Episode 294: Tyrannosaurus Rex Martin

It's the magnificent Dr. Martin! Rex was the editor for The General magazine that provided so many of us with so much gaming knowledge and entertainment. He takes us back to the Avalon Hill days and on a walk through his history in video games as well. You will most likely want to read his thesis paper titled Cardboard warriors: the Rise and Fall of an American wargaming subculture, 1958-1998. He analyzes the reasons we game. And shows us the original art for Hedgerow Hell by G. Parrish. 

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0:21 Interview

59:04  Total Running Time

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Rex Martin's Thesis Intro

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Episode 293: A Stick up Your Nose

We have all kinds of letters today. Happy letters, sad letters, angry letters and glad letters. All of them entertaining and informative letters.  The sad part of the show arrives when we have to cover rule 17. WOUNDS.  It's a terrible thing when your cardboard SMC is wounded and there are a few rules you need to know when that unfortunate thing happens to your cardboard leader on the cardboard battlefield. To finish up we look in the box and find Winter Offensive Pack #12.  

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0:21 Banter

11:40 Letters

33:00 Rules

53:00 What's in the Box?

1:01:17  Total Running Time

 

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Nor'easter Tourney

ASL Open

Great Clown Panic of 2016

VotG Solitaire

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Episode 292: Retro Commissar Madness

Al Mortemore 1934-2022  We will miss you. 

We'd like to thank two listeners today for the kind donations of fantastic ASL product. John Bullough
sent us a copy of Retro ASL rules variant in a 55 page rulebook that can be considered ASL lite. We are thrilled to get a good look at March Madness Commissar pack from Dave Mareske at Kansas City ASL. We take a deep dive into those scenarios and they cover a broad range of situations featuring COMMISSARS.  The audio on Dave's recording is a bit staticky.  Our apologies. 

Take a break from basketball and have a listen! 

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0:21 Banter

9:45 Retro in the Box

28:45 Commissar Pack Scenarios in the Box

55:50  Total Running Time

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Nor'easter Tourney

Commissar Pack at Ritter Krieg while they last.

March Madness Commissar Pack at BGG

Retro 5th Edition at Wargames Vault

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Episode 291: Prokhorovka Power!

 While we chit chat we give you look at Dave's new gaming table from Wyrmwood, and a few of the ASL scenarios being played upon said table. Then comes the moment you all have been waiting for. In the Box we find Advancing Fire's Prokhorovka! This one packs a whopping five maps, a ton of scenarios and not too many odd new rules. If you love tank battles you are going to love this one.  

Thanks to Stephen Banks we have Beyond Valor and YANKS for sale on ebay.  Click on the link to go there and bid. You can support the show AND get a great value in return. Ends 3/6/22.

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0:21 Chit Chat 

28:45 What's in the Box?

48:55  Total Running Time

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Nor'easter Tourney

Prokhovoroka Map on World of Tanks on YouTube

Prokhovoroka at Ritter Krieg

The Battle on Wikipedia

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Episode 290: Nifty Neptune

We are thrilled to get a good look at Operation Neptune from Bounding Fire Productions.  It looks fantastic with a wonderful map and a variety of scenarios that cover a broad range of situations during that operation.  And as if that wasn't enough, it is a campaign game too!  But before we get to all that ASL goodness, we read a few letters from listeners. 

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0:21 Chit Chat 

6:30 Letters

28:45 What's in the Box?

59:55  Total Running Time

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Saving Private Ryan Scenario by Mark Drake

Nor'easter Tourney

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Episode 289: Kibler Kills it!

Charlie Kibler has been involved in Advanced Squad Leader since it's inception and is most famous for his artwork on the boards of said products. We particularly love the Red Barricades work. He has worked for a variety of companies in the industry and has a fascinating story of the development of the Solitaire system that you can hear right here on this podcast. Pull up a chair and relax while you are snowed in and enjoy!

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0:30 Interview with Charles Kibler

1:02:14 Total Running Time

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Kibler on Gamesquad

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