Much of my base ASL set dates to the mid ’90s. I originally got the rule book and Paratrooper at a flea market at DunDraCon in ’96. I remember specifically getting West of Alamein in a visit to the Oceanside[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Patch and I had our between-bigger-games round of Commands & Colors: Ancients on Tuesday. This time it was the Battle of Lechaeum from Expansion #6. It’s a tiny little battle; Patch commented that it looked like I hadn’t pulled the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
While looking through the ASL Journal 11 scenarios back in January, Patch saw that J167 “Hart Attack”, featured some Grants, and wanted to have a go at it. We’ve actually used them before (or at least some Lees), but I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After finishing up Lagus Assault Guns, Tom suggested trying out J32 “Panzer Graveyard” from Journal 2, and we got going at the beginning of March. A January ’44 scenario in Italy, it has a worn-out German force with a lot[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After going a couple rounds in Up Front, Patch and I went back to Commands & Colors: Ancients for a quick pair of games. This time was the Battle of Coronea from Expansion #6 (and as a part two of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After the smoke cleared, Patch and I decided to give Up Front scenario G another try, with me on the defense. I think we both decided to try out some of the later nationalities this time. I picked the Italians,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Back on Saturday the 11th, we had another group gaming day. There was only four of us (me, Dave, Mark and Jason), and we had decided to go for a round of Circus Maximus followed by other shorter games. I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mark came over on Saturday for some FtF gaming, and brought over Bloody April, which he’s been wanting to try out for a while. We knew that it’d be a day of kicking the tires and exercising the systems, as[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Patch and I decided to go for a game of Up Front after our big SFB adventure, and again went for the next scenario in line, G “Block Clearing”. One side sets up with a group already in a -3[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After a bit of a delay, Tom Arnold and I got together for another Vassal ASL game, this time with a scenario from the recent Hakkaa Päälle. The Russians have taken the offensive in Finnland in mid-’44 and are back[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…