High Water Mark PTO (id:#56160)
Multi-Man Publishing (HSASL 1 - Operation Watchtower ID: HS 4)
See Also: High Water Mark by Critical Hit
Lunga Ridge, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands 1942-09-13 ()
Designer: Nadir El-Farra
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
JapaneseAmerican (USMC)
6.4516129032258%

Overview:

The Japanese under Colonel Kawaguchi were pressing hard to take the Lunga Ridge from Edson's Raiders. The Marines bent, but had not yet broken, and were making a last stand on the final defensive obstacle between the Japanese and Henderson Field. Outnumbered, the Raiders had but one advantage - artillery. As shell after shell slammed into the Japanese staging areas, they elect to attack and fight rather than die staging for an assault. With a fateful "BANZAI!" they charge up the hill one more time...
Attacker: Japanese (7th Company, II Battalion, 4th Regiment/5th Company, II Battalion, 4th Regiment)
Defender: American (USMC) (B Company, 1st Raider Battalion/C Company, 1st Raider Battalion and A Company, 1st Paramarine/Major Kenneth Baily and stragglers)  
7 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: Both     Night: Yes
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:26.0 D:16.5
AFVs: A:0 D:0
Guns: A:0
Type 89 Heavy Grenade-Launcher x 3
D:0
M2 60mm Mortar x 3

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: ER SSR, PTO, DJ. Night Rules.
Map Board(s): MMP: ER
Overlays: NONE
Errata (source)
In the American setup instructions for C Company, replace “Hill 2” with “Hill 120” so that it reads “set up ≤ 2 hexes from any Level 4 Hill 120 hex”.MMP
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentResultComments
2020-07-05(A) JP Laurio vs Arttu American (USMC) win
2014-09-26(A) Vic Lauterbach vs MW American (USMC) winA real TPBF and CC bloodbath; I was curious about this one b/c rating is very pro US. US did win, but it was closer than expected.
2007-02-19(A) Aaron Sibley vs Andy McMaster American (USMC) win
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US Marines defend the crest on Lunga Ridge as artillery fires in the background
 
Statistics:
Avg Rating: 6.00Votes: 3
Views: 3083
To-Play list count: 2
Estimated Play time: 11.9 hours
Recorded Games: 3
Archive recorded plays:
Japanese0
American (USMC)3
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of April 2021)
High Water Mark
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[A] Japanese 2
[D] American 26
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