Taking Heads PTO (id:#60821)
Along the Magalang Road south of Concepcion, Luzon, Philippine Islands 1942-01-01 ()
Designer: Gary Fortenberry
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
JapaneseAmerican
51.851851851852%

Overview:

During the retreat of the North Luzon Force to Bataan in the last days of 1941, two recently mobilized reserve divisions of the Philippine Army took up temporary defensive positions astride the Concepcion-Magalang Road along the so-called D-5 Line. The 21st Infantry Division held the western flank, while the 11th Infantry Division held the road and the eastern flank. Their orders were to repel any attacks until the night of January 1st-2nd, then resume their withdrawal southward. In the afternoon of New Year’s Day, a Japanese force struck the 11th Division’s left flank along the road in an attempt to rout the defenders by a coup de main.
Attacker: Japanese (Kanno Detachment of 3rd Battalion, 2nd Formosa Regiment and 9th Infantry Regiment)
Defender: American (2nd Battalion, 11th Infantry Regiment (PA), and 1st Field Artillery Group (Provisional))  
6.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:16.0 D:12.0
AFVs: A:0
AFVs: D:2
M3 GMC x 2

Guns: A:0
Type 89 Heavy Grenade-Launcher x 3
Type 97 20mm Automatic Gun
D:1
M3A1 37mm AT Gun

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: PTO (G.1), LJ (G2.1) Exc: Bridge DOES exist on elevated road). Water obstacles: Dry
Overlays: NONE
Errata (source)
Clarification: the bridge on the elevated road still exists.G. Fortenberry via GameSquad.
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2024-10-06(A) S. Slunt vs Colin Jeschke Japanese win4 hrsThe Americans set up a min board set up. The Japanese entered heavily on the on East side. The Japanese were able to Banzai on turn two.
The Americans conceded at the point they only have 1 hip'd squad left.
2024-09-30(A) Steven Cummings vs Peter Palmer American winI was shellacked. My inferior tactics could not withstand so many low rolls by Peter. Over after Turn 2.
2024-09-10(A) Craig Renier vs Mark Thompson American winThe Japanese attempted to strike the American left but were cut down by a forward defense and interlocking fire lanes. Conceded at the end of Turn 2 after taking heavy losses to include all but one leader killed.
2024-05-19(A) David Garvin vs Andrew Luden American win
2022-11-04(A) Shane Pask vs Japanese winMy start was not aggressive enough and let the .50 cal hold up my advance. My first T-H hero failed to reach his target but absorbed so much fire before being wounded that the rest of that flank made it past. For most of the game, I thought I had no chance (forget exiting off the south edge!) including losing two CC - one at 2-1 odds in my favour and one where I had the ambush. I did not break any Philippines until turn 5 but had destroyed both GMC - I flamed the first one in CC after it had been stunned, immobilised and malfed. My last mortar with smoke placed a couple of screens on the last turn to allow me to capture two buildings to give me a one point victory.
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slunts Added a playing2024-10-07 04:57:56
Hutch Modified the misc. rules2024-10-03 10:28:22
usmcwo1 Added a playing2024-10-02 20:24:55
Heloanjin Added a playing2024-10-02 02:12:08
Stewart Linked the scenario to ROAR2024-09-11 01:20:40
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VASL Scenario Setup (AP-59 Taking Heads v667.vsav)VASL SetupTuruk149
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M3 GMC with five man crew (m3 gmc 75mm.png)Imagehoxson11014
The correct map setup (AP59 Taking Heads.png)Map Imagehipsu1283
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The river is a level -1 valley (view)hipsu2014-04-02 18:38:51
The Stream (view)CloseAssaultPete2024-09-07 12:51:39
The stream is not a Water Obstacle as per the index (It is not Frigid or Flooded) and therefore should be set to Normal not Dry. This means that the mudflats remain Marsh - this may have some imprtant game effect for movement in the end game as it makes moving along the stream and the two non-Swamp hexes significantly more time consuming than if the stream was dry and the marsh hexes become mudflats as they would if the Stream is dry.

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M3 GMC with five man crew
 
Statistics:
Avg Rating: 7.06Votes: 54
Views: 6521
To-Play list count: 7
Estimated Play time: 4.8 hours
Recorded Games: 45
Archive recorded plays:
Japanese26
American19
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of today)
Taking Heads [Confirmed]
[A] American 58
[D] Japanese 59
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