Down In Flames: Winter War 1939-40

Down In Flames: Winter War 1939-40 Rulebook

Campaign Sequence of Play

Draw Action Card to Determine Target
Each Player Secretly Selects One Option
Players Reveal Options Selected
Conduct Mission
Determine Victory Points
Determine Air Group Performance at the End of the Campaign

Options

December 1939 Options

#	Finns	Soviets
1	D. XXI, D. XXI	I-16, I-153
2	D. XXI	I-153
3	D. XXI	I-153
4	Flak Guns	Deceptive Course

January 1940 Options

#	Finns	Soviets
1	New Tactics, D. XXI	Flak Guns
2	D. XXI	I-153
3	M.S. 406	No Retreat, I-16

February 1940 Options

#	Finns	Soviets
1	M.S. 406	Flak Guns
2	Appeal to the West	Sneak Attack, I-16
3	D. XXI	I-153
4	D. XXI, M.S. 406	I-16
5	Panicky Opponents, D. XXI	Ramming Attack, I-16

Mission Targets

The Action Card drawn determines the mission target. The number shown for each card is the target number for the month listed.

Action Card	Dec. 1939	Jan. 1940	Feb. 1940
Ace Pilot & Half Loop	10	9	8
Barrel Roll	5	1	2
In My Sights (1B)	1	8	6
In My Sights (2B)	2	5	4
In My Sights (3B)	9	4	7
Maneuvering	6	2	1
Out of the Sun

Target Map

The module map shows Finland, the Gulf of Bothnia, the Baltic Sea, the Gulf of Finland, Lake Ladoga, Helsinki (marked with a star as the capital), Viipuri, Suomussalmi and Leningrad. Thirteen numbered targets are shown. Each target has a picture (troops, ship, train, hangars, or aircraft) and the aircraft listed beneath it:

#1 (troops): 4 SB-2
#2 (ship): 4 SB-2
#3 (troops): 2 Blenheim
#4 (hangars): 2 SB-2, 2 IL-4
#5 (troops): 2 SB-2
#6 (troops): 2 IL-4
#7 (aircraft): 2 Gladiator, 2 I-16
#8 (ship): 2 SB-2, 2 IL-4
#9 (ship): 4 IL-4
#10 (hangars): 4 IL-4
#11 (train): 2 IL-4, 2 SB-2
#12 (ship): 4 IL-4
#13 (aircraft): 2 D. XXI, 2 I-16

Target-Bound, Over Target, and Home-Bound Game Turn Track

The sheet prints a row of numbered boxes titled "Target-Bound, Over Target, and Home-Bound Game Turn Track". Boxes are labelled as printed (boxes without a label are blank on the sheet):

1 Ingress
2 Bomb
3 Egress
4, 5 (unlabelled on the sheet)
6 (unlabelled on the sheet; the track continues with 7 and 8 as shown in the sheet's key)

The sheet's key lists 8 Target-Bound and 7 Home-Bound.

Air Group Performance

At the end of the campaign, the Soviet VP total minus the Finnish VP total gives the Net VP. Look up the Net VP to find each side's performance.

Net VP	Soviets	Finns
60 or More	Extraordinary	Dismal
40 to 59	Outstanding	Miserable
30 to 39	Good	Poor
20 to 29	Historical	Historical
10 to 19	Poor	Good
-10 to 9	Miserable	Outstanding
-11 or Less	Dismal	Extraordinary