Good small scenario. I told Rich I like the small ones for now until I really nail down all the rules, especially the fire modifiers. When those become second nature I look forward to playing larger scenarios.

Rich's Marines approached the all-important hill from the long end of the board. I played a strategic withdrawal, figuring the Japs shouldn't stand and fight until it was ground that mattered for VPs. Things started great when my 37 mm AT gun took one of the three platoons of Marines when they were loaded on an LVT. Rich was persistent and patient, though. In fact, he didn't get the majority of his troops and AFV LVTs on the hill until the very last turn.