Denmark 1940 CoC
This is a small mini campaign inspired by the Danish Film April 9th (Nordisk Film 2015).
Historical refights, Scenarios
Battle reports
U-Boot
Heikki brought something different to the last club night, a smashing board game called U-boot. It is a co-operative game for 2-4 players who are trying to keep a German submarine afloat. Our first mission was a success. 20,000 tons sunk, and as the navigator I got lost only twice. The game relies on an app to act as the …
What a Tanker!
Kim and I visited Salute and picked up a copy of the new tank rules from Two Fat Lardies: “What a Tanker!” With Eero, Petri and Kim we had a few eastern front games, BTs vs T-34s (Finns in the BTs), PzII and PzJgr I vs T-34, and Matildas and T-34s vs a behemoth of a tank destroyer, Jagdtiger. Much …
Shiver me timbers matey
After summer holidays it was time for some naval action, this time with David Manley’s rather spiffing Form Line of Battle rules. Three ships a side, Swedes against Russians. Fun and furious game, but it might make sense to adjust the boarding rules to make it even more difficult to grapple and board enemy ships. The Swedes managed to lose …
Salute 2017
Russian revolution 100 theme. And while the rest of the Gemi crew is in a convention in Helsinki, I am chumming with the good people of Pendraken. Me and Leon, to quote “perfect radio faces”.
Merry Christmas
Gentlemen Miniature Gamers and Brass Band of Kaisaniemi wish you a Merry Christmas.
Map resources for Winter War
A great online resource for the Soviet – Finnish border areas is the karjalankartat.fi site. You can search for places and download accurate contemporary maps.
Winter War battle 2
The Soviet spearhead advanced into Finland. The Finns torched any buildings that could offer shelter the invaders, blew up all the bridges and felled trees to slow down the Soviets. The first phase of the battle was a cavalry advance by the Russians. This forced the Finns to deploy most of their troops on the table. The cavalry then retreated …
Winter War begins
We fought the first battle in our Winter of No Surrender campaign. The Red Army crossed the border at Rajajoki with two sections of border guards and a section of engineers. The battle ended in a major Finnish victory.
Winter War Campaign
Winter of No Surrender Winter of No Surrender (WoNS) is part of our official WWII CoC Grande Campaign. Players on both sides will have their own player characters leading platoons (on the Finnish side) and companies (Soviet side) / other forces and engage in historical scenarios over 105 days of fighting on the Karelian Isthmus. Any characters surviving the Winter …