Tag: PTO

On July 21, 1942, Japanese forces landed on the northern Papuan coast around Buna and Gona, as part of a plan to capture the strategically important town of Port Moresby via an overland advance along the Kokoda Track.

The Japanese offensive in early 1938 was designed to link their northern force from Beijing with their central force from Nanjing. The two forces were to meet west of Xuzhou, thus severing the Lunghai corridor and the railroad which ran from the coast to Xian.

In March 1944 the Imperial Japanese Army invaded India from neighboring Burma. The small village of Sangshak was a northwest crossroad that led to the more significant target of Imphal only miles to the southwest, where Commonwealth forces had established defenses and supplies. British and Indian Gurkha moved in to hold back the Japanese invasion in this tiny corner of India.

Hints were dropped earlier this year that MMP has begun playtesting of a new historical Advanced Squad Leader Starter Kit campaign game unofficially titled Marco Polo Bridge, named after the incident that occurred in China in 1937.

In March 1944 the Imperial Japanese Army invaded India from neighboring Burma. The small village of Sangshak was a northwest crossroad that led to the more significant target of Imphal only miles to the southwest, where Commonwealth forces had established defenses and supplies.

Back to the steamy jungles of the PTO … and A Quick Strike is a good one. It’s amazing how the ASL Pacific Theater terrain tweaks and Japanese nationality can give such a complex game system a completely different feel.

Rising Sun is Advanced Squad Leader’s long-awaited return to the jungles, islands, and atolls of the southwest Pacific. Multi-Man Publishing has combined the original ASL modules Code of Bushido (1990) and Gung Ho! (1991) and reprinted them in one monster package.

AAR by: Michael RodgersAdvanced Squad Leader AAR - Ambitious Plans (HS9) Here's the historical situation: Date: September 27, 1942 Location: Point Cruz, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands Attacker: Japanese (2nd Battalion, 124th Regiment) Defender: American (USMC) (1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division with ad hoc Landing Craft Flotilla) After a series of Bloody Ridge engagements earlier in the month, General Vandegrift knew that a sizable...

Announcement by: Neal Ulen Multi-Man Publishing has announced a new Historical Advanced Squad Leader (HASL) module that's been in the works for a long time. The module is Sword and Fire: Manila, and it's on pre-order. Below is the recon directly from their pre-order site (link at the bottom)... Manila, on the Philippine island of Luzon, was known throughout the...

AAR by: Neal Ulen & Scott RowlandAdvanced Squad Leader AAR - American Devil (S71) Here's the historical situation: Date: January 17, 1945 Location: Potpot Luzon, The Philippines Attacker: Japanese - 1st Battalion, 2nd Mobile Infantry Regiment and 4th Company, 7th Tank Regiment Defender: Americans - 3rd Battalion, 103rd Infantry Regiment, 43rd Infantry Division and Company C, 716th Tank Battalion The Japanese 2nd Armored Division...