Makin Taken PTO (id:#56487)
Multi-Man Publishing (ASL Journal # 5 ID: J84)   [next]   [previous]
Designer: Rick Troha
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Balance:
AmericanJapanese
41.304347826087%

Overview:

While the Marines were experiencing the horror of Tarawa, the Army's 27th Division, a New York National Guard outfit, was facing a considerably smaller Japanese force on Makin Atoll. Previously, the 27th Division had been garrisoning Hawaii and its combat inexperience would become apparent. On the first day, they overreacted to every sniper threat, slowing the progress of their advance. On the morning of D+2, the 3rd Battalion Landing Team launched an assault on the last major stronghold, a cluster of stone buildings around a crossroad, which were built during the British colonial occupation.
Attacker: American (3rd Battalion Landing Team, 27th Division and 193rd Tank Battalion)
Defender: Japanese (6th Special Naval Landing Force and 802nd and 952nd Air Units)  
6.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:12.0 D:7.0
AFVs: A:2
M3 MT x 2

AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0 D:1
Type 89 Heavy Grenade-Launcher x 2
Type 92 70mm INF Gun

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: PTO, LJ (exc: Roads exist, Brush is Brush). Bobai pit rules
Overlays: 1 OG4 OW1
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2025-12-18(D) Kevin Duval vs Dwayne Duval Japanese winJapanese fire control under HIP helped push CVP cap over the edge thus preventing American win.
2024-03-27(A) Kevin Sanders vs Jason Littleton American winUS needs to move to get 40 pnt and watch loosing a tank. Fun scenario.
2023-11-16(D) Paul Legg vs Eric Gerstenberg Japanese winBounding Fire Tournament PTO Mini - Round 2
2023-06-19(D) Tuomo Lukkari vs Victor Rosso Japanese win[Imported from ROAR]
2023-05-20(D) Miikka Sohlman vs Matti Holsti American win
2022-09-20(A) Andy Bagley vs Mike Grogan Japanese winClose and very enjoyable game. My plan was to clear the northern board first then sweep south to take the huts, hopefully inflicting lots of Japanese casualties on the way. The Japanese however put up stiff resistance without committing all of their forces, which slowed me down, and I felt I couldn't push harder because of the CVP cap. By the penultimate turn I had to gamble with a CC attack against the Japanese 10-1 leader and elite squad; I lost the ambush dr and got wiped out.
My opponent played this very well. Some of the Japanese troops stayed on the southern board and never saw action, but by keeping these forces intact and denying me the huts there, it is hard for the Americans to gain the required 40VPs. By the end of my 6th turn I had just 26 VPs (16 for buildings, 10 for CVPs) with no chance of reaching my goal on the last turn, so I conceded.
2022-07-06(A) wayne baumber vs Graham Japanese win
2022-06-02(D) Simon Staniforth vs American winAmericans just got the needed VP in the last MPh. Japanese needed to kill an AFV to swing the game, had a few low odds chances in CC but no dice.
2020-11-14(D) Vic Lauterbach vs JM American winNice close game. The Bobai pits were a non factor. I needed to kill one M3 Lee in CC to hit the CVP cap and couldn't do it despite getting several chances!
2020-01-18(D) Ron Garcia vs Darryl M. Japanese win
2015-09-02(A) Jeff B vs Sandro Coriasco Japanese win
2015-08-15(D) Paul Works vs Dave Mareske American win
2015-07-15(A) Dave Mareske vs Paul Works American win
2013-11-03(D) Andy Beaton vs Richard Hooks Japanese winJapanese were getting crushed until one key five minute stretch where my 10-1 and crew ambushed and killed two US squads, then took their bazooka and killed a Grant tank for enough CVP to win. One for the history books.
2012-08-27(A) X von Marwitz vs Alex Koestler Japanese win
2011-05-21(A) Jeff Waldon vs Frank Tozier American winFtF CAG-Makin was again Taken, decent scenario, I played a conservative game as the US to minimize losses, it worked well, I has my 40VP's by the bottom of Turn 6 and only lost a HS.
2007-01-27(A) Bill Brodie vs Peter Manger American win4th scenario at Cancon 2007
2007-01-27(D) Rich Weiley vs Paul Seage American winCANCON 2007 - Round four. Highlight - Forgot where one of my Bobai pits was and ran a THH into it.
2007-01-27(A) Neil Andrews vs Al Palazzo American winCancon 2007
2006-04-23(A) Neil Andrews vs Frank Papalia Japanese winANZACcon 2006
Frank killed the tank which pushed me over the CVP cap
Game over man!!
2005-02-27(A) Eric Partizan Eric vs Jean Lasnier American win
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Avg Rating: 7.00Votes: 22
Views: 10074
To-Play list count: 7
Estimated Play time: 3.5 hours
Recorded Games: 20
Archive recorded plays:
American10
Japanese10
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of today)
Makin Taken [Confirmed]
[A] American 28
[D] Japanese 44
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