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Greetings from the Bunker and hello to all at the
ASL Forum. I am please to say that work on
Dispatches from the Bunker #22 has begun in earnest.
It will contain 3 new action-packed scenarios including:
Dash for Mt Croce - Joe Gochinski's latest in the 45th
Thunderbird Division series is a quick-play tourney style action
with a company of 1st line GIs trying to pierce the thin line
of elite 6th Paratroop Division Fallschirmjagers and exit half
the force off the opposite side of Board 12 in 1943 Italy.
Jungle Rats - Another one from our designer extraodinaire
Steve Johns, this sees a counterattacking combined arms
force from the 1st Burma Division and 2nd RTR (from the
Desert Rats 7th Armored Brigade) trying to smash a Japanese
blocking force holding up the retreat north in Burma. A company
of 4-4-7 2nd liners is supported by Stuart 1s and 80 OBA while
the Japanese have 1st line troops aided by a 37L AT Gun and
air support in the form of a 42 FB. Nasty PTO fun on board 42.
Hamburg on the Lovat - Andy Clarke has come up with another
nice Eastern Front scenario with a company of Russian sub-
machine gunners assisted by a couple T-34s (one of which is that
nasty OT-34) assaulting the cut-off elements of the 83rd Infantry
Division at Velikiye Luki. The Russians have numbers on their side
whereas the German has the range advantage along with some fortifications
to help in the defense on Boards 20 and 23. HIP Tank Hunter teams spice
up the action as the Soviets grind forward toward building 20Z4.
We also will have another fine analysis from Jim Torkelson,
a look back at both the 2005 Bunker Bash and the NY State
ASL Championship (a week from the Friday in Albany) and
a preview of the 2006 Nor'Easter along with Carl Nogueira's
always excellent Tactical Tip for both Novices and Veterans.
As for Issue #21, that labor of love contains the
usual 3 scenarios, 2 of which are excellent Steve
Johns designs:
Erstwhile Allies, set in 1942 Algeria
portraying some of the initial fighting by the Big Red
1 Infantry Division as it tries to wrest control of
Board 22 buildings from some tough French Legionnaires.
Wetlet, a nasty '45 fight between
die hard Japanese and Commonwealth Indian units at
Wetlet in Burma. Steve makes great use of overlays on
board 49 giving it a different feel and showing how
one can change the complexion of a board without going
completely overboard with them.
Our 3rd scenario is the 2nd in our Fabulous
Thunderbirds series and first design by Bunker Crewman
Joe Gochinski. It is a meaty action set in Sicily as
the 45th 'Thunderbirds' Infantry Division assault the airfield
at Biscari. What makes for extra excitement and
intrigue with this one is the variable OB additions
that BOTH sides choose to augment their at start OBs.
This makes for initial Fog of War and added
replayability for what should develop over time
into a real Dispatches Classic. This one gave
us results all over the map in playtesting.
Also we have another fine Jim Torkelson article, this one
looking at Melee Pack IIs Vulcan Forge and Carl
Nogueira's tactical Tips. This 12 page Amateur Newsletter
comes to the greater ASL Community twice a year,
sometime in March and September courtesy of the New
England ASL Community, including the Bunker Crew and
our yasl Brothers in Southern New England. IF this
sounds like a CH by your NOBA on that Japanese
HMG Pillbox, Subscriptions and ALL Back-Issues are still
available, and here is how to get yours (all prices
include S & H, make all checks/money orders out to Vic
Provost, Please, NOT Dispatches from the Bunker):
4 Issue Subscription (Starting with current Issue #21):
In the USA: $13.00 (Check/Money Order/Cash)
Outside the States: $15.00 (International Postal Money
Order or USA Currency Only, Sorry, NO Credit Cards,
Personal Checks not drawn on a USA Bank, NO Western
Union, this is an Old School Amateur Effort and our
Hobby, not a Full Time 'Business'
Payment Update: After listening quite attentively to
the pleading of my foreign subscribers I have broken
down and opened a PayPal account. So either domestic
or foreign orders may now be paid to me by sending
your remittance in USA Funds via PayPal to
PinkFloydFan1954@aol.com
All PayPal payments must add $1.00 per every
$20.00 (FRU) spent to cover PayPal Fees.
(EX: a $15.00 overseas subscription adds $1.00,
a $60.00 Works Order adds $3.00)
If using Paypal please also notify me here at
aslbunker@aol.com with your shipping address and
just what you are ordering, Thanks.
Back-Issues:
Issue #01 is our FREE Preview Issue available with any
New Subscription or upon request with a #10 SASE. All
other Back-Issues (#02 - #20) are $3.50 Each in the
USA or $4.00 Each outside the States.
All 21 Issues in print (No subscription):
$50.00 in the USA, $55.00 outside the states.
The Works:
All 21 Issues plus a 4 Issue Subscription, starting
with current Issue #21 (24 Issues in total)
$60.00 in the USA, $65.00 outside the states
Make your remittance out to Vic Provost and send to:
Vic Provost
Dispatches from the Bunker
P.O. Box 2024
Hinsdale MA 01235
USA
Any other questions just reply to my e-mail at:
aslbunker@aol.com
and I'll do my best to answer your query. Thanks
again to all my Contributors, Playtesters, and
Subscribers, without whom the Newsletter would
not be possible. Thanks for your time and
consideration, your ASL Comrade, Vic Provost.
