Sea of Tranquility PTO (id:#56037)
Avalon Hill (ASL 9 - Gung Ho! ID: 72)
See Also: Sea of Tranquility by Multi-Man Publishing
Designer: Pat Jonke
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
American (USMC)Japanese
52.631578947368%

Overview:

Although the island of Peleliu had been declared secure on September 30th, about a thousand Japanese remained in an area some 900 yards long by 400 yards wide. In some of the fiercest fighting of the entire Pacific campaign they had repelled in succession the 1st Marines, the 7th Marines, the 321st Infantry, and the 7th Marines again. The terrain in the pocket comprised jagged coral ridges and outcroppings, cut through by natural and man-made caves. Weeks of aerial and naval bombardment had stripped away most of the vegetation. What remained bore a resemblance to the surface of the moon. When the 7th Marines withdrew for the last time, the fresh 5th Marines were called upon to finish the job. . .
Attacker: American (USMC) (Company L, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division / Company A, 710th Tank Battalion)
Defender: Japanese (1st Battlion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 14th Infantry Division)  
10.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: American (USMC)     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:12.0 D:7.0
AFVs: A:4
M4A1 x 4

D:0
Guns: A:0 D:4
Year-41 Type Mountain Gun
Type 97 Curved-Fire Infantry Gun
Type 1 Machine-Moved Gun x 2

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: PTO (Exc: some roads exist), Buildings are Crags. D: Caves14, Mines
Map Board(s): 25 36
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentResultComments
2020-05-23(D) Dan Best vs Kermit Mullins Japanese win
2020-05-23(A) Kermit Mullins vs Dan Best Japanese winPlayed about4 turns of this scenario, before I threw in the towel as the Americans. Dan Best Japanese were well dug in and smacked me around good. With my 10-3 dead, my 9-2 broken, my radio broken...and my personal ERL destroyed....I gave the concession...took my marbles and went home.
2019-05-16(A) Richard Carter vs Dave Clemons American (USMC) winDave admitted that his set up was not as tight as it could have been. He did not have as much mutual support as he would have wished in hindsight. Nonetheless, the USMC did overcome the loss of OBA to 2 red cards as first two draws and loss of two tanks. A kill stack with the 10-3 and the use of DC's to eliminate unoccupied caves were the key to US victory. A fun scenario though a long one.
2016-12-07(D) Jeremy Busby vs Scott Hasson American (USMC) win
2015-09-06(D) Martí Cabré vs Txema Mainez Japanese winOur first adventure with caves. The rules looked horrible and daunting, but once the game started it was really fluid. You only have to be sure the cave setup is ok, that's important, and the gameplay is quite smooth and easy.

With the Japanese I set up a trap using three caves, a pillbox and the mines in the Z3-AA2-BB1-BB3 sector and it worked like a charm. The Marines were stuck there fighting it hard to get out of the crossfire. They eventually killed the Japanese units there but I managed to save a couple of units entering and exiting the cave complex below to stall them even more. Finally, attacking with the DC caves when there were no Japanese units in the cave the Americans sealed four of the caves and secured the first hill, but with only two turns to go and the other caves far in the other hill, with my AT guns still hidden and more Japanese infantry yet to reveal, the Americans conceded the game.
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Hutch Modified the Defender's Guns2021-01-13 11:44:25
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Hutch Modified the Defender's Guns2020-11-24 17:51:45
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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 7.67Votes: 9
Views: 3368
To-Play list count: 8
Estimated Play time: 7.6 hours
Recorded Games: 6
Archive recorded plays:
American (USMC)3
Japanese2
Drawn:1

ROAR Data: (as of Nov 2019)
Sea of Tranquility [Confirmed]
[A] Japanese 17
[D] American 16
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