MMP Roads to Rangoon AP#19 Packing

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Just got mine in the mail, looks good to me, 3 new double wide boards and 10 PTO scenarios for your ASL entertainment. My only surprise, it being 1942, is the Japanese are only moving first in 4 of 10 scenarios. I did see one with Gurkhas and the rest have a variety of Commonwealth troops. They all look reasonable in size and I'm a sucker for the PTO. I'll be looking at the early campaign myself and see if I can find more of the Japanese on the attack when they actually could and expect success for some more Dispatches scenarios. Burma is always a tough fight and expect more of the same in this pack. Nice job by MMP. I hope you see yours soon and enjoy!
 
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Vic Provost said:
My only surprise, it being 1942, is the Japanese are only moving first in 4 of 10 scenarios.
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Most of the actions depicted concern the desperate attempts by the Commonwealth forces to escape encirclement and capture, and to link up with the Chinese forces moving in from the Shan States, all the while conducting efforts to breakout to the north. In this short time frame most of the Japanese efforts involved setting up roadblocks or grabbing lightly defended, or undefended population centers and railway junctions. Within the timeframe in this AP there were some Japanese initiated skirmishes but such actions were, as yet, relatively uncommon. The reason for such uncharacteristic avoidance of aggressive action by the Japanese forces was due to the exhaustion and lack of supplies after the trek across the Thai frontier. The attacks up until the capture of the Salween bridge were non-stop and took the piss out of the invaders. They needed to catch their breath.
The very last scenario of this AP depicts an action along that advance after the battles around Rangoon had sorted themselves out and the retreat had begun in earnest.

If MMP ok's a 3rd Burma pack in this series, there will be considerably more harrying and assaults by Japanese forces intent on reaching the Indian Frontier and destroying the fleeing enemy instead of racing to see who gets to claim Rangoon first.

One of this AP's scenarios which has the Brits moving first is followed up by a formidable Japanese counterattack.
 
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Vic Provost said:
Actually 2 scenarios with Gurkhas, one medium sized and one tourney sized, they all look good, hope everyone who ordered it gets it soon.
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3 scenarios feature Gurkhas:
AP207 YET THE BITE REMAINS
AP208 THE LION, DRIVEN
AP214 GUN & RUN

I consider all of the scenarios in this pack as suitable for tournament time constraints.
 
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Fort said:
3 scenarios feature Gurkhas:
AP207 YET THE BITE REMAINS
AP208 THE LION, DRIVEN
AP214 GUN & RUN

I consider all of the scenarios in this pack as suitable for tournament time constraints.
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Well your opinion is good enough for me.
 
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Fort said:
Most of the actions depicted concern the desperate attempts by the Commonwealth forces to escape encirclement and capture, and to link up with the Chinese forces moving in from the Shan States, all the while conducting efforts to breakout to the north. In this short time frame most of the Japanese efforts involved setting up roadblocks or grabbing lightly defended, or undefended population centers and railway junctions. Within the timeframe in this AP there were some Japanese initiated skirmishes but such actions were, as yet, relatively uncommon. The reason for such uncharacteristic avoidance of aggressive action by the Japanese forces was due to the exhaustion and lack of supplies after the trek across the Thai frontier. The attacks up until the capture of the Salween bridge were non-stop and took the piss out of the invaders. They needed to catch their breath.
The very last scenario of this AP depicts an action along that advance after the battles around Rangoon had sorted themselves out and the retreat had begun in earnest.

If MMP ok's a 3rd Burma pack in this series, there will be considerably more harrying and assaults by Japanese forces intent on reaching the Indian Frontier and destroying the fleeing enemy instead of racing to see who gets to claim Rangoon first.

One of this AP's scenarios which has the Brits moving first is followed up by a formidable Japanese counterattack.
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Interesting. I know very little of this theater and time frame. May have to grab a book.
 
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