Intro Post

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Howdy All!

This is the first post of my new blog, Punched. This blog is about wargaming, particularly map-and-counter wargaming. I'm getting back in to this hobby after a long hiatus and I hope to share some useful observations and resources.

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PIC-Guam Quick Start Resources

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Howdy, First up is Grognard Simulations' Pacific Island Campaign - Guam . This was GSI's first title. After I played a scenario from PIC - Saipan/Tinian recently I wanted to go back for another look. This post will mix some observations about Saipan/Tinian with some resources for Guam. Kent and I played the Death Valley scenario using an unpunched copy of Saipan/Tinian. What I observed was that a relatively small scenario took a long time to setup. It occurred to me that I wanted to get going fast with a new game. Perhaps others would want to as well. How to make this happen? Add some cheat sheets to cut down on the complexity in the Order of Battle and the counter mix. Here are the relevant cheat sheets for the Orote scenario in PIC - Guam. These are the counters and locations needed to play the game. Note that there are some extra counters, allowing for starting Battalions and Companies to break down if needed, and for the artillery Batteries to build up to Batt...
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3D Printed Counter Templates

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