Forumini on June 21, 2009.]
Battle at Suomussalmi
December 29th, 1939
Lt. Lars Konkari led his 21 man ski platoon against the cut off 80 man group of the Red Army's 163rd Rifle Division camped near Suomussalmi. Cut off, hungry and ill equipped to handle the record cold winter, the Soviets huddled around camp fires near the roadway after days of battling in chest deep snow. The light and fast Finnish troops, who were well rested and fed launched a suprise attack on the unsuspecting Russians. This was inspired by the article in Armchair General, March 2009.
7 Turns - Winner determined by points
Maps: 2" Hex Maps -
Baker 2 above Able 2
CZ Logos in bottom right (SE) corner
Town on Baker 2 is the NW corner.
64th Finish Rifle Regiment
Finnish Officer X1
Finnish Infantry X5
Finnish MG X2
Finnish Ski Troops X4
Soviet 163rd Rifle Division
Commisar X1
Soviet Grenadier X3
Mosin Nagant X5
Degtyarev DP27 X3
PTRD-41 X2
PPSh SMG X1
Maxim MG X2
Deployment:
Soviets deploy in the Northeast corner in a 4X4 area counting only full hexes from the North and East edges of the map. To the west of the deployment zone was the frozen Lake Kianta.
Finnish Infantry deploys anywhere on Able 2.
Special Rules:
A simple, light and fun game. Hope you enjoy. I have not play tested this yet...so feedback is welcome until I can play it out with our group.
Battle at Suomussalmi
December 29th, 1939
Lt. Lars Konkari led his 21 man ski platoon against the cut off 80 man group of the Red Army's 163rd Rifle Division camped near Suomussalmi. Cut off, hungry and ill equipped to handle the record cold winter, the Soviets huddled around camp fires near the roadway after days of battling in chest deep snow. The light and fast Finnish troops, who were well rested and fed launched a suprise attack on the unsuspecting Russians. This was inspired by the article in Armchair General, March 2009.
7 Turns - Winner determined by points
Maps: 2" Hex Maps -
Baker 2 above Able 2
CZ Logos in bottom right (SE) corner
Town on Baker 2 is the NW corner.
64th Finish Rifle Regiment
Finnish Officer X1
Finnish Infantry X5
Finnish MG X2
Finnish Ski Troops X4
Soviet 163rd Rifle Division
Commisar X1
Soviet Grenadier X3
Mosin Nagant X5
Degtyarev DP27 X3
PTRD-41 X2
PPSh SMG X1
Maxim MG X2
Deployment:
Soviets deploy in the Northeast corner in a 4X4 area counting only full hexes from the North and East edges of the map. To the west of the deployment zone was the frozen Lake Kianta.
Finnish Infantry deploys anywhere on Able 2.
Special Rules:
- Soviet Troops cannot move during the movement or assault phases until they are attacked.
- In the movement phase, Finnish Ski Troops can move up to two hexes over open snow terrain. This does not apply to machine gun teams.
- In a forest hex, all Finnish infantry get at +1 on cover rolls
- Finnish troops (except MG teams) gain hand to hand combat of 9. They were experienced hunters and carried their puukko hunting knives.
- Frozen Lakes: The lakes were frozen and are treated like clear terrain.
A simple, light and fun game. Hope you enjoy. I have not play tested this yet...so feedback is welcome until I can play it out with our group.