Post by armchair general on May 19, 2020 3:02:38 GMT
Many thanks to CptHellcat for putting this together! It was a blast!! Mike and I played the Japs, while CptHellcat and friends played the U.S. The game is still in question. The Sons of Nippon might yet honor the emperor by clearing the way to Henderson Field. We had to break after 4 turns. Btw....if any of you want to use Roll20 to play on-line games, it was a lot of fun. I don't know how hard it is to set everything up, but from a player's standpoint, it was pretty easy to pickup quickly.
Yes, it took about an hour or so to get everyone up to speed but then it worked good. I think I figured out how to share the macros between players too. I'll set up part II to complete the game and then I can schedule a time to run it again. I'll also post all the scenario and card info in the sub-forum when I get a chance. I think Japan has the edge at this point.
Post by armchair general on Jun 22, 2020 20:57:36 GMT
I wanted to thank CptHellcat for a great time playing this scenario. The outcome was in doubt until the VERY end....literally the last die roll. After being stuck on the left flank moving through the heavy jungle and pigging out on captured U.S. rations, the Japs managed to get a Type-92 HMG and a SNLF Fanatic (aka "Jedi Knight" for you vets!) to the Command Post objective in the upper right of the map, while the U.S. had 4 men around the Hill 123 objective. Our Imperial Sniper, who had been trying to pick off Lt. Col. Edson for almost the entire game, got the headshot on Turn 8. But wait, with his magical "Endurance" SA, Edson had a chance to "come back from the dead" and win the game for the U.S.....except he didn't.
Despite all of us being a little "rusty", we had a great time! We all agreed that it would help to playtest it a few more times. We're looking to switch sides next time. We'll share the results then. In the meantime, this was a wonderful job by CptHellcat!!
Thanks, I'm definitely up for running it again. Gencon is virtual this year, so I'm considering that (and of course a rematch w the first group as well).
I will gradually work on adding more scenarios and units.