Mark Stevens
Europe Aflame Forum Moderator
At present all of the Finnish Armed Forces surrender when Helsinki is taken and, provided the Swedes aren't in the war or the Germans haven't shipped troops there, the Allied player can leave the country.
I was wondering what other players think about the idea of having several small Finnish guerilla units appear after the surrender?
+ It could be argued that, given the Finn's history and the terrain, it's very likely that such resistance would have occured
+ It would stop the Red Army from simply leaving the country ungarrisoned (maybe add NKVD security divisions as in the Baltic States and Bessarabia?)
+ If Sweden is in the war, the Soviets would need to think about their lines of communication if they continue an offensive
- Purely hypothetical; Rumanians, Italians, Bulgarians, etc., didn't do it, so why the Finns? Any OOB very conjectural
- 'Eye candy'; not going to have any real impact on a scenario covering WWII in Europe
- Although there could be up to four different reconstitution hexes (as there are four Finnish formations), it would be possible for the Red Army to surround them and kill each guerilla as it appears. I believe that some players don't like this with the Yugoslav post surrender guerillas and agree a sort of cease fire to avoid bothering with them
- Mark, you should be concentrating on implementing Lou's event saving scheme, not tiddling around with this sort of thing
Welcome any comments.
I was wondering what other players think about the idea of having several small Finnish guerilla units appear after the surrender?
+ It could be argued that, given the Finn's history and the terrain, it's very likely that such resistance would have occured
+ It would stop the Red Army from simply leaving the country ungarrisoned (maybe add NKVD security divisions as in the Baltic States and Bessarabia?)
+ If Sweden is in the war, the Soviets would need to think about their lines of communication if they continue an offensive
- Purely hypothetical; Rumanians, Italians, Bulgarians, etc., didn't do it, so why the Finns? Any OOB very conjectural
- 'Eye candy'; not going to have any real impact on a scenario covering WWII in Europe
- Although there could be up to four different reconstitution hexes (as there are four Finnish formations), it would be possible for the Red Army to surround them and kill each guerilla as it appears. I believe that some players don't like this with the Yugoslav post surrender guerillas and agree a sort of cease fire to avoid bothering with them
- Mark, you should be concentrating on implementing Lou's event saving scheme, not tiddling around with this sort of thing
Welcome any comments.