Frozen forests, T26 tanks and bitter fighting. The Soviet-Finnish Winter War has it all and now you can delve into it without learning a 500 page rule book. Winter-Hammer is based on the popular Squad-Hammer game engine and is aimed at beer&pretzels war gaming. Players can pick up the mechanics quickly and with ease, while the rules offer the mechanics you need to set up pick-up battles and fight out a fun war games campaign. All you need is some suitable figures in a scale you enjoy. The typical game set up doesn't require more than 10-12 troop stands per player, meaning you can play without having to paint up hundreds of figures. The only dice needed are simple D6's. Troop stands can represent from squads to platoons depending on desired scale and based whichever way you prefer. Games can be played to completion in an hour in many cases. Compatible with the Squad Hammer generic war game rules and the Russian Civil War version. —description from the publisher