"Winter War Game - Russians Assault the Ridge" Topic

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Fall Rot	23 Aug 2020 6:43 a.m. PST

mghFond	23 Aug 2020 7:09 a.m. PST
Wow, that even makes me feel cold – nice terrain!
Just Jack	23 Aug 2020 7:50 a.m. PST
Oh my goodness, that table is incredible! V/R, Jack
Herkybird	23 Aug 2020 8:16 a.m. PST
Not a common area to game, well done, especially on that table!
79thPA	23 Aug 2020 8:27 a.m. PST
I like anything that has an FT 17 in it.
jwebster	23 Aug 2020 9:26 a.m. PST
Beautiful A practical question – how do you store the terrain? I'm asking because I'm running out of space to store things … John
Fall Rot	23 Aug 2020 9:31 a.m. PST
I only store the trees and minis. This board was make of paper mache, styrofoam packagind, white/brown paint and baking soda. I cost me 10 bucks to make it, so I just threw it away after the game. ]
PaulCollins	23 Aug 2020 10:52 a.m. PST
Marvelous!
7dot62mm	06 Oct 2020 9:44 p.m. PST
Wow! This is amazing! The figures with no bases on that terrain, the realistic amount of space between the figures and the muzzle flashes make for very realistic set of photos. Great 20mm figures. Was this some sort of a play-by-email game? The texts ("Looking south…") make me think so. What rules are you using? There are some slight inaccuracies (neither the Renault FT nor the swastika were used in the Winter War for example) but these in no way detract from the result. What a great job!
Fall Rot	08 Oct 2020 8:32 a.m. PST
7dot62mm -- Thanks for commenting! Here's some info from when I posted pics of the game some years back original post: TMP link This battle was played using our turn based PBEM "double-blind" system with 2 Finn players and 2 Russian players. I was the GM , interpreting orders, resolving combat/movement,etc , and then sending pics and updates to the players for their next turns. We have run many games this way and its a lot of fun! If you are interested, you can view a full "aar" of each player's individual moves & turn updates and lots more pics here: Thanks for looking -- and YES, I know I pushed the historical accuracy a bit with the use of 3 Finnish tanks!!! Some things I think that are unique and interesting about this game: -use of pins on the figures instead of bases. -Terrain table made of Paper mache/cardboard/styrofoam with baking soda -lots of reasonably passable scratchbuilt trees -scratchbuilt Finn AT gun - MANY plastic figures were converted… Regarding the game, this was supposed to be the first game of a Winter War Campaign I developed with the intention of playing 3 or 4 more games. Unfortunately, I am too busy at the moment to continue with the campaign anytime in the near future so I figured I would just post the results of the first game
Monophagos	01 Nov 2020 6:26 a.m. PST
Very nice indeed! I think I recognized some Revell Siberians, but most of the figures were so well modified that I could not identify the manufacturer…well done!