About Le Franc Tireur #16: PTO Revisited, from BoardGameGeek:
The issue is similar to Le Franc Tireur, #12 and is focused on the Pacific Theater.
14 of the 15 scenarios feature the Japanese vs various opponents, the 15th is French vs Chinese. The period covered is 1941-1946.
Contents:
• 80 page magazine
• 12 double sided maps
• 7 sheets of overlays (approximately 50 overlays)
• 15 scenarios
Articles:
– Editor's Foreword
– 10 questions to Olli
– Tiger Meet 2022 : The Last Bid + Men of Steel
– Tiger Meet 2023
– The Forgotten Blitzkrieg
– Japanese Tank Division 1942
– ASL humor
– A Mediocre Dragon
– "Bambrush ?"
– PTO Basics *
– LFT maps artwork
– LC Charts
– Japanese MMC Chart
– Defending in Japanese scenarios
– Sons of Beaches *
– Seaborne Assaults *
– Sims Ridge *
– Bibliography
The four * articles are updated LFT 12 articles.
Scenarios:
LFT327 Thai Beaches - Thai / Japanese 8 December 1941
LFT328 Punjabi Tenacity - Punjabi / Japanese 25 December 1941
LFT329 Gaining Time at Baliuag - Japanese / US 31 December 1941
LFT330 Quinauan Point Japanese / Filipino - 2 February 1942
LFT331 Rescuing the Pocket - Filipino / Japanese 12 February 1942
LFT332 Point of Departure - Filipino / Japanese 12 February 1942
LFT333 Goodenough ? - Japanese / New Zealand 23 October 1942
LFT334 Cpl. Anzac - Japanese / New Zealand 17 February 1944
LFT335 Infuriatingly Invisible - Japanese - New Zealand 20 February 1944
LFT336 Fourteen Paddles - Japanese / New Zealand 23 February 1944
LFT337 Not So Ichi-Go - Chinese / Japanese 5 May 1944
LFT338 RJ-177 - Japanese / USMC 3 August 1944
LFT339 Zig Zag Pass - Japanese / US 1 February 1945
LFT340 Spring Cleaning - Japanese & Vietminh / French 3 April 1946
LFT341 Harvesting Opium - French / Chinese 6 April 1946
The following boards are required to play all the scenarios: LFT1, LFT2, 9, 23, 35, 36, 37, 38, 43, 62, 67, 72, 76, 88, HZ1 (Hazardous Movement).
Maps:
12 PTO maps, with Light and Dense Jungle
The maps are double-sided with one side being regular jungle (within the hex) and the reverse side being dense jungle (inherent terrain, including the hexsides).
The boards included are 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 47, 62, 67, 75.
They are sold separately for US customers.
(description from the publisher's website and BGG user)
