Action Pack #19 - Roads to Rangoon
Action Pack #19 - Roads to Rangoon
ROADS TO RANGOON, the 19th “action pack” for Advanced Squad Leader, follows up ACTION PACK #9 TO THE BRIDGE! with more action in Burma between Japanese (and allied Burmese Independence Army troops) and British Commonwealth forces in March and April 1942. ROADS TO RANGOON presents several “tournament-sized” offerings featuring Japanese infantry forces, occasionally supplemented with light armor and guns, against Commonwealth infantry (including units of the Gurkha Rifles) supported by Stuart tanks of 7th Armoured Brigade the famed “Desert Rats,” fresh from the North African theater. The Chinese even make an appearance in one scenario, all of which were designed by Gary Fortenberry.
Three double-sided 11˝ × 16˝ maps, painted by Charlie Kibler, round out the package. Each board is completely geomorphic and compatible with previous ASL mapboards.
Action Pack #19: ROADS TO RANGOON contains:
- three 11˝ × 16˝ double-sided geomorphic mapboards (20a/b, 21a/b, 22a/b)
- 10 ASL scenarios:
- AP205 Kick in the Teeth – 5½ turns, 3 March 1942, Kyaikhla, Burma (Japanese vs British)
- AP206 Jungle Rats – 6½ turns, 4 March 1942, Payagi, Burma (Japanese vs British)
- AP207 Yet The Bite Remains – 7½ turns, 6 March 1942, Pegu, Burma (Japanese vs Commonwealth)
- AP208 The Lion, Driven – 5½ turns, 7 March 1942, Payathonzu, Burma (Japanese vs Commonwealth)
- AP209 Fang and Claw – 5 turns, 7 March 1942, Sangchuan, Burma (Commonwealth vs Japanese)
- AP210 The Driven Draw Blood – 7 turns, 11 March 1942, Pyuntaza, Burma (Axis vs Commonwealth)
- AP211 The Doomed and the Damned – 6½ turns, 22 March 1942, Oktwin, Burma (Chinese vs Japanese)
- AP212 Independence Delayed – 6 turns, 29 March 1942, Namayan, Burma (Axis vs Commonwealth)
- AP213 In Time, All Will Fail – 4½ turns, 30 March 1942, Schwedaung, Burma (Japanese vs British)
- AP214 Gun & Run– 5½ turns, 28 April 1942, Kyaukse, Burma (Commonwealth vs Japanese)
Designed for the aficionado, Action Pack #19 is not a complete product and assumes the buyer owns the core Advanced Squad Leader game system.