ASL rules, tips, and tactics
While working on the article covering Fortifications and Obstacles in ASL, I gave some thought to types of defenses in ASL. Sitting and thinking about it, I came up with five types of defense: area, point, defense in depth, mobile defense, and disruptive. Some of these seemed a little arbitrary to me, so I delved…
In a recent game, my opponent said something like this: “This is a 6 +1. Basically, a four even shot.” To be fair, I have heard this said far and wide by players at all skill levels. Let’s look and see how accurate this really is. For this discussion, we will ignore cowering. Let’s get…
Le Franc Tireur published my article Attacking In ASL – A Mid-Level Player’s Perspective in From the Cellar #12. I am very happy with how the article turned out and I hope people find it helpful. I originally intended this article for my blog but publishing it in FTC gives me a wider audience. This…
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“Fortification” is an ASL catch-all term used to describe various terrain changing features captured primarily on ⅝” counters. I believe this characterization is too generic, hiding a subclass in plain sight. In my opinion, it is more accurate to say there are “Fortifications” and “Obstacles.” In this article, I will seek to break down the…