If people don't want to do Discord I'll probably have each roundtable up on my channel the next morning (I'm assuming Curt will extent permission to do so).
There was a lot of discussion, but here's a bullet summary of the ASL product portion of it:
- Ponyri Station HASL (Slaughter at Ponyri?), almost done, playtest done, final edits being done, Pete Shelling design
- Karkov in Flames HASL, hopefully will see pre-order this year, scale similar to Hatten in Flames (smaller HASL), Andy Rogers design
- Marco Polo Bridge Incident (? unsure of exact title) playtest done, will ship as separate versions for both ASL and Starter Kit, Ken Dunn design
- Chef-du-Pont HASL (follow on to Sainte-Mère-Église) in final playtesting (I meant to ask if these two will have interconnectivity, but forgot to ask)
- Spanish Civil War "core module", BIG! Playtest done, final editing happening, preorder this year
- Journal 15 this year
- Operations magazine with have a HASL map and “several” scenarios, featuring the fight to relieve the Korsun Pocket (Russia v Germany, Jan/Feb 1944). More scenarios on this map might be published later
- Polish Eagles (? unsure of final title) being worked on, early Polish/German blitzkrieg action, Ken Dunn design
- SK Magazine early layout pretty much done and is in proofing – “Basic Training” is its official name
- Twilight of the Reich themed magazine
- Rotterdam HASL (Dawn of Eagles?) being worked on
- Starter Kit Stalingrad! Will use SK ruleset (presumably with some extra rules) on existing MMP Stalingrad map(s) (this one was a surprise)
- HASL e-rulebook, some of the older HASL rulesets will be sold as a PDF bundle (and pocket version I believe) so they can be played on VASL by those who couldn’t (or didn’t) buy the original modules back in the day. Presumably that means anything appearing in this “HASL rulebook” will never be reprinted, but I could be wrong…
- Concerning the ASL rulebook: MMP will republish the binder version of the RB without the 3-ring binder (it's dead Jim) and will always be in synch with the e-rulebook. Whenever the e-rulebook is updated, self update high-resolution versions of the binder rules will be available to be printed and inserted into your custom binder version of the rules if that's how you roll.
- The Fox and the Rats, working title (?), DTO, battle for Alam el Halfa (????), not a lot of info on this one, probably WAY out on the timeline
- Contested Lands (last title mentioned) "core module" was removed from the production schedule due to current situations happening in the Middle East. The module is basically done, and will be added back to the schedule when the time is right. This was a Hasbro decision, not MMP decision.
I am not so sure if a Twilight of the Reich magazine is the best idea. Maybe better just to have it as all or part of a Journal?
Starter Kit Magazine (as a series) sounds like the right thing to do. Probably a great thing to do as it may be where the market is heading. I also foresee an article or two on how to transition from Starter Kit to full (or at least chapters A and B, then A through D) ASL.
I am just a bit wondering if a bit too many products are coming out within the year, or within the next 12 months or so. I would keep it to one new "core" module, one or two new HASLs, one or two Journals, one Starter Kit magazine, etc., per twelve month period. But that's just me.
I think a booster pack (printed and in a smallish binder) for the full ASL rules, starting with chapters A through E, is urgently needed and much overdue. This would compile not all the errata (these as mentioned above should be incorporated into the rule(s) books) but a curated list (with graphics as appropriate) of Q & As. Kinda an expanded examples of play. Examples or a test run could be included as a Journal article. Later on, same, for chapters F and G and many of the HASLs.
