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ASL 13 - Rising Sun (2021)

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Introduction:

Rising Sun is Advanced Squad Leader’s long-awaited return to the jungles, islands, and atolls of the southwest Pacific.
Rising Sun includes the entire Japanese, Chinese, and United States Marine Corps orders of battle; a 2nd edition of Chapter G, which covers the unique rules needed to play ASL in the Pacific Theater of Operations and incorporates all the current errata; and an updated Chapter H for the Japanese and Chinese vehicles and ordnance and for landing craft.

Included are 16 updated scenarios, combining the original Code of Bushido and Gung Ho! scenarios with 16 out-of-print PTO scenarios that originally appeared in the pages of the GENERAL, the ASL Annual, and the ASL Journal. Also included from the ASL ‘93b Annual comes "Sand and Blood" a Gavutu-Tanambogo campaign game with a 17"x 22" map and Chapter Z pages and from the Operations Special Edition #3 comes the Hell's Corner HASL map and it's 5 updated scenarios.
Scenario errata have been incorporated, and new errata has been issued for the older scenarios to reflect the balancing changes made to the updated scenarios.

Rising Sun (2021) contains:
32 Updated Scenarios from Code of Bushido, Gung Ho!, The GENERAL, ASL Annual, and ASL Journal.
5 Updated Scenarios from Hell's Corner HASL from Operations Special Edition #3.
Sand & Blood: Gavutu-Tanambogo CG
- Revised Chapter G; Chapter H for Japanese, Chinese, and Landing Craft; and Chapter Z (Gavutu-Tanambogo Campaign Game)
- 1,300 ½” counters and 592 5/8” counters (1,892 total)
- boards 34-39, 47, Gavutu-Tanambogo (GT) and Hell's Corner (HC) HASL maps
- overlays 1-5, B1-B5, Be1-7, Ef1-3, G1-5, M1-5, O1-5, OC1-4, OG1-5, P1-5, RP1-5, Wd1-5, X6, X11, X25-X29

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Scenarios:

Scenario	Rating	Location	Theatre	Attacker	Defender	Length	Popularity^*
59: Smertniki		6 miles north of Mutanchiang, Manchukuo	CBI	Russian	Japanese	10.5 hrs	3%
60: On the Kokoda Trail		Deniki, Papua, New Guinea	PTO	Japanese	Australian	7.8 hrs	7%
61: Shoestring Ridge	7.00	Damulaan, Leyte, The Philippines	PTO	Japanese	American	8.5 hrs	3%
62: Bungle in the Jungle		Payagyi, Burma	CBI	British	Japanese	10.8 hrs	3%
63: The Eastern Gate		11 miles Northeast of Maungdaw, Burma	CBI	Japanese	Gurkha (British)	10.2 hrs	4%
64: Hazardous Occupation		Tamparan, Mindanao, The Philippines	PTO	Japanese	Muslims	5.3 hrs	2%
65: Red Star, Red Sun		8 miles SW of Nomonhan, Manchukuo	CBI	Russian	Japanese	12.5 hrs	0%
66: The Bushmasters		13 miles SE of Sarmi, Netherlands New Guinea	PTO	American	Japanese	16.4 hrs	4%
67: Cibik's Ridge		Bougainville, Solomon Islands	PTO	Japanese	American (USMC)	3.6 hrs	1%
68: The Rock		Corregidor, The Philippines	PTO	Japanese	American (USMC)	13.1 hrs	4%
69: Today We Attack		6 miles North of Toungoo, Burma	CBI	Chinese	Japanese	15.8 hrs	3%
70: KP 167		3 miles East of Mauban, Bataan	PTO	Filipino/American	Japanese	18.9 hrs	4%
71: Jungle Citadel		Bhamo, Burma	CBI	Chinese	Japanese	7.8 hrs	4%
72: Sea of Tranquility		Peleliu, Palau	PTO	American (USMC)	Japanese	8.4 hrs	2%
73: Hell or High Water		Cape Torokina, Bougainville	PTO	American (USMC)	Japanese	14.8 hrs	3%
74: Bloody Red Beach		Guam, the Mariana Islands	PTO	American (USMC)	Japanese	23.9 hrs	3%
145: Shanghai In Flames		Shanghai, China	CBI	Japanese	Chinese	5.4 hrs	5%
146: The Drive for Taierzhuang		North of Taierzhuang, China	CBI	Japanese	Chinese	10.1 hrs	2%
147: A Stiff Fight		Asun, Malaya	CBI	Japanese	Gurkha (British)	3 hrs	12%
148: Ramsey's Charge		Morong, The Philippines	PTO	American	Japanese	4 hrs	0%
149: Grabbing Gavutu		Gavutu, Solomon Islands	PTO	American (USMC)	Japanese	17.3 hrs	1%
150: Tanambogo Nightmare		Tanambogo, Solomon Islands	PTO	American (USMC)	Japanese	11.8 hrs	0%
151: Take Two		Tanambogo, Solomon Islands	PTO	American (USMC)	Japanese	10.5 hrs	1%
152: Munda Mash		Near Laiana, New Georgia	PTO	American / American (USMC)	Japanese	5.6 hrs	0%
153: Totsugeki!		Near Kantau, Burma	CBI	Japanese	Chinese	4.3 hrs	3%
154: Orange at Walawbum		Walawbum, Burma	CBI	Japanese	American	4.7 hrs	1%
155: Smith & Weston		Near Warong, Burma	CBI	Japanese	American	4.8 hrs	6%
156: Broken Bamboo		Mawlu, Burma	CBI	Gurkha (British)	Japanese	3.4 hrs	4%
157: OP Hill		Near Mawlu, Burma	CBI	Japanese	British	9.6 hrs	2%
158: Last Of Their Strength		Charpate, Burma	CBI	American	Japanese	3.7 hrs	1%
159: White Tigers		Ningthoukhong, India	CBI	Japanese	Gurkha (British)	11.9 hrs	5%
160: Battlin' Buckeyes		Tacondo Barrio, Luzon, The Philippines	PTO	Japanese	American	6.9 hrs	1%
HC01: First Matanikau		Matanikau Village, Guadalcanal	PTO	American (USMC)	Japanese	3.7 hrs	1%
HC02: Bailey's Demise		One Log Bridge, Guadalcanal	PTO	American (USMC)	Japanese	2.8 hrs	2%
HC03: Samurai Sunset		Near Matanikau Village, Guadalcanal	PTO	Japanese	American (USMC)	5 hrs	0%
HC04: Whaling Good Time		Hill 75, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands	PTO	American (USMC)	Japanese	2.5 hrs	1%
HC05: The Sand Spit		Matanikau River, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands	PTO	Japanese	American (USMC)	9.2 hrs	1%
GT CG: Sand & Blood		Gavutu-Tanamgogo, Solomon Islands	PTO	American (USMC)	Japanese	228.5 hrs	1%

(Dark) grey rows indicate Night scenarios.

Median length of scenarios: 8.45hrs

Average rating of scenarios: 7

Total playing time: 557hrs

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