Fighting Withdrawal ETO (id:#55966)
Prior Publication: AH: 1st Edition/MMP: 2nd Edition
Sestroretsk Road, Terijoki, Finland
1941-09-02 (5 others)
Designer: Pat Jonke
Starter kit scenario?: Deluxe scenario?:
Balance:
FinnishRussian
Overview:
The Finns, seeking restitution for the Winter War of 1939, had erupted across the borders and breached the Soviet Karelian front even as the crisis to the south of Leningrad came. In a desperate attempt to salvage something and form a new defense line along the Sestra River, orders went out to break off and retreat southward. One such unit was the 131st Border Battalion, which was to serve as a rearguard. At 1530, orders arrived releasing them to save themselves. . .if they could. Behind them a bakery was on fire, the town hall was ablaze, and ammunition was dwindling. Nevertheless, their young officers organized a fighting withdrawal towards the hills in an attempt to reach newly established lines.Attacker: Finnish (Elements of 1st Parachute Regiment)
Defender: Russian (Remnants of 131st Border Battalion)
7 turns
Players: 2 OBA: None Night: No| Unit Counts: |
| Squads: A:16.0 D:14.0 |
| AFVs: A:0 |
| AFVs: D:0 |
| Guns: A:0 D:0 |
| Misc Rules: | Building Blazes w D: Ammunition Shortage |
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| Overlays: | NONE |
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| Date | Reporter | Opponent | Bal. | Result | Time | Comments | |
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| 2025-04-27 | (A) Tripp Killin | vs | Phil Watkins | Finnish win (VASL Log) | Extremely close game. Both sides had lots of casualties, prisoners taken, and tough breaks. At the end of Finnish Turn 6, the Finns could get a maximum 9 points off on Turn 7 (and the Russians couldn't really stop that). The Russian had 10pts (including prisoners) stacked with the 9-0 Commissar getting into position to exit after that on the last player turn, which would win the game. However, when getting them in position, a 4+1 First Fire shot broke the entire stack, and the game was over in Russian movement phase of Turn 6. | ||
| 2025-01-24 | (D) Chris Larkin | vs | Alexander | Russian win | 4 hrs | Russians laid down some early fire lanes that slowed the Finnish attack, only for us to later realize that the Russian ammunition shortage prevented that from happening. Might have been a much closer game without the FL's. Finns just ran out of turns to exit. Lots of wind change rolls happened as well, made the Blazes spread and throw smoke over a great deal of the board. Fun one. | |
| 2024-11-15 | (A) Dave Mareske | vs | Craig Renier | Finnish win | It was great to play my usual VASL opponent, Craig, FTF. The Russians mounted a stiff upfront defense which combined with Finnish breaks and pins slowed the advance down. However, one flank broke first and the Finns were able to advance quickly along their left side. The Russians started breaking and then it was a race to the board edge. The wind shifted three times, gusted once, so there were lots of fires (actually ran out of Flame and Smoke counters). The Finns had just enough movement to get off two more squads than the Russians could manage. Great game. | ||
| 2024-07-23 | (A) Itinerant Hobbyist | vs | Rich | Finnish win | 4 hrs | Kind of a learning game for me and Finns won 9-7. He had some amazing rate and also had some crazy broken MG at the end that allowed me to get my dudes off the board. | |
| 2024-06-28 | (A) Yuri Pavlofski | vs | D | Russian win |
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| Action | Date |
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| eyron Added a playing | 2025-06-18 20:23:24 |
| ubertripp Added a playing | 2025-04-27 14:59:01 |
| cupcakus Added a playing | 2025-01-24 04:43:51 |
| dmareske Added a playing | 2024-11-17 17:51:38 |
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| (DSCN2934.JPG) | After Action Report | y.nakano | 2387 |
| VASL Scenario Setup (ASL 1 Fighting Withdrawal v667.vsav) | VASL Setup | Turuk | 533 |
| (finn-russ.png) | Image | hoxson1 | 1889 |
| (finn blaze.png) | Image | hoxson1 | 1717 |
| VASL Log file (ASL1_-_Fighting_Withdrawl.vlog) | VASL Game Log | Dave | 1347 |
| VASL Log file (ASL 001 Fighting Withdrawal Part 2.vlog) | VASL Game Log | ubertripp | 120 |
| (asl001.gif) | Map Image | morrigu | 2842 |
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| Avg Rating: 7.28 | Votes: 248 | Views: | 31552 |
| To-Play list count: | 23 | |
| Estimated Play time: | 4.9 hours | |
| Recorded Games: | 183 | |
| Archive recorded plays: | ||
| Finnish | 80 | |
| Russian | 102 | |
| Drawn: | 0 | |
| ROAR Data: (as of today) Fighting Withdrawal [Confirmed] |
| [A] Finnish | 295 |
| [D] Russian | 351 |