Buckley's Block PTO (id:#62916)
Cape Gloucester, New Britain Island
1944-01-13 (0 others)
Designer: Darrell Anderson
Starter kit scenario?: Deluxe scenario?:
Balance:
JapaneseAmerican (USMC)
Overview:
The Marines had solidly established their presence on Cape Glouchester, secured their initial objectives, and continued to push south and east. A major campaign objective was Hill 660. Confident that Hill 660 would be taken a detachment from the Weapons Company of 7th Marines was sent to cut off any Japanese retreat along a coastal trail. Soon after the sounds of battle died down from Hill 660, the first Japanese scouts were sighted as they tried to rejoin their comrades to the east.Attacker: Japanese (141st Infantry Regiment, 51st Division)
Defender: American (USMC) (Weapons Company, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division)
6 turns
Players: 2 OBA: None Night: No| Unit Counts: |
| Squads: A:12.0 D:6.0 |
| AFVs: A:0 |
| AFVs: D:1 M3 GMC |
| Guns: A:0 Type 89 Heavy Grenade-Launcher x 2 D:1 M3A1 37mm AT Gun |
| Misc Rules: | PTO (G.1), Wet EC (B25.5), Mud (E3.6), Falling Rain (E3.51), NQ (A20.3) |
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| Overlays: | NONE |
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| Date | Reporter | Opponent | Bal. | Result | Time | Comments | |
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| 2025-03-13 | (D) rene cote | vs | mrosberg | American (USMC) win | |||
| 2025-02-08 | (A) Mark Thompson | vs | Herbert Heyman | American (USMC) win | |||
| 2025-02-07 | (A) David Garvin | vs | Rich Domovic | American (USMC) win | As part of FNF. I ended up only amassing 11 VP out of the required 20. That said, was a fun game and I'd play this one again. Either side! | ||
| 2025-02-07 | (A) Peter Palmer | vs | Dan Lepore | D | Japanese win | Friday Night Fights Game 4 This was very enjoyable. we took it easy pace wise but still got through it in a single session. Mud is the great leveller for the Japanese love of manoeuvre and the first two turns were trying to get into position for the mid game. Unfortunately I completely muffed my positioning of my leaders and had units out of position and couldn't buy a deploy roll to save myself . Dan was mounting a great fall back defense and I just couldn't get momentum. Rain went heavy on Turn 2 and I was able to get into a pivotal yet inconclusive HTH CC - and then the US HMG malfing allowed me to start threatening the southern route. The game really turned on Turn 4 when my CCs went in my favour apart from one. The ATG Canister only got one shot before I CCed the crew and that was only versus an adjacent unit so much less effective than normal. I really started to put some hurt on the US with casualty CVP, and then I captured the gun, blew it it up firing it, and was able to force a late redeployment from the TD. Mistakes were made by both sides, I forgot to attempt two TH heroes in the movement phase and so DFF pinned both units. Dan was in a way too disciplined D1F wise and missed an great opportunity to lay a firelane down the exit hexrow. I did manage to keep some squads intact for the late game which mean striping finally helped. while I accumulated 22 VP, it was very tight right up until that last turn, especially with both Halftrack hunting half squads getting pinned right next to the M3 GMC in DFF (see missed TH opportunities.) Enjoyable game, awesome opponent, great ASL session. | |
| 2024-05-07 | (D) Kevin Sanders | vs | Robert Brown | American (USMC) win | Rain became hvy (extra LV) and things got tight. Japanese did not get a lot of banzai opportunities. Americans luckier in later rounds with wounds to 2 of 3 leaders and a few CC wins. Tight game |
| Action | Date |
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| Thompsonmg(MGT) Added a playing | 2025-03-21 14:13:22 |
| Hutch Modified the misc. rules | 2025-03-13 11:16:31 |
| rangercote Added a playing | 2025-03-13 01:51:48 |
| von Garvin Added a playing | 2025-02-08 15:38:45 |
| CloseAssaultPete Added a playing | 2025-02-08 08:01:38 |
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| VASL Scenario Setup (J189 Buckley's Block v667.vsav) | VASL Setup | Turuk | 223 |
| (jap-usmc.png) | Image | hoxson1 | 1190 |
| (J189 Buckley's Block Scenario Archive.jpg) | Map Image | von Marwitz | 1246 |
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| Avg Rating: 6.93 | Votes: 44 |
| Views: | 5067 |
| To-Play list count: | 4 |
| Estimated Play time: | 2.8 hours |
| Recorded Games: | 38 |
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| Japanese | 21 | |
| American (USMC) | 17 | |
| Drawn: | 0 | |
| ROAR Data: (as of today) Buckley's Block [Confirmed] |
| [A] American | 38 |
| [D] Japanese | 53 |