Hey there,
Been looking forward to this 1936 map for a while! I held off on buying the 1939 map waiting for this one, hope to get it in the near future when funds are more readily available!
This question/suggestion is obviously done without having seen the game, and I’ve only read the rules from the HBG site, so excuse me if this has been discussed and thrown out, or what I say just doesn’t make sense in the context of the game.
As the title above stats, my query is about the Winter War between Finland and USSR in 1939. I only ask because obviously Spain, China, Abyssinia are all seeing action early, and the Winter War was certainly important as well. It made Finland begin to lean towards a German alliance out of fear of another USSR onslaught. After the reading the rules and seeing the point system, I propose the following (as a house rule if you will):
If the USSR attacks Finland before it is aligned, the Germans and Western Allies can lend lease in a similar way that they do with the Spanish Civil War. Historically, the Western Powers (UK, France, Norway, Sweden, etc.) sent a decent amount of volunteers to help the Finnish army fight the USSR, as they were all afraid of the spread of Communism and didn’t want to see a Soviet victory.
To make this work in the point system and make it worth fighting, you could do the below:
USSR - 1 Victory Point if the USSR defeats Finland before it’s at war with the Axis Powers and/or Finland becomes aligned with the Axis Powers.
Western Allies - 1 Victory Point if Finland survives the Winter War and the Western Allies sent more Lend Lease to Finland than the Germany.
Germany - 1 Victory Point if Finland survives the Winter War and the Germany sent more Lend Lease to Finland than the Western Allies.
This would entice all sides to have a horse in the race and make a conflicting victory point for all three.
Was this even looked at? Terrible idea?
Thanks all,
Chris