Iron Fist CBI (id:#65156)
See Also: Iron Fist by Critical Hit Iron Fist by Critical Hit Bailey's Iron Fist by Grumble Jones
Shanghai, China 1937-08-17 ()
Designer: Ken Dunn
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Balance:
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Overview:

The area known as "Little Tokyo" in Shanghai was a Japanese enclave that was quickly surrounded by the Chinese Army in the first week of the fighting. The area included the Japanese Naval Club and the dock district along the Hunagpu River. The Chinese knew that they had an opportunity to wipe out the enclave and threw troops at the fortified area indiscriminately, resulting in extensive casualties. With China's window of opportunity slipping away, they asked their German advisors for help. The advisor to the 87th Division devised a new plan, Operation IRON FIST, rooted in traditional late World War I assault tactics. Specially-trained troops were to follow up quickly behind artillery barrages and penetrate defensive gaps rapidly.
Attacker: Chinese (87th Division and 98th Infantry Division)
Defender: Japanese (1st Battalion, Shanghai Special Naval Landing Force)  
6.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:20.0 D:8.0
AFVs: A:0
AFVs: D:2
Type 92B x 2

Guns: A:0 D:0

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Concealment in effect, Woods and Bldgs are Concealment terrain. A: Dare Death
Overlays: NONE
Errata (source)
In SSR5, the Japanese player draws.Perry Sez
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2023-04-12(D) Jobbo Fett vs JobboFett Japanese winAfter a promising start as the Chinese drove up the left flank, both sides traded losses when a stack of elites and a leader went berserk. The ensuing "free" shots at negative DRMs caused losses, and the following melees wiped the rest. The Chinese reinforcements helped push back the Japanese defensive line, and one of the tanks broke its MA on an unlucky shot that nearly pinned a squad trying to cross some roads. That was about the end of any luck for the Chinese, as Fire Attacks suddenly turned for the worse, even with 10+ FP and a -2 leader (and the balance!) never making a serious dent against the Japanese troops. Broken units and weapons had little to no trouble coming back to shore up defenses or "re-activate" lanes of fire. The tanks were surprisingly resilient in Close Combat, which admittedly was a foolish decision anyways - but one hopes that the 25+ TH and CC attempts would've killed either vehicle... nope! The Chinese force slowly dwindled in power and numbers as more squads broke or were reduced (not to mention outright KIA!) The Balance had no effect on the game whatsoever - I would consider exchanging the Japanese 9-1 for a 9-0 or even removing them. The DCs feel useless, but perhaps I am biased after this playing.
2023-02-12(A) bqsf game vs Japanese winSSR 5 is somewhat tricky.

Though SSR 5 helps the Chinese, still it is difficult to get the Victory building for Chinese.
2021-10-08(D) Kermit Mullins vs Scott Waites Japanese winThe Chinese attack was slow and methodical and inexorably pushed me back into the victory location. But my Japanese held the building and got the win.
2021-01-16(A) Rob Schmitt vs Japanese winChinese were able to advance and attack to the Victory Control Building and throw two Demo Charges against Japanese in building. DC were ineffective due to high rolls. Close game, Japanese win.
2020-07-29(A) O Ramaille vs Japanese winDare-death squads vs. Elite Japanese units. A good Japanese defense and deadly accurate shots took a heavy toll on the Chinese. The latter entered little Tokyo but were unable to hold the ground against fearless Japanese in hand-to-hand combat.
A major Japanese victory.
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hoxson1 Modified the unit counts2025-06-06 20:42:12
Jobbo_Fett Added a playing2023-04-12 03:09:22
bqsfgame@gmail.com Added a playing2023-02-12 05:38:28
lt_steiner Added Errata2021-10-23 17:58:54
grumblejones Added a playing2021-10-08 23:20:34
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Avg Rating: 6.20Votes: 5
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To-Play list count: 1
Estimated Play time: 4.7 hours
Recorded Games: 5
Archive recorded plays:
Chinese0
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Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of today)
Iron Fist [Confirmed]
[A] Chinese 0
[D] Japanese 2
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