Original Steel Panthers converted scenarios

[MarkSheppard]

Q: How are you converting these? By hand, or are you using Fred Chlanda's map programs to copy over the map?

[Oche]

"By hand" and also using Eyeball Mk. I

[RetLT]

Thanks for these fun scenarios.

Noticed a few issues in the Singapore scenario. 3 Brit units are in the top left corner and were probably forgotten during deployment.

Also, several of the bridges include shallow water hexes. Please disregard if this was meant to slow the Japanese advance.

[DRG]

You've been very busy............

[Oche]

Originally Posted by DRG

You've been very busy............

Many more to come, i'm on a roll

[Oche]

Yes, had some trouble with the editor there and preferred it to make it that way. The bridges are crossable in both scenarios though.

[Oche]

Plantation Waltz, Jan 1942*
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Date: January 7, 1942*
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Battle Location: North of the Slim River, Malaya*
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Battle Type: Japan (Assault) vs India (Defend)*
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Description:
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The British Army had been thrown back form it's defensive positions in northern Malaya, where it was sharply defeated by Japanese armour and superior staff operations. The British attempted to implement a delaying strategy, retreating slowly in the direction of Singapore. 12th Brigade of 11th Indian Division dug into defensive positions along the Trunk Road north of the Slim Plantation. This area laid in defile between hilly jungle terrain, assumed to be impenetrable. 42 Regiment, supported by armour from 6 Tank Regiment, chose to implement the same tactics that had defeated the British to the north. Two flanking columns were detached to either side of the Trunk road, and sent around the enemy defensive positions, while the remainder of the attacking force drove against the Colonial and British troops in a holding attack. The British, taken hit from all sides at once fell apart.*
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Notes: Converted/adapted by Jose Logrono from the original 1995 Steel Panthers wargame.*
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Design by: Mitch Hagmaier (Scenario found in Hapshott's Steel Panthers scenario collection @ www.alternatewars.com/Games/SP/SPanthers.htm).**

[Oche]

Lambeti Plantation, June 1943*
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Date: June 28, 1943*
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Battle Location: Lambeti Plantation near Viru Harbor, New Georgia, Solomon Islands*
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Battle Type: USMC (Assault) vs Japan (Defend)*
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Description:
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On the night of June 27th, men of the 4th Marine Raider Battalion started out from Segi Point and landed near Lambeti Plantation in total darkness right under the Japanese noses. On the morning of the 28th, Lt. Col. Michael S. Currin's men advanced on what was believed to be a small Japanese garrison in the area.*
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Notes: Converted/adapted by Jose Logrono from the original 1995 Steel Panthers wargame.*
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Design by: Darwin "Whiterook" Barnes (Scenario found in Hapshott's Steel Panthers scenario collection @ www.alternatewars.com/Games/SP/SPanthers.htm).**

[Oche]

Tarawa's Crimson Tides 1943*
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Date: November 20, 1943*
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Battle Location: Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands*
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Battle Type: USMC (Assault) vs Japan (Defend)*
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Description:
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In early 1943, the Japanese had established a protective perimeter around their homeland consisting of several island constellations. A key to the United Stated success in the Pacific was a strategy of island hopping. By leapfroging Japanese held islands, Japanese garrisons where isolated from Japanese supply sources. Tarawa is on record as the first U.S. amphibious assault on a defend atoll. 1,009 Marines would die when their landing boats hung up on an undisclosed reef forcing them to wade hundreds of yards, in chest deep water, to shore. The tragic mistakes made at Tarawa directly affected the success at Normandy and throughout the Pacific Theatre. When the few Japanese prisoners were asked if there was a moment when their moral flagged, they answered, "yes - when the dying Marine just kept coming." Tarawa, in ratio between casualties and troops engaged, ranks among the costliest battles in american history.*
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Notes: Converted/adapted by Jose Logrono from the original 1995 Steel Panthers wargame.*
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Design by: Mel Smith (Scenario found in Hapshott's Steel Panthers scenario collection @ www.alternatewars.com/Games/SP/SPanthers.htm).**

[Oche]

Kwangtung, China, 10 Mar 1940*
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Date: March 10, 1940*
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Battle Location: Kwangtung, South-Central China*
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Battle Type: Japan (Assault) vs Nationalist China (Defend)*
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Description:
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In an effort to secure southern China & liberate more improvished Chinese, the Imperial Japanese Army launched an amphibious assault near Kwangtung. They expected minimal resistance to this surprise move & hoped that many Chinese would welcome the change in their local government. The commander of a key Japanese formation was ordered to advance from the beach & secure the nearby hills.*
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Notes: Converted/adapted by Jose Logrono from the original 1995 Steel Panthers wargame.*
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Design by: Unknown (Scenario found in Hapshott's Steel Panthers scenario collection @ www.alternatewars.com/Games/SP/SPanthers.htm).**