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Arctic Front Deluxe Edition: Finland's War, 1939-1944

AP Series	Panzer Grenadier
Designer	Bennighof
Game Type	Expansion
Format	Book
Release Date	2008-04
Availability	Out of Print
Scenarios	40
Counters	176
Counter Type	Die-cut
Maps	0

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Overall Rating, 98 votes
5 4 3 2 1 3.27
Expansion Rank: 82 of 120

Popularity: Ownership & Activity
Status	Owned by 24%	Played by 10%	AAR'd by 8%	Medaled by 0%
Rank	19th of 173	26th of 162	32nd of 158	TBD

Expansion Game Requirements & Playability
40/40	Arctic Front Deluxe
33/40	Eastern Front
32/40	Road to Berlin
31/40	Battle of the Bulge
9/40	Airborne - IE
8/40	Sinister Forces
4/40	Edelweiss: Expanded
2/40	Red Warriors
1/40	Guadalcanal

Overall balance chart for Arctic Front Deluxe

	Total
Side 1	64
Draw	7
Side 2	17

	Total
Side 1	61
Draw	7
Side 2	17

	Total
Side 1	3
Draw	0
Side 2	0

	In November 1939, the Soviet Union launched over a million men in an unprovoked attack against Finland. Finland's army, 160,000 strong, won most of the battles, showing amazing tactical skill. It's those battles, and similar ones from the Continuation War of 1941-44, that form the basis of Arctic Front.

Display Scenario List (40)

Scenario	Plays	AARs	Rating
01. Finnish Riviera	10	4	3.5
02. Road to Ilomantsi	7	2	3.1
03. The Sausage War	17	11	2.9
04. Gathering Darkness	4	1	3.5
05. Across the Lake	3	1	3.3
06. Stalin's Giants	1	1	4
07. Christmas Morning	3	3	3.7
08. Sissi Attack	5	3	4.4
09. Call Me Sissi	2	1	4
10. Timoshenko Strikes	2	1	3.5
11. Honkaniemi	2	0	2.5
12. Grave of Three Generals	1	0	4
13. Wretched of the Earth	2	1	2
14. The Old Lie	2	0	3.5
15. Into the Wilderness	1	1	4
16. Summer Fury	4	3	3.8
17. Frozen Tundra	3	1	3
18. Into Karelia	1	0	3
19. Syvari Power Plant	1	0	4
20. Iron Ducklings	2	1	3
21. Tribal Warfare	1	1	5
22. Winter Soldiers	0	0	---
23. Independence Day	0	0	---
24. Parmi's Devils	1	1	2
25. Behind the Lines	0	0	---
26. Aerosans on the Attack	1	1	5
27. Black Day of the Finnish Army	0	0	---
28. The Horse Lords	0	0	---
29. Panssari Salama	1	0	4
30. Battle Group Bjorkmann	1	0	4
31. The Tank Sausage	1	2	4
32. Brothers in Arms	0	0	---
33. Guards Assault	0	0	---
34. The Legend of Larry Thorne	0	0	---
35. Finnish Soil	1	1	5
36. Warranty Revoked	1	1	3
37. Landing at Tornio	2	2	1.5
38. The Ties That Bind	0	0	---
39. Rear Guard Defense	2	2	3.5
40. Children's Crusade	3	1	2.7

Display Order of Battle

Finland Order of Battle

Army
Foot Leader Mechanized Misc Motorized Towed

Army

Foot

Leader

Mechanized

Misc

Motorized

Towed

Germany Order of Battle

Heer
Foot Leader Mechanized Misc Towed

Heer

Foot

Leader

Mechanized

Misc

Towed

Luftwaffe
Towed

Soviet Union Order of Battle

Army (RKKA)
Foot Leader Mechanized Misc Motorized Towed

Army (RKKA)

