[WarInEur] In re Finland

Hansen ultrasoundimages at sbcglobal.net
Tue Oct 16 11:33:39 EDT 2007


Kent brings up a good point in regards to Finland. 

I would suggest an alternative to how to handle the Finish front.

1) I would make the penalty for not maintaining the rail line (not just a
LOC) from Murmansk to Siberia (the great motherland of Russian supply) to be
a production penalty (say 5% or 10% reduction in Arms point production).
This would generally be worth more to both sides (in keeping or removing)
than political points and it better reflects the importance of Murmansk,
which was not political but for Western supply.

2) I would change the Finnish restriction to not being able to enter a
Soviet ZOC outside of Finland (or maybe X hexes outside of Finland) until
Leningrad has fallen. So the Finns can move if the Russians don't shield
them, but not much of a shield is needed. The beginning screen of 1-4 are
sufficient to protect the Murmansk railroad and thus the western supply.
After Leningrad falls, the normal restrictions can apply.

Game wise this hurts the soviets as they lose the gamey use of the Finnish
front troops, don't have the magical force field that pens the Finns up
north and currently have no reason to protect Murmansk or the railhead. I
honestly don't know enough about the real world Finnish front to know if the
Soviets stripped it or not. 



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