27 September 2015

USMC Pacific Army List (1942-43) for Chain of Command

I have to admit that I never thought I would be researching the USMC, but over the last several days I have been doing exactly that. My son has played a couple of games of CoC with me recently and expressed interest in gaming the Solomon's campaign in the Pacific. This campaign was not covered in the basic CoC army lists nor has there been a player generated list for this period. There was one list for 1944-45 period but the USMC platoon organisation changed from a Type D to Type E in mid 1943, so this was not really accurate. There is an official list for the Japanese in the Far East in 1941-42 which contains the Type B organisation which will work for the Solomon's campaign. I have to admit it was quite interesting to read about this period and I think it will make for some excellent gaming.

Update: Here is the final version which has undergone extensive changes since first uploaded on September 16.

 Update 2: After review by Rich Clarke from TFL, the crew for a BAR was changed to one man rather then 2. 





You can download a PDF here.


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  1. Silver Whistle18 September 2015 at 04:54

    I have very little knowledge of this conflict John but what you have done with the lists look very professional. I look forward to your reports and seeing how they play out. Will hopefully bump into you at the TFL open day in October if you are going.

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    1. john de terre neuve21 September 2015 at 07:48

      Thanks, there are actually a lot of changes to the list. Hopefully done soon.

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  2. Curt21 September 2015 at 01:33

    Very cool John! I'll print this off and give it a read over lunch at work. (And it's great that you and Simon are getting in a few games.)

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    1. john de terre neuve21 September 2015 at 07:49

      Thanks Curt, nice to hear from you. You have been very quiet recently. The list has undone major changes, but thanks for having a look.

      John

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  3. Hobbyworker21 September 2015 at 04:32

    Great work Sir!

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  4. Juan Mancheño21 September 2015 at 10:08

    Great work. I´m very interested in the Pacific campaign (in fact, I wrote that old USMC list) and I like a lot your list.

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    1. john de terre neuve21 September 2015 at 10:17

      Thank you Juan, your 1944 list was certainly the impetus to do my list.

      John

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  5. Ray Rousell27 September 2015 at 07:05

    Posties just bought figures for this period, so we should be gaming it sometime soon, not sure of the rules we'll be using though?

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    1. john de terre neuve27 September 2015 at 07:11

      Nice to hear from you Ray. Can not go wrong with CoC. What scale did Postie buy the figures for?

      John

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