Battlin' Buckeyes PTO (id:#61922)
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Prior Publication: ASL Journal # 1
See Also: Battlin' Buckeyes by Multi-Man Publishing Battlin' Buckeyes by Multi-Man Publishing
Designer: Pete Shelling
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
JapaneseAmerican
53.488372093023%

Overview:

Many of the Japanese troops defending Clark Field were less than front-line quality. Lieutenant Colonel Seikuke Eguchi, however, scrounged for them every available machine gun from the destroyed aircraft littering the runways. As the remains of Kembu Group were being pushed into the foothills of the Zambales Mountains, Eguchi decided to counterattack. After clearing Clark Field, the “Battling Buckeyes” of the 37th pushed into the ruins of Fort Scotsenberg. On the morning of the 29th, Eguchi’s infantry hit the American defenses, and were repulsed. Another counterattack led by six tanks of the Yanagimoto Detachment struck the right flank at Barrio Tacondo.
Attacker: Japanese (Eguchi Detachment with Yanagimoto Detachment)
Defender: American (3rd Battalion, 129th Infantry Regiment with Cannon Company, 3rd Battalion, 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion)  
6.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:14.0 D:14.0
AFVs: A:6
Type 97B CHI-HA x 6

AFVs: D:5
M7 HMC x 2
M18 GMC x 2
M20

Guns: A:0
Type 89 Heavy Grenade-Launcher
D:0

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: PTO (G.1), LJ (G2.1) Exc: Roads exists but unpaved, no hills. A: Level B Booby Trap (B29.9)
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2026-05-21(A) Jeff B vs Magnus Rimvall Japanese win10.75 hrsThings didn't start so well for Magnus when after the first turn both his BAZ were lying on the ground unattended after I knocked out both wielders. My tanks were very cautious, positioning themselves in case of a pinching entry of his tanks from the north or east. Turn 2 saw my 9-0 get brained by a sniper and break the gun on one of my tanks. But it was no shock when he chose to enter his tanks to support the village. Turn 3 saw me continue to muscle my way into town, eliminating an Ami squad and stunning one of his M7s in the process. Turn 4 got decidedly more bloody as we traded squads on the first half of the turn and I immobilized and knocked out his stunned M7. Not knowing which of two stacks was his real at-start M7 I was very cautious with my own tanks, but I figured I had a tank to burn and used one to create a land bridge across the street to the temple. No surprise when I lost him on the bottom of the turn, but I did dispatch his 8-1 and a HS. Turn 5 was all Japs as I eliminated a squad and a crew, and finally exposed the dummy M7. With just one more building in the east to grab to get to 22 I was ready to sit back on my laurels and let him come to me. Which of course he did on Turn 6. Trying desperately to take back the temple he lost two squads, while I lost one and burned a DC. He also went tank hunting, swarming one of mine with an M7 and M18. But when my sniper brained the crew of the other M17 it was all a moot point whether he'd knock me out or not and he threw up the white flag. Not really the most exciting game, as it got a bit static after I grabbed the northern buildings.
2025-10-06(A) Rick Galli vs Jeff Taylor American win
2022-12-28(D) Len Kay vs Chuck Tewksbury Japanese win[Imported from ROAR]
2022-04-01(D) Kevin Duval vs Dwayne Duval Japanese winUsed American balance but never made it that many turns anyway. American forces were swarmed & it was over by end of Turn 3.
2020-11-25(A) Dan Best vs Paul Works American win
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buser333 Added a playing2026-05-21 22:56:49
Hutch Modified the Unit Elements2026-01-29 14:17:16
Hutch Modified the Unit Elements2026-01-29 14:16:31
aokigaryou Modified the unit counts2025-11-25 06:55:09
hussar04 Added a playing2025-10-07 03:25:36
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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 5.44Votes: 16
Views: 6307
To-Play list count: 0
Estimated Play time: 7.1 hours
Recorded Games: 14
Archive recorded plays:
Japanese7
American7
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of today)
Battlin' Buckeyes [Confirmed]
[A] Japanese 16
[D] American 13
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