Fighting Withdrawal ETO (id:#55966)
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Prior Publication: AH: 1st Edition/MMP: 2nd Edition
See Also: A Fighting Withdrawal by Critical Hit Fighting Withdrawal by Critical Hit Fighting Withdrawal by Avalon Hill Fighting Withdrawal by Avalon Hill
Designer: Pat Jonke
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
FinnishRussian
45.318352059925%

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

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Building Blazes w D: Ammunition Shortage
Map Board(s): 21
Overlays: NONE
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Scenario info

Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultComments
2023-10-26(D) Jonathan Kapleau vs Kohn, Stuart Russian win
2023-10-03(D) Andreas R vs JennyA Finnish win
2023-09-16(A) Taneli Selin vs jotudin Finnish winFirst ever full ASL scenario played. It was a long one, I mean rulebook was checked constantly. The game itself was enjoyable and worth the wait of multiple years. Finns won it luckily with one last die roll – losses were catastrophic for both sides.
2023-08-10(D) Jack Wilson vs Shaun Andrews Russian winAn old classic that has stood up for over three decades. If you have not played this one, you owe it to yourself to find out why it remains so popular.

Shaun played a great game and probably would have won if the wind change DR had not blown a wall of smoke across his exit path.
2023-08-10(A) Shaun Andrews vs Jack Wilson Russian winJack's being modest. He pulled a rabbit out of a hat (or should I say burning ring of fire) through pure tenacity and sheer doggedness. Jack's Russians looked to get BBQ but he pressed on enabling him to take advantage of a wind change that cut off my exit path with multiple hexes of smoke.

I chose to press forward through the smoke making the game a running retreat. In hind sight, the second the wind changed, I should have cut east right into the path his Russians were taking. It is called Fighting Withdrawal for a reason. Great game Jack!
2023-07-08(D) Yuqi Xiong vs Warf Finnish winA good lesson on how Blaze spread.
Finnish infantry are real supermen, despite no smoke compablity. Just move forward and win lol.
I didn't arrange a safe and orderly retreat, and held fire to keep concealment too often (although hardly will work with 6-4-8 Finns, laying some residual fire is worthwhile). Most of my soldiers were eliniminated by Warf.
2023-07-08(D) Jeff B vs Steve Etzelmueller Russian winI had been losing my desire to play ASL, so Steve suggested we play anything I'd like. I debated a few of my all-time favorites, but ultimately dusted off this old gem. Amazingly enough old grognard Steve had never played it. This being my most-played ever scenario, I warned him he would need to maintain a quick pace as the Finns. As most of my line was concealed, he did very little shooting and a lot of AM into the street, with the not unusual result of a few broken Finns and a lost squad. I self-broke my western two squads back to my commissar to avoid CC. Not much further progress was made Turn 2, with the Russians still heavily manning the walls. A crazed Russian conscript ran to his doom and a squad managed to be taken prisoner (a valuable commodity in this scenario), but once again the western units broke to flee back to the commissar. Turn 3 saw another Russian taken hostage, while his comrades fled to their second line of defense behind the eastern wall and within the central rowhouse. Turn 4 clearly saw the Finns move for a western push, as this was my weakest defended area, The Russians in the middle scattered to try and continue holding the line, while the units in the east all bolted to either start making for the exit or get in better positions. Time was becoming problematic for the Finns. Turn 5 saw the Finns completely bust up the Russians in the west, so the Russians brought on both goalline HIPsters to shore up that part of the board. Meanwhile in the east a couple Russian squads with a LMG and the 8-1 moved to the upper levels, while another had snuck around from the north to harass any Finns trying to make haste along the road. The Finn escape attempt proved unsuccessful on Turn 6, and with not enough time left they called it a day.
