Episode 19: Rally [Phase] Ho!

Dim the lights and get comfortable as we raise the curtain on another brilliant ASL drama. After some fascinating listener mail, Jeff discusses the benefit of Preparation H, after which Dave dazzles with yet another engrossing Box Art Review Oh, the humanity! We then get into the meat of the show, a dramatic dialog on the ASOP (Advanced Sequence of Play) section on the Rally Phase. Finally, Dave presents a history report on a very personal WW II hero, Cpl. Edward F. Kleinschmidt of the 12th Armored Division’s, 43rd Tank Battalion.

During intermission and after the show, join the campaign to get Dave’s name on a counter! Let’s demonstrate the power of the T2HS listening audience by emailing MMP and requesting — nay, DEMANDING! — they create a German SMC counter (no less than a 9-1) with the name “Kleinschmidt” for inclusion in the upcoming Hakka Palle module. Send an email to info@multimanpublishing.com. Don’t delay. And email often!

Show Links:
The C4 Corner Cutter
Battles Magazine
The Game Vault
Croix de Guerre
Doomed Battalions

How do you pronounce “cupola”? Leave us a comment.

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Episode 18: Tanks 2 U.

Welcome to Tanks University. Here’s our university level course on tanks. We’re happy to welcome visiting Professor of Tankology (PhT) Bob Holmstrom for a lesson on Vehicle Overrun. Strap on your thinking helmets and be prepared to take copious notes as Dr. Bob leads us through this oft-avoided — but oh, so fascinating — territory. We also discuss Platoon Movement of tanks, discuss the ASL Open, and lots more.

Show Links

C4 Corner Cutter by Counter Culture
Contact Alex Key: hobbies747@gmail.com
Le Franc-Tireur: http://www.lefranctireur.org
Schwerpunkt: http://mysite.verizon.net/resvy9ue
The Texas ASL club celebrates publication of their 50th issue of Banzai! http://texas-asl.com/

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Newbie-Do Part 1

Newbie-Do is a mini-series designed specifically for the new ASL player. In this first installment, Jeff and Joe play through two turns of Starter Kit 1’s first scenario, “Retaking Verville”. We cover victory conditions and setup, and then walk step-by-step through each phase — explaining in each event in detail as we progress. If you never played ASL before or are confused by the phases and such, grab out your Starter Kit and follow along.

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Episode 17: Monkey Business

It’s business as usual in the broadcast foxhole, which means our carefully laid plans to talk in-depth about Phases in ASL quickly fall apart amidst a lot of other monkey business. Still, we do finally get down to a good discussion of the pre-game sequence. We’ll be covering the rest of the phases (hopefully) next time. We hope you enjoy this one. Thanks for listening!

Show Guide:

• Listener feedback — We get a LOT of email. Sorry if you don’t get to yours on this show. We’re doing our best. Please keep writing!
• What’s in the Box — Another splendid offering from Schwerpunkt
• Scenario Report — What we’ve played recently
• Box Art — Egad! What can one say about it?
• ASOP: Pre-game Sequence — an in-depth look at what needs to happen before the first dice roll.

Show Links:

• Counter Culture — C4 Corner Cutter
• Schwerpunkt — Tampa Bay ASL Group
• ASL Scenario Archive — Monkey’s with Typewriters. Free Scenarios!
• Texas ASL Group — Great ASL newsletter
• Cheeta the Chimp

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ASL Extra #7: The Burial Mound

In this Extra Episode Mike Stubits plays Dave K. in AP 44 The Burial Mound. Set up your boards and follow along if you dare. Rich Spilky provides the neutral commentary in this after action report of a scenario that is on the ASL Open list. Hope you can learn something from this scenario analysis. You need boards 56, 57, and 58. Don't have all the boards? You can look them up as VASL or click here.

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Episode 16: Happy Mortars Day

It’s Spring! A time when a young man’s fancy turns to thoughts of . . . mortars? Well, that’s where our thoughts have turned. It’s too early (at least here in mid-western North America) to bring out the gardening tools, so instead we celebrate the season by hauling out another handy tool — the mortar. Test your knowledge (and endurance) with our mortar quiz show.

Also in this episode:

• What’s in the Box? — it’s something from the Tampa Bay ASL group. Can you say “Schwerpunkt“?
• History — about the . . . hmm, we can’t pronounce it, so how can we type it?
• Listener Feedback
• And lots more

 

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