Flame of War Rules for Using Santa’s Sled.

Using Santa’s Sled with Fallschirmjagers.

During the invasions of Norway and Denmark, Germany captured a number of
factories and support facilities that produce and maintain Santa’s sleds . (German
forces failed to advance further and thus the toy factories at the North Pole were
saved). On seizing these facilities, Student immediately saw the benefit of the sleds
for airborne operations.

Your force may not contain more than one Santa’s Sled, even if it has more than one
Fallschirmjagerkompanie.

The Sled can only be used in the “Death From Above” mission or in any airborne
scenario that players may devise.

The Sled replaces the all the Junkers Ju52 or all the DFS 230 assault gliders a platoon
would normally be allocated for no cost. The unit is deployed using the “Accurate
Landing” and “You Don’t Always Get What You Want” rules below.

Since the Sled is only over the battlefield very briefly, you don’t need to model the
sled itself.

Accurate landing: The ability to land a fat man in a red suit on a chimney with a
large backpack regardless of weather conditions is priceless for a paratrooper force.

Instead of the using the Parachute Landing rules do the following.
Place the platoon commander where you wish to deploy. Next place all the remaining
units in the platoon where you want as long as the platoon is in command. Note there
is no scatter. The platoon lands fully equiped. There is no canister for them to find.

You Don’t Always Get What You Want: Despite how much you plead with Santa,
the High Command or because of interference from Hitler you don’t always get what
you want.

Instead of rolling for casualties on landing as per the rulebook, roll a D6 for each
team deploying from a sled. On a 3+ the team arrives safely. On a roll of a 1 or 2 the
team fails to arrive, and in addition the Fallschirmjagers, player now must wear the worst tie they received as a present.

Large Payload: Sleds have a incredibly large payload capacity for all those presents,
so the addition of 260 tons for that Ferdinand platoon is not a problem.

A Fallschirmjagers force may select any platoon that it would be eligible to select for a ground
operation and include it in any mission where the Air Assault rules are being used.
This unit must be the unit deployed from the sled. (Try deploying the Ferinands from
JU52s.) The unit is deployed using the “Accurate Landing” and “You Don’t Always
Get What You Want”.

Naughty or Nice: The spy network that tells Santa whether someone is naughty or
nice is equally effective at noting enemy positions.

The Fallschirmjagers, player may move ANY single deployed player platoon commander 8inches in
any direction before the airborne landings take place. In multiple player or multi
company games this means a friendly platoon can be moved, not just an enemy
platoon. The player whose command unit is moved, redeploys the rest of the unit
around the new position of the command unit, so that all the remaining units are in
command. The command unit cannot be moved of the table.

Santas coming to town: Everyone knows when Santa comes, and so does the enemy!

All enemy units deployed, start ready to fight. They no longer count as being bailed or
pinned at the start of the game.

Rudolph’s Red Nose: Rudolph’s Red Nose is bright, bright as any flare.
Unfortunately for the Fallschirmjagers, this highlights their landing position to enemy
ground forces.

All enemy forces ignore any “Night Fight” rules on their first. The Fallschirmjagers
still fight on their first with normal “Night Fight” rules.