2023-05-19(D) David Garvin vs Steffen Knippel Finnish winAs part of CASLO XXVII
2023-04-13(A) Jonathan Plott vs Steve B Russian winWarm up open play game before the start of the Bitter Ender Tournament. the Russians started out breaking about half of my attacking Finnish squads...totally stalling my right flank push. Was able to get a number of the squads back in the game and took out a couple of Russian squads, but the time taken prevented any reasonable chance of a Finn win. I conceded after 6 turns. Great game Steve!
2023-04-03(A) Jonathan Plott vs Jim Jordan Finnish winPlayed at Where The Iron Crosses Grow Invitational Tournament. Time concession after 2 turns.
2023-01-17(A) Terrence Dorsey vs Solo Russian winMis-anticipated how much time it would take to get off the board for both sides. Russians got clobbered in combat, but managed to get their last good order squads off the board.
2022-12-16(A) Patrick Bonner vs self Finnish winFinns seem a bit over-powered, but they didn't win by a huge margin.
2022-11-26(A) Jonathan Kapleau vs Cusick, John Russian win
2022-09-18(A) Jonathan Kapleau vs Broadhurst, Bill Finnish win
2022-06-06(A) Craig Renier vs Scott Fischbein Finnish winThe Finnish attack was focused on the east side of the board. The attack progressed slowly forcing its way across the road into the row houses. On the west side, the Finnish maintained a small force preventing a safe Russian withdrawal. Broken Finnish units repeatedly failed to rally while numerous consecutive Finnish 7 DR activating the Russian sniper complicated the Finnish options. But the flank was forced open and the game transitioned to a race with strategically placed blocking units. The outcome was unclear until Turn 6 Russian MPh when the Russian 9-1 and 4-4-7 broke securing a clear win for the Finnish.
2022-06-05(D) Scott Fischbein vs Craig Renier Finnish winAlways enjoy this scenario... despite having played it a few times, I made the mistake of concentrating on the "Fighting" more than the "Withdrawal", and despite Craig's run of perfectly average (ie: 7) DRs that granted me numerous sniper opportunities, I lost the race to get off the board. I also made the mistake (which I've made before) of waiting a bit too long to un-HIP my MG nest near the graveyard, keeping the element of surprise, but losing the chance for more shots. Craig did a nice job of maneuvering and avoiding LOS as he managed to get multiple units in position to exit, so I conceded.
2022-02-21(D) David Garvin vs Martin Hubley Finnish winMartin is a great player. The Soviet Sniper was strangely silent as Martin only rolled "7" a few times. I think I hit his sniper more often!
In the end, he captured a bunch of POWs and ended up running them off the board. I tried to shoot them, I really did. Ha!
2021-10-20(A) Craig Renier vs Rich Matheson Finnish winThe Finnish morale weighed heavily throughout their advance, regularly passing MCs and Rallying the few times they needed to. Spreading fires also helped cover the advance subduing the few available Russian attacks. In Turn 6, the Finns could exit more VPs unharassed than the Russians had within striking distance of the board edge.
2021-09-05(A) Russell Dewhurst vs Steven Smith Finnish win
2021-08-24(D) David Ramsey vs Martin Barker Finnish win

(VASL Log)		Great game, Martin won with one leader advancing off after a close mid game struggle. Illuminating Rounds 52
2021-05-06(D) Andy Goldin vs Stephen Worrel Russian winI had hot dice on the first game turn while the Finns had to try to force their way across the street and stacked up a bunch of casualties. This bought me time to withdraw to the middle of the board, where my rearguard slowed the Finns again. The foot race was on once again, so that by turn 5 I was ready to exit most of my force but stopped just short of the board edge to delay the Finns. A well placed LMG allowed me to put down a fire lane through which few Finns could pass and I won by exiting just a couple more squads than Steve. Great game, well played by both sides.
