I haven’t played ASL for 3+ years. Instead, I’ve done a lot of hiking, played lots of euros (mostly Pandemic Legacy, Nations and Concordia), played a ton of Gloomhaven with my sons (Highly recommended. Tactical fantasy ASL in a huge box stuffed with awesomeness) and I’m taking Country Swing lessons with a gorgeous blond. Just got an order on Friday from Gamer’s Armory to catch me up on some of the ASL stuff I missed over the last 3 years. Some random thoughts…
* ASL is alive and well.
* The GameSquad forum hasn’t changed a bit. Same old, same old. You guys still rock!
* Bounding Fire is still the king of the TPPs. Bring on Recon By Fire #5!!!
* Anyone who says MMP doesn’t put out enough material, fast enough is freaking crazy.
Here’s the modules/packs I took out of shrink wrap that were gathering dust, and scenarios (and some rules) I had to put in protective sleeves this weekend:
Yanks 2 – Finally, don’t have to use oblong, rectangular, deformed U.S. counters.
Forgotten War – My #1 priority to start playing. Read thru the rules last night. Terrific. Hopefully, somewhere Mike Reed has a huge smile on his face. What a long, long journey.
Hatten in Flames – The ONLY module/AP/Journal that I didn’t preorder from MMP, ever. Slipped by me.
Pocket Rulebook – Tiny print, but I like it.
WO 6 – Swore I would never buy the red-headed step child boards 10z and 17z, but $7 was too tempting.
WO 7 – I really like boards 74 and 75. Gotta love more jungle.
WO 8 – Okay, 76 is cool. Where in the hell is board 77? Am I missing something?
WO 9 – I died and went to heaven!!! MMP published more DASL boards with scenarios?!?!? Sign me up.
Action Pack 11 - Two thumbs up on 71 and 72, unless it's all Bocage...
Action Pack 12 – Only one board (73) is a bummer.
Action Pack 13 – Another Hill board (78) and another 3-4 hex wide River board (79). Yawn…
Journal 11 - I like that MMP kept the scenarios on card stock.
Journal 12 – Great articles and another Festung Budapest scenario, and TWO VotG scenarios!!! My 2 favorite HASLs because of the scenarios (no time for CGs).
Poland in Flames (BFP) – Playtested it, but haven’t played a scenario from the finished product. Looks awesome. And yes, we need more modules with 7-1, 9-0, 10-0 and 10-1 leaders.
Objective: Schmidt (BFP) – Know nothing about this, but love playing scenarios on HASL maps. Will dive into it soon.
The Lost Theater (STL) - Cool scenarios on a HASL map with 12 geoboard scenarios. Impressive.
Friendly Fire 10 (FrF) – Always great tourney sized scenarios.
Rally Point 15 (SP) – Don’t buy SP any more except for any Korean War scenarios. They look really good.
Here’s what I missed and will buy very soon:
Friendly Fire 12 (FrF) – waiting for Gamer’s Armory to get it then I will make my order.
Friendly Fire 11 (FrF)
From the Cellar 8 (LfT) – Gotta catch up on the LfT goodness.
Crap on a cracker it took me awhile to get everything in order. I have lots and lots of reading to do.
The Wolkster's Top 10 questions:
Q1 – From above, am I missing anything?
Q2 - Any other published Korean War scenarios? Kudos to SP for being on the ball. Looking forward to Rally Point 16.
Q3 – Give me your one MUST PLAY scenario from the modules/packs above.
Q4 – Did Pleva win the last 17 ASLOKs?
Q5 – Does Perry still have his Duck Dynasty beard? Although he probably had his first. He was cool before cool was cool.
Q6 – Does JR still host game night? I swear if I’m ever in NY I’d rather go there over the Empire St Building, Broadway or Ellis Island.
Q7 – Are the Red Factories scenarios going to be on par with those of VotG? Which are still the finest set of scenarios from any pack/module, ever.
