Cibik's Ridge PTO (id:#56032)
Bougainville, Solomon Islands
1943-11-22 (14 others)
BRT03: Ryan's Orphans (HASL 5 - Blood Reef: Tarawa)
BRT05: Hell Wouldn't Have It (HASL 5 - Blood Reef: Tarawa)
BRT07: Didn't Have to Be There (HASL 5 - Blood Reef: Tarawa)
J84: Makin Taken (ASL Journal # 5)
LN2-7: "Forlorn Hope" (Leatherneck 2)
BR 2: Damn Army (Blood Reef Tarawa)
BR 7: Hell Wouldn't Have It (Blood Reef Tarawa)
BFP-49: Just a Drive Along the Beach (BFP 3: Blood and Jungle)
67: Cibik's Ridge (ASL 13 - Rising Sun)
BETIO #5: Killing Ground (Tarawa: Red Beach - Blood Tide)
BETIO #6: Newsmakers (Tarawa: Red Beach - Blood Tide)
BETIO #8: Bonnyman's Forlorn Hope (Tarawa: Red Beach - Blood Tide)
FT297: “Black Beach Rendezvous” (From The Cellar Pack #10)
67: Cibik's Ridge (ASL 13 - Rising Sun (2021))
BRT05: Hell Wouldn't Have It (HASL 5 - Blood Reef: Tarawa)
BRT07: Didn't Have to Be There (HASL 5 - Blood Reef: Tarawa)
J84: Makin Taken (ASL Journal # 5)
LN2-7: "Forlorn Hope" (Leatherneck 2)
BR 2: Damn Army (Blood Reef Tarawa)
BR 7: Hell Wouldn't Have It (Blood Reef Tarawa)
BFP-49: Just a Drive Along the Beach (BFP 3: Blood and Jungle)
67: Cibik's Ridge (ASL 13 - Rising Sun)
BETIO #5: Killing Ground (Tarawa: Red Beach - Blood Tide)
BETIO #6: Newsmakers (Tarawa: Red Beach - Blood Tide)
BETIO #8: Bonnyman's Forlorn Hope (Tarawa: Red Beach - Blood Tide)
FT297: “Black Beach Rendezvous” (From The Cellar Pack #10)
67: Cibik's Ridge (ASL 13 - Rising Sun (2021))
Designer: Brian Martuzas and Bob McNamara
Starter kit scenario?: Deluxe scenario?:
Balance:
JapaneseAmerican (USMC)
Overview:
As elements of the 3rd Marine Division pushed eastward to expand its beachhead on Bouganville, 1st Lt. Steve Cibik’s reinforced platoon was ordered to occupy a small knoll with a commanding view of Empress Augusta Bay. Shortly after arriving, the Marines routed a group of approaching Japanese, and at noon repulsed an organized attack. Cibik requested reinforcements which later arrived in the form of a 60mm mortar section. The Marines spent a quiet but nervous night. The next morning, however, things changed. . .Attacker: Japanese (23rd Infantry Regiment, 6th Infantry Division)
Defender: American (USMC) (Company F, 3rd Marine Regiment)
8 turns
Players: 2 OBA: None Night: No| Unit Counts: |
| Squads: A:13.0 D:6.5 |
| AFVs: A:0 |
| AFVs: D:0 |
| Guns: A:0 Type 89 Heavy Grenade-Launcher x 2 D:0 M2 60mm Mortar x 2 |
| Misc Rules: | PTO (G.1), DJ (G2.2) Exc: On overlay LJ (G2.1). D: all SW may Bore Sight on set up. |
| Map Board(s): |
| Overlays: | 2 |
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Last Played:
| Date | Reporter | Opponent | Bal. | Result | Time | Comments | |
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| 2024-12-10 | (A) Ingemar Gardell | vs | Jacob Elmqvist | A | American (USMC) win | 2.5 hrs | |
| 2024-08-11 | (D) Dave B | vs | Vlad See | American (USMC) win | Most fights will be at very short range in this one. I never could figure out how the mortar could be reasonably used on this map. In the end, the USMC proved tougher. | ||
| 2024-03-10 | (A) Camille Garek | vs | Florian YVIS | Japanese win | |||
| 2023-05-14 | (A) g db | vs | American (USMC) win | ||||
| 2022-02-03 | (D) David Ramsey | vs | Martin Barker | Japanese win (VASL Log) | The US had some bad luck with CC and the Japanese managed to avoid the mortar placement completely. As featured on IR62. | ||
