First Matanikau PTO (id:#60935)
See Also: First Matanikau by Multi-Man Publishing First Matanikau by Multi-Man Publishing
Designer: Bahadir Erimli
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Balance:
American (USMC)Japanese
40%

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) (Company B, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment and Company L, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment)
Defender: Japanese (Matanikau Outpost and Matanikau Garrison)  
5.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:17.0 D:12.0
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). D: Entrenchments, partial HIP setup
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2022-12-23(D) Lawrence Spangler vs Diane Spangler Japanese win
2022-10-04(A) Jeff B vs Joe Arthur American (USMC) win4.5 hrsAmericans stormed on in the wooded south, mostly ignoring the thin Japanese line, but getting the worst of it in the few CCs they inititiated. Americans east of the river played it cautiously, creating a green amoebic mass. Turn 2 saw the Americans take more lumps in their CCs in the south, allowing a couple Japanese to remain behind the lines of their otherwise solid wall of bodies along the tree line. Turn 3 saw yet more difficulties for the Americans, most of it again stemming from bungled CCs, including the loss of their 8-1, Meanwhile their 8-0 in east was brained by a sniper, leaving that flank leaderless, while progress was very slow going over there. But a strong push was beginning to develop from the west. The count was 10-10, and the Americans could not continue to trade body for body if they expected to prevail. Turn 4 was very strong for the Americans as their hold on the west intensified and their eastern push finally solidified, not losing any more units while taking out six more Japanese HS. But Turn 5 saw the return of body-for-body trade-offs, and the Japanese recognized that if they could simply pull their men to safety they would hold out. Going into the last turn the Americans needed to root out one remaining HS in the last uncaptured hut (a virtual certainty), while eliminating one more VP of Japanese units above what they lost. When they wounded one of the 9-1s for the second time this granted them a 31-14 victory, without having to risk any more dangerous CC. A close, but rather pedestrian scenario.
2022-03-20(A) Jason Wert vs John Garlic Japanese win
2017-05-07(A) JP Laurio vs American (USMC) win
2014-02-22(A) Stanley Neo vs Vladimir S Japanese winMalaya Madness 2014
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Hutch Modified the misc. rules2025-08-19 11:04:32
Hutch Modified the gps location2024-12-09 16:05:00
Hutch Updated the Scenario ID2023-03-05 20:03:51
Jude Added a playing2023-02-20 01:23:35
Jude Rated the scenario2023-02-20 01:22:49
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Estimated Play time: 3.7 hours
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