A Wee Play Test

I set up a small(both in space and scale of figures, 1/72)  test game on my kitchen table last night to try a few things rules-wise for G Company: two platoons of USMC attacking a Japanese platoon with MG support.

The Japanese MG and their PL.

Two squads and PL of one USMC platoon.

 "Terrain" was haphazardly dropped onto the grid and in the end, it totally looks like it, but despite this, the games were very enjoyable (I had time to play four times) - and for some reason the Japanese always rolled well in close combat, as if they were channeling their historical counter parts.

The same USMC squads advance cautiously to close with the enemy  (Japanese unit in background is disordered and MG doesn't have LOS)

Scene from the middle of one game, where nearly everyone was disordered. Terran looking like it literally fell into place Which it pretty much did.

No quarter asked, no quarter given.

I decided that:
1) I am satisfied with the current turn sequence (as available in the sidebar) and that my other ideas, while they could be made to work, added nothing for my tastes.
2) That said, adding an opportunity fire phase for "Side A" at the end of the turn added some interesting decisions with minima record keeping issues and will be part of the next update.
3) Close combat might be too brutal.
4) I missed these 1/72 figures- it's been a long time since they've been out (almost inspired to paint up the USMC troop additions I picked up 6 or 7 years ago and primed but never painted). If you look too closely, they look to have fuzzy plastic bits, and that's because I had no idea what I was doing when I was trying to remove mold lines back then (I still barely have any idea).
5) These figures probably need some refurbishing.