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Winter War (SPI) (official)

Winter War covers the 1939-1940 war between Finland and the Soviet Union. Seven-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 Finland, they have the advantage of prepared defenses south of the arctic circle, and Finnish units have higher mobility than Soviet units. The Russians have to successfully invade Finland and take objective cities to win. The Finns simply have to hold out for ten turns. Playable as a game rather than just as a simulation, unlike many later SPI offerings. Two games in one. The base game favors an experienced Soviet player, who will often break through the Mannerheim line in a fairly historical manner around turns 7-9. The optional special events, depending on which are rolled, tend to favor the Finns, sometimes reducing the number of turns to just 5, placing tremendous time pressure on the Soviets. Play the base game several times before adding the optional "What-if" events.

Rules PDF;
Rules Summary PDF;
Original map and counters with snap points;
Custom Finnish and Russian dice;
All original charts and tables; and
Some WWII battleground sound effects and Russian marches to get you marching.

NOTE:
This mod incorporates Mangofeet's (here on TTS) stack exploder mod which allows stacks to be examined and rearranged with a right click and choosing the explode option.

Rules PDF is available at:
https://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/65223/winter-war-rules-spi-1972

Thanks to MadMark56, here on TTS, for his marvelous collection of SPI mods, which gave inspiration to help out and put a few up myself.
Cheers to Lily, here on TTS, for the ever awesome Kraken Table.

Thanks to the creator, here on TTS, for the Winter Forest background.
Gratz to all Board Game Geek members for their continued efforts to provide images and resources to aid us in our TTS endevours. https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/8798/winter-war
The existing VASSAL module also contributed greatly to this mod's creation. Thanks to KevOs4 on VASSAL for the WW mod. http://www.vassalengine.org/index.php
Bravo Zulu to Mangofeet for his awesome stack exploder mod.

Designer: James F. Goff.
Physical Systems Design, Graphics and Rules Construction: Redmond A. Simonsen.
Game Development: Philip Orbanes and Steve Bettum.
Production: Manfred Milkuhn and George Bouse.
Typography: Arnold Hendrick.
Copyright Owner: Paragon Simulations International.

This game is currently out of print but the copyright is solely owned by Paragon Simulations International who have kindly given permission to present this mod in its current format. Please do not modify or copy any of the contents of this mod for sale or reposting elsewhere.

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For more of my mods, please see: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198001792274/myworkshopfiles/

Enjoy.