Hakkaa Paalle ETO (id:#56592)
Avalon Hill (AH:The General # 29.2 ID: G17)   [next]   [previous]
Near Vetko, Finland 1940-01-12 ()
Designer: Unknown
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Balance:
FinnishRussian
60%

Overview:

With their victories in the north, Finnish reinforcements were dispatched to the Kuhmo sector to seal the fate of the Soviet’s 54th Rifle Division, whose own advance had stalled in the frozen marshland. To counter, Russia’s only trained ski troops, the 2nd Soviet Ski Brigade did a wide flanking maneuver in hopes of breaking the Finnish grip on the beleaguered infantry division. But, some ten miles inside Finland while crossing open ground, they were sighted by Finnish scouts around noon. Their shots brought the 9th Sissi Company.
Attacker: Finnish (9th Sissi Company)
Defender: Russian (2nd Soviet Ski Brigade)  
10 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:12.0 D:20.0
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: DS, EW (roads gone), Drifts. Both sides: Ski-equipped, WC
Overlays: O5
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DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2022-04-22(A) Richard Jenulis vs Tim Brieaddy Finnish winBitter Ender 2022 - open play - play-test
This is a play-test for George Bates update of the old Avalon Hill scenario. George did a fantastic amount of research and made some very good updates to this classic. The setup lis laborious and takes almost as long as the scenario play time. But the scenario is a lot of fun. The Russian have to decide which VC they will go for and the Finns need to guess right. In this playing, the Russians went for the exit victory and the Finns anticipated it correctly. Still a very close game and the first time I've ever seen a Human Wave on skies.
2021-12-12(A) Rob MacGinley vs Ian Willey Russian winReally a case of who rolls lower contest - some snow stuff but low rolls win!
NOT a lot of tactics
2020-02-14(A) Shane Pask vs Finnish winRussian tactic was to just sprint for the board 34 woods and either get off the board or engage the Finns at close range.Finns tried to stay outside Russian squad range and wear them down. However for the first five turns Finns could not roll under 10 and long range LMG fire directed by SMC was affecting the Finns. A dim light of hope turned on when a lucky sniper shot killed the 10-2. Finns were then able to capture a couple of squads and encircle a couple more to squeeze out a win with 12VP advantage (6VP of prisoners).
2019-01-11(A) Kermit Mullins vs Dan Best Finnish winVery unique scenario. My Finns got lucky and were able to put down enough fire lanes to get the necessary CVP for the win.
2019-01-11(D) Dan Best vs Kermit Mullins Finnish win
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RJenulis Added a playing2022-04-27 03:51:59
macrobosanta Added a playing2022-04-18 03:40:29
macrobosanta Rated the scenario2022-04-18 03:39:12
7-0 duval Added a playing2020-07-26 03:27:39
wwillow Added a playing2020-07-09 23:07:16
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Avg Rating: 6.43Votes: 14
Views: 6013
To-Play list count: 5
Estimated Play time: 7.4 hours
Recorded Games: 10
Archive recorded plays:
Finnish6
Russian4
Drawn:0

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[A] Russian 19
[D] Finnish 17
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