Deep Dish, Chicago Style ASL!

Episode 17.0 Companion Guide

 

 

  The Irish Brigade

 The Irish Brigade of the American Civil War were the most honored and beloved of all soldiers.  Their shout of  faugh a ballagh, Clear the Way! could be heard across the fields as the bright green and gold of their flag blew in the wind. Many had fought in Ireland like Thomas Francis Meagher "Meagher of the Sword" before coming to this new country and would fight again to preserve precious freedom.  He formed the first regiment to be known as the Fighting 69th and went into battle with the Finnian flag flying the motto Riam nar druid ó sbarin lann which translates from the Gaelic, We will never flee from the clashing of blades. As other regiments joined the Fighting 69th they became known as the Irish Brigade. The Irish Brigade's strong religious beliefs and culture unified them and provided comfort in the bloody battles.  Love of country, loyalty and fierceness in battle made them proud to be the Fighting Irish.  You can find monuments of the Irish Brigade in Gettysburg, Antietam, New York and many more battlefields and cities all over the United States. 169th

 

    

 What to read:

 

 

  

 

Game Review:

 

 

 

Read This!

 

 

Happy Birthday Adam!

Game designer extraordinaire Adam Starkweather is ? old today.  Adam has designed a number of games including but not limited to:



Thanks Adam and keep up the good work!


Hopefully he'll have this ready to go soon




More importanly, hope his Normandy version of Cauldron/Eagles is shaping up nicely.

Companion Guide to Episode 16.0

Ten ASL Scenerios you have to play before you die:

Barkmann's Corner: Hedgerow Hell
The Guards Counter Attack: (Already played it?  Play it again and fall in love all over again!)

The Comissar's house: Beyond Valor
The Slaughterhouse: ASL Journal issue 2
Hill 621:
Cold Crocodiles:
White Tigers: ASL annual 92
Draconian measures: Streets of Fire
Merzenhausen Zoo: ASL journal issue 2
Escape from velikiye Luki:








Ernst Barkmann



Barkmann's Panther Ausf G.


What to read

Companion guide to Episode 15.0

Other sub games mentioned:

What to read:

 





















The Hunters





 Grade: Rules clarity: A
            Historical accuracy: B
            Overall excitement: When hunting: C, When being hunted: A
            Lives up to the hype?: Falls a little short.
            Bottom line: B. Jog, don't run to get this (unless you are a sub fanatic then sprint)

Mail Call

                                        Finally arrived

The tradition continues with ASL Winter Offensive Bonus Pack 5.  Scenarios include:

Heart of Wilderness: Russian attack vs Germans, August 1942. The Germans can set up an extensive fortified zone in a primarily wooded region near Leningrad with pillboxes, trenches, a few Guns, and a bunch of good infantry led by a 10-2. The Russians attack in three waves, intent on Controlling a bridge and grabbing at least one building in a small village on board 67.

All The Stops: Another Russian attack vs SS Germans, this time in Poland in 1944. The Russians must move down the length of board 67 and win through a combination of terrain Control and Exit. The Russians get three M4/76(a)s, loaded to the gills with Smoke and the awesome Smoke Mortar, while the thin German force, centered around four 6-5-8 squads and three lesser 4-4-7 SS squads and supported by a halftrack and a mortar, try to delay the Russians long enough to reduce the VP value of the buildings, thus forcing the Russians to Exit more VP in order to win. There is a very interesting "semi-random" Russian rolling barrage of 70mm Harassing Fire that can impede both sides. Two StuGs show up later in the game to bolster the defense. This is a rense scenario between two powerful but potentially brittle forces that requires sharp play by both sides to avert disaster.

For Pride's Sake: This scenario features a Japanese Night attack vs Americans on Luzon in 1945. Good Japanese infantry and 6 tanks try to Exit, while a nasty batch of American firepower — a thin line of infantry backed by a Sherman, three M8 Armored Cars, and a 37LL AT Gun (with CANISTER) — try to plug any gaps and deny the Japanese the escape.

Board 67 is dense mix of woods, brush, orchard, hedge and grain with 2 small hills, a town and two gullies.



So now when is ASL Journal 11 coming out?

Conflict of Heroes

         Conflict of Heroes, the way it was meant to be played

Bored with Flames of  War?  Bolt Action not cutting it?  Let the Conflict of Heroes system assuage your woes.  Originally intended for minis, the system works flawlessly. Ok maybe not as flawlessly as ASL but you get the point.