Episode 262: LC Not Elsie

Hope you enjoy the wonderful opening song by with lyrics by Chris Gammon and sung by The 2 Half Squads Singers. The lyrics are printed below. Some great ASLer's chime in like Alan Hume and Scott Mullins through the magic of voicemail. And that gave us the idea for our next contest. 

We have a contest ending January 15th. You need to call in using the button on the right side of the web page and give a "Shout Out"  to a cool alser that you know and would like to recognize in public. Then you will be entered into the contest and we will draw the winner on January 16th.   

We finish out the show with part one of an in depth look at the Landing Craft Rules from chapter G. 
 

SHOW TIMES
1:00 Banter
2:00 Greetings and Chit Chat
19:00 Contest Announced
24:00 The Rules 
1:13:58 Total Running Time

SHOW LINKS

Spilky Tarawa Charts 

Where Half Squads Dare Trailer

Where Half Squads Dare Play Through

O' Gammon Bomb

Concept and Lyrics by Chris Gammon

Performed by The 2 Half Squad Singers 

Oh Gammon Bomb, Oh Gammon Bomb,

An SSR doth grant me.

Your like an ATMM thing

Just tossing one, pulls the ring.

Oh Gammon Bomb, Oh Gammon Bomb,

Your minus three enthralls me,

A low die roll is what it takes

Please no misses or PIN mistakes.

Oh Gammon Bomb, Oh Gammon Bomb,

Make toasty flame come easy.

Oh Gammon Bomb, Oh Gammon Bomb,

I need five more CVP

My opponnent did it again

He overan my best men. 

Oh Gammon Bomb, Oh Gammon Bomb,

Let my revenge come swiftly.

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Episode 261: NOVA? No. NOBA!

 

Welcome to a very fun show. Well, at least we had fun recording  it. The letters we recieve provide us with some entertainnig ASL topics for discussion. It's always good to hear from you all. What we've been playin' lately is a lot of ASL. Check out our Twitter feed for the full updates. In this episode we discuss HS31 Protesting the Speculative from Multi-man Publishing's Operation Veritable. Have you mastered Naval Off-Board Artillery (hereafter referred to as NOBA)? If not then listen to "The Rules" segment right here. 

SHOW TIMES
1:00 Banter
10:25 Long Awaited Letters
36:00 What Have You Been Playin' Lately?
49:59 The Rules 
1:10:02  Contest Announced
1:13:58 Total Running Time

SHOW LINKS

All The Boards

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Episode 260: Heard of Elk

Dave recounts his vacation to The Great Smoky Mountains, The Shawnee National Forest and Belmont University during the intro talk, while Jeff recounts his recent Sword of Rome game. In the Box is the Starter Kit Expansion Pack #2.  This expansion includes the new Chinese, some new Japanese, and the first overlays for SK Advanced Squad Leader players. Two boards, eight scenarios, and some new weapons make it an interesting addition indeed. What we have been playin' lately is HS10 Chesty's Turn  from MMP's Operation Watchtower (we apologize for forgetting we are recording for an audio podcast and not referring to hex numbers enough).  We finish up with another look in the box at Swedish Volunteers original and Mult-man Publishing versions.  

SHOW TIMES
1:00 Banter
12:12 What's in the Box?
29:00 What Have You Been Playing Lately?
45:00 Contest Announced - Entries Due Dec 1st. 
46:00 What's More in the Box?
1:10:02 Total Running Time

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Episode 259: Stupendous Stew

We welcome Stephen Stewart of VASLING with Stew fame.  Stephen provides a fascinating listen as he discusses the variety of videos that he produces.  They are legion, they are good, and you should check them out on his Youtube channel.   

SHOW TIMES
1:00 Banter
3:45 Interview
49:21 Total Running Time

SHOW LINKS

Stew's Replay

VASLing With Stew #1

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Episode 258: French Art and Partisans

Here is a fun little show. In the box is the March Madness Hollis Pack, - Partisans from the gents in Kansas City.   It's a great scenario pack with a historical board included. Wow! We did not know what we were missing when we missed out on all the March Madness Packs. We always heard great things about them. There is a lot of Advanced Squad Leader product here and we hold a drawing from our Patreon supporters to see who will be the lucky winner of said products.      

We have had many requests for a return to Box Art Review....and so we do.  Break out your Croix de Guerre cover art by Ken Smith, relax and enjoy! 

SHOW TIMES
1:00 Banter
12:00 What's in the Box?
33:00 Contest
36:00 Box Art Review
46:02 Total Running Time

Dave's 20mm Parrtisans.

Dave's 15mm Parrtisans for ASL.

 

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Episode 257: My Deer Friend

If you haven't gotten the new Rat Pack Charts from Le Franc Tireur, have a listen to our detailed look at them and see if you don't think you need them after all. We have a good time discussing the scenarios we have played lately, HS4 High Water Mark from Operation Watchtower. Dave and Jeff played that one. We also cover scenario HS27 Lawless Ways from Operation Veritable. Dave got a game in with his som Adam, scenario OB3 Brasche Encounter. By playing these games we realized that you get a whole lot of bang for your buck with Advanced Squad Leader games (especially the Bounding Fire Productions products). We bought them a while ago and are only now finishing them off. If you play them twice you can have twice as much fun. Why not three times?

SHOWTIMES
1:00 Banter
12:00 Rat Pack Charts Version 3
33:00 What Have You Been Playing Lately?

1:00:00 Give Away Items Announced
1:03:10 Total Running Time
 
SHOW LINKS
HS4 High Water Mark
HS27 Lawless Ways
OB3 Brasche Enounter

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