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HPS Simulations and John Tiller are proud to announce the
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Each
purchase of "Winter War" by John Tiller includes
a free electronic copy of the text to the latest edition
of William R. Trotter's definitive work A Frozen Hell see
below |
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$49.95
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For 105 days, the tiny nation
of Finland fought a war that typically merits only a footnote history books,
or a passing remark in a WWII documentaries. Taking on the vast manpower
of the Soviet army, the Finns put up a fanatical defense of their
homeland, inflicting horrific casualties on the invading Soviet army. In
the end, the overwhelming number of Soviet troops and tanks sent into
Finland forced the Finns to sue for peace, but they walked away from the
conflict with their much bigger neighbor with their independence and
national pride intact. Their struggle influenced the landscape and
direction of the entire World War that followed--and perhaps the outcome
as well. Winter War is a tactical level simulation of this conflict
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On the morning of November 30th, 1939, the Soviet Union unleashed its vast
military might on its defiant neighbor. Soviet medium bombers attacked the
Finnish capital of Helsinki, and immense Soviet resources in men and material
surged across the entire length of the border in an attempt to crush the
overmatched Finnish military. Instead of the rapid Blitzkrieg type victory
Stalin’s high command predicted, the ill-prepared and poorly led Soviet Army
marched into a frozen, desolate meat-grinder, learning the meaning of “sisu”,
a Finnish term that could be roughly translated as strength of will,
determination, perseverance, and acting rationally in the face of adversity.
Instead of fleeing from the vast Soviet onslaught, the Finns fought bravely,
using their knowledge of the land, and pulling from their fierce national pride
and “sisu” to inflict massive casualties on the invaders, and earning
themselves the nickname of The White Death. The Winter War had begun.
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Winter War features: |
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58 stand alone scenarios and 3
campaigns to choose from |
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A wide sampling of actions
from this conflict, also including the "Continuation War" of
1941 |
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24 unique maps ranging in size
from 1000 hexes to 38,000 hexes providing ample ground for scenario
designers to create their own actions |
Engine changes include:
| Ability to use Asymmetric
Scoring in scenarios. |
| New timed detonation feature
for certain weapons. |
| Armor assault modifier for
vehicles assaulting infantry in Clear hexes. |
| Ability to perform Column
Movement via the “Alt” key. |
| New level in OOB so Squads can
be added as an organization. |
| Capture feature, so prisoners
and civilians can be modeled in scenarios. |
The game also has the
standard scenario, OOB, parameter, database & sub-map editors included
with the game. Play modes include A/I, Hot Seat, PBEM, LAN & Internet
play.
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Each purchase of
"Winter War" by John Tiller includes
a free electronic copy of the text to the latest edition
of William R. Trotter's definitive work A Frozen Hell.
John Eisenhower of The New York Times Book Review
wrote of A Frozen Hell:
"We will not often find a book written with such authority
as this one by Mr. Trotter."
William R. Trotter was raised in Charlotte, North
Carolina, and educated at Davidson College, where he earned a B.A. in
European History. He has worked as a regional music critic, a book
reviewer, and a freelance historian and feature writer. Trotter has
published twelve books as well as many articles--in The Independent (North
Carolina), Spectator Magazine, the American Record Magazine, Film Culture,
Military History Monthly, and dozens of other magazines. Since 1987, he
has been a senior writer for PC Gamer Magazine. In 1995, Trotter won the
Finlandia Foundation's Arts and Letters Prize for A Frozen Hell,
and the book is required reading for the 2nd Marine Division.
Click
HERE for more information, in .doc form, about this excellent bonus to Winter
War
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Minimum
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Pentium-based 500mhz+ PC with
64 megabytes of RAM.
-300 megabytes of hard drive space |
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Windows XP or greater |
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DirectX 9.0+ is required and will install if not already present and not superceded. |
"Windows" is a registered trademark of
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$49.95
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