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The Knife Edge of Defeat ETO (id:#57628)
Dagger (Rout Report # 4.4 ID: Z16)   [next]   [previous]
(Revision: CH: Rout Pak II RPII 4)
See Also: The Knife Edge of Defeat by Critical Hit
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PJ4.3: The Leather Factory (OAF Playtester's Journal # 4)
PJ4.4: Rescue (OAF Playtester's Journal # 4)
PBP 16: Bloody Ridge (Aussie `97 Pack)
Three: Landing Ground Raid (OAF Playtester)
CA!16: Foreign Influence (Counterattacks 2)
ROF 1: Sturmtrooper I (Rate of Fire # 3)
S64: Kawaguchi's Gamble (ASL Starter Kit #4)
S65: Take It Back (ASL Starter Kit #4)
ER#2: The Salient (Edson's Ridge)
ER#3: One More Night (Edson's Ridge)
ER#5: The Shortest Way (Edson's Ridge)
BISt #8: Bridgehead on the Don (Steel And Blood)
HFP #3: Captain Laszlo's Try (Freedom's Price - Hungary 1)
Designer: Rodger Best
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
JapaneseAmerican (USMC)
60.869565217391%

Overview:

After a harrowing destroyer ride down the Slot, Kawaguchi’s 124th Regiment landed on Guadalcanal and immediately set out to capture the invaluable airfield. Seeking to surprise the Marine defenders, the Japanese moved inland to attack the Marines from behind. Invisible to air recon and undetected by Marine patrols, Kawaguchi’s men struggled through the incredible choking forest and tangled, swampy ravines. Kawaguchi’s attack schedule was soon set back twice. At last the 124th arrived in the area of the jump-off point south of the airfield behind a long, treeless ridge. With time running out and uncertain of the enemy’ disposition, Kawaguchi ordered the attack to center on the ridge. The valiant Japanese attacked in waves, raging onto the open top of the ridge with fixed bayonets, hurling grenades and flares. The attack threatened to wash over the Marine line, particularly the positions of B Company of both the Raiders and Paras, stretched across the summit.
Attacker: Japanese (Elements of 6th and 7th Companies, 3rd Battalion, 124th Regiment)
Defender: American (USMC) (Elements of B Company, Raiders and B Company, Paramarines)  
7 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: American (USMC)     Night: Yes
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:17.0 D:11.0
AFVs: A:0
AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0
Type 89 Heavy Grenade-Launcher x 3
D:0
M2 60mm Mortar

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: PTO, Night rules. H4 is level one hill. OG3 treated as Level 2 hill. No paths exist.
Map Board(s): 34
Overlays: B1 B3 H4 OG3 Wd2 Wd5
Errata (source)
SSR6: Replace last sentence with: "Treat the hillock overlay as road for straying purposes (E1.1531)."Rout Report errata
SSR1 Japanese are Scenario Attacker. Marines are Scenario Defenderhttps://web.archive.org/web/20060717180329/http://ic.net/~kmartin/errata.htm
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DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultComments
2014-07-20(D) Will Willow vs T. Wilcox Japanese winVASL
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Jobbo_Fett Added Errata2022-07-28 21:43:02
hoxson1 Linked the scenario to ROAR2020-11-18 08:06:25
Hutch Updated the Victory Conditions2020-09-27 15:13:50
Hutch Modified the Attacker's Guns2020-09-27 15:13:05
Hutch Modified the Defender's Guns2020-09-27 15:13:05
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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 5.00Votes: 1
Views: 3063
To-Play list count: 0
Estimated Play time: 7.6 hours
Recorded Games: 1
Archive recorded plays:
Japanese1
American (USMC)0
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of November 2021)
The Knife Edge of Defeat [Confirmed]
[A] Japanese 13
[D] American 9
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