This is an operational level game at Company/Battalion/Regiment-level simulating the battles between the Aksay and Myshkova rivers, from December 12 to December 23 in the attempt to relieve 6th Army at Stalingrad. The players control the 57th Panzer Korps or the 51st and 2nd Guards Armies. The game uses the Battle for Korsun system, which emphasizes...
Winter Thunder is a substantial revision of Autumn Mist, an earlier design Brian Train's. Among the many changes are: a newly researched order of battle, with revised counter values and reinforcement schedule; cleaned-up rules including a solitaire play system; and a drastically revised map with a different ground scale and treatment of terrain. Nicely...
Covers the 1939-1940 war between Finland and the Soviet Union. Four-page rules folder, map, and 120 die-cut counters. The Soviets have a massive strength advantage but their heaviest units can't be used north of the arctic circle and all Soviet units must be able to trace a supply line back to Leningrad at all times. Finnish units don't need supply in...
(from the introduction:) A Winter War is a detailed simulation of the Soviet invasion of Finland during the winter of 1939-40. [...] Game components: Rules booklet (28 pages) Orders of battle booklet (16 pages) Europa Map 35 [34"x22"] Counter sheets 58 & 59 (2 sheets) - Accessory counter sheet #2 (1/2 sheet) [Total: 656 counters] Charts & Tables: Two...
A solo card game. "Simulates a battle between Soviet Union and Finland in December 1939. To be played on Finnish side." The Finns and the Soviets each have unique custom decks of cards. The cards depict attacks, events, and weapons of the historical campaign. Each turn the Finn player may play any standing defenses from the cards in his hand. One to six...
Winter War 1939: A Solo Game A solo game where you command a platoon of Finnish infantry trying to stop waves of Russian attackers. The Russians will still keep on coming until they eventually win. The object of the game is to see how many waves of attackers you stop. A simple to play game with lots of variety to keep the game different each time you play....
"Winter War: Finland vs the Soviet Union 1939" is an operational level two player wargame. It covers the Soviet invasion of Finland over the Winter of 1939-40. The Soviets initially expected a quick victory. However, the Finns, under the leadership of Carl Gustav Mannerheim, resisted and outmaneuvered the more ponderous Red Army forces. It was not until...
Wintergewitter: The Doomed Attempt to Relieve Stalingrad, is the first in the Campaign Study Series. It depicts the attack by the German 57th Panzerekorps to open a corridor to the 6th Army, trapped in the Stalingrad Kessel. The fierce battle, that took place between December 12-23, 1942, was not a foregone conclusion. The fate of 20 German divisions hung...
The game consists of a map of the North Sea, showing the United Kingdom, coasts of Norway, Denmark, Germany, Belgium and France. There are two paths of points that wrap around England and in each part are points of conflict (numbered to match lists supplied in the rules). Cards with silhouettes of target ships are supplied to match the numbers. The cards...