"Chain of Command malaya 42 game-3 in campaign" Topic

We've been playing this mini campaign from the last Toofatlardies' Xmas special and having a pretty good time running through Japanese platoons. But Game 3 was a bit of a change from that form. It was set up to be a repeat of the second game because the Aussies held and elected to remain in place to face another Japanese 'Probe'

William and John F had the Diggers and Rob and I split a Japanese force. Our plan this time was to take advantage of the weakened AIF force and go around the left flank using a 'Ruse' while diverting the defenders with a tank coming down the trail at them.

We managed to get our Jump of Point(JoP) in a great position on the left, but a run of phases at the start by the Aussies saw them run a section over our well-placed JoP before we come even deploy from it. This game was noted for both sides having a series of phases in a row. We even had the four '6's come up for a random event.
In the end we managed to go down the right flank and force their retreat. Anyone else playing out this campaign?
Link to flickr pics:

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Great game and a fun campaign.

�Tank and mortar section deploy by Mark Luther, on Flickr

�Action along the trail by Mark Luther, on Flickr

�Kumar on the right feels the heat by Mark Luther, on Flickr

�Vickers tries to stymie Akio by Mark Luther, on Flickr

Mark

Once again, just superb terrain!

Superb as always, Mark!

Excellent terrain. Are there any 'how to' guides for it?

"Anyone else playing out this campaign?"

Not quite the same but I have the Glosters (perry 8th army in India Pattern piths) awaiting paint for a Burma Retreat force.

Looks great fun. Wish every Flickr user would post photos as you did here so non-Flickr users can enjoy the photos. I do not want to join Flickr to see the photos after being enticed with some intereting post. You did better. Thanks!

Thanks for the post. Like everyone else, I think your terrain is really good. Do you find it cumbersome being so tight? I love the look of it, but wonder at the ease of play with so much terrain on the table.

Matthew

45thdiv,
It is tight, but the individual trees and various bits can be moved around to fit stuff in. And game play is never slowed down because we are knocking a tree or two about. Frankly we have more problems with some out-of-control dice tosses than terrain issues.
Thanks,
Mark

Beautiful terrain. I was considering trying out that Campaign myself. Ive done some stuff with chindits, but i feel bad for the other units in burma that don't get used as much. you may have convinced me!(i'll pretend I can make it look that good)

Planning on these battles using FOW. Not a fan of "having a series of phases in a row." Just waiting for them to release the British Pacific / Far East source book.