Ilmajääkärit

War-themed abstract game published during the Second World War, where one player controls 8 paratroopers that are randomly placed in the center of the board by rolling dice, then try to move to place demolition charges in marked locations in each corner of the board. In each corner begins 4 defending guards, mechanics, pilots, or gunners, for a total of 16 defenders, that are played by one to four players. All pieces are paper standees and the rules for all types are identical. Surrounded pieces surrender, and no piece can move in the gap between two enemy pieces. The board is laid out with white circles that only paratroopers use for movement and red circles used by the defenders. Dice are only used for the paratrooper set up, with the rest of the game being deterministic each player allowed to make 4 moves, divided to 1-4 pieces as they wish. —user summary