Victory in the Pacific
Variant Scenario
Open Turn Two

Text file for Open Turn Two
Vassal Files
Open Turn Two - Die Roll 1
Open Turn Two - Die Roll 2
Open Turn Two - Die Roll 3
Open Turn Two - Die Roll 4
Open Turn Two - Die Roll 5
Open Turn Two - Die Roll 6

Starts on: Turn Two
Time: 7 turns
Initial PoC: Japanese +6

Japanese Control: Japanese Islands, Aleutian Islands, Marianas Islands, Indonesia, South Pacific Ocean, Marshall Islands
Allied Control: U.S. Mandate, Coral Sea, Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal
Uncontrolled: North Pacific Ocean, Central Pacific Ocean, Hawaiian Islands

All Ports and Bases per Original Set-up
Japanese Ports: Yokosuka Navy Yard, Saigon, Truk
Japanese Bases: Okinawa, Saipan, Kwajalein, Maloelap
Allied Ports: Singapore, Pearl Harbor, Samoa, Australia, Ceylon
Allied Bases: Attu, Dutch Harbor, Midway, Philippines, Lae, Guadalcanal, Johnston Island, New Hebrides, Port Moresby, Andaman Islands

Ceylon: All British Turn 2 Reinforcements
Flexible British Forces:  443 Revenge, 117 Exeter, and 1241 Hermes may base at Ceylon or Singapore
Pearl Harbor: 453 New Mexico, 453 Idaho
Flexible Allied Forces:

  • 117 Houston may base in The Philippines, Guadalcanal, New Hebrides, or any Allied Red Port
  • 117 Louisville, 117 Pensacola, 117 De Ruyter, 117 Australia, and 117 Canberra may base at New Hebrides, Guadalcanal, or any Allied Red Port
  • 117 Indianapolis, 117 Minneapolis, and each ship in the Location Uncertain Groups may base at any Allied Red Port
  • Roll one die to determine raid aftermath:
Die
Roll
Pearl Harbor Survivors
(Base in any Allied Red Port)
Bottom of
Pearl Harbor
Indonesia Survivors
(Base in Ceylon or Singapore)
1
553 Maryland, 453 Tennessee, 443 Nevada [-4]553 West Virginia [-7], 443 Pennsylvania [-8],
117 New Orleans [-2], San Francisco [-2]		336 Repulse [-1]
2
553 Maryland [-4], 453 Tennessee [-2], 443 Nevada 553 West Virginia [-9], 443 Pennsylvania [-7]456 Prince of Wales [-5],
336 Repulse [-3]
3
553 Maryland [-2], 453 Tennessee [-1],
443 Nevada [-4], 117 New Orleans		553 West Virginia [-8], 443 Pennsylvania [-6]456 Prince of Wales [-4]
4
553 Maryland [-5], 453 Tennessee,
443 Nevada [-2], 117 New Orleans [-1]		553 West Virginia [-9], 443 Pennsylvania [-8],
117 San Francisco [-2]		336 Repulse [-3]
5
553 Maryland [-5], 453 Tennessee [-2], 443 Nevada [-4],
117 New Orleans, 117 San Francisco [-1]		553 West Virginia [-9], 443 Pennsylvania [-5]456 Prince of Wales [-5]
6
553 Maryland [-3], 453 Tennessee [-5], 443 Nevada [-4],
117 New Orleans [-1], 117 San Francisco		553 West Virginia [-10], 443 Pennsylvania [-7]336 Repulse [-3]
 

Also Available: 7th AF, 10th AF, 11th AF
Yokosuka Navy Yard:  124+3 Junyo, 033 Sasebo
Japanese Initial Forces: All other Turn One and Turn Two Forces may deploy at any Japanese-controlled port or base.

Setup Instructions: The Allied player bases each of his ships first.  Then the Japanese player selects his basing, optionally exchanging 033 Yokosuka for Dutch Harbor, Attu, Lae or the Philippines (and placing Yokosuka with Turn 3 reinforcements), and begins Turn Two.  If Houston is displaced, the Allied player bases her after Japanese patrols but before doing his own patrols.  All Turn One Allied ships which are not listed are sunk.

OOB Changes: The 1+0* F-Boat is added to the Turn 5 Reinforcements.  The 5th AF is placed in the Turn Three reinforcements.

Rules: Nationality restrictions on basing still apply.  If both submarines are in the same area, the Japanese player resolves his submarine first.

Notes: The Japanese did not control the Central Pacific on Turn One during the war.  In fact, patrols in that area would have alerted the United States to Japanese intentions and negated any chance for a surprise attack at Pearl Harbor.  This scenario assumes reasonable raid results at both Indonesia and Pearl Harbor for two rounds.  But it goes beyond that in establishing the control flags in a historical manner and allowing both commanders more historical abilities to base their fleets.  The Japanese score is set so that players could reasonably take either side without a bid.  But, instead of the US Navy being already trapped at the edge of the board on the first turn it can use its fleet, the Allied player is given the hole in the perimeter that is so crucial to most strategies.  Have fun!

Historical Information

As of September 15th, 2022, the results of all PBEM games using the Open Turn Two scenario are as follows:

OT2
Bid		 USN Wins IJN Wins
-3 2  
-2 2 3
-1.5 2 1
-1 6 13
-0.5 6 2
0 22 20
0.5 2

1
1 1  
1.5   2
2.5 1  
3 2  
Total 46 42
Mid-Zone
Total		 38 37

 

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