Robert Wolkey said:
>I just have a very narrow view of what constitutes Advanced Squad Leader... Official Advanced Squad Leader.
Interesting comment, especially since your scenario Clash Along the Psel was first published in The Rout Report. Did you consider The Rout Report to be official?
You are mistaken. "Clash Along the Psel" was never published by anyone but myself. If it saw publication in The Rout Report (I did write an article or two for Kurt), it was unauthorized. However, I am very confident that it never was in The Rout Report. (If you have evidence to the contrary, please let me know, as I would be most interested in that... CH -- under the auspices of one or two of the same gents who published The Rout Report -- has published a scenario of mine without my knowledge or consent. When I learned about it a year ago, I was quite perturbed.)
I did take several copies of "Clash" to ASLOK, and distributed them freely back in... oh, 1988 or 1989. I was surprised and gratified to see it being played the next year at ASLOK. But it was never published until AH put it in the '93A Annual.
Robert Wolkey said:
Almost like having the view that since automobiles were invented in America, you refuse to drive a foreign car.
I don't believe the analogy is apt.
A more apt analogy would be having a hall of fame for General Motors sedans, and then including Toyota products. Yes, they are all cars. No, they are not all General Motors.
I simply believe that anything that bills itself as "ASL" should only include items that are legally and officially "Advanced Squad Leader".
And yes, I am quite positive that there are many outstanding scenarios out there that are not and possibly will never be "official". Oh well.
Regards,
Bruce Bakken