Foot

Leader

Mechanized

Misc

Motorized

Towed

Guards
Foot Leader Mechanized Towed

Guards

Foot

Leader

Mechanized

Towed

NKVD
Foot Leader Misc Towed

NKVD

Foot

Leader

Misc

Towed

Display Relevant AFV Rules

AFV Rules Pertaining to this Game's Order of Battle
Vulnerable to results on the Assault Combat Chart (7.25, 7.63, ACC), and may be attacked by Anti-Tank fire (11.2, DFT). Anti-Tank fire only affects the individual unit fired upon (7.62, 11.0). AFV's are activated by tank leaders (3.2, 3.3, 5.42, 6.8). They may also be activated as part of an initial activating stack, but if activated in this way would need a tank leader in order to carry out combat movement. AFV's do not block Direct Fire (10.1). Full-strength AFV's with "armor efficiency" may make two anti-tank (AT) fire attacks per turn (either in their action segment or during opportunity fire) if they have AT fire values of 0 or more (11.2). Each unit with an AT fire value of 2 or more may fire at targets at a distance of between 100% and 150% of its printed AT range. It does so at half its AT fire value. (11.3) Efficient and non-efficient AFV's may conduct two opportunity fires per turn if using direct fire (7.44, 7.64). Units with both Direct and AT Fire values may use either type of fire in the same turn as their opportunity fire, but not both (7.22, 13.0). Units which can take opportunity fire twice per turn do not have to target the same unit both times (13.0). Demoralized AFV's are not required to flee from units that do not have AT fire values (14.3). Place a Wreck marker when an AFV is eliminated in a bridge or town hex (16.3). AFV's do not benefit from Entrenchments (16.42). AFV's may Dig In (16.2). Open-top AFV's: Immune to M, M1 and M2 results on Direct and Bombardment Fire Tables, but DO take step losses from X and #X results (7.25, 7.41, 7.61, BT, DFT). If a "2X" or "3X" result is rolled, at least one of the step losses must be taken by an open-top AFV if present. Closed-top AFV's: Immune to M, M1 and M2 results on Direct and Bombardment Fire Tables. Do not take step losses from Direct or Bombardment Fire. If X or #X result on Fire Table, make M morale check instead (7.25, 7.41, 7.61, BT, DFT). Closed-top AFV's: Provide the +1 modifier on the Assault Table when combined with infantry. (Modifier only applies to Germans in all scenarios; Soviet Guards in scenarios taking place after 1942; Polish, US and Commonwealth in scenarios taking place after 1943.) (ACC) Tank: all are closed-top and provide the +1 Assault bonus, when applicable Assault Gun: if closed-top, provide the +1 Assault bonus, when applicable Self-Propelled Artillery: do not provide the +1 Assault bonus, even if closed-top (SB) APC – Armored Personnel Carrier: These are Combat Units, but stack like Transports. They can transport personnel units or towed units. They are not counted as combat units for the +1 stacking modifier on the Direct Fire and Bombardment Tables (4.4). They may be activated by regular leaders and tank leaders (1.2, 3.34, 4.3, 5.43). They do not provide the +1 Assault bonus (ACC). Armored Cars: These are Combat Units. They are motorized instead of mechanized. All have their own armored car leaders, who can only activate armored cars (6.85). Do not provide the +1 Assault bonus (ACC). Reconnaissance Vehicle: 8.23 Special Spotting Powers Both foot and vehicle mounted recce units (1.2) possess two special spotting abilities. The first ability is that they can spot enemy in limiting terrain at one hex further than the TEC specifies for other units and leaders. For example, an enemy unit in town can normally be spotted at three hexes or less, but a recce unit can spot them at four hexes.Their second ability is that they can place a Spotted marker on any one enemy unit they can spot per turn, just as if the enemy unit had "blown its cover" by firing. Such Spotted markers are removed as described earlier. Armored Trains: see Rule 15.2 ~ 15.22 Prime Movers: Transports which only transport towed units and/or leaders (May not carry personnel units). May or may not be armored (armored models are open-top). All are mechanized. (SB) Unarmored Weapon Carriers: These are unarmored halftracks (Bufla and Sk7/2) or fully-tracked vehicles (Karl siege mortar) with mounted weapons. All are mechanized, except the BM-13 (Katyusha rocket launcher mounted on a truck). They are weapon units, not AFV's, so they are never efficient and cannot be activated by tank leaders. (SB)

