Description
- Magazine of military history, with a complete board game in each issue to complement the lead article
- Game covers the Winter War, 1939-40, a David & Goliath contest between Finland & the USSR just prior to the involvement of the USSR in World War II
- Soviets have superior number but the Finns are more mobile with better tactics
- Soviets much secure geographic goals & inflict casualties on the Finns while the Finns seek to prolong the war to invite international intervention
- Appropriate for adults 14 years & older; includs 176 counters, 10days/turn, 21mi/hex
Mag & game. Game of the Winter War, 1939-40, thruout Finland and the Soviet border area down to Leningrad. Soviets have superior numbers, but the Finns are more mobile with better tactics. Soviets must grab geographic goals & inflict casualties on the Finns; the Finns seek to prolong the war to invite international intervention. Intended as an eloboration of the classic SPI game in S&T #33. 21mi/hex, 10day/turn, 176 counters, Detachments/Btln/Reg/Div/corp level. Joseph Miranda'21 / ARTICLES ON: the Winter War, 1939-40; Five Days at Oosterbeek, Destruction of British 1st Airborne, Sept 1944; Destruction of Beta Convoy, Nov 1941; Stealing the Enemy's Eyes, the Raid on Bruneval 1942; Was the 22nd Panzer Worth Creating?; Operaton Frankton, the Cockleshell Heroes, 1942.