Kawaguchi's Gamble PTO (id:#63915)
Designer: Ken Dunn
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
JapaneseAmerican (USMC)
53.846153846154%

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
2020-05-21(A) Dmitry Klyuykov vs Anton Sulin Japanese win
2020-05-19(A) Vilis Pavulans vs Matias Dahlbäck American (USMC) winFirst PTO game for both of us. I did my best Banzaing in all directions. Come down to the last close combat but the dice failed me again… because only the dice are to blame. My tactics were flawless… Hrrm…
2020-05-19(A) Matias Dahlbäck vs Vilis Pavulans Japanese win
2020-04-21(A) Kevin Sanders vs Rob Brown American (USMC) winTotal learning mess by both players. Banzai at a auto cannon = bad idea. But had to learn the rules some how. Would like to try this one again
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.
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Avg Rating: 8.08Votes: 12
Views: 765
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Estimated Play time: 2.8 hours
Recorded Games: 9
Archive recorded plays:
Japanese5
American (USMC)4
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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