Q8 – Did Ducky Dolan ever get his Dinant HASL in the MMP pipeline?
Q9 – Where is board 77? Is Brian Youse going to sell them one-by-one on eBay and make a killing? I would.
Q10 - What's the latest issue of Dispatches From the Bunker? I need to catch up.
* ASL is alive and well.
* The GameSquad forum hasn’t changed a bit. Same old, same old. You guys still rock!
* Bounding Fire is still the king of the TPPs. Bring on Recon By Fire #5!!!
* Anyone who says MMP doesn’t put out enough material, fast enough is freaking crazy.
Here’s the modules/packs I took out of shrink wrap that were gathering dust, and scenarios (and some rules) I had to put in protective sleeves this weekend:
Yanks 2 – Finally, don’t have to use oblong, rectangular, deformed U.S. counters.
Forgotten War – My #1 priority to start playing. Read thru the rules last night. Terrific. Hopefully, somewhere Mike Reed has a huge smile on his face. What a long, long journey.
Hatten in Flames – The ONLY module/AP/Journal that I didn’t preorder from MMP, ever. Slipped by me.
Pocket Rulebook – Tiny print, but I like it.
WO 6 – Swore I would never buy the red-headed step child boards 10z and 17z, but $7 was too tempting.
WO 7 – I really like boards 74 and 75. Gotta love more jungle.
WO 8 – Okay, 76 is cool. Where in the hell is board 77? Am I missing something?
WO 9 – I died and went to heaven!!! MMP published more DASL boards with scenarios?!?!? Sign me up.
Action Pack 11 - Two thumbs up on 71 and 72, unless it's all Bocage...
Action Pack 12 – Only one board (73) is a bummer.
Action Pack 13 – Another Hill board (78) and another 3-4 hex wide River board (79). Yawn…
Journal 11 - I like that MMP kept the scenarios on card stock.
Journal 12 – Great articles and another Festung Budapest scenario, and TWO VotG scenarios!!! My 2 favorite HASLs because of the scenarios (no time for CGs).
Poland in Flames (BFP) – Playtested it, but haven’t played a scenario from the finished product. Looks awesome. And yes, we need more modules with 7-1, 9-0, 10-0 and 10-1 leaders.
Objective: Schmidt (BFP) – Know nothing about this, but love playing scenarios on HASL maps. Will dive into it soon.
The Lost Theater (STL) - Cool scenarios on a HASL map with 12 geoboard scenarios. Impressive.
Friendly Fire 10 (FrF) – Always great tourney sized scenarios.
Rally Point 15 (SP) – Don’t buy SP any more except for any Korean War scenarios. They look really good.
Here’s what I missed and will buy very soon:
Friendly Fire 12 (FrF) – waiting for Gamer’s Armory to get it then I will make my order.
Friendly Fire 11 (FrF)
From the Cellar 8 (LfT) – Gotta catch up on the LfT goodness.
Crap on a cracker it took me awhile to get everything in order. I have lots and lots of reading to do.
The Wolkster's Top 10 questions:
Q1 – From above, am I missing anything?
Q2 - Any other published Korean War scenarios? Kudos to SP for being on the ball. Looking forward to Rally Point 16.
Q3 – Give me your one MUST PLAY scenario from the modules/packs above.
Q4 – Did Pleva win the last 17 ASLOKs?
Q5 – Does Perry still have his Duck Dynasty beard? Although he probably had his first. He was cool before cool was cool.
Q6 – Does JR still host game night? I swear if I’m ever in NY I’d rather go there over the Empire St Building, Broadway or Ellis Island.
Q7 – Are the Red Factories scenarios going to be on par with those of VotG? Which are still the finest set of scenarios from any pack/module, ever.
Q8 – Did Ducky Dolan ever get his Dinant HASL in the MMP pipeline?
Q9 – Where is board 77? Is Brian Youse going to sell them one-by-one on eBay and make a killing? I would.
Q10 - What's the latest issue of Dispatches From the Bunker? I need to catch up.
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