ASL rules, tips, and tactics
FORWARD: This article originally appeared in HazMo Horizon. I republish it here for the sake of collecting all my work into one place. This version also includes the image highlighting the plan which was inadvertently left off the Horizon version. I have also corrected a few typos which crept into the earlier article. Without further…
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I repeatedly ask my readers if there is a topic or scenario I could cover on their behalf. After reading my last article, a reader asked me to analyze this scenario in the comments section. I pulled the card and had a look and I agree, this one looks to be a very interesting scenario. …
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A friend asked me to look at this scenario and discuss how I would set it up as the defender. I emphasized my article on Fortifications in ASL and Defenses is ASL and asked him to see if those helped. He reached back and noted they were great for a generalization, but as a means…
I have been thinking about planning for a while now. It wasn’t a conscious thought; it was an internal monologue that I wasn’t really aware of. I had outlined the process I used without realizing I had done that. Then I authored an article on Obstacles. This article opened my eyes to the process I…
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…
This post originally appeared in the Red Banner, the news letter of my home ASL Group, The DC Conscripts. If you’re ever in the DC area and looking for some ASL reach out. Members of our group stretch across Maryland, Virginia, and DC. I am sure someone can get you sorted. In this post, we…
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 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 this post, we will once again use my ASL Tactical Maxims to examine a scenario. Here, we will take a look at HazMo 5 The Blood of Lambs. I have spoken previously about this pack available from Hazardous Movement Gaming or an ASL retailer near you. I examined this scenario in preparation for The…
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In this post, we are going to take an in-depth look at HazMo 4, Kids These Days, using my ASL Tactical Maxims. By applying these maxims, I hope to show how a player may systematically approach a scenario to set up a cogent defense and make an initial plan to defend the victory conditions. For…