'SSR: All Occupants of the Bunker Location
are considered Fanatic [A10.8]'
ASL Forum. I am please to say that work on
Dispatches from the Bunker #22 has begun in earnest.
It will contain 3 new action-packed scenarios including:
Dash for Mt Croce - Joe Gochinski's latest in the 45th
Thunderbird Division series is a quick-play tourney style action
with a company of 1st line GIs trying to pierce the thin line
of elite 6th Paratroop Division Fallschirmjagers and exit half
the force off the opposite side of Board 12 in 1943 Italy.
Jungle Rats - Another one from our designer extraodinaire
Steve Johns, this sees a counterattacking combined arms
force from the 1st Burma Division and 2nd RTR (from the
Desert Rats 7th Armored Brigade) trying to smash a Japanese
blocking force holding up the retreat north in Burma. A company
of 4-4-7 2nd liners is supported by Stuart 1s and 80 OBA while
the Japanese have 1st line troops aided by a 37L AT Gun and
air support in the form of a 42 FB. Nasty PTO fun on board 42.
Hamburg on the Lovat - Andy Clarke has come up with another
nice Eastern Front scenario with a company of Russian sub-
machine gunners assisted by a couple T-34s (one of which is that
nasty OT-34) assaulting the cut-off elements of the 83rd Infantry
Division at Velikiye Luki. The Russians have numbers on their side
whereas the German has the range advantage along with some fortifications
to help in the defense on Boards 20 and 23. HIP Tank Hunter teams spice
up the action as the Soviets grind forward toward building 20Z4.
We also will have another fine analysis from Jim Torkelson,
a look back at both the 2005 Bunker Bash and the NY State
ASL Championship (a week from the Friday in Albany) and
a preview of the 2006 Nor'Easter along with Carl Nogueira's
always excellent Tactical Tip for both Novices and Veterans.
As for Issue #21, that labor of love contains the
usual 3 scenarios, 2 of which are excellent Steve
Johns designs:
Erstwhile Allies, set in 1942 Algeria
portraying some of the initial fighting by the Big Red
1 Infantry Division as it tries to wrest control of
Board 22 buildings from some tough French Legionnaires.
Wetlet, a nasty '45 fight between
die hard Japanese and Commonwealth Indian units at
Wetlet in Burma. Steve makes great use of overlays on
board 49 giving it a different feel and showing how
one can change the complexion of a board without going
completely overboard with them.
Our 3rd scenario is the 2nd in our Fabulous
Thunderbirds series and first design by Bunker Crewman
Joe Gochinski. It is a meaty action set in Sicily as
the 45th 'Thunderbirds' Infantry Division assault the airfield
at Biscari. What makes for extra excitement and
intrigue with this one is the variable OB additions
that BOTH sides choose to augment their at start OBs.
This makes for initial Fog of War and added
replayability for what should develop over time
into a real Dispatches Classic. This one gave
us results all over the map in playtesting.
Also we have another fine Jim Torkelson article, this one
looking at Melee Pack IIs Vulcan Forge and Carl
Nogueira's tactical Tips. This 12 page Amateur Newsletter
comes to the greater ASL Community twice a year,
sometime in March and September courtesy of the New
England ASL Community, including the Bunker Crew and
our yasl Brothers in Southern New England. IF this
sounds like a CH by your NOBA on that Japanese
HMG Pillbox, Subscriptions and ALL Back-Issues are still
available, and here is how to get yours (all prices
include S & H, make all checks/money orders out to Vic
Provost, Please, NOT Dispatches from the Bunker):
4 Issue Subscription (Starting with current Issue #21):
In the USA: $13.00 (Check/Money Order/Cash)
Outside the States: $15.00 (International Postal Money
Order or USA Currency Only, Sorry, NO Credit Cards,
Personal Checks not drawn on a USA Bank, NO Western
Union, this is an Old School Amateur Effort and our
Hobby, not a Full Time 'Business'
Payment Update: After listening quite attentively to
the pleading of my foreign subscribers I have broken
down and opened a PayPal account. So either domestic
or foreign orders may now be paid to me by sending
your remittance in USA Funds via PayPal to
PinkFloydFan1954@aol.com
All PayPal payments must add $1.00 per every
$20.00 (FRU) spent to cover PayPal Fees.
(EX: a $15.00 overseas subscription adds $1.00,
a $60.00 Works Order adds $3.00)
If using Paypal please also notify me here at
aslbunker@aol.com with your shipping address and
just what you are ordering, Thanks.
Back-Issues:
Issue #01 is our FREE Preview Issue available with any
New Subscription or upon request with a #10 SASE. All
other Back-Issues (#02 - #20) are $3.50 Each in the
USA or $4.00 Each outside the States.
All 21 Issues in print (No subscription):
$50.00 in the USA, $55.00 outside the states.
The Works:
All 21 Issues plus a 4 Issue Subscription, starting
with current Issue #21 (24 Issues in total)
$60.00 in the USA, $65.00 outside the states
Make your remittance out to Vic Provost and send to:
Vic Provost
Dispatches from the Bunker
P.O. Box 2024
Hinsdale MA 01235
USA
Any other questions just reply to my e-mail at:
aslbunker@aol.com
and I'll do my best to answer your query. Thanks
again to all my Contributors, Playtesters, and
Subscribers, without whom the Newsletter would
not be possible. Thanks for your time and
consideration, your ASL Comrade, Vic Provost.
'SSR: All Occupants of the Bunker Location
are considered Fanatic [A10.8]'
