A Stiff Fight CBI (id:#61905)
Prior Publication: ASL Journal # 1
See Also: A Stiff Fight by Multi-Man Publishing
Designer: Steve Petersen and Brian Youse
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Balance:
JapaneseGurkha
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Overview:

At the start of the Malayan Campaign, British forces thrust into Thailand with the intent of capturing strategic points to deny them to the Japanese. Once the Japanese landed at Kota Bharu, however, the British realized they would soon be flanked and recalled their troops. This useless movement weakened the British line at Jitra, where the Japanese finally attacked and soon overran the initial British units, forcing them to withdraw. Near dawn on the 12th, the Japanese forced a detachment of tanks and infantry down the trunk road until, on the outskirts of Asun, the lead tank was knocked out and a Gurkha position was discovered blocking the road.
Attacker: Japanese (Saeki Detachment and 3rd Tank Brigade)
Defender: Gurkha (2/1st Gurkha Rifles)  
6.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:8.0 D:7.0
AFVs: A:3
Type 97A CHI-HA x 3

D:0
Guns: A:0
Type 89 Heavy Grenade-Launcher
D:0
Boys ATR x 2

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: PTO (Exc: central paved road exists). Overcast, Wet EC. D: no more than 2 Wire in road hexes.
Map Board(s): 37
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentResultComments
2021-04-04(D) Simon Staniforth vs Gurkha winMisread the VC area so had 2 HS out of position in the end game. Nevertheless a chance to win but lost a crucial Melee in final British turn with mutual elimination and the remaining Gurkha units then went down in Japanese final turn Prep. Good fun the dense jungle throws in the occasional surprise with Straying in the MPh.
2020-06-07(A) Denis Leclair vs Claudio Gurkha winThe Japanese thought they had this one well in hand. On the final Japanese turn there was only a Gurkha HS that was within reach of the victory hexes (thanks to a fortunate Japanese sniper activation earlier in the turn) and the rest of the Gurkha OOB was pretty much decimated. The Japanese had a full squad and a HS within reach of the Gurkha unit. The Japanese HS was concealed, the full squad was not. I (Japanese player) advanced both units into CC. The Gurkha HS pulled off an ambush and was able to withdraw into a neighboring victory hex and I couldn't do anything to counter it. Victory to the British.
This one was a lot of fun!
2020-01-11(D) Raoul Duke vs RH Gurkha winThis is a short nasty jungle fight that has everything one could ask for except flamethrowers. Dice were very much on the Gurkhas' side this time around-- it's not often that a force in ASL will end a scenario with more leaders than they started, and the addition of not one but two 8-1s turned the few surviving Gurkha squads into nigh-unstoppable monsters.
2018-05-24(D) Tom Kearney vs Lindsey Murillo Gurkha winEarly war Malaya linked scenario campaign.
2017-11-06(D) Tom Abromaitis vs Japanese win
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Estimated Play time: 3 hours
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