While Major Oki’s men secured Tavoy, a sister battalion of the 112th Infantry Regiment made preparations to cross the Burmese frontier in strength. Before sunrise on 20 January, a platoon of Gurkhas garrisoning the border village of Miyawadi was caught unawares, and quickly scattered by a large force of Japanese. The surviving Gurhkas scrambled back to D Company’s main position atop hills some two miles to the rear. The Japanese followed. By mid morning, the enemy had enveloped the Gurhka company, and ammunition began to run low, then the telephone line was cut. The Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion, 7th Gurkha Rifles, Lieutenant-Colonel White, cobbled together a relief force from three different units, and personally led it forward. The column ran headlong into the lead elements of the Japanese 1/112th.
Attacker: Japanese / Burmese (1st Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment, 55th Infantry Division and Burmese Independence Army)
Defender: British (1/7th Gurkha Rifles and 4th Burma Rifles, 2nd Burma Brigade, 1st Burma Division and 1/9th Royal Jats, 16th Indian Brigade)
In the VC, replace “prisoners do not count” with “prisoners count for neither CVP nor Exit VP purposes”. In SSR 4, add “; the side moving second may claim WA(B9.32) first” at the end of the third sentence.
J11
Players wanting to play this game/Request a match:
My Japanese made quick work of the Gurkhas on the left flank with some lucky ambush and CC rolls. The rest of the Brits tried falling back but were not able to eliminate any more Japanese troops. Fun little scenario, but I think it leans to the side that goes first...my Japanese got to go first.
2022-05-22
(A) S. Slunt
vs
Brad Hunter
Japanese / Burmese win
A good scenario the if the British go first it is a little harder on the Japanese.
With all the cover the Japanese can Banzai with out having to worry about a lot of -2 shots. The British have to be careful as they try to slow the Japanese as if they leave someone in the LOS of a group of Japanese that are towards the exit edge they are going to get Banzai. and the other Japanese are going to go straight for the board edge
2021-06-11
(A) Andy Bagley
vs
Neil Brunger
Japanese / Burmese win
A fun little scenario, although the random first move seems odd and probably tilts the balance in favour of whoever gets this. I was lucky and got it here with the Japanese/Burmese. On turn 1 the British moved most of their forces to cover my attack on the left, and after a couple of turns the obligatory banzai Japanese charge resulted in casualties on both side without my being able to break through. However, on the opposite flank I had a 9-1 leader and two squads which managed to sneak through without being broken, and these exit VPs gave me the winning margin I needed.
2021-06-05
(D) X von Marwitz
vs
Chris Hofland
British win
This is a tournament size PTO action that has seen plenty of play with 43 Japanese wins vs. 46 British ones and received an exceptional Excitement Rating on ROAR of 7.14 by 83 players (as of May 2021). Almost perfectly balanced looking at the win/loss record and that fine rating, it seems to number among one of the quality designs of Gary Fortenberry. With this designer, you can also be pretty sure that you will have something to think about attempting to grok the fineries of what to do.
I played the defending British in this one.
The full AAR can be reviewed at Gamesquad Forum follwing this link:
Japs went first and moved up, main thrust went along cactus hedge into the jungle on british right with about 1/3rd of the japs swinging to other flank... super shots from a brit mmc with lmg and leader killed the jap 9-1 leader and striped a squad... the brits swung into line on both flanks with the mortar ROF frenzy causing some japs to stripe on the left... the brits fell back but got trapped and things look bleak, but moving into an all out offensive meant the brits traded MMC with the japs and prevented any leaving the board. At the end there was only 4jap mmc and 2 brits left with H2H being brutal for everyone the japs lost by some 12vp or so.
2018-05-27
(D) jon smith
vs
japanese
British win
Japs went first and moved up, main thrust went along cactus hedge into the jungle on british right with about 1/3rd of the japs swinging to other flank... super shots from a brit mmc with lmg and leader killed the jap 9-1 leader and striped a squad... the brits swung into line on both flanks with the mortar ROF frenzy causing some japs to stripe on the left... the brits fell back but got trapped and things look bleak, but moving into an all out offensive meant the brits traded MMC with the japs and prevented any leaving the board. At the end there was only 4jap mmc and 2 brits left with H2H being brutal for everyone the japs lost by some 12vp or so.
2018-05-19
(D) Michael Rodgers
vs
Darren Kovacs
Japanese / Burmese win
I prevented the Japanese from having an easy exit, so Darren went for casualties. We were close until the last Japanese turn, when my dice went AWOL.
2017-08-29
(A) JP Laurio
vs
Ron
Japanese / Burmese win
2017-02-18
(A) Miikka Sohlman
vs
Petri Rissanen
British win
2016-07-31
(D) Dan Best
vs
Scott Martin
British win
St. Louis ASL Tournament 2016.
2016-07-25
(D) Martí Cabré
vs
Jesus Pie
Japanese / Burmese win
Very tight scenario won by Japanese by bare 6 CVP (15-9), including extra 2 for a prisoner squad and the double for an exited squad. As the British I first tried to trade terrain for time and win by being tied in points, but when the Japanese managed to escape through a hole and also capture a squad I realized I could lose and then pressed to kill more enemy units, but it was too late (Japanese started and got an extra half turn). I think that the key was the taking of a prisoner squad.
