kdalton
Senior Member
Multi-Man Publishing is proud to announce a new product for the ADVANCED SQUAD LEADER (ASL) system – the ASL STARTER PACK #1.
The ASL STARTER PACK is the first in a new set of how-to modules designed to get new players quickly into the ASL action.
The pack will contain six small scenarios pitting American and Russian troops against Germans. Enough counters to play the scenarios will be included in the pack. Two new geomorphic maps mounted on card stock will be enclosed, as well as a new rules booklet written as a phase-by-phase tutorial on the game and dice. In short, everything you need to immediately start learning and playing ASL is right there in one package.
The scenarios are still being finalized, but here’s a taste of what’s included:
MMP will put it up for preorder to give our loyal customers a chance to get it at a discount since we will not be selling the components on this individually (we're keeping this project very tight with regards to costs, overruns and overhead to keep the price bare-bones). We hope to put it up for preorder during our holiday break. It won't have a P# to "hit"; we're considering this to be one of those "MMP has to take a risk" games that we feel we have to make.
If this proves successful, we intend to do more of these Starter Kits to introduce ordnance, armor, and more terrain types.
The ASL STARTER PACK is the first in a new set of how-to modules designed to get new players quickly into the ASL action.
The pack will contain six small scenarios pitting American and Russian troops against Germans. Enough counters to play the scenarios will be included in the pack. Two new geomorphic maps mounted on card stock will be enclosed, as well as a new rules booklet written as a phase-by-phase tutorial on the game and dice. In short, everything you need to immediately start learning and playing ASL is right there in one package.
The scenarios are still being finalized, but here’s a taste of what’s included:
- US Paratroopers versus Germans in a scenario featuring a pitched battle for control of a village;
- A Stalingrad scenario in which German sturm troops try to take a few key buildings on a city map prior to a Russian "strike team" counterattack;
- A U.S. Army assault in the German city of Aachen in 1944.
MMP will put it up for preorder to give our loyal customers a chance to get it at a discount since we will not be selling the components on this individually (we're keeping this project very tight with regards to costs, overruns and overhead to keep the price bare-bones). We hope to put it up for preorder during our holiday break. It won't have a P# to "hit"; we're considering this to be one of those "MMP has to take a risk" games that we feel we have to make.
If this proves successful, we intend to do more of these Starter Kits to introduce ordnance, armor, and more terrain types.