tactical training series scenarios advanced squad leader

I didn’t give it any thought at first but both Don Lazov and Witchbottles thought I absolutely must go. I don’t remember how I heard about “Malaya Madness” the 2014 ASL tournament in Singapore.

We play ASL and we spent countless hours chatting about history and about life. To me, Witchbottles is the embodiment of the modern day Renaissance man. Our first scenario was “RPT1 Ferenc Jozef Barracks”.Īfter that I ran into Witchbottles, who helped me get permission from Rodney Kinney (who created VASL) for permission to use VASL graphics in my blog. He asked again “Do you want to do this or not?” I said “Yes but give me a few weeks to finish up Chapter A and Chapter B.” I wasn’t sure why I wanted to push it off. It was a choice between being a tinkerer and an active player. I know then it’s choice between continuing to read the rulebook and solo’ing scenarios or having a mentor and actively playing. He said if I want to learn ASL, he could teach. Nonetheless, the rulebook became a lot easier to understand now that I have context.

It was a fun afternoon but it’s not an event I can attend on a regular basis.

I couldn’t fathom why people who I have just met would let me break into their Sunday game and spend that much time teaching me the mechanics, but they did. Erwin Lau & Lorricount Hall shoved a Pz IV my direction and said “Here, you are in charge of this one.” They then proceed to tell me what to do with my Pz IV every step of the way. The ASLRB is not an easy book to read, so I asked to see a live game one Sunday afternoon. I asked to have a look at it, and I never put it back down. There it was, up on a shelf near the ceiling, a shrink wrapped copy of the Advanced Squad Leader Rulebook v2. It’s the size of a small walk-in closet, except that it’s wall to wall military books. I then came across the tiniest military bookstore one day. I planned to learn the game again and get back into it. The internet connected me with some very active Squad Leader groups. So, decades later, while I stared at the screen, memories of great times came back and I bought myself that copy. Unfortunately when I went to university, I found a few other things more interesting and I forgot about wargames all together. I was a Squad Leader player back when I was in high school. One day in February 2013, I chanced upon a copy of Squad Leader on eBay.

Tactical training series scenarios advanced squad leader