2021-04-22(A) M T vs T.L. Russian win
2021-04-22(D) Tommi Lehtinen vs M T Russian winVery eventful game. First two turns looked good for the Russian. They held 3 superior Finnish squads in Melee and slowed the Finnish progress down. On third turn the Finns won all the Melees and together with some lucky shots manages to neutralize several Russian squads and making good gains. However, on turn 5 the Russian dice where hot where it counted, i.e. in -2 shots, and the Finns lost several squads and their almost guaranteed breakthrough on the west flank was slowed to a crawl. Turns six and seven turned out to be as eventful as both teams rushed to the exit. Finns on the western flank and Russians on the eastern flank. Finns had only 5VP available on the west to exit, so they needed to prevent Russians exits on the east flank, where they had not breached Russian line. Everything was culminated to the last move of the last turn where the Russian 8-1 leader dashed to the exit and took a 2-2 shot from a Finnish LMG. The LMG missed and the Russian were able to exist as many VPs as the Finns, so a tightest possible victory for Russians.
2021-04-17(A) Dave Mareske vs Ben Kacirek Russian winThe Russians delayed the Finnish just enough that they could not get any EVPs. A good use of HIP and then the SMOKE from the blazes changed direction to limit movement on the west side. Great game for Ben's first game of full ASL!
2021-03-13(A) James Forrest vs Russian win
2021-02-15(A) jon smith vs RUSSIAN Finnish winFins got off to a storming start... breaking by ELR 2 russians squads on the other side of the road... but it meant a slow advance... the russians fell back to the wall and formed a solid line, when the fins got there the russian HIP MMG and squad fire laned the road but the fins weathered the firing and pushed through the middle.

The real break through was on the east edge of map , where several Finnish squads swept through the Russian defence squad and moved through the smoke, frantic melees broke out in the middle and the Russians stifled out the Finns in the centre blockhouse buildings, But just enough Finns on the east edge were able to keep the pace up and a count up showed the Russians couldnt get enough of the board to match the Finns with 2 turns to go having made a fight of it around the graveyard. The Finns on the west edge were wiped out leaving just 2 broken leaders within reach of the exit edge too...

Fun game, which is what matters.

Do the FInns just have to deploy everywhere and swarm in a mad rush forwards to get off in time?
2021-01-20(A) David Garvin vs Loic Gourdon Russian winA slow start by me, the Finn, against a pretty good defensive layout by Loic. He's new to ASL and I failed to find a way to crack his defensive layout. He sacrificed a squad or two in the first few turns that ended up being enough to slow me down.
Winds picked up to heavy winds which caused the blazes to spread; however, the lack of smoke ended up helping him and hindering me.
Great win on his part!
2020-12-03(D) Scott Fischbein vs Richard Matheson Russian winRichard's first full ASL game. He's coming along fast - having progressed through the SKs in a month or so, and now making the leap to the full game. The Finnish supermen made good progress early on, but missed a few opportunities to push ahead further, and didn't quite have the MFs left to get off the board in the last two turns, while the Russians had a few squads that could make it off (especially after the wind shifted in turn 5, clearing out the smoke that was laying in their path). Fun game- looking forward to lots more as Richard continues to hone his skills.
2020-07-17(A) Paul Synnott vs Russian win
2020-06-24(A) Ryan Wolk vs In progress
2020-05-20(D) David Garvin vs kevin sanders Russian win
2020-04-21(A) David Garvin vs Neal Ekengren Russian win
2020-04-10(D) Dave Mareske vs Craig Renier Russian winThis was a teaching scenario which I finished that remained close to the very end, the Russians winning by one EVP. The Russians created lots of fires in the rear causing the Finnish extra movement points and coming up short. Thanks for the great game.
2020-03-10(D) David Garvin vs Nick Faryna Russian winCame to turn 5 First Fire. My HIP MMG opened up on some Finns in the open and got a KIA result on the stack. Also, a 447 with LMG HIP ambushed a stack in the streets. As my opponent said "I have to learn to not stack". He's a new player and he's learning that much earlier in his ASL career than I did.