2016-07-25
(A) Jesus Pie
vs
Martí Cabré
Japanese / Burmese win
I agree with Martí about the prisioner, but also a key moment was when a DC hero run trough a hail of bullets to blow a gurka squad... A highly recomended scenario
2016-05-02
(A) Kevin Killeen
vs
Chris Doary
Japanese / Burmese win
2016-04-30
(D) Michael Dorosh
vs
Colin Emerson
Japanese / Burmese win
Came down to last turn; British killed only a single partisan squad and leader. Killed two of my own HS with 12DR on rally attempts. Nice tight scenario.
2016-04-30
(A) Colin Emerson
vs
Michael Dorosh
Japanese / Burmese win
Good delaying action scenario. Setup took awhile because you are virtually on top of each other and a random dr determines who moves first.
Saw Gurkhas battle harden to Fanatic status and then saw broken squads rally attempt themselves to death! Won with the bare bones 6 CVP with no Japanese/Burmese exiting the board.
2016-04-29
(D) Mark Drake
vs
John Brown
British win
My Brits steadily fell back trading space for time and keeping Concealment to slip Ambushes by Japanese. Turn 5 Brit DFPh sees lots of MG Fire Lanes and Residual shots Pin/Break many Japanese (one Brit 4-5-7 got off DFF,SFF,and four consecutive FPF shots before Breaking,and caused Casualty MC to Jap 4-4-7/DC squad!) British moved first and was big advantage I believe.
2015-10-08
(D) Richard Carter
vs
Japanese / Burmese win
I moved first and still lost. ASLOK XXX
2015-01-25
(A) Rich Weiley
vs
Dave Wilson
British win
CanCon 2015 - Round three
2015-01-24
(A) Bill Brodie
vs
Eric Topp
Japanese / Burmese win
Cancon 2015. Japanese moved first, which made it hard for the British. In 8 playings, seven were won by the side that moved first.
2014-10-18
(D) Richard Jenulis
vs
David Gillies
British win
2014-07-20
(D) Andy Beaton
vs
Richard Hooks
British win
Managed to block the Japanese run and then steadily retreat and whittle down the Japanese attackers without taking major losses. IJA conceded in turn 5.
2014-07-16
(D) Kurt Berger
vs
Mark Kraatz
British win
As usual we reversed sides when playing a new scenario In order to get both perspectives. In this playing the Japanese had an excellent opening with a flanking attack on British right that quickly destroyed two British machine gun positions by turn 3. The attack then stalled as the Japanese hit some bad dice rolls (snake eyes on a 16 table down two) and were not able to move up the road. The game was bloody with lots of close combat, but the delay cost the Japanese and they were not able to exit any units.
Japanese Good Points: Aggressive play resulting in flanking attack mid board that broke the British second defensive line early; Firing into CC to break British units
Japanese Challenges: Tendency to over-stack; Not using Banzai to get extra movement; Not using smoke.
British Good Points: Deploying early and sending HS back to interdict exit hexes
British Challenges: Leaving MG nest vulnerable to flanking attack; Unable to make effective use of mortar
Overall, this is a nice little scenario.
2014-07-11
(A) Daniel Soukup
vs
Jeff B
Japanese / Burmese win
2014-07-11
(D) Jeff B
vs
Daniel Soukup
British win
The Brits put the Japs in a hole early by connecting on some good shots and the multiple banzai attempts didn't cause much damage until late in the game when exit VPs were out of hand.
2014-07-03
(A) Kurt Berger
vs
Mark Kraatz
Japanese / Burmese win
The random first player mechanic combined with a 5 and a half turn game length makes this an interesting scenario. The Japanese advantage in CC is balanced by the Gurhka's proficiency in CC. This was a close fought battle until a Japanese DC hero destroyed a key British position defending the road allowing 16 victory points to exit for the Japanese. The dice favored both sides in this game, but a two pronged attack attracted too many British to the left flank allowing the Japanese to exit the VP.
2014-05-29
(D) Michael Rodgers
vs
Nelson Harris
British win
2014-05-25
(D) Richard Jenulis
vs
Rob Wirthlin
Japanese / Burmese win
Enfilade 2014
2014-05-10
(A) Richard Jenulis
vs
Joe Vennarucci
British win
2014-05-09
(D) Gordon Jupp
vs
Derek Cox
Japanese / Burmese win
Really interesting scenario, with simultaneous close setup and random order of play - will have lots of replay value - in fact we played it twice during a day - and I lost both times!
2014-05-01
(D) Simon Staniforth
vs
Japanese / Burmese win
2014-04-16
(A) Eric Partizan Eric
vs
Japanese / Burmese win
2014-04-01
(D) Will Willow
vs
Bob Brown
British win
ASL OPEN
2014-04-01
(D) Richard Jenulis
vs
Paul Hart
British win
[exact date unknown]
2014-02-18
(D) Andy Beaton
vs
Eoin Corrigan
Japanese / Burmese win
Game turned on successful Japanese ambushes - my losses and fleeing Japanese were the difference. Interesting scenario.