Insane 3mm Peleliu Wargame
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ต.ค. 2023
- This week on Little Wars TV, three players must work together in a unique co-op scenario to assault and capture the island of Peleliu in four days. The wargame is played on a stunning replica tabletop custom-made for Peleliu using 3mm scale PicoArmor miniatures. Our scenario covers the entire operation--land, sea, and air--to see if our Marine Corps players can achieve the historical timetable goal of neutralizing the island in four days. Will our players plan a new invasion strategy and learn from the mistakes made in 1944?
Before the wargame, Miles and Tony offer some historical context on the invasion and how US military planners bungled the operation in the face of new Japanese defensive tactics. It's our longest wargame episode ever, so if you enjoy the game, do us a favor and hit "thumbs up" to like! And if you REALLY enjoy the video, maybe this will be the one when you click SUBSCRIBE! Over half of our regular viewers still haven't subscribed!
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Historical Col. Nakagawa:
Revolutionized Japanese strategy by holding to dug in positions and drawing out the fight for two months.
Tony as Col. Nakagawa on day 2 of the campaign:
BANZAAAAAAAAAI!
Haha! No cost is great enough, comrade!
Good video. One complaint noticeable almost immediately: the voice volume is significantly too low compared to the music, so it can be hard to hear at times
Yeah, the sound balance is very off from the usual quality that LWTV usually displays. Still a very good game. :)
I thought Tony was just whispering in order to keep his bunker's location a secret from the Marines.
@@dandepalma9305 In the introduction?
Maybe an investment in some low-cost wireless pin mics? But great video, keep 'em coming!
@@dandepalma9305 the narration is very low volume. I had to turn on captioning.
Those who would downplay the smaller scales cite the lack of detail on the minis.
I think the incredible terrain in this video shows how the focus shifts from figures to terrain as the game zooms out.
Another great show.
Congratulations to all at Little Wars.
I played a war game for years that ran via e-mail and had players in Canada, the US, and Australia. It was run through a nice old man who spent his retirement running this war game and being his town’s local historian.
The game was a virtual adaptation of a war game he and his friends played in college and was extremely adaptable to various eras. The map was globe-spanning and had only unit markers but it was the most fun I’ve ever had and I hated when the gm’s computer and backup drive was destroyed in a basement flood and we couldn’t play anymore
Also Pico armor mini do have a ton of detail you just have to be very carful to not gob them up with paint,
thats why my battles use a 6' mini the terrain really zooms in
I had to convert 115 Fahrenheit to Celsius immediately to understand how hot it was. That's just over 46 degrees!
I've actually been to Peleliu. As Miles said, it's a destination for scuba divers. Did a big Pacific dive trip back in the '90s to Yap, Palau and Truk. Palau was on a "live-aboard" - the Palau Aggressor. Myself and 3 others skipped an afternoon of diving to go ashore on Peleliu. A friend of my dad's (both former Marines) used to lead tours to Peleliu (and Iwo Jima IIRC), and told me of the local guide on Peleliu, a man named Tangie. Even back then, the island looks very different from WWII, it has been completely reclaimed by the jungle. Sill, there were cool things to see: they have a little museum, there are Japanese bunkers, and numerous wrecks of LVTs and a few tanks.
Longer format and more measured appreciation of game situation; both are definitely winners. 👍
Right!? I miss these nice long videos.
I love it when they go into the details of the game and show how every decision plays out.
Agreed. Good games are about the decisions players are forced to make.
Have to agree with Tony in the beginning, those miniatures could have been better painted. Those boots and dog tags could have been better painted Miles!
I must say I love your ability to summarize the historical battle quickly while not leaving out any major bits. Plus, you pull out amazing boards and miniatures and have what seems a blast.
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I love the fact that the army played a big part and it proves how effective and important cooperation is
Not going to lie, I just left the Marines for the Army, but when they brought the Army in it hurt a little haha
The army did more amphibious invasions than the marines lol
@@deeznoots6241 to bad nobody remembers any except from one.
As a Navy guy, it was nice to see the battleships keep the land forces in the battle. Go Navy!
Combined arms. The navy certainly fought a great fight & WON.
7 minutes in and I already love what I'm seeing so far. What a beautiful table.
Miles knocked this one out of the park. Terrain tutorial will be available on our Free Stuff section of the website!
Wow, the replay ability if this game is insane. This was awesome! Perfect length, awesome immersion, nice insight to planning briefs, and what a nail bitter. I was rooting for the Devil dogs all the way.