2020-03-04(A) manzoli andrea vs macgallons Russian win
2020-03-03(A) davide galloni vs Andrea Manzoli Finnish win
2020-02-03(D) Jacob Elmqvist vs Ingemar Gardell Russian win
2020-01-25(A) Jacob Elmqvist vs Ingemar Gardell Finnish win
2020-01-20(A) Paul Schorfheide vs Russian winSolo play: I was too conservative with the Finns from the beginning and never caught up. The Russians exited two squads and a leader while the Finns were still more than a turn away.
2020-01-17(D) Jonathan Kapleau vs Brantley, Aaron Russian win
2019-12-28(D) Michael Focht vs David Garber Russian win
2019-12-18(D) Raoul Duke vs MB Russian winA classic for a reason, this one came down to the final move phase of the final turn. If either side stops to shoot, they'll lose, victory comes from a mad dash towards the exits in the MPh, RTPh, and APh interspersed by whatever shots you can take in the DFPh and AFPh. Planning movement is key to both sides, and an unfortunate change of wind can throw all of that careful planning out the window at a moment's notice. A wonderful way to wrap up 2019, I'd play this one again as either side in a heartbeat.
2019-11-29(D) Vilis Pavulans vs Matias Dahlbäck Russian winA tough beginning where the finns lost two and a half squads as prisoners probably decided the game early. The russians managed to escape with the prisoners, running all the way and never looking back. That together with some lucky dicing which stalled the finns made us finish the game a few turns in advance.
2019-11-29(A) Matias Dahlbäck vs Vilis Pavulans Russian win
2019-11-09(D) David Garvin vs Andrew Luden Russian win
2019-10-24(D) Jeff B vs Magnus Rimvall Russian winFinns barely crossed the street on Turn 1, and that remained the pace for the rest of the game - a bit too slow. They just moved past the southern end of the Russian setup area by the end of Turn 3 and that was about a Turn behind where they needed to be. By the end of Turn 5 there was no possible way they could exit any units off the board, while the Russians were guaranteed at least 2 squads. Always a classic.
2019-07-14(D) Jonathan Kapleau vs Nolt, Jim Russian win
2019-03-23(D) John Malaska vs Zeb Tingley Russian winEarly on, my sniper took out the Finn's, so I had free rein with cheap DF shots. Managed to keep my withdrawal orderly, although lost several MMCs to CC/capture. Finns were pressed for time by T4, and just about KIA'd/CR'd/broke to every DF attack. Finns conceded at start of T5, with little hope of exiting the map edge.

Two oddities ... my first real playing of ASL1. Second, Finn HS broke on T1, and never rallied (Russian vodka to blame.)
2019-03-15(A) David Garvin vs David Alexander Finnish win
2018-12-30(A) Dan Best vs Rex Loewen Russian win
2018-12-28(A) David Garvin vs Verick Ready Russian winRussians held out! In spite of some pretty good shots on my part.
2018-12-09(A) Jeff B vs Ben Stacey Finnish winFinns hit the east side hard, pounding the Russians into submission as they swept forward en masse. Turn 2 was mop up time for them as the Russians scrambled to reposition to the rowhouses in the center of the board. Turn 3 saw the Finns control the S row, blasting the remaining Russian stragglers as they tried to dash across. Turn 4 saw them charge and surround the last remaining Russian bastion and batter them into surrender by the end of the turn. The only unit left to deal with was the as-yet still hidden MMG squad. He was discovered and surrounded on Turn 5 and locked up in melee, allowing the Finns free rein to charge toward the exit.
2018-11-17(D) Jeff B vs Ben Stacey Russian winFinns had an absolutely brutal first turn, losing 5 squads. There was really no recovering from this and, with the Russians matching them in numbers and having the better position, they called it a game after Turn 3.
