Dew of Death CBI (id:#63167)
Xingzi, China 1938-08-23 ()
Designer: Nick Richardson / Brian Youse
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
JapaneseChinese
53.125%

Overview:

As the Imperial Japanese Army drove towards Wahan along the southern bank of the Yangtze River, it had to cross through well-defended Wanjialing. After capturing Jinjiang, the 106th Division continued along the railway in an attempt to break through at De’an, but Chinese reinforcements stopped the offensive with heavy losses at Shahe and began to surround the invaders. In an attempt to break the encirclement at Xingzi, the two battalions of the 101st Division’s Sato Detachment launched a supporting attack on 21 August against fierce resistance from Wang Jongjiu’s 25th Corps and Ye Zhan’s 66th Corps. Unable to break through the Chinese lines via conventional methods, the Japanese resorted to deploying poison gas.
Attacker: Japanese (Sato Detachment, 101st Division)
Defender: Chinese (Elements of 25th Corps and 66th Corps)  
5.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: Japanese     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:16.0 D:17.0
AFVs: A:0
AFVs: D:0
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: Treat Woods as Brush. A: poison gas OBA! placed before setup
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2023-12-05(D) Jobbo Fett vs xs-bombingA Chinese winThe scenario was hardly a fight. The Japanese player had terrible luck with their WP FFE, attempting to have it land just south of the stone building, but ended up shuffling to the lonely hill down and to the left of the original target. This prevent a lot of Japanese movement through cheaper MF territory. Still, they tried to make do, sending units through the bottom map and getting into CC versus the few troops stationed there. Turn 1 looked alright for the attackers, minus the few squqds that were striped on the advance.

Turn 2 however, that's a whole different story. A Chinese MMG got rate for some 8 or so shots, rolling an average of like... 5 with a -1 leader. Suffice to say the MMG operators could count 5 squads to their names. At the same time, a banzai-turned-close combat fight saw the Chinese score numerous victories for few losses by themselves. We called it by turn 3, the Japanese no longer having the required CVP even with the bonus leader on turn 4. A devastating game where the dice clearly favored the defender. A very punishing scenario for the attacker, I would love to know if the designers ever released notes for this one...
2020-08-17(A) Rob MacGinley vs Rodney Ding Chinese winFantastic to use chemical weapons!!!
anyway - lots of the IJA to get off and though I killed huge numbers of Chinese I was short half a squad on the VC condition
2019-01-09(D) Andy Beaton vs Jeff Wasserman Japanese winThe poison gas landed in the wrong spot for the Japanese but the Chinese still couldn't manage not to run away in the face of Japanese firepower.
2018-06-13(A) Lawrence Spangler vs Diane Spangler Chinese win
2018-06-13(D) Diane Spangler vs Lawrence SpanglerD Chinese win
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Avg Rating: 6.27Votes: 15
Views: 4450
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Estimated Play time: 4.7 hours
Recorded Games: 9
Archive recorded plays:
Japanese1
Chinese8
Drawn:0

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Dew of Death
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[A] Chinese 16
[D] Japanese 7
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