| 2021-12-13 | (A) Paul Legg | vs | Gerry Proudfoot | In progress | |||
| 2020-12-29 | (D) Jeff Wright | vs | Tom Morin | Japanese win | |||
| 2020-01-04 | (A) Ron Garcia | vs | Darryl M. | American (USMC) win | |||
| 2018-10-30 | (D) JP Laurio | vs | Ron | Japanese win | |||
| 2017-07-01 | (D) Stephen dedier | vs | Hunter, Jim | American (USMC) win | Americans take a beating but are saved by a hero manning the MG and going on a rate tear. Neither side has more than a handful of troops in the end but the Japanese cannot take all the victory hexes. | ||
| 2016-05-17 | (D) Kevin Duval | vs | Dwayne Duval | American (USMC) win | Used Japanese balance. | ||
| 2016-05-17 | (A) Dwayne Duval | vs | Kevin Duval | American (USMC) win | |||
| 2015-06-01 | (D) Doug McMullen | vs | Andrew Highley | Japanese win | Well, I _think_ this is a fun and interesting scenario if played correctly. I believe the US set up is a test of the US player's ability to understand the scenario from the card. And unfortunately I failed the test :( -- Goal line stand was my recipe for fail. I'm convinced that extreme forward defense with a fighting withdrawal/delay concept is how this is supposed to be played from the US side. But I haven't tried it out yet. | ||
| 2014-02-27 | (A) Martí Cabré | vs | Txema Mainez | American (USMC) win | I launched the Japanese in a frontal assault with a Banzai charge trying to quickly eliminate some marines in deadly HtH, but all the CC on both my turn and the next American turn resulted in the Japanese units eliminated and I quickly conceded the game. | ||
| 2013-10-27 | (D) Dave Mareske | vs | Dan Best | American (USMC) win | |||
| 2013-10-27 | (A) Dan Best | vs | Dave Mareske | American (USMC) win | |||
| 2009-01-01 | (D) Richard Jenulis | vs | Andrew Lewis | American (USMC) win | [exact date unknown] | ||
| 2008-07-11 | (D) Jesus Pie | vs | Sven | American (USMC) win | |||
| 2008-06-01 | (D) nathan wegener | vs | Peter W | Japanese win | Just learning PTO made some mistakes that changed outcome | ||
| 2003-10-11 | (D) Rich Weiley | vs | Danny Harrison | American (USMC) win | OctoBear 2003 - Round two. | ||
| 1999-02-10 | (D) John Garlic | vs | Pat Ash | Japanese win |
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| Action | Date |
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| BlitzkriegBeast Added a playing | 2025-03-26 18:12:18 |
| BlitzkriegBeast Rated the scenario | 2025-03-26 18:10:11 |
| Hutch Modified the misc. rules | 2025-03-11 10:12:28 |
| lokatt Added a playing | 2024-12-10 18:28:05 |
| mtrodgers99 Linked the scenario to ROAR | 2024-07-15 00:20:11 |
| File | Description | User | Views |
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| (jap-usmc.png) | Image | hoxson1 | 1242 |
| (cibik display.png) | Image | hoxson1 | 1171 |
| VASL Log file (cib_ridge-dm.vlog) | VASL Game Log | Dave | 1114 |
| (asl067.gif) | Map Image | morrigu | 1607 |
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| Avg Rating: 6.45 | Votes: 29 | Views: | 9765 |
| To-Play list count: | 4 | |
| Estimated Play time: | 3.6 hours | |
| Recorded Games: | 18 | |
| Archive recorded plays: | ||
| Japanese | 6 | |
| American (USMC) | 11 | |
| Drawn: | 0 | |
| ROAR Data: (as of today) Cibik's Ridge [Confirmed] |
| [A] Japanese | 17 |
| [D] American | 9 |