2018-08-04(A) Dan Best vs Kermit Mullins Finnish win
2018-08-04(D) Kermit Mullins vs Dan Best Finnish winUgh...this scenario is so much more challenging than I ever think. My Russians stumbled about, but still managed to kill 8 Finnish Squads and exit off 12 VP...but Dan exited 19 VP to get the win. Great game!
2018-07-22(A) Michael Focht vs David Garber Russian win
2018-05-27(A) Jonathan Kapleau vs Duenskie, Ron Russian win
2018-04-03(D) Jeff B vs Phil Wentworth Russian winMy opponent and I had played this one before but he wanted to try his hands as the attacking Finns again as the first time it ended disastrously. Since this was a pickup game I just recycled my original setup that worked so well without changing a unit. If the first time was a disaster this was a catastrophe. The Finns got absolutely shredded in the opening couple rounds. Whereas my sniper was extremely cold the first time around, it was a much different story this time. By the middle of Turn 3 the Finns were still a move away from reaching the back of the original Russian setup so he figured it was right to call it a day.
2018-01-20(A) todd Rezack vs Peter Rogneholt Russian winThe Russians were able to retreat and thus gained the movement advantage on the Finnish
2018-01-06(D) todd Rezack vs Peter Rogneholt Finnish winThe Russians were slaughtered as they tried to make a stand. Its best to stay on the move and make your way to the s end ofthe board rather then fighting was my experience. By the second turn the Finnish troops had almost wiped out the Boarder Bat.
2018-01-01(A) B-E Karlsson vs Russian Russian win
2017-12-20(D) JP Laurio vs Arttu Russian win
2017-11-29(A) Jeff B vs Are Erlandsen Russian winMy Schwerpunkt push in the east hit an early snag when my overstacked hex in Z10 went down almost to a man from his HIP 8-1/447 MMG stack in R6. But Finns bounce back quickly, and by Turn 2 we were well on our way again to pushing down the board. I probably would've gotten away with it too if it wasn't for a pesky turn too long trying to exchange shots across the P-S street. As it was, Are played an almost perfect fighting withdrawal defense. He correctly calculated on Turn 5 that I would not have enough MF to get anybody off the board, so I did my best to position my men to make sure he didn't make it either. But he managed to sneak off two squads and a leader to seal the victory.
2017-11-19(D) Jeff B vs Phil Wentworth Russian winSome hot Russian dice withered away at the Finns from the opening moves, causing them an average body bag count of 1.5 squads each turn, while the Russians didn't take a casualty until the 4th turn (and that was only due to a failed interdiction MC). By the start of Turn 5 the Finns had just reached the edge of the cemetery and would have to cross a lot of open ground against a lined up and primed Russian defense that outnumbered them 3:2 (this not even counting the two HIP squads stuck back at the goal line) so they called it a day.
2017-06-14(A) Alan Krause vs Tom Arnold Finnish winI was aggressive and his sniper was very quiet, which helped to offset me malfing then removing my MMG in turn 1.
2017-06-13(D) B-E Karlsson vs Finnish Russian win
2017-05-14(A) David Garvin vs James Montgomery Finnish win
2017-05-01(A) David Garvin vs Logan Stallings Finnish win
2017-03-10(D) Ruben Rigillo vs Francesco Berucci Russian win
2017-02-25(A) Jeff B vs Bronson Barnhart Finnish winThe Finns were able to cross the S row on Turn 3, getting behind the Russians who were covering the street from the east and west. From there it was just a matter of running off squads while the rest of them tied up the defenders.
2016-10-26(A) Alberto Griffa vs Bruno Nitrosso Russian win
2016-09-27(A) Tom Abromaitis vs Russian win
2016-06-27(D) Dave Mareske vs Greg Wegst Russian winFinding this to be a great teaching scenario for our new club members as they start to learn ASL. I think we had every result in Close Combat possible. Great Game!
2016-05-01(A) Dave Mareske vs Ryan Ellett Finnish winAmmo shortage took its toll on the Russians.
