{"id":7521,"date":"2018-03-20T00:14:16","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T00:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=7521"},"modified":"2018-03-20T00:14:16","modified_gmt":"2018-03-20T00:14:16","slug":"second-philippines-game-at-cold-wars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=7521","title":{"rendered":"Second Philippines Game at Cold Wars"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Americans planning their defense before the game began<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I used the same table for my second Philippines 1941 Combat Patrol(TM) game at Cold Wars 2018. \u00a0The scenario was the same as the first game. \u00a0The Japanese were attacking, and the Americans were trying to stop their advance. \u00a0The Japanese victory conditions were based on the number of figures they could get across the road.<\/p>\n

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Japanese preparing their attack just before we started the game<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This game featured the most successful Banzai charge I have seen in Combat Patrol(TM). \u00a0There have been bigger ones, longer ones, and more costly ones, but this was probably the most effective. \u00a0The way Banzai charges work in Combat Patrol is that before the turn begins, the Japanese player must declare the charge and choose the units that will participate. \u00a0Then when the first unit’s card is drawn, the command dice of all the units in the charge are changed to that number, and the charge begins. \u00a0All charging units move with two cards, not one. \u00a0They get a +1 in melee. \u00a0They also get no cover benefit. \u00a0A “game master” card is shuffled into the Activation Deck on the next turn. \u00a0When this card is drawn, which may take several turns if the “reshuffle card keeps appearing first,” the attack is over, and all participating Japanese are stunned. \u00a0All accrued morale checks are immediately resolved.<\/p>\n

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American infantry withdrawing to their last line of defense<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In this case, there were just two Japanese teams in the charge. \u00a0One ended the charge in the road in front of the two American water-cooled machine-guns. \u00a0During the morale check, the Japanese team first recovered all stun markers and then conducted another Banzai charge, which overran both American machine-guns. \u00a0The American line was broken; however, the game was an American victory. \u00a0When time ran out, the Japanese were ready to cross the road on both flanks, but at the end of the game, there were only two Japanese figures across the road.<\/p>\n

The game was quite fun, and I think that all the players had a good time.<\/p>\n