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Lions of Finland

AP Series	Panzer Grenadier
Designer	Bennighof
Game Type	Expansion
Format	Spiral bound
Release Date	2001-10
Availability	Out of Print
Scenarios	10
Counters	84
Counter Type	DIY
Maps	0

Tour Veterans

Schoenwulf on 2017-02-13
triangular_cube on 2017-10-07

Overall Rating, 23 votes
5 4 3 2 1 3.22
Expansion Rank: 88 of 117

Popularity: Ownership & Activity
Status	Owned by 4%	Played by 2%	AAR'd by 1%	Medaled by 1%
Rank	126th of 168	108th of 156	145th of 153	64th of 94

Expansion Game Requirements & Playability
10/10	Lions of Finland
10/10	Eastern Front
4/10	Road to Berlin
2/10	Airborne - IE
1/10	Red Warriors

Overall balance chart for Lions of Finland

	Total
Side 1	7
Draw	5
Side 2	11

	Total
Side 1	0
Draw	0
Side 2	0

	Lions of Finland was the very first non-boxed-game item done by Avalanche Press. It was a giveaway promo for a game sale. If you bought two games, you got Lions for free. It came with ten scenarios and printed counters on label paper for you to mount and cut out. AP originally planned to make about 50 copies, but ended up needing hundreds, so they knew they had a successful formula for expansions. Note that this game is entirely playable with either the Arctic Front or Arctic Front Deluxe counter sets.

Lions of Finland was the very first non-boxed-game item done by Avalanche Press. It was a giveaway promo for a game sale. If you bought two games, you got Lions for free. It came with ten scenarios and printed counters on label paper for you to mount and cut out.

AP originally planned to make about 50 copies, but ended up needing hundreds, so they knew they had a successful formula for expansions.

Note that this game is entirely playable with either the Arctic Front or Arctic Front Deluxe counter sets.

Display Scenario List (10)

Scenario	Plays	AARs	Rating
01. Cavalry Screen	3	2	3.3
02. Winter Fury 1: Mökhö	3	1	3.7
03. Winter Fury 2: The Sausage War	2	1	1.5
04. Blood on the Snow: Across the Lake	2	1	3.5
05. Blood on the Snow 2: Sissi Attack	2	1	3.5
06. Blood on the Snow 3: Call Me Sissi	2	1	4
07. Black Day of the Finnish Army	2	1	2.5
08. End of Chivalry	2	1	3
09. Panssari Salama	3	1	3.3
10. National Socialist Ardor	2	1	3.5

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 Towed

Heer

Foot

Leader

Towed

Soviet Union Order of Battle

Army (RKKA)
Foot Leader Mechanized Motorized Towed

Army (RKKA)

Foot

Leader

Mechanized

Motorized

Towed

Guards
Foot Leader Mechanized

Guards

Foot

Leader

Mechanized

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). 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 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).
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
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 (10)

10 Errata Items
	In the scenario book, all references to a Soviet 81mm should read 82mm. (rerathbun on 2012 Feb 23)
Scen 7	The T-34/85 unit had not been printed at the time of publishing of LoF. SSR give the unit an AT value of 7-8, using older T-34 units as "playing as" units. Because of this, for a truly authentic LoF experience, the T-34/85 units should have 7-8 AT value and and AV of 4 (for those that care about such things). (triangular_cube on 2017 Oct 06)
Scen 8	The T-34/85 unit had not been printed at the time of publishing of LoF. SSR give the unit an AT value of 7-8, using older T-34 units as "playing as" units. Because of this, for a truly authentic LoF experience, the T-34/85 units should have 7-8 AT value and and AV of 4 (for those that care about such things). (triangular_cube on 2017 Oct 07)
Scen 8	This scenario's OOB is a bit confusing. Formation is not designated as Guards, but all the leaders (and none of the units) are listed as Guards. There are no tank leaders assigned, even though the tanks are RKKA (even designating the "playing as" units as being T-34a instead of Guards T-34/76a). I played as written, with RKKA units, Guards leaders, and no tank leaders. It felt very wrong though. (triangular_cube on 2017 Oct 07)
Scen 9	The T-34/85 unit had not been printed at the time of publishing of LoF. SSR give the unit an AT value of 7-8, using older T-34 units as "playing as" units. Because of this, for a truly authentic LoF experience, the T-34/85 units should have 7-8 AT value and and AV of 4 (for those that care about such things). (triangular_cube on 2017 Oct 07)
	The reduced direct fire value of the Heer HMG became 5-5 starting with Fall of France. (plloyd1010 on 2015 Jul 31)
	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)
	All Guards T-34/85 tanks should have AT fire values of 7-7. (Shad on 2010 Dec 15)

Display Nations (3)

Nations at War - Scenario Appearance Percentages
Finland	100%	Finland
Soviet Union	90%	Soviet Union
Germany	10%	Germany

Display Battle Types (5)

Battle Types - Scenario Appearance Percentages
Inflict Enemy Casualties	60%	Inflict Enemy Casualties
Urban Assault	50%	Urban Assault
Road Control	40%	Road Control
Rural Assault	20%	Rural Assault
Breakout	10%	Breakout

Display Conditions (4)

Conditions - Scenario Appearance Percentages
Off-board Artillery	80%	Off-board Artillery
Terrain Mods	60%	Terrain Mods
Severe Weather	50%	Severe Weather
Reinforcements	20%	Reinforcements

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