2016-02-14(D) Michael Dorosh vs Colin Emerson Finnish winFinn won in MPh of Turn 7. Craziness abounded with the flames, including getting Gusts.
2016-02-14(A) Colin Emerson vs Michael Dorosh Finnish winFires raging out of control. Super men Finns. Russians put up a Defensive line South of the graveyard. Managed to squeak a few squads off the board with the aid of the Russian destroying his MMG's.
Finns need to move fast and be aggressive, Russians better be sneaky.
2015-10-15(A) rene cote vs Myself Finnish winStarted with the XOP and continued on to a Finnish victory on last turn. Wind shifts and gusts really threw a spin on a few turns.
2015-09-23(A) Jeff B vs Phil Buczkowski Finnish win
2015-07-14(D) Kevin Duval vs Dwayne Duval Finnish win
2015-07-14(A) Dwayne Duval vs Kevin Duval Finnish win
2015-07-05(A) patrick palma vs John McLoughlin Finnish win
2015-06-24(A) leo zhu vs Edwin Finnish winIt's the 2nd time to play this classic scenario,and also the first time to play ASL with edwin, a HK boy.I played the same scenarion with a man who came from Jilin but we abadoned soon.This time, I play well and control the situation after turn 2.Then, Rus give up.
2015-05-17(D) Andy Waller vs Jeff Luce Russian winVery important for the Finns to get off the mark ASAP. If not, they won't make it out.
2015-05-15(A) David Garvin vs Russian winMy first ever full rules ASL match
2015-05-13(A) Jeff B vs David Huguet Queralto Finnish winAfter playing the last few games of this as the Russians I finally got to play as the mighty Finns again, and oh what a force they are once they get rolling.
2015-04-21(D) Ken Rutkowski vs Russian win
2015-01-02(A) Seumas Hoskins vs Finnish win
2015-01-01(D) Randy Strader vs Pierce Mason Finnish win
2014-11-08(A) Ken Rutkowski vs Russian win
2014-05-20(A) B-E Karlsson vs Russian Russian win
2014-05-08(D) B-E Karlsson vs Finnish Russian win
2014-04-12(D) Paul Messina vs Bob Kummeth Russian win
2014-02-12(A) Ruben Rigillo vs Francesco Berucci Finnish win
2014-01-20(A) Jeff Coleman vs Aaron S Russian win
2014-01-20(D) Aaron Sibley vs Jeff Coleman Russian win
2013-12-15(A) Eric Ortega vs Mike Stubtiz Russian win
2013-11-15(D) Daniel Soukup vs Jeff B Finnish winVery close - came down to the very end.
2013-11-15(A) Jeff B vs Daniel Soukup Finnish winA well-placed Russian HIP couldn't quite stop the Finns from sneaking 1 man off the board.
2013-10-29(D) Jeff B vs Erwin Langlois Russian winAn atrocious Russian Turn 1 somehow translated into a victory as the Russians snuck off 2 squads and 2 leaders on the last turn compared to none for the Finns.
2013-09-29(A) youhei nakano vs russian Russian winfinal 7turn.my defence is broken. this game opponent is rokuzoro sir.
2013-08-18(A) youhei nakano vs ROS Finnish winopponent difence is very good.but the turn5,defence is bad plan.this 5turn bad defence is lose.
2013-08-17(D) youhei nakano vs finns Russian winfinal turn ,I difence OK.
2013-07-01(D) Jeff B vs Craig Kennedy Finnish winI'm hungry for a rematch as the Russians
2013-06-29(A) Jeff B vs Craig Kennedy Finnish win
2013-06-15(A) youhei nakano vs Finnish winFine game.
2013-06-01(D) Jeff Waldon vs Aubrey Harley Russian winFtF-Intro Game
2013-04-29(D) Juhani Bonsdorff vs MM Russian win
2013-03-30(D) Juhani Bonsdorff vs MM Russian win
2013-03-24(A) Allen Evenson vs John Lehman Finnish winFun scenario that could have gone either way. The Finns got some key rolls when they needed them.
