LNLP Heroes of the Pacific continued from Thanks giving:

As you may recall we played 3 games over 3.5 hours.

This scenario we played twice. Mainly since my opening was so bad that we reset after two turns.

This is a bug hunt. It basically involved chasing units around the board. Of all the LNL scenarios we played, I think we liked this least. Thus my comments will be brief.

The ability to pop spider holes was a major hindrance! but a nifty and deadly mechanic:

The US has a hard limit of acceptable casualties. This limits options.  Fanning out both sides of the creek did not help.

Nor did US die rolling. I think the cool thing about this scenario is the variability of it. But Pete and I agreed it needs some work as the US seems woefully under powered even with better play on session 2 versus session 1.

 

Turn 5 and 3 losses the US could only afford one more!

The Japs attack and its an easy IJA win, as you can see bottom right side of the picture below. Perhaps this is one of those puzzle scenarios, where it requires some extra thought and several plays.