ASL rules, tips, and tactics
This article comes out of a game I played recently. It is an issue that has seriously plagued my game play for years. What exactly are a Half Squad’s (HS) firing options? Since that game, I have dug into the rules and spoken with some friends to clear this up. I write this article to…
I recently examined this scenario for a Banzai! article so it has appeared previously there. Please go check out this excellent newsletter from the Texas ASL club. I am going to examine BFP42 Bukit Full of Trouble, published by Bounding Fire in Blood and Jungle, using my ASL Maxims. I hope to showcase how these…
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In their most recent iteration of Illuminating Rounds, Dave and Martin were discussing the mechanics of AFV Bypass movement. They were discussing my recent article, Missing Example: The Basics of AFV Combat in ASL—Motion Escape. The guys asked what happens when an AFV turns in bypass and sorted it out, but I think the discussion…
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In this article, I will examine entering an enemy AFV’s Location. This article comes courtesy of Paul Sidhu, who reintroduced me to this lesson when we played in Albany. While I knew this rule prior to our game, I had actually mangled it in my mind. With that start, let’s get stuck in on this…
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In this article, I am adding an example to my original article on AFV Combat (The Basics of AFV Combat in ASL). I briefly mentioned this topic in my earlier article but did not expand on it and I want to correct that omission here. I also hope to highlight a subtlety of AFV bypass…
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In this article, I examine some concepts under-pinning good AFV play in ASL. It is nearly impossible to say “this is good AFV play” because the definition of “Good” is contextual. What is good in one instance may be terrible in another. Look for future articles on similar topics like tanks vs. infantry. When evaluating…
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EDIT: The fine folks at Banzai! have fixed the issue. I hope you enjoy the article. I have a new scenario analysis article appearing in the current Banzai! You can download the news letter here. There seems to be an image missing from the Banzai! issue. I have added it below for people to use…
I have made some small changes to the site over the last week or so. First, I added a “Resources” page. It is available through the “Resources” link in the blue menu bar above. I also replaced the “Contact” page with a new plugin. The Original Plugin relied on Captcha to alleviate spam but it…
In this post, we will examine DB164 Try at Trentlehof. Jeffery D. Meyers designed this scenario, and it is available from the Dispatches from the Bunker folks. I cannot speak highly enough of the Dispatches products and I encourage you to check more of them out. In my opinion, DftB represents the best value in…
In past articles, I have discussed Infantry Target Type Critical Hits (CH), CHs when targeting Guns, and CHs when a Gun is in a Pillbox. In this article, I examine CHs when using Vehicular Target Type (VTT), resolving these attacks, and how CHs work when the original attack is an Unlikely Hit. I will also…