2013-03-18(D) youhei nakano vs Finnish winI am very enjoy this game.
my Rossian sqad set up is back setting.but two hip squad is on building (on MMG LMG)
the 7th turn fin is beyond the rossian boarder.
2013-01-23(A) Richard Agnew vs solo Finnish winA total victory for the Finns.
2013-01-07(D) mark watson vs Luke Sineath Russian winDown to the wire, with Russians exiting 1 more vp than the Finns. Great game with many ups and downs, as the balance of power shifted back an forth. HIP MMG overlooking the graveyard slowed Luke down enough he couldn't get enough guys out in time. Final tally: 6-7 Russians.
2013-01-07(A) Luke Sineath vs Mark Watson Russian win
2012-12-12(A) Michal Kostan vs [solo] Russian win
2012-09-06(D) patrick palma vs David Hassler Russian win
2012-06-15(A) Russell Dewhurst vs Gordon Russian winAs the Finns I was too slow to start moving, so most of my squads had no chance to make it off the board. Still went right down to the wire, if I'd had some lucky dice rolls on the final turn I'd have stopped any Russians from exiting. Lots of fun with burning and collapsing buildings.
2012-05-18(D) Lars Nordström vs Patrik Gynnestam Finnish win
2012-04-12(D) Matthew Cornford vs Mike Gannaway Russian win
2012-03-12(D) Ian Morris vs James Russian win
2012-01-20(D) Richard Carter vs Stephen Mackintosh Russian winHIP MMG in row house was decider. I think he thought is was up in the multilevel building beyond the cemetery. Able to get some close -2 shots.
2011-10-29(A) nathan wegener vs Mike G Finnish winGood game down to the last half turn. Both sides had to vol break to move forward. Last rally phase 4 Finnish units self rallied to provide a defense which laid down 2 LMG firelanes. Commissar rallied 2 HS and a conscript squad but had to cross the firelanes. Only needed one to exit but all 4 failed to get through!
2011-10-12(D) Sean McNeely vs Russian win
2011-10-08(D) Luke Sineath vs Brad Spieth Russian win
2011-09-26(A) Luke Sineath vs Sam Harper Russian win
2011-08-14(D) Luis Felip vs R Finnish winThe finns (me) advanced beating all the opposition, but 2/3 of my troops coudn't reach the border for the VP, so the russian (my girlfriend) won.
Very good scenario.
2011-06-27(D) Paul Jones vs Roberto Antivalle Russian win
2011-06-25(A) David Ramsey vs Dominic McGrath Russian winGood game but outclassed by a better player. Missed a 4-2 shot at the end that decimated my 3 squad stack...
2011-06-25(D) Simon Staniforth vs Finnish win
2011-06-25(A) Ian Morris vs Miles Wiehahn Russian win
2011-06-24(A) Paul Jones vs Simon Stanisforth Finnish winDouble One mini tournament first round. Close game but Finns managed to exit in force.
2011-05-28(A) Edward Fritz vs Dave Bresson Finnish winGreat scenario to introduce a SK player to full ASL. Got to teach fire and smoke rules.
2011-05-08(A) Aaron Sibley vs Joe Arthur Finnish win
2011-04-15(A) David Ramsey vs Martin Barker Finnish winGreat scenario - came down to the last MPh, with hardly a prep fire in sight for the whole game...
2011-02-05(D) Oliver Schumacher vs Michi Russian winA classic. Solid scenario. Lots of movement
2011-01-02(D) Paul Messina vs David Hassler Russian winGreat scenario! As usual with David and I, this one went down to the wire. I, as the Russian, got a few really lucky DRs at the end of the game to secure a hard fought win. Highly recommend this scenario to anyone who enjoys all infantry battles!
2010-12-10(D) Steve Bowen vs DD Russian winWon by the smallest possible margin an the last move of the game. One of the greats. Needs a couple of plays to understand the dynamics.
