Today we played second game in our Winter War campaing of 1939′ – Soviet troops were advancing into Finnland, but brave Finns were preparing ambush – Soviet troops were separated in several pockets called in Finish „motti”. Yes, you can see there one big beast – KV-1 tank – along prototypes single tank was used for tests.

Main target for Red Army was to free they units from pockets and go from one side of the table to the other along heavily forested road. Soviet tanks in pockets have fuel issues, the trucks are objectives to be destroyed by Finns.

Our sponsor is Institute of National Remembrance called shortly IPN (Instytut Pamięci Narodowej).

We played in Bolter, Wrocław, Poland – we are open to play with ppl who speak English – Germans, Russians, Czechs and everyone generally 😉 . I invited my Russian friend, but he was invited by his colleagues to a bowl.

  • Moment before forest started moving. Below are Soviet reinforcements.
  • Thank you Daniel for organising event.
  • Thanks for IPN for being a sponsor and for Michał!
  • A tree on the road, what is going on?
  • Soviet reinforcements – they have fuel.
  • Ivan, I hear something, did you?
  • Forest started moving.
  • Last Soviet pocket.
  • That wood is moving Sasha, look!
  • Finnish skii troops as well as infantry advanced on unprepared Soviets.
  • Comrades – our brothers in arms wait for us!
  • Soviet politruk ordered his squads to clear forest from capitalistic elements.
  • Finns soldiers ready to die in the name of they small patria.
  • Shooting beetwen both sides.
  • First pocket was almost freed.
  • Boom, Finns managed to destroy one supply ZiS-6 truck, other squads tried to throw Molotov coctail on the flame tank, without success jet.
  • Soviets arrived and then encircled Finns.
  • More Finns with molotov coctails arrived.
  • Bravely last stand gave some time for the other Finns units.
  • Knock, knock – we have moonshine!
  • That board saw many cruel things, as „war, war never change” (Fallout).
  • For Mannerheim, for our nation advance!
  • Strong in number Soviet column broke Finns resistance.
  • Going forward but with many buring tanks along they route.
  • Finally one brave soldier put appropriate bottle on the T-28. The Finns retreat back into the forest, when more and more Soviets arrived on the hill.
  • After all, Red Army released two of three pockets.
  • In historical contest for me both flags should be there, as we should remember past to build better future.

Summary:
– after all it was great to find common sense in playing again Bolt Action, as it’s really great game from Warlord Games, especially playing such events.
– for me we should remember soldiers of both sides, all the time I think that most of them could be a friends in normal times, of course we should remember who was invader and why.
– link to KV-1 I will add tomorrow.