Gunner Scott
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Nice pic, looking forward to this magazine, it will be nice to actually look over a scenario card that is not wall to wall text.
Le Franc Tireur 14 : now available for order
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Yuri0352
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Very attractive cover art! Even the Italian air force and navy are represented.
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My review titled "First Impressions" in in the main ASL Fourms
Steve
My review titled "First Impressions" in in the main ASL Fourms
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Looks like Bounding Fire is sold out (temporarily). For a U.S. buyer, it makes sense to wait until they're back in stock rather than purchasing direct from LFT, correct?
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jrv
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Depends on how desperate you are to get your hands on a bunch of Italian scenarios. If you are really desperate, it makes sense to drive to the airport, fly to France and knock on @Xavier 658 's door with a fistful of euros in your hand.
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Justiciar
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You could try Ritterkrieg.
Yuri0352
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Ritterkrieg also includes free shipping.
Bob Walters
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I don't think people from the US can register at the Le Franc Tireur website. It won't let me complete the registration.Correct
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That’s a good idea. I’ll do that. My last order of ASL goodies came from Derek, so not sure why I didn’t think of that before...
pwashington
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Will the countersheets be available separately at some point?
hongkongwargamer
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Note that what's included is not THE Italian OB. They are counters that supplement/complement the Hollow Legion OB
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hongkongwargamer
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I really like the articles in LFT14 though, they gave me an insight to the Italian Army that's certainly outside of the "generally accepted" narrative in the ASL world. I really appreciate all that.
Great job @Alan Hume, on your write up as well. I really enjoyed it and I learned a lot.
Rgds Jack
Great job @Alan Hume, on your write up as well. I really enjoyed it and I learned a lot.
Rgds Jack
Yes, the countersheets only contains infantry and SW, as it can be seen here: http://lefranctireur.org/spip.php?article145
There is no plan to release the countersheets separately and I doubt it will be the case one day because countersheets and magazines have been shipped to us shrink wrapped altogether. But X could confirm this as he was the one to receive the packages.
There is no plan to release the countersheets separately and I doubt it will be the case one day because countersheets and magazines have been shipped to us shrink wrapped altogether. But X could confirm this as he was the one to receive the packages.
Alan Hume
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Thanks Jack, that means a lot especially in lieu of all the negative comments on facebook. I never realised just how contentious those guys would be
but for the record they most certainly were the bad guys
hongkongwargamer
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I know. I saw. I would have the same gut reaction if it's about the IJA. However, because of your article, I learned who they are and that they are bad folks. Terrific article mate, tremendous work!
Alan Hume
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Thanks Jack, that means a lot
Bob Walters
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It is understandable as some of the guys in Italy had family members who were killed in some of the atrocities perpetrated by that unit when they engaged in anti-partisan activities it makes them somewhat sensitive. Overall, I think it worked out well and served as a great learning experience. I look forward to receiving the magazine so I can read the article.
Alan Hume
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agreed, it might have been better had I not written the article to be honest
it was certainly not meant to hurt or offend anyone and I hope it doesn't detract from what is a great magazine
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Hi Alan, hi all,
Your article is very interesting. And not everyone can like what we publish. It's like this.
Rather ask your detractors to write / publish something. Criticizing is so easy...
We didn't mean to hurt anyone as well when giving the names of "Mozarella" and "Paraculo" to the couple of Italian 6+1 leaders in our countersheets. Nevertheless, several Italian players have been offended (not many though, I would say 2%). One also complained about "Pirlone", since it looks to be a curse in Italian as well. This Pirlone was in fact a Sergeant Major of the Folgore Division (with a funny name though...), who won the Gold medal of military valor during the battle of El Alamein and died that very day (http://www.esercito.difesa.it/en/history/pagine/gold-medals-of-military-valor-of-el-alamein.aspx) . Although some of them understood that these namings were more a mistake than any other thing, the 1% left should stop buying our publications and wait for a reprint of Hollow Legions, this is the advice I would give them.
So don't worry Alan, whatever you'll do, you will always find people to tell you that what you did was baaaaaad. Drink a beer and smile.... and don't care too much about that. Your article is great and meant to offend no one.
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Your article is very interesting. And not everyone can like what we publish. It's like this.Rather ask your detractors to write / publish something. Criticizing is so easy...
We all know that you didn't mean to hurt anyone.
We didn't mean to hurt anyone as well when giving the names of "Mozarella" and "Paraculo" to the couple of Italian 6+1 leaders in our countersheets. Nevertheless, several Italian players have been offended (not many though, I would say 2%). One also complained about "Pirlone", since it looks to be a curse in Italian as well. This Pirlone was in fact a Sergeant Major of the Folgore Division (with a funny name though...), who won the Gold medal of military valor during the battle of El Alamein and died that very day (http://www.esercito.difesa.it/en/history/pagine/gold-medals-of-military-valor-of-el-alamein.aspx) . Although some of them understood that these namings were more a mistake than any other thing, the 1% left should stop buying our publications and wait for a reprint of Hollow Legions, this is the advice I would give them.
So don't worry Alan, whatever you'll do, you will always find people to tell you that what you did was baaaaaad. Drink a beer and smile.... and don't care too much about that. Your article is great and meant to offend no one.
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