AFV Rules Pertaining to this Game's Order of Battle

Vulnerable to results on the Assault Combat Chart (7.25, 7.63, ACC), and may be attacked by Anti-Tank fire (11.2, DFT). Anti-Tank fire only affects the individual unit fired upon (7.62, 11.0).
AFV's are activated by tank leaders (3.2, 3.3, 5.42, 6.8). They may also be activated as part of an initial activating stack, but if activated in this way would need a tank leader in order to carry out combat movement.
AFV's do not block Direct Fire (10.1).
Full-strength AFV's with "armor efficiency" may make two anti-tank (AT) fire attacks per turn (either in their action segment or during opportunity fire) if they have AT fire values of 0 or more (11.2).
Each unit with an AT fire value of 2 or more may fire at targets at a distance of between 100% and 150% of its printed AT range. It does so at half its AT fire value. (11.3)
Efficient and non-efficient AFV's may conduct two opportunity fires per turn if using direct fire (7.44, 7.64). Units with both Direct and AT Fire values may use either type of fire in the same turn as their opportunity fire, but not both (7.22, 13.0). Units which can take opportunity fire twice per turn do not have to target the same unit both times (13.0).
Demoralized AFV's are not required to flee from units that do not have AT fire values (14.3).
Place a Wreck marker when an AFV is eliminated in a bridge or town hex (16.3).
AFV's do not benefit from Entrenchments (16.42).
AFV's may Dig In (16.2).
Open-top AFV's: Immune to M, M1 and M2 results on Direct and Bombardment Fire Tables, but DO take step losses from X and #X results (7.25, 7.41, 7.61, BT, DFT). If a "2X" or "3X" result is rolled, at least one of the step losses must be taken by an open-top AFV if present.
Closed-top AFV's: Immune to M, M1 and M2 results on Direct and Bombardment Fire Tables. Do not take step losses from Direct or Bombardment Fire. If X or #X result on Fire Table, make M morale check instead (7.25, 7.41, 7.61, BT, DFT).
Closed-top AFV's: Provide the +1 modifier on the Assault Table when combined with infantry. (Modifier only applies to Germans in all scenarios; Soviet Guards in scenarios taking place after 1942; Polish, US and Commonwealth in scenarios taking place after 1943.) (ACC)
Tank: all are closed-top and provide the +1 Assault bonus, when applicable
Assault Gun: if closed-top, provide the +1 Assault bonus, when applicable
Self-Propelled Artillery: do not provide the +1 Assault bonus, even if closed-top (SB)
APC – Armored Personnel Carrier: These are Combat Units, but stack like Transports. They can transport personnel units or towed units. They are not counted as combat units for the +1 stacking modifier on the Direct Fire and Bombardment Tables (4.4). They may be activated by regular leaders and tank leaders (1.2, 3.34, 4.3, 5.43). They do not provide the +1 Assault bonus (ACC).
Armored Cars: These are Combat Units. They are motorized instead of mechanized. All have their own armored car leaders, who can only activate armored cars (6.85). Do not provide the +1 Assault bonus (ACC).
Reconnaissance Vehicle: 8.23 Special Spotting Powers Both foot and vehicle mounted recce units (1.2) possess two special spotting abilities. The first ability is that they can spot enemy in limiting terrain at one hex further than the TEC specifies for other units and leaders. For example, an enemy unit in town can normally be spotted at three hexes or less, but a recce unit can spot them at four hexes.Their second ability is that they can place a Spotted marker on any one enemy unit they can spot per turn, just as if the enemy unit had "blown its cover" by firing. Such Spotted markers are removed as described earlier.
Armored Trains: see Rule 15.2 ~ 15.22
Prime Movers: Transports which only transport towed units and/or leaders (May not carry personnel units). May or may not be armored (armored models are open-top). All are mechanized. (SB)
Unarmored Weapon Carriers: These are unarmored halftracks (Bufla and Sk7/2) or fully-tracked vehicles (Karl siege mortar) with mounted weapons. All are mechanized, except the BM-13 (Katyusha rocket launcher mounted on a truck). They are weapon units, not AFV's, so they are never efficient and cannot be activated by tank leaders. (SB)

Display Errata (21)

