Strategy & Tactics S&T #33 Winter War - Russo-Finnish Conflict 1939-40 Play Copy

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Strategy & Tactics #33
Winter War
The Russo-Finnish Conflict
November 1939-March 1940
During the summer of 1939, the USSR became concerned with the growing power of Nazi Germany, and began acquiring buffer areas from other countries (such as Poland). The soviets were worried about the exposed positions of Leningrad and Murmansk, if Hitler moved into Finland. Thus they requested that Finland turn over land north of Leningrad and some land for a base on the Gulf of Finland. In return, the Soviets would give up some rather worthless forest land in Eastern Karelia, and sign trade and defense treaties. Finland rejected the proposal and with three million people, prepared to defend herself against 150 million Soviets. The ensuing three and one-half month campaign was a classic of hard fighting in a hostile environment.
The Winter War was fought in a sparsely populated, forested, swampy area with very harsh winter climate. The environment had much to do with strategy and performance in the War.  Because of the lack of roads through the lake and swamp topography, the use of heavy mechanized equipment was more of a hindrance than an advantage. The very cold winter coimate and deep snow interfered with the use of vehicles and horses. Thus, advantage lay with the side whose troops were trained an equipped for the winter, and who were made mobile by skies rather than bogged down with materiel.
Winter War, the game, is a two-player simulation comprising all of the essential elements of the actual campaign.  The Soviet Army is attempting to invade and occupy territorial/political objectives in Finland and, of course, the Finnish army is attempting to stop them. Given cities and areas on the map are worth a certain amount of Victory Points to the Soviet Player and it is by accumulating enough or too few of these points that the Soviet Player wins or loses.
Scenarios (and optional What-If situations) include:
French/British Allies land at Petsamo
Allied Units cross Sweden and Norway
Scandinavian Invasion by the Allies
Better Soviet Mobilization
German Threat
Contains:
Rules
22" X 34"  map
120 die cut counters
Each game turn represents ten days of real time
Each hex represents 20 kilometers in real distance
Counters represent Corps, Divisions, Brigades, Regiments, Battalions, patrols and Headquarters
.
Designed by: James F. Goff
Magazine Contents
The History of Wargaming
(Historical article by Martin Campion and Steven Patrick.  This extended article tracks the earliest military simulations used by armed forces to the state of the current hobby (1972). Includes: charts and figures of producing the Games; Wargame sales; Game Distribution; who and how many people play the games, Game magazines; The Clubs; The Cons; and biographies of several of the more important people in game design of the day.
Part I: Background; The Rise of Military Wargames; Free Kriegspiel Opposes Rigid Kriegspiel; Strategic Wargames; Wargames since WWII; Bibliography
Part II: Avalon Hill: Years of Growth - 1958-1962; AH Disaster and Rebirth - 1963-1964; The Hobby is Born - 1965-1969; The Secone Generation 1969-Present
Sub-Article: The American Kriegspiel (A nineteenth Century Wargame); Naval Wargaming; The Zines;
People: Charles S. Roberts - The Founding Father; Thomas N. Shaw - The Man in the Middle; cdhristopher R. Wagner - The Man and the Hobby; How Many People Play the Games?; James F. Dunnigan - Wargames and the High School Dropout; Redmond A. Simonsen - Graphics and Gamespeak; Who's on First
Places: How to Move the Goods; The Clubs; The Cons
Things: The Hexagonal Grid System; Producing the Goods (with Unit Price Chart for components); Wargame Sales: 1964-1972; Why Games Don't Get Designed)
Winter War
(Historical article by James F. Goff. Includes: Finnish and Soviet Forces and Tactics discussion; Full Orders of Battle; Unit Organization; Weapons; and Summary of Operations; Results of the War; Bibliography
Sub-Article: Soumussalmi: Finnish Tactics in Action; Weapons of the Russon Finish War; Tactics 9with deployment diagrams)
Maps: The Russo-Finnish War Theater of Operations)
Order of Battle: December 1939; February, 1940; Unit Organizations
Simulation: : Winter War: The Russo-Finnish Conflict
(by James F. Goff with Redmond A. Simonsen & Phillip Orbanes)
Sackson on Games
(by Sid Sackson; Mini reviews of:  Dealers Choice (Parker Brothers); Airport (Dynamic Design); Speculate
(Waddington House of Games))
Pass in Review
(Reviews of books relevant to Conflict Simulation)
Diplomacy
(Power Politics; What do I build now?; 1901 Builds; Building and Balance)
Outgoing Mail
(News and views on projects, articles and games, game types and mechanics under consideration, plus the usual last minute odds and ends.)
Errata
(Issue 32; "grievous error" on map labeling on p26)
This is a very good shape play copy.  The spine and cover of the magazine has some edge wear and discoloration.. The rules in this issue were never bound in (numbered 49xs-52xs). The rules have a coffee stain on the last page and some light staining on the edges of the magazine.. The counters are sorted and bagged. The issue is, unmarked and guaranteed complete
.
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SPIS&T033  July 1972 48pp,  map, counter sheet, rules
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This item would weigh just under 0.94 pounds (0.43 kg) when packaged for shipping.
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