TCASL 6/13/20-- PARTISAN ACTIONS (COVID-19 Edition)

Uncle_Duke

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Hey folks,

It's that time of the month again. Though COVID-19 prevents us from venturing too far out of our respective hidey-holes, we can still find ways to shelter from the heat and play over VASL.

What's that? You've never used VASL before? That's totally okay. Let us know, and we'll walk you through the basics of setup and gameplay. Because everyone needs to learn sometime, and we were all beginners once.

Details:
Day:
6/13/20
Time: Whenever you please
Location: VASL, BGG, GS, Discord-- wherever we happen to congregate online

The theme this month is "Partisan Actions." Here are eight scenarios that give you the opportunity to use that stolen Mauser or Arisaka and a pair of molotov cocktails to take a personal stand for liberation against the fascist invaders.
Code:
Number  Title                    Side1      Side2       #Hrs  S1Win%  S2Win%  Publication                Notes
ASL28   Ambush!                  Bulgarian  Partisan    5.2   51.50%  48.50%  Armies of Oblivion 2nd Ed  Also published in Partisan!
ASL64   Hazardous Occupation     Japanese   Partisan    5.7   50.00%  50.00%  Rising Sun                 Also published in Code of Bushido
ASL228  Break For Hungary        Partisan   Croatian    3.4   48.48%  51.52%  Armies of Oblivion 2nd Ed  Also published as J109 in Journal #7
A6      The Price of Impatience  Partisan   German      5.1   48.65%  51.35%  Annual '89
A99     To Clear a Roadblock     German     Partisan    3.1   59.26%  40.74%  Annual '96                 Recommend Partisan balance
G15     Bone of Contention       German     Partisan    2.9   48.33%  51.67%  The General Vol 28 No 4
J34     Men of the Mountains     Italian    Partisan    4.7   41.73%  58.27%  Journal #2                 Recommend Italian balance
OB10    The Men from Zadig       Partisan   German      2.5   57.14%  42.86%  Out of the Bunker          Low play count. Also published as DB013 in Dispatches from the Bunker #7
This is another kinda funky month in the anniversary department. Ground combat had pretty well slowed down in the west in June 1940. Though fighting still raged on Okinawa as late as the third week of June, 1945, it appears no scenarios depicting that particular phase of the fighting have been published. Nevertheless, there are a couple of scenarios that provide at least reasonably close date matches:
Code:
J101    The Coconut Plantation   Japanese   Australian  5     51.52%  48.48%  Journal #6                 6/9/1945
OB3     Brasche Encounter        French     German      1.7   58.62%  41.38%  Out of the Bunker          6/11/1940  Also published as DB001 in Dispatches from the Bunker #1
 

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Geoff,
Here's a few officially published ones that aren't partisan scenarios but fall within the June '40 or '45 anniversary periods (+80 or +75 years ago):
A61Across The WireNear Nezvet, Lybia16-Jun-40
ASL077Le HérissonHangest, France5-Jun-40
ASL078Encounter at CornimontCornimont, France20-Jun-40
ASL079Bridge of the Seven PlanetsLes Sept-Planetes, France3-Jun-40
ASL082For Honor AloneSaumer, France20-Jun-40
ASL243The French PerimeterSpyckar, France2-Jun-40
ASL244Chateau de QuesnoyNear Conde-Folie, France5-Jun-40
 
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