Kawaguchi's Gamble PTO (id:#63915)
Designer: Ken Dunn
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Balance:
JapaneseAmerican (USMC)
66.666666666667%

Overview:

Colonel Merritt Edson's command, a composite battalion made up of U.S.M.C. Raiders and Paramarines, had just been ordered to occupy a "quiet area", an unnamed ridge overlooking the all-important Henderson Airfield. Much depleted from past operations, they were moved to give them a rest. The Japanese, however, had organized a series of complicated maneuvers designed to surprise the American defenders and to reach a point adjacent to the ridge through which they planned to assault the American lines and break through to Henderson Field -- the key to maintaining control of Guadalcanal. General Kawaguchi's gamble gained him an element of surprise, allowing him to bring 3,000 soldiers against the 800 Marines occupying the ridge. But these Marines were some of the best and toughest on the island and were determined not to retreat.
Attacker: Japanese (1st Battalion, 124th Regiment and 2nd Battalion, 4th Regiment)
Defender: American (USMC) (Raider Battalion and Paramarine Battalion)  
5.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:13.0 D:8.0
AFVs: A:0 D:0
Guns: A:0 D:1
M1A2 37mm AA Gun

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: PTO.
Map Board(s): o
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentResultComments
2020-03-26(D) John Smith vs Scott American (USMC) winSmall blood and guts scenario with Japanese and Marines duking it out in the dense jungle. The Japanese were able to track down the AA gun, which wasn't much of a factor, but couldn't deny the Marine 10-2 leader and 2 raider squads a final hill hex after a last ditch Banzai charge. Very tense scenario that literally came down to the last die roll in H to H combat.

I think the key to this one for the USMC is to not engage the Japanese directly. After the American turn try not to have any units in LOS of Japanese, this completely removes their ability to Banzai, forcing them to use standard move/fire tactics.
2020-03-12(A) M T vs Japanese winGood scenario to learn the PTO basics. Japanese carried the day with their excellent HtH capabilities, after incurring heavy casualties in a Banzai Charge.
2020-02-15(A) Dmitry Klyuykov vs Fedor Japanese win
2020-01-31(A) Martí Cabré vs Solo Japanese winSolo game. A prompt banzai charge destroyed the American left but at a high cost, five Japanese squads dead. But then the American MMG broke and the Japanese assaulted the center pushing the defenders back and killing the gun crew. There were many HtH close combats with many deaths on both sides, until only one defender HS survived.
2020-01-10(D) Kermit Mullins vs Scott Waites Japanese winWow...bloody fun scenario! My Americans were overwhelmed at the end as the Banzai charges just kept coming. My D-Fire rolls were too high and at the end all my boys were dead on the field with 2-1/2 squads left to claim the victory.
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Thradar Added a playing2020-03-26 20:55:43
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Avg Rating: 8.00Votes: 8
Views: 292
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Estimated Play time: 2.8 hours
Recorded Games: 6
Archive recorded plays:
Japanese4
American (USMC)2
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of Nov 2019)
Kawaguchi's Gamble
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[A] American 2
[D] Japanese 2
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