Buckley's Chance PTO (id:#66512)
Babau, West Timor
1942-02-22 (7 others)
BO 1: Usau Ridge (Breakout! # 42)
SP117: Stranded Cats (Schwerpunkt #10)
SP127: Bleed Gurkha Bleed (Schwerpunkt #11)
AP92: End of the Beginning (ASL Action Pack # 9 To the Bridge!)
AP164: Sparrow Force (ASL Action Pack #16 From The Land Down Under)
J230: Battle for Babau (ASL Journal #14)
VB16: This Monkey's Gone to Heaven (Volfoni Brothers Scenarios)
SP117: Stranded Cats (Schwerpunkt #10)
SP127: Bleed Gurkha Bleed (Schwerpunkt #11)
AP92: End of the Beginning (ASL Action Pack # 9 To the Bridge!)
AP164: Sparrow Force (ASL Action Pack #16 From The Land Down Under)
J230: Battle for Babau (ASL Journal #14)
VB16: This Monkey's Gone to Heaven (Volfoni Brothers Scenarios)
Designer: Andy Rogers
Starter kit scenario?: Deluxe scenario?:
Balance:
JapaneseAustralian
Overview:
The battle for Timor now centered around the villages of Babau and Oesau. At Babau, the Australians were fighting a rearguard action against the Japanese amphibious force which had landed along the southwest coast of West Timor. This would be the third time this ground would b fought over. A lengthy defense of Babau and its environs would allow the Australians greater tie and greater freedom for their assault on Oesau, further inland and to the east of Babau. In the action targeting Oesau, the men from Sparrow Force not involved in the rearguard action at Babau were looking to dislodge Japanese defenders, consisting of Naval paratroopers and a company of regular infantry. Australian success was crucial at Oesau to ensure the Allied forces would not become surrounded. However, the Japanese defenders at Oesau proved resilient and the rearguard action around Babau would have to continue longer than anticipated.Attacker: Japanese (9 Company, 228th Infantry Regiment, Eastern Detachment and Light Tank Company)
Defender: Australian (Company D, 2/40th Battalion, "Sparrow Force")
5.5 turns
Players: 2 OBA: None Night: No| Unit Counts: |
| Squads: A:12.0 D:11.0 |
| AFVs: A:2 Type 95 HA-GO x 2 |
| AFVs: D:2 Carrier A Carrier B |
| Guns: A:0 Type 89 Heavy Grenade-Launcher x 2 D:0 OML 2-in. Mortar x 2 Boys ATR |
| Misc Rules: | See SP SSR |
| Map Board(s): |
| Overlays: | NONE |
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| Date | Reporter | Opponent | Bal. | Result | Time | Comments | |
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| 2024-09-01 | (D) Dan Best | vs | Paul Works | Japanese win | 4 hrs | 2024 Grumbler round 3 | |
| 2024-09-01 | (A) Paul Works | vs | Dan Best | Japanese win | |||
| 2024-03-01 | (A) Asad Rustum | vs | Olivier Dietsch | Japanese win | |||
| 2024-01-27 | (A) Asad Rustum | vs | Jacob Elmqvist | Japanese win | Japanese CC roll in the final turn was a 1,1 enabling the Japanese to exit two more VP for a win. | ||
| 2024-01-07 | (D) Patrick Martin | vs | J. S-C | Japanese win (VASL Log) | Japanese hit my left flank hard. Had to voluntarily break the first two turns to stay ahead of them. Probably didn't withdraw my right flank fast enough, as a couple of squads ended up having to brave Japanese defensive fire to stay relevant on the last turn (and of course ended up breaking). Thought I was in a decent position on turn 4 as I had the carriers back around the exit locations, several squads ahead of the Japanese in the I15 jungle and the market and main road covered. I made a few mistakes on the penultimate Japanese player turn, when I failed to take a LMG TK shot (I was holding for use against infantry, but looking again at the board state that was unlikely to be relevant), The Japanese tanks got aggressive and my carriers were able to make only one TH roll (plinked off) successfully. Last turn I had the chance to at least place some residual where the Japanese needed to exit, but rolled boxcars to malf the carrier MA, which allowed the Japanese a resid-free exit and an easy win. |
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| worksp2018 Added a playing | 2024-09-14 18:41:14 |
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| atomic Added a playing | 2024-03-10 16:48:53 |
| atomic Added a playing | 2024-01-27 15:57:04 |
| pmartin Added a playing | 2024-01-07 02:13:14 |
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| (jap-auss.png) | Image | Hutch | 341 |
| VASL Log file (J234 06Jan24.vlog) | VASL Game Log | pmartin | 313 |
| (buckley chance map.jpg) | Map Image | hoxson1 | 370 |
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| Avg Rating: 6.00 | Votes: 9 | Views: | 0 |
| To-Play list count: | 0 | |
| Estimated Play time: | 3.8 hours | |
| Recorded Games: | 7 | |
| Archive recorded plays: | ||
| Japanese | 4 | |
| Australian | 3 | |
| Drawn: | 0 | |
| ROAR Data: (as of today) Buckley's Chance [Log in to Confirm or Edit] |
| [A] Australian | 15 |
| [D] Japanese | 15 |