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Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, and people of all ages, get ready for a look at the newest ASL arrival; Journal 13!   There are three winners of  our contests announced in this show, so listen closely. Maybe it will be you! We take a wee bit of time to read the latest letters, and then we are off to the races with a look in the box to see Journal #13.  Can you believe it?  A journal again? I...

We are very fortunate to have Doug Rimmer join us this evening. Doug is one of the many unsung heroic developers of the Virtual Advanced Squad Leader site. Doug discusses the wonders of VASL, revealing some of the more recent developments in the upcoming version of the program. We chat a bit about the future plans for VASL and even let you know how you can send in some suggestions and ask about pr...

Clink and drink in the New Year kids!  Best wishes for 2023 to all of us! We welcome Mike Ryzy back to the broadcast foxhole for an interesting discussion of  Battlefield Integrity and the Field Promotion rules.  We hope you will indulge us as we banter a bit longer today, and also cover some of the most amazing WWII/War related items that appeared In The News in 2022. And we think you might enjoy...

Holiday greetings to you all! This is the season for joy and gladness, before the great grey days of the New Year that will inevitably arrive for many of us.    Mike Ryzy and John Harmeyer drop by the broadcast foxhole and present their view of Bounding Fire Productions fantastic  Crucible of Steel . Mike and John played all 32 scenarios in chronological order and using a campaign system that Mike...

Hope you all had a Happy Thanksgiving!  There is a whole lot of new products in the Advanced Squad Leader World of Gaming Goodness to be thankful for.  One of these gems is the new scenario pack Covered from  Broken Ground Design  . It includes a new board and 13 scenarios.  We also take a look at Dispatches From the Bunker #53, which includes the usual fantastic game tips from Carl Nogueria.   Th...

There's Ken Dunn makes a long looked forward to interview along with Multi Man Publishing's very own Perry Cocke. Ken has designed a boatload of ASL goodness in the form of many scenario designs. He is also the man that brought us Operation Veritable, and the ASL Starter Kits (but that is a story for another show). Perry gives us an update on what we can expect from MMP in the near and far future,...

Hope you enjoy the brief banter about Chili Parties, before we get in to what Dave has played lately which is ASL Scenario 206: A Line Too Thinly Held.  Dave is defending with the Americans against Dave T's North Koreans who are attacking at night.    We then finish the prisoner rules/quiz section (finally).  This portion covers how we move our prisoners around the Advanced Squad Leader Board, the...

It's time to do something really spooky.  Play Advanced Squad Leader in miniature!  That's a really scary and FUN idea, boys and girls! We are thrilled to have Hayes Wauford join us for this episode and have him compare notes with Dave about how each of them approached the task at hand.  Hayes has made some fantastic WWII terrain for his games and you can hear about it here.  And see more of it's...

Let's attempt to untangle the prisoner rules shall we?  We saw Rich help us out with that tangled web in Episode 302 and we learned a lot. So, it's time for a little quiz show style rule review.  The banter is a bit long on this one but Dave takes the time to discuss his little vacation.  The one that made this episode a tad late.  There are pictures included on the Youtube version of this episode...

304 packs a punch. The saga of the invasive animal species continues as Dave recounts the adventure of the attacking squirrel, and Jeff relates his big fish stories. Dave's been playing  Scenario WO42 Spartan Style  with Dave Timonen and in the box is  Green Hell of Inor !  We round this episode off with an entertaining round of Quiz Show with Team Spilky against Team Black Riders of the Night of...

Chad Cummins and Chuck Hammond (or do you say Chuck Hammond and Chad Cummins?) lend some serious heft to this show.  They share the delightful story of how Hazardous Movement began, from it's humble beginnings to the massive global domination that they now enjoy. The scenarios in their packs promise to bring the fun back to your ASL game, and they promise to be well play-tested and therefore, well...

Joined once again by Rich Spilky, we are able to provide some real quality content. Rich guides us through three of his famous charts.  The first is IFT and CC effects on guarding units and firepower, the second is 26a Effects of No Quarter, and the third is a complex looking but actually very elegant and simple chart entitled 26b Effects of No Quarter. After all that ASL goodness Rich points out...

There is another contest in here. You might like the product that is to be given away. Listen for it.    We have two boxes to open on this show.  So many ASL treasures. So little time. The first is the the  Three-Player Pack  from the gents who produce the March Madness stuff. Dave presents a close look at those scenarios and, all of 'em are designed for three players, not two, but three players....

