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Balance:
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Overview:

By late 1940, the Japanese Army was compelled to enter Indochina in order to cut off supplies to the Chinese. Even as word of a Japanese-Vichy pact was received, the elite Japanese 5th Division crossed the border at the China Gate and overran Dang Dang. The directive to return fire if threatened, forwarded as part of the orders to pull back following the peace treaty, only served as a pretext for elements of the 5th to turn their attention to the fort at Na Cham. . .
Attacker: Japanese (5th Division with Divisional Tankette Group)
Defender: French (10ème Compagnie, III/9ème R.I.C)  
9 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:17.0 D:15.0
AFVs: A:3
Type 97B TE-KE
Type 94 Tankette x 2

AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:1 D:1
Canon de 75 mle 1897

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: PTO (1 road/Bridges exist). Treat all Jungle/Marsh/Swamp/Bamboo as Brush. Palm Trees are Crags
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2026-07-04(A) Jobbo Fett vs RootinPutin DrawA misunderstanding regarding the setup area created a deficiency in the French lines. As a result, paired with the aggressive use of Banzai charges (and some luck in breaking some key French units) meant that the scenario was in jeopardy very early on. We called it a draw around Turn 3 as it was clearly no longer a fun/entertaining scenario for either of us.

After hashing it out, the scenario is just filled with issues, both with its interpretation of the setup area (I argue that the "correct" setup is all Board 37 save the "upper-right" section East of R, Above 5) and with the aggressive use of Banzai Charge from the get-go coupled with the SSR that increased higher level changes by 4MF(!) While I understand that Brush is the dominant feature, that is still a minimum of 8 movement factors, forcing minimum move in circumstances where you are not charging, and not incentivizing the Japanese to do anything else. Additionally, the strict objective of capturing ALL ID'ed hilltop hexes makes French defense a breeze, were you to set up in the top right or top left corners ONLY and simply wait for the charging attacker.

While our dice didn't make the scenario fun, it also simply isn't by default. The balance options for either side are a joke as well.
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Jobbo_Fett Added a playing2026-07-05 23:50:05
Hutch Modified the Unit Elements2026-06-29 00:13:23
Hutch Modified the Unit Elements2026-06-28 23:59:01
hoxson1 Modified the Theatre2023-10-11 22:55:58
hoxson1 Modified the Attacker's AFVs2020-03-20 02:53:29
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Avg Rating: 2.00Votes: 1
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Estimated Play time: 8.1 hours
Recorded Games: 0
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