PIC-Guam Quick Start Resources

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 Battalions if so desired.

The idea here is to focus on exactly what you need to get started out of the box. This should cut down the setup time for your first game considerably. Let me know how it goes.

It may be necessary to zoom in around 150% or more to be able to see the counters clearly. Or just click the pictures.