Race to the River PTO (id:#65854)
Designer: David Roth
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
AmericanJapanese
24.137931034483%

Overview:

Flames from a huge fire in the Tondo District forced the Americans to alter their path of advance towards the Pasig River east into the Binondo District in Manila. To slow the American advance, the Japanese set up roadblocks at key intersections guarded by machine gun nests and anti-tank guns. Of primary importance to the Americans was capturing the bridges across the Pasig intact. Japanese engineers worked feverishly to prepare those bridges for demolition. It was a race against time for both adversaries.
Attacker: American (148th Infantry Regiment and Division Cannon Company, 37th Infantry Division and 754th Tank Battalion)
Defender: Japanese (2nd Provisional Army Battalion, Northern Force)  
8.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: Japanese     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:24.0 D:19.0
AFVs: A:8
M7 HMC x 2
M4 x 4
M8 x 2
Armored Bulldozer x 2

AFVs: D:2
M3A1 SC(a) x 2

Guns: A:0
M2 60mm Mortar x 2
D:3
Type 1 Machine-Moved Gun
Type 96 25mm AA Gun Twin-Mount
Type 98 High-Angle Machine Cannon
Type 89 Heavy Grenade-Launcher x 2

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: D: Buried Bomb (SF20.4), A: Sappers (B28.8), LV +1 Hinderance (E3.1) at greater than 5 hexes.
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2024-07-12(A) Kevin Duval vs Dwayne DuvalA American winAmerican fire power carried the day with low dice rolls.
2024-07-12(D) Dwayne Duval vs Kevin DuvalA American win
2024-04-21(D) Ron Garcia vs Darryl M. Japanese winMy first playing of S&F:M. Turned out to be a dud. I set up the Japanese exclusively on the northeast landmass (with a strategically placed unit within six hexes of the southwest bridge eyeballing a Set DC). With only a few hexes to push forward to get to my units, the Americans faced an uphill battle. Firelanes, Set DC's, AT Mines, Mines, Bore Sighting, T-H Heroes, hidden units, 100mm OBA with Plentiful Ammunition - and that's not everything they can do. My friend tried his best, but his forces were torn up pretty badly from the get go. I gave the scenario a decent rating because I was the Japanese player. There are so many sneaky tricks they can pull on the poor Americans. On the other hand, I'd rate it a 1 if playing as the US.

If you set up like I did, then you won't get a feel how the new rules affect this module. The terrain in the little area I set up in only had two new terrain types, so it wasn't even good as an intro to Manila scenario (again, as I played it). I'm sure they'll get better as my friend and I progress through this module.
2023-02-21(D) Stefan Fiedler vs Gustav Lidemyr Japanese winInteresting scenario. Defender need to plan well as there is not space to trade.
Building 4T6 is quite important.
Japan player had one dc on every bridge and 2 DC set outside setup area (allowed as per SSR we surmised). American player was aggressive and payed for it. Japanese OBA was effective and most of the THH was placed on-board. The OT AFVs are very fragile Mtrs and OBA killed them.
American player should go slow and safe.
2023-02-01(D) Richard Jenulis vs Dennis Hess Japanese winThe Japanese blew the 4O12 & the 4I2 bridges. The game became out of reach by the end of turn 6. Highlights for the Japanese was a flamethrower that took out a Sherman and a Dozer. IMO, this one is hard on the Americans.
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Avg Rating: 6.88Votes: 8
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To-Play list count: 1
Estimated Play time: 12.9 hours
Recorded Games: 8
Archive recorded plays:
American2
Japanese6
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of today)
Race to the River [Confirmed]
[A] American 5
[D] Japanese 16
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