Hi,
I am coming aboard with some Squad Leader and ASL exposure back in the late 70's and 80's (seems like ancient history now). At that time, my brother fully converted to ASL and was trying to get me to learn ordnance and vehicle rules. I was much more comfortable with the programmed instruction aspect of SL and so I never made it very far with ASL. We did however manage an occasional infantry scenario. After a couple decades raising family, etc. I finally pulled out the few dusty Avalon Hill boxes that I owned from the basement and much belatedly told my brother I was finally ready to learn the rest of the rulebook after 25 years!! He had a good laugh and said his ASL days were behind him but I was welcome to all his ASL stuff which he had kept. I was somewhat disappointed because I had hoped to play some HASL with him (he only lives 10 minutes away). So, a bit of a bummer on that end, but I am now the happy caretaker of a bunch of long neglected ASL modules. I've filled in with some newer MMP-published items and am ready to jump into the shark pool and give the game another go around.
I've been following along here on Gamesquad for a while. I believe I have the VASL software running and understand the mechanics of that so looking forward to starting a game or two.
SGS