I ran this game 3x at Historicon and the end was 2 Japanese vs 1 US victory. I'm sure i'll run at other conventions in the future
I think you were a little harsh on MacArthur there. I don't know how much he felt Peleliu needed to be taken, but I know Admiral Nimitz felt to his dying day that Peleliu was necessary, so MacArthur would not have been the only one. As for his obsession with the Philippians, there were two possible objectives for the US to go for, the Philippians or Formosa(Taiwan). And of those two, the Philippians were the best option without a doubt. By the end, only Admiral King was pushing for Formosa as even those who helped draft the plan to attack Formosa, like Gen. "Hap" Arnold, had abandoned Formosa in favor of the Philippians. But that brings up an interesting possible wargame, what if King had his way and the US attacked Formosa instead of the Philippians.
Halsey wanted to cancel the operation. Nimitz overruled him. Huge mistake. Still a lot of bitterness among Marines about that campaign.
Definitely a mistake. Such a tragic waste of lives for so little gained strategically
Some historians think that the Philippines should have been bypassed, but there is also the POW and civilian losses that would have occurred if we hadn't invaded. Although for Peleliu it may have been better to isolate it and prevent the airfield from becoming active and starve out the Japanese.
A few weeks ago I played my first scenario in what I can call a real wargame, Command Decision 4th edition. It took place at the Cultural Center in Niepołomice, near Krakow, Poland. We played a scenario where seven players fight to gain control of several locations to ensure victory and use artillery support from outside the map (in this case, two connected ping pong tables). I commanded a US Army company in Normandy. We fought with the Germans for the town of Barenton. Up until then, I had mostly played Classic Battletech. However, the impressions are incomparable. Beautiful areas, beautifully painted figures, consultations between players and the feeling that you are part of a larger whole. I still really like CBT, it gives me a lot of emotions, but this game made me feel the difference. And before this happened, I was watching your channel. And I cannot accuse you of not preparing your materials with passion. The report from the battle I just watched is the best proof of this.
We have found the Davionist in the chat, beware ceasefires.
Love these giant (tiny?) scale wargames. Really pushes the players to the max.
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Played this scenario in three sessions at Historicon and I loved it. Miles, keep getting this rules developed.
it was an absolute pleasure to have you at my game table - you've got a spot in any of my future convention games
When John launched that attack. I was waiting for the offshore artillery to ruin his day.
Please do a video on how you guys made such a beautiful island! It is eye catching to the point I had trouble focusing on the battle!
Patrons have just such a video in our inboxes
I didn't think I would like the low number of stands on such a big map but I enjoyed the fight. It reinforced how empty and isolating a WW2 battlefield could become. More big map battles I say!
Today I learned the japanese come from Japan! Who would have known? Great game, guys!
In Count Dooku's voice: "i've been looking forward to this"
In Obi Wans voice: “Hello there.”
@@LittleWarsTV *GENERAL KENOBI*
It's a trap!
Sledge's book is fantastic! I've conducted coral research there for the past decade.... An amazing place.
Well, after initially thinking the longer format would be too long, I feel like - done the way it was - it was the perfect length and don’t know what I would have cut! Thanks for another excellent installment!
Good to know!
I love learning about this time period
That table's amazing, 3mm fits perfectly on it
Damn the guys managed to pull off that minor victory in the nick of time. It really seemed that tony had held them back until the last day
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I wish I had a friend group for this kind of game, but I still enjoy collecting them, and when I get the chance, boom! Epic wargames!
I love the LWTV battle report format.
I wouldn’t mind seeing more of the playtesting and perhaps even a designers notes video after these new rules are released.
Well done men. Tony really gets into his roles.😂
Haha, we have so much fun together & I might be a ham...
Your guys custom battlefields always look amazing.
Awesome video, semper Fi, happy early veterans day too all my fellow vets
"Bloody Tarawa" - we did Tarawa a while back in tabletop miniatures (GHQ 6mm) based on the SPI mag-game hex-map/OOB's/rules/etc. ping-pong table sized. Some of the landing craft were sunk before landing and those troops landed piled up at the beach while naval gun fire and airstrikes attacked the dug-in pillboxes covering the beaches. When reduced the marines took hits and came over the beach-wall attacking Japanese in open fire-ifights ! When the US reached the more open area by the air-strip the Japanese attacked with a few tankettes and both sides took losses ! In the end the US drove the remaining Japanese down the tail of the island using ship gunnery and infanty attacks ! A bloody battle ... all in one night of battling ! :-)
I love Pico Armor, I always love seeing them get some representation in the wargaming sector. Thank you for another great video!