Rich, Mike and Jared return to the Remote Broadcast Foxhole and join us in a serious Roundtable conversation about our love of the game. We can tell you why Advanced Squad Leader is the greatest game in the world. We also tackle that age old question that we find on so many forums, "Does ASL teach history?".  Then we compare and contrast wargames with fantasy games.  But, before that, we hear a qu...

Sword and Flame: Manila is here as you most likely already know.  We take a look in that big ole box and are wowed by the size of the map in there. Well it's folded up and in many sections, but when it is assembled it is BIG! You're going to need to play on the floor of your garage we thinks.  Once again our fans send us some entertaining and informative letters. We announce a new contest as we dr...

This episode is a must listen. Well, we think all of our episodes are must listens but what do we know? The most excellent ASLer Jim Bishop honors us with his presence and knowledge, and he provides us with a fascinating hour of Advanced Squad Leader talk.   Don't forget you can watch us on our  Youtube channel .   SHOW TIMES 1:00 - NO Banter 1:01 - Jim Bishop 1:00:40 - Total Running Time SHOW LIN...

It's the return of Box Art Review.  We take a look at the artistic qualities of the new Hollow Legions cover art.  Ken Smith still has what it takes! In fact, he has gotten better.    The concealment rules are wrapped up here in part three, starting at rule 12.151 Searching and ending at 12.41 bypassing concealed units.    In the Box is The Very Best of March Madness scenario pack from the gents a...

Gather round if you dare while we croak up some horrifying, shocking, terrifying, and paralyzing banter about household pests and possums. These stories will have you running for the cover of a pest free home. Speaking of mice, if you would like a free  Mythical Mighty Mouse Bundle  then send us a gmail with Micky Plays ASL in the subject line by June 10, 2022 and we will enter you in the contest....

Join us in the Broadcast Foxhole for a discussion of Dave's new art acquisition. We want to stress that the work by George Parrish now belongs to all of us in the ASL community.  It has been secured for the ages. We discuss a recent game of ASL Scenario 206 Hey That Ain't a ROK! and show the progress on this wonderful scenario.  Then we cover (as best we can) the Concealment Rules.  Can you see us...

It's the magnificent Dr. Martin! Rex was the editor for The General magazine that provided so many of us with so much gaming knowledge and entertainment. He takes us back to the Avalon Hill days and on a walk through his history in video games as well. You will most likely want to read his thesis paper titled Cardboard warriors: the Rise and Fall of an American wargaming subculture, 1958-1998. He...

We have all kinds of letters today. Happy letters, sad letters, angry letters and glad letters. All of them entertaining and informative letters.  The sad part of the show arrives when we have to cover rule 17. WOUNDS.  It's a terrible thing when your cardboard SMC is wounded and there are a few rules you need to know when that unfortunate thing happens to your cardboard leader on the cardboard ba...

Al Mortemore 1934-2022  We will miss you.  We'd like to thank two listeners today for the kind donations of fantastic ASL product. John Bullough sent us a copy of Retro ASL rules variant in a 55 page rulebook that can be considered ASL lite. We are thrilled to get a good look at March Madness Commissar pack from Dave Mareske at  Kansas City ASL . We take a deep dive into those scenarios and they c...

While we chit chat we give you look at Dave's new gaming table from Wyrmwood, and a few of the ASL scenarios being played upon said table. Then comes the moment you all have been waiting for. In the Box we find Advancing Fire's  Prokhorovka!  This one packs a whopping five maps, a ton of scenarios and not too many odd new rules. If you love tank battles you are going to love this one.         Than...

We are thrilled to get a good look at  Operation Neptune  from Bounding Fire Productions.  It looks fantastic with a wonderful map and a variety of scenarios that cover a broad range of situations during that operation.  And as if that wasn't enough, it is a campaign game too!  But before we get to all that ASL goodness, we read a few letters from listeners.      SHOWTIMES 0:21 Chit Chat  6:30 Let...

Charlie Kibler has been involved in Advanced Squad Leader since it's inception and is most famous for his artwork on the boards of said products. We particularly love the Red Barricades work. He has worked for a variety of companies in the industry and has a fascinating story of the development of the Solitaire system that you can hear right here on this podcast. Pull up a chair and relax while yo...