Tolvajärvi Tussle ETO (id:#67073)
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Designer: Chas Smith
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Balance:
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Overview:

The Russian operations north of Lake Ladoga had surprised the Finns and forced them to retreat approximately 40 miles. The Finns launched a counterattack on 12 December. They conducted a pincer movement to isolate the Hirvasharju Peninsula, and succeeded in seizing the tourist hotel, inflicting over 1,000 Russian casualties. Some of the Finnish units continued to attack, but LTC Pajari's 16th Infantry Regiment took the day off, a decision Pajari would regret. He ordered an attack on 14 December and would relentlessly attack to destroy the 139th Rifle Division.
Attacker: Finnish (No more details)
Defender: Russian (75th Rifle Division)  
8 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:35.0 D:32.0
AFVs: A:0
AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0 D:0
50mm RM obr. 40 x 2

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: GS (E3.72), Both sides may declare HtH (J2.31). A: WC (E3.712)
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2026-01-30(D) Simon Staniforth vs Ian Ainsworth Russian winFirst recorded playing of this scenario which is a surprise as the action presents a large scale infantry only affair with some interesting player choices to be made on where the reinforcements can enter. We certainly enjoyed playing it. I feared as the Russians I would miss the early war Commissar(s) (NA by SSR) but leadership is more generous than normal with 6 leaders, 4 of them with a -1 modifier, across 32 mainly 1st Line squads. The Finns are a mixed including both AEs and Conscripts in the reinforcements, 34 squads total. Their LMGs are quite brittle being B10 in snow conditions. Most of the action centred around the Board 62 village, the Finns applying pressure throughout the game. The Russians though found a safe Rally point and were thus able to recycle units and avoided CC where a Finn ambush looked likely as HtH was available by SSR. I certainly had the better of the dice in the end game and held on to enough of the village to secure the win (Finns controlling all Board R and 62 buildings but neither Bridge)
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Simonstan Added a playing2026-01-31 15:40:21
Dave Modified the unit counts2025-08-11 10:25:26
Hutch Modified the misc. rules2025-05-28 16:24:38
Hutch Modified the Unit Elements2025-05-28 16:22:26
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Avg Rating: 8.00Votes: 1
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Estimated Play time: 12.5 hours
Recorded Games: 1
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