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The End of Their Rope CBI (id:#63919)
(ASL Starter Kit #4 ID: S68)   [next]   [previous]
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A 83: Last of Their Strength (AH:ASL Annual `95 Winter)
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ATL 93.1: Last of Their Strength (ASL Digest # 3.09)
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158: Last Of Their Strength (ASL 13 - Rising Sun (2021))
Designer: Adaptation by Perry Cocke
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Balance:
AmericanJapanese
52.173913043478%

Overview:

On 17 May, Merrill's Marauders, weary and sick from a 65 mile trek, attacked Myitkyina airfield along with elements of two Chinese infantry regiments. They quickly overran the airfield and the western sections of the town. Subsequent attacks, however, failed to clear the rest of the town, which was garrisoned by significant numbers of well-supplied Japanese troops under General Mizukami, who was steadily receiving reinforcements. In a final attempt to close the ring on Myitkyina, the remnants of Merrill's 3rd Battalion were launched against the village of Charpate to the north of town.
Attacker: American (3rd Battalion, 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional) "Merrill's Marauders")
Defender: Japanese (1st Battalion, 148th Infantry Regiment)  
6 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:10.0 D:13.5
AFVs: A:0
AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0
M2 60mm Mortar
D:0
Type 89 Heavy Grenade-Launcher x 2

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: PTO, LJ. +1 rain DRM to all To Hit DR. No Smoke/WP
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ASL Starter Kit #4m
Overlays: NONE
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DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2025-07-08(D) Paul Franklin-Bihary vs Steven Richard Japanese winThis scenario is super tough for the Americans. The onslaught of reinforcements led to a Banzai wipeout of US troops that made the task of taking buildings near impossible.

This one felt like there may be only one strategy for the US to win, therefore less fun in terms of replay or unique approaches.

Recommend using balancing to make it more playable for the US.
2025-06-22(A) Dave Mareske vs Mike Harris Japanese winTexas Team Tournament
2025-06-20(D) Michael Harris vs Dave M. Japanese winNot one but two final turn CC's decided the game for the Japanese. They won both and so were able to take control of enough VP hexes to win.
2025-03-14(A) Herve Duval vs In progress
2021-10-29(D) Tony Fermendzin vs Gabe Japanese win

(VASL Log)
The Americans were able to overrun most of the village by turn 3, but were worn down in the process. The Japanese reinforcements then came on and went on a Banzai tear completely wiping out the marauder's right flank, leaving the Americans with too few units to hold the buildings that they had taken. The Japanese were able to take back enough buildings on the last turn to win the game. This one seems really tough on the Americans, who have only four wins on Scenario Archive/Roar as compared to 12 Japanese wins. The marauders start strong but wear down quickly (ELR 2), and their disadvantages in CC (treated as CX) really plays into the Japanese strength. It did not help that the Japanese made just about every CC roll that they needed!
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strategos Added a playing2025-03-14 22:27:44
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VASL Log file (S68 Gabe vs Tony Log.vlog)VASL Game Logacfe1095
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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 6.59Votes: 22
Views: 5210
To-Play list count: 0
Estimated Play time: 3.2 hours
Recorded Games: 15
Archive recorded plays:
American4
Japanese10
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of today)
The End of Their Rope [Confirmed]
[A] Japanese 8
[D] American 1
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