Through Mud and Blood ETO (id:#60579)
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See Also: Through Mud and Blood by Multi-Man Publishing
Designer: Janusz Maxe
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Balance:
Finnish / SwedishRussian
33.333333333333%

Overview:

The Soviet offensive at Jandeba had left a dangerous bulge in the Finnish lines at Shemenski. It threatened to cut the Finnish forces in two, thus a counterattack was ordered with the two hills the primary objective. The ad-hoc unit given this assignment was named Plathan after it's commander, and contained a platoon of Swedish Volunteers led by Second Lieutenant Axel Hård of Sergerstad. Following an artillery barrage, the attack against the hills started, but the knee-deep mix of snow and mud slowed the Finns and Swedes significantly, while the Soviet artillery strikes and automatic weapons fire were taking their toll.
Attacker: Finnish / Swedish (Detachment Plathan)
Defender: Russian (7th Separate Army)  
8 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: Both     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:12.0 D:19.0
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: GS (E3.72), Mud (E3.6) No Woods-Road exists.
Overlays: Wd2 OG2 P1 M4 Wd1 M2 P2 M1 OG1 M3 Wd4 P3 Wd5 B1
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DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2024-02-09(D) Lawrence Spangler vs Diane SpanglerA Russian winGreat game. Looked like a pain in the ass at first but turned out to be a great game. Come down to the last turn.
2024-02-09(A) Diane Spangler vs Lawrence SpanglerA Russian win
2021-07-20(D) Stephen dedier vs Jim Holt Finnish / Swedish winWe are playing through the pack and got to Mud and Blood. It looked just like a slog and i wasn't expecting much but it turned into one of them most fun scenarios we have played from the pack.
Swede/Finns pushed up and knocked the Russians off the both hills. Artillery scattered them but didn't do a significant amount of damage. However, it did do enough in the big hill area to weaken the defenses for a counterattack. Russians managed a human wave on turn 6 which overran all of the finn/swedes. Russians suffered badly but crushed the resistance. Finns managed to w/d 2 different times from CC helping their cause. I had traded for a commisar expecting losses and he was at the back to rally troops. Unfortunately for me he wound up executing 2.5 or 3.5 squads before it was over. Low morale on these boys.
After the Russians took the big hill they had just enough to throw what was left at the small hill and managed to get into CC in both hexes. One hex Finn's couldn't get them. The last hex the Finn's managed an ambush even though the Russians were concealed and with the down 2 got the Russian squad to hold the hex for the win.
Lots of destruction and fun. The SSR on morale and Ammo Shortage really mix it up toward the end of this one. I would recommend it.
2014-01-28(A) Richard Carter vs pete palmer Russian winAn interesting slog through muddy woods to try to take some hill hexes. It comes down to close quarter fighting!
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Hutch Modified the misc. rules2025-03-12 15:04:27
Hutch Modified the gps location2025-03-07 13:57:53
Dispang12 Added a playing2024-05-30 22:23:52
Dispang12 Rated the scenario2024-05-30 22:22:38
Lorenzoknight Added a playing2024-02-10 06:58:42
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Avg Rating: 8.67Votes: 6
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To-Play list count: 1
Estimated Play time: 6.7 hours
Recorded Games: 3
Archive recorded plays:
Finnish / Swedish1
Russian2
Drawn:0

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Through Mud and Blood [Confirmed]
[A] Axis 1
[D] Russian 2
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