Guys, brilliant as always - PTO is one of my favourite theatres of operation - game system which rewards low dice rolls ? ASL ( Advanced Squad Leader), greatest game in the world.
I've never seen 3mm played, and I would love to see the full island hopping series!
Very surprised by the ending, very cool to see the replayability possibilities in this type of scenario.
What a great spectacle.
The Army saved the day! Well played sirs!
You guys need to do more types of battles like this one as this was great
Great video, the 3mm scale seems really fun! I think I need to buy myself a new army!
I just recently discovered your channel when searching for Force on Force battle reports, and I've fell in love in every video so far. Such great content!
Welcome aboard!
Would love to see this turned into a whole campaign-style series.
Would love for these rules to continue development and be shared down the line! This scale of game is really engaging
I would love to hear more about this rule set! I am very eager for a new game in the Grand tactical scale.
This is so cool y'all, I've always loved the Pacific, and I've always admired Eugene Sledge and Sid Phillips.
The Japanese commander of Tarawa claimed it would take more than 1 X 10 ^8 man hours to take his island. [1000000 men 100 years]
The USMC took it from them in 76 hours.
It cost yet Americans in that time period rolled up their sleeves and got it done.
I appreciate your efforts and like so much that you add the history to the game. Please, keep it going.
Great game! 45 minutes is fine by me. I'd like to hear a podcast of Miles doing "designer notes" so we get some insight in his thinking about how he wrote the rules and why.
Great game!! In the 90's while on the way to Somalia, I was on the USS Peleliu (LHA 5) on the anniversary of the battle of Peleliu while sailing by Peleliu. My battalion commander (2nd battalion, 5'th Marine regiment) was big on history, so he would have formations to remember battles and somebody would read the history. We were in parade rest on the flight deck looking at the island. it was surreal!!!
I'm very excited to see this! Peleliu was a helluva fight, what a meat grinder..
When I saw Tony launch that Banzai charge into the open area of the airfield I figured he was toast, especially when the Army was added to the mix. A great game.
The 3-D battle map is superb! I mean, the table is almost always well done, but this one is outstanding even with that consideration.
Very nice looking table :)
I spent 4 days on Peleliu and swam with a school of Manta Rays near the invasion beaches. The detritus of war is everywhere. I even found a Sherman with live rounds inside it’s turret. The humidity is oppressive and fogs up your camera lens. I used Sledge’s book as my tour guide, and followed the steps of K/3/5. There is no greater feeling than having an entire WW2 battlefield to yourself with no time constraints. I even got my rental van up to 70 mph on the runway for fun. Videos of my trips to Peleliu are on my channel
What a classically epic game! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
A fantastic batrep on a little-played part of WWII. The map was amazing and the scenario design was top notch. I loved how the players got to play out history differently, along with substantial fog of war and hidden elements. The 3 mm stuff is fascinating and the rules seem solid. I would love to see Guadalcanal played with a similar setup.
Absolutely wonderful game of an under represented theatre in wargames. And you did it in 3mm - small scale all the way. Brilliant!
Excellent terrain, Order of Battles, game play, and an interesting rules concept. I too have believed that the Pacific Theater of Operations have been largely overlooked. Miles, I hope you pursue your rules, they seem very promising. Thanks to all the fellows.
I started a club to start doing things like this ! Well done gentlemen : your channel is inspiring.
My Dad was a member of the United States Quartermasters Americal Division in the South Pacific during World War Two. He was in Australia, New Guinea and the Admiralty Islands.
Another great battle report. I really love the aesthetic of 3mm.
Glad to see you are continuing the grand tradition of Fancy Hats!
Another great Wargame from Little Wars TV. I agree that there is a lot of potential with WW2 Pacific island hopping and this episode displayed that, so I hope to see more. In addition to the less known battle of Peleliu, this video also serves to educate on 2 important facts: 1) The Marines need the Army, whether they like it or not 2) Miles does play and design other games besides Napoleonics.
Great video. Greatly enjoyed it. Tony is always fun to watch.
3 mm minis aren’t a thing for me though. At that scale you may as well just use counters.