2010-09-04(A) Andy Beaton vs Finnish winLearning scenario - my opponent did very well for a first time, and we both had a blast. Great introductory game.
2010-08-26(A) Fred Ingram vs Jeff Coleman Finnish win
2010-08-05(A) Martí Cabré vs Eloi Soler Finnish winNearly all hexes that were able to be kindled ended with a blaze. Final tally 5 VP vs 4 VP.
2010-07-17(D) Miikka Sohlman vs Matti Holsti Russian win
2010-07-12(D) Thierry Mathy vs Fred Farlay Finnish win
2010-07-04(D) Aaron Sibley vs Joe Arthur Russian win
2010-06-25(A) Robbie Nye vs Finnish win
2010-06-13(A) Lawrence Spangler vs Diane Spangler Russian win
2010-06-11(A) Lawrence Spangler vs Diane Spangler Russian win
2010-06-03(A) Fred Schwarz vs Will Willow Russian win
2010-04-23(D) Pieter Van Innis vs Geert Van Loo Russian win
2010-02-05(A) Christopher Dawson vs Russian Finnish win
2009-05-23(D) Jonathan Davis vs Dave Schaaf Russian winVery first EC roll and the wind stopped. Turn 6 saw gusts and the blazing buildings collapsed.
2009-04-22(A) Paolo Cariolato vs Andrea Olivieri Finnish win
2009-01-19(A) Richard Salisbury vs KR Finnish winIncredible luck on 1st turn allowed Fins to flank on south side
2009-01-10(D) Jeff Waldon vs Paul Qualtieri Russian winFtF
2008-08-04(D) David Ramsey vs Simon Taylor Russian win
2008-06-10(A) nathan wegener vs Albert W Finnish winEnjoyable and easy to play - good teaching scenario.
2008-03-06(D) Scott Fischbein vs Chris Olden Finnish win
2007-11-16(D) Eric Partizan Eric vs Michel Bongiovanni Finnish win
2007-10-01(D) Martin Sabais vs Finnish win
2007-08-14(A) Joe Gauthier vs Finnish win
2007-01-19(D) Aaron Sibley vs Gerard Burton Finnish win
2006-08-16(D) Jesus Pie vs ArnauPiePalau Russian win
2006-07-09(D) Paul Williams vs Nigel Ashcroft Finnish win
2004-12-04(D) Steffen Knippel vs RJ Mate Finnish win
2004-11-07(A) Lawrence Spangler vs Russian win
2004-10-09(D) mark watson vs Jeff Long Finnish winClose fought battle.
2004-02-18(A) Juan Garrido vs Pecete Russian win
2003-11-02(D) Steffen Knippel vs Darren Kovacs Finnish win
2001-10-17(A) Brian Blad vs Nadir El Farra Russian win
2001-01-08(A) St La vs Eric Massera Finnish win
1998-11-15(D) Rich Weiley vs Neil Moore Finnish win
1998-09-02(D) Richard Jenulis vs Ivan Jirak Finnish win
1998-08-04(D) Shane Pask vs Paul Galea Russian winVery close. One more turn and Paul could have won.
1998-02-10(D) Keith Colins vs Shawn Collins Russian win
1997-05-01(A) James Lowry vs Colin Russian winLearning game against my then-current roommate. I didn't hustle enough, and the Russians were able to match my exits for the win. Highlight was one Finnish squad generating two Heroes in back-to-back MCs. "Why am I even shooting at this guy?"
1991-02-23(A) Kermit Mullins vs Scott Waites Russian win
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Avg Rating: 7.24Votes: 228
Views: 26924
To-Play list count: 21
Estimated Play time: 4.9 hours
Recorded Games: 162
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Finnish70
Russian91
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ROAR Data: (as of October 2023)
Fighting Withdrawal [Confirmed]
[A] Finnish 293
[D] Russian 347
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