A Winter War includes the Europa OB for Finland through 1944. It makes some changes to the Finnish units appearing in Scorched Earth. This article shows how to incorporate these changes into that game.

Order of battle: Replace all mention of Finnish units in the Axis OB with the following. Note that inf RPs and resource points are still received as per the existing OB.

Initial Forces, Jun II 41

Finnish Forces.

Up to 10 REs in Finland on or north of the A weather line; the rest anywhere in Finland south of the A weather line. Forts are placed in any clear hexes in Finland south of the A weather line and at least 3 hexes from the Finnish border.

16x 6-6 Rifle XX 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19
1x 3-8* Cav X Rv
2x 3-8* Ski X 1 Jgr, 2 Jgr
1x 1-6* Rifle III YMV
2x 1-6 Rifle III 14,61
1x 4-3-8 Art III Hv
2x 3-2-8 Art III 1-3,4-6
2x 0-1-5 Cons III Kan, Kar
1x 0-6 RR Eng III Yhd
1x 1-8 Arm II 1
6x 0-1-6 Ski II 1 Raja, 2 Raja, 3 Raja, 4 Raja, 5 Raja, 6 Raja
4x 0-8 hv AA IIAA=1 1,3,4,5
3 pts hv AA
3x forts

Place at 35:4529 or IB:0414: 1x 0-1-0 Art II 4 RT

Place at any river port in Finland: 1x 1 pt River Flotilla AA=l Sisa.

Finnish Rifle XX Substitutions.
16x 5-6 Rifle XX 1, 2, 3, 4,5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19

Seasonal Conversions

First Snow Weather Turn from Nov II through Dec II in Weather Zone B:
Convert: 1x 3-8* Cav X Rv to: 1x 3-8* Ski X Rv

First Non-Snow Weather Turn from Mar II through Apr II in Weather Zone B:
Convert: 1x 3-8* Ski X Rv to: 1x 3-8* Cav X Rv

Conditional Reinforcements

Estonian Volunteers

Feb I 44 Arrival.
If Finland is at war with the Soviet Union, and all cities in Estonia are free of Soviet ownership, the following unit appears in any Finnish-owned city in Finland on Feb I 44:
1x 2-6* Rifle III JR 200

Departure. After the appearance of the Estonian volunteer unit, the unit may depart Finland. If at the start of a Finnish initial phase the Soviet Union owns at least one city in Estonia, transfer to Estonia:
1x 2-6* Rifle III JR 200

Coast Defense Deactivation

Finland may deactivate the coast defenses of Onega or Ladoga, provided the listed cities are Finnish-owned, and receive the indicated units. Once deactivated, the Soviet player may make amphibious landings in hexes along the coast of that lake (see Rule 32B6).

Deactivation of Lake Onega Coast Defenses

Place the following unit at Petrozavodsk (35:4305 or 2A:0221):
1x 1-2-6 Art X AanRT

Deactivation of Lake Ladoga Intrinsic Coast Defenses

Place the following unit at Sortavala (35:4211 or 2A:0128):
1x 2-3-6 Art X LaaRT

Regular Reinforcements

Dec II 41

Withdraw: 1x 6-6 Rifle XX 19

Apr I 42

Vaasa (35:2828 or 5B:3713): 1x 1-6 Rifle II Vol

Convert: 2x 2-6* Rifle Cdr 6, 12 to: 2x 3-6* Rifle X 3,12

Convert: 1x 1-8 Arm III to: 1x 2-10 Arm X 1

Apr I 43

Any Finnish-owned city in Finland: 1x 1-6 Rifle III 101

Jun I 43

Any Finnish-owned city in Finland: 1x 3-6* Rifle X 15

Aug I 43

Convert: 1x 2-10 Arm X 1 to: 1x 2-10* Arm X 1/1
Convert: 1x 3-8* Ski X 1 Jgr to: 1x 3-10* Mech X 1/1 Pi
Convert: 1x 3-8* Ski X 2 Jgr to: 1x 3-10* Mech X 1/2 PJ

Place the following unit in its box on the Unit Breakdown Chart: 1x 8-10 Arm XX 1

Dec I 43

Any Finnish-owned cities in Finland: 3x 3-6* Rifle X 19,20,21

Withdraw:
1x 3-6* Rifle X 12
1x 1-6 Rifle III 101

Jul I 44

Convert: 4x 0- 1 -6 Skill (any) to: 1x 2-3-6* Ski X RJ

Map Changes

Place A Winter War Map 35 over the appropriate portions of the Fire in the East maps. In general, see A. E. Goodwin's article in TEM #30 on adapting Map 35 for play in 1941-44. However, the issue of the A weather line needs to be addressed: Simply consider the A weather line from Map 35 to run directly east along the 6A:45xx hex row until it meets up with the printed weather line on Map 6A.

Rules Modifications:

Add to Scorched Earth Rule 32B - Finland.

5. Finnish Woodsmanship.

When at least one half of the REs attacking into wooded terrain (woods, forest, wooded rough, wooded swamp, and wooded intermittent lake hexes) are Finnish non-c/m units, the combat resolution die roll is modified by +1. The REs of attacking artillery units are not counted for this calculation. If this special ability is used, then required losses (see Rule 9J) are incurred by the Finnish nonc/m units.

6. Finnish Coastal Defenses.

Due to Finnish coastal defenses, no Soviet amphibious landings may be made in Finnish-owned hexes in Finland. If the Finnish player owns Sortavala (35:4211 or 2A:0128), no Soviet amphibious landings may be made in Finnish-owned hexes along the coast of Lake Ladoga. If the Finnish player owns Petrozavodsk (35:4305 or 2A:0221), no Soviet amphibious landings may be made in Finnish-owned hexes along the coast of Lake Onega. Finland may deactivate the coast defenses of Onega or Ladoga, provided certain cities are Finnish-owned, and receive the indicated units (see conditional reinforcements). If a defense is deactivated, the Soviet player may make amphibious landings in Finnish-owned hexes along the coast of that lake.