They are quite small, yes! But for a game of this scale-an entire island-it has a lot of “board game” similarities in scope
Fantastic Game board. I'm impressed with the overall detail of Peleliu. Well done again!
have always admired the detail you gents put into the product that you release on the tube of you.... loving it
Thanks! These big games are a lot of work but so much fun to play!
I know you're doing a napoleonic campaign next, but I do think it would be really cool to see a pacific campaign, you'd have naval and land battles and armies, air forces, and navies from several nations.
The game was pretty interesting. Thank you for putting it on. Great battle report Little Wars. A game in small scale is always nice.
This Pelelui table is fantastic! Very well done with lots of action. The American players did a good job of cooperating with one another.
Your respect for the history and always impressive gaming boards make every one of your wargames a must-watch for me, thank you!
Excellent scenario design on top of a spectacular table.
3mm is for the deranged, but man you guys nailed it.
Finally, some Pacific land action! I have been looking forward to this!
As always love the terrain, also a great period to do campaign.
Yesssss, 3mm! Great timing for the topic as well-I just finished reading Nimitz at War by Symonds. Great book-Peleliu is definitely a black mark on an otherwise impressive command effort by Nimitz.
You also mentioned painting 2mm in your Vietnam video last year-keep the small stuff coming! I’m finally gearing up for small scale armies of my own thanks to RJL Games and their excellent budget-friendly DIY ideas for creating minis out of plastic sewing mesh. He made some armies for Altar of Freedom using that method that look fantastic and I’m planning on trying as well. With any luck I’ll soon be refighting Pea Ridge on my table!
This looks really cool; excited to check out the new rules! Definitely tempted to do some epic-scale Pacific Theater action after this!
Love the production quality of these videos! Nice balance of history and fiction. Nice substitute for not wargamming myself.
Respect the effort you put in every video. Keep going!
Another great video. Two things stand out for me. First is that you did it on Peleliu at all; it is so neglected given its proximity to the Normandy campaign in Europe. But also the bitterness of the battle. The balance of the rules was excellent. One of your best. Thank you for that and thank for throughout this recognising both sides in this desperate struggle and not glorifying it in any way. All hallmarks of what makes this such a great channel
Excellent production, terrain and gaming fun. thanks for all you have done over the past 5 years of LWTV.
Love the long format. More please.
Good to see the big battles/small men type of game, I'm a 6mm ACW guy myself using Greg's excellent AoF rules.
Good to see some more pacific island campaigns covered!
I love this operarion scale of gaming, skirmish is fun but the grand plans are a more mental exercise.
Great Game Guys, the map is gorgeous. Look forward to seeing more Pacific War battles.
Great game! I also really enjoyed the respectful and sagacious commentary at the beginning. Well done guys.
Great stuff! This was one of the most interesting battle choices and rulesets yet. Would love to see more Pacific Theater combat!
Nicely done fellas. The game board looks great.
An excellent prepared and executed wargame and great see that operational planning was included although personally would have liked to see more and the weighed up against the outcome. Well played gents
Awesome!
Asymmetric engagements are beautiful. Even if they might not be perfectly balanced, as long as they bring an interesting challenge.
Beautiful map too, can’t be a cinematic wargame without a good terrain.
It's always a good day when Little Wars posts another excellent video!!!
Wonderful job as always guys, thank you for the hard work and dedication on all of these awesome games, Tables, and Miniatures
The island looks amazing. I think you do a great job on the terrain, and it helps draw the viewer into the battle being fought. I like the smaller scale battles as you can do more and like you said hold an entire island invasion. I would love to see the battle of Guadalcanal at this scale. I really enjoyed this video. Thank you.
Great battle report and really curious to take a look at the rules when they're ready. Personally am a huge fan of O8 and Pico so really glad they are getting attention like this!
I never thought I'd take to 6mm but this might have just convinced me. Great game, very cool looking rule set, thanks guys!
this is all so well done. you guys keep getting better.
Awesome wargame! Love the micro miniature regiment/corps size games.
I have been watching for years and still you guys impress all the time
Terrific report as normal. Loved the sharing of the Japanese hidden deployment through the course of it.
The detail of your play boards is incredible... great work. Cant wait to see what's next!
Very cool to see the rules you guys put together to model real conflicts
What a great episode guys! This channel has really made history come alive for me and makes me want to get a history degree. Thanks for doing this.
Amazing table, interesting rules and a fantastic production. Enjoyed the longer form. Thank you for putting this out. Inspirational stuff! ❤