First Matanikau PTO (id:#56157)
Multi-Man Publishing (HSASL 1 - Operation Watchtower ID: HS01)   [next]   [previous]
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Designer: Bahadir Erimli
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
American (USMC)Japanese
52.941176470588%

Overview:

After Lt. Col. Goettge's small reconnaissance patrol was wiped out near Matanikau on August 12, General Vandefrift ordered a strike against the Japanese concentration in the area. Given the overriding need to protect Henderson Field, it was a week before the Marines felt they could spare three companies of the 5th Marines for Vandergrift's clearing operation.
Attacker: American (USMC) (B Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines/L Company. 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines)
Defender: Japanese (Matanikau Outpost/Matanikau Garrison)  
7 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:15.0 D:10.0
AFVs: A:0
AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0 D:0
Type 89 Heavy Grenade-Launcher

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: PTO (G.1), LJ (G2.1)
Overlays: Be2 Be1 Ef1 OC1 OC2 G5 S2 Wd5 Wd4 Wd3 OW1 X29
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2025-12-15(D) John Garlic vs Christian Hofland Japanese win
2024-12-06(A) Mark Thompson vs John Gorkowski American (USMC) winAlbany 2024-Round 4. An absolute bar-room brawl mass-casualty event with the USMC getting just what they needed CVP-wise to win. A total barn-burner with a fantastic opponents. A blast.
2024-03-09(D) S. Slunt vs Mark Thompson Japanese winThe Japanese set up in the Jungle spread out with 2 hexes between any two units
The Americans came in split to attack two of the Japanese groups. The Japanese move up and away or down and away I was at the start of the American turn 3 that the Americans realized my plan was to make them come to me. At the start of Japanese turn 5 that the Americans realize they could not get the 16 points they needed
2024-02-25(A) Johan Vrijdaghs vs Heyman Japanese win
2024-01-08(D) Eric Topp vs Peter Dunn Japanese winGame decided by last CC. Peter eliminated my Japanese squad to get the VP total but I then rolled snakes to kill one of his squads - Japanese win!
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jgarlic79@gmail.com Added a playing2025-12-15 17:30:30
Hutch Modified the misc. rules2025-08-19 11:03:27
Hutch Modified the gps location2024-12-09 16:04:14
Thompsonmg(MGT) Added a playing2024-12-09 15:42:08
Dispang12 Added a playing2024-05-31 00:47:08
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The Matanikau River, Guadalcanal
 
Statistics:
Avg Rating: 7.31Votes: 16
Views: 9634
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Estimated Play time: 4 hours
Recorded Games: 17
Archive recorded plays:
American (USMC)9
Japanese8
Drawn:0

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