On the Borderline ETO (id:#56089)
Multi-Man Publishing (ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition) ID: 124)
Prior Publication: AH: ASL Annual `89 SL A1, AH: ASL Annual `90 A16
See Also: On the Borderline by Avalon Hill
Designer: Unknown
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
RussianFinnish
40%

Overview:

The Soviet 139th Rifle Division – 20,000 troops supported by 147 artillery pieces and 45 tanks – crossed the border on all available roads leading to Tolvajarvi, a key road junction defended by 4,200 scattered Finnish reservists. Cavalry Reserve Lt. Toivianen was celebrating his forty-fifth birthday that grim morning in Artahuhta, near the border post of Myllyjarvi. His men had gathered to congratulate him and present him with a new fountain pen. He had just made his acceptance speech when the sound of heavy artillery echoed from the direction of the border. Mounting immediately, Toivianen and his squadron galloped to join the fifteen border guards defending the post.
Attacker: Russian (364th Rifle Regiment)
Defender: Finnish (Myllyjarvi Detachment, Border Guards/4th Reserve Cavalry Squadron)  
12 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: Russian     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:26.0 D:12.0
AFVs: A:2
BA-6 x 2

D:0
Guns: A:0
50mm RM obr. 40 x 2
D:0

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: GS, 4 hills are Woods instead w D: Cav10. Bd 4, Row N = border. Finns can not go east of it.
Map Board(s): 3 4
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentResultComments
2019-06-05(D) Jeff B vs Shaun Andrews Finnish winA big old school scenario that didn't even see contact with the enemy until the end of Turn 2. Unfortunately for the Russians this contact involved a 3KIA shot, wiping out their commissar and two squads. Turn 3 was almost as deadly, as they lost another 2.5 squads to my remaining HIP units around the roadblock and the ones making a stand behind the hedgerow. I lost a couple HS trying to recover my abandoned HMG the next Turn, but this proved worth the cost as those units held him at bay for the next few turns. I withdrew to the safety of the woods once his ACs and heavy weapons got within range. By this time it was almost mathematically impossible for him to get to the village in time, let alone wrest me out as I had maximally deployed.
2019-03-30(D) Kermit Mullins vs Dan Best Finnish winDan Best, Dave Mareske and I played this one as a 3-Player game. Dan and Dave were the Russians and I took the Finns. We completed 10 turns before the Russians conceded once their losses had become too heavy to carry on the attack. Great scenario.
2016-10-15(D) Tom Abromaitis vs Russian winProbably botched the HMG usage...
2016-02-27(D) Michal Bonaventura vs In progress
2012-07-15(D) Jeff Waldon vs Will Willow Finnish winVASL-Good game, good scenario.
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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 6.47Votes: 15
Views: 3578
To-Play list count: 3
Estimated Play time: 12 hours
Recorded Games: 6
Archive recorded plays:
Russian1
Finnish4
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of Nov 2019)
On the Borderline [Confirmed]
[A] Finnish 5
[D] Russian 5
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