21 Errata Items
	"Light Forest" is just another name for Woods. "Heavy Forest" differs from "Light Forest" as follows: spotting is 1 hex (not 3), movement costs are 3MPs for foot (not 2), and no vehicles may enter. (PG-Tank Dude on 2010 Apr 30)
Scen 7	Ignore the Finnish Tank Leader included in the OOB. There are no tanks in this scenario. (PG-Tank Dude on 2010 Apr 30)
Scen 10	Date is 1940-02-11, not 1941-02-11. (Andreas on 2020 Feb 11)
Scen 29	Finnish strongpoints may be downloaded from Avalanche Press: http://www.avalanchepress.com/pdf/Finnish_Strongpoints.pdf (plloyd1010 on 2012 Feb 01)
Scen 36	The Finns should receive 3 tank leaders. (PG-Tank Dude on 2010 Apr 30)
	Propeller-driven APC on skis (aerosan). Treated as Foot units for movement purposes. (rerathbun on 2011 Feb 26)
	Two 105mms (ID#s 1204, 1205) have "16-31" fire values in black (direct fire), when they should be in white (indirect fire). (Shad on 2010 Dec 15)
	The Anti-Tank Fire value is 2-4. It was misprinted in Edelweiss. (rerathbun on 2016 Jan 18)
	The reduced direct fire value of the Heer HMG became 5-5 starting with Fall of France. (plloyd1010 on 2015 Jul 31)
	The morale and combat modifiers of German Sergeant #1614 should be "0", not "8". (Shad on 2010 Dec 15)
	Strongpoints are single step units and can be eliminated with X results like any other single step unit. (Shad on 2010 Dec 15)
	The standard mix of strongpoints may be downloaded from Avalanche Press: http://www.avalanchepress.com/German_Strongpoints.php This is the standard mix found in Airborne, Airborne-IE, and Edelweiss Expanded. The strongpoint mix in Cassino '44 is different from that of other PG games. (plloyd1010 on 2012 Feb 01)
	Strongpoints are affected by the terrain in their hex just like any other unit. Even though they can't move, they can attack using Assault Combat if an enemy unit moves into their hex. They may not dig in or benefit from entrenchments. (rerathbun on 2014 Apr 21)
	The movement allowance on the counters in Airborne is misprinted. It should be "3." (rerathbun on 2012 Jan 30)
	The reduced direct fire value in Kursk: Burning Tigers is 4-4. (plloyd1010 on 2015 Jul 31)
	Kommissars never get morale or combat modifiers. Ignore misprints. (Shad on 2010 Dec 15)
	Propeller-driven APC on skis (aerosan). Treated as Foot units for movement purposes. (rerathbun on 2011 Feb 26)
	Propeller-driven APC on skis (aerosan). Treated as Foot units for movement purposes. (rerathbun on 2011 Feb 26)
	Kommissars never get morale or combat modifiers. Ignore misprints. (Shad on 2010 Dec 15)
	All Guards T-34/85 tanks should have AT fire values of 7-7. (Shad on 2010 Dec 15)
	This unit has an armor value of 2, per Matt Ward (plloyd1010 on 2020 Feb 26)

Display Nations (3)

Nations at War - Scenario Appearance Percentages
Finland	100%	Finland
Soviet Union	88%	Soviet Union
Germany	20%	Germany

Display Battle Types (13)

Battle Types - Scenario Appearance Percentages
Urban Assault	65%	Urban Assault
Road Control	30%	Road Control
Rural Assault	28%	Rural Assault
Inflict Enemy Casualties	18%	Inflict Enemy Casualties
Bridge Control	15%	Bridge Control
Exit the Battle Area	13%	Exit the Battle Area
River Crossing	10%	River Crossing
Surprise Attack	5%	Surprise Attack
Breakout	3%	Breakout
Ambush	3%	Ambush
Rescue	3%	Rescue
Amphibious Landing	3%	Amphibious Landing
Rear Guard	3%	Rear Guard

Display Conditions (10)

Conditions - Scenario Appearance Percentages
Terrain Mods	85%	Terrain Mods
Off-board Artillery	83%	Off-board Artillery
Entrenchments	33%	Entrenchments
Severe Weather	30%	Severe Weather
Reinforcements	23%	Reinforcements
Randomly-drawn Aircraft	13%	Randomly-drawn Aircraft
Hidden Units	10%	Hidden Units
Joint Forces Battle	8%	Joint Forces Battle
Minefields	3%	Minefields
Naval Bombardment	3%	Naval Bombardment

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