Re: Dispatches #37 Update & Playtesters Needed.
Bill Bennett <[email protected]> Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:27:04 -0700
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Hello I'll give Stossgruppe Schlicter or Anchoring the Line a shot at testing, or both if you need it/ Thanks Bill On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 6:02 PM, Vic Provost <aslbunker-/[email protected]> wrote: > Hello to all my ASL Comrades. The subject lines says it all as we > steam > ahead on Dispatch #37 and have 3 of the 4 scenarios ready for > outside > playtesting. If you are interested in helping out, Please reply > and let me > know which one you want to play. As per usual, a FREE Copy of > Issue > #37 is yours for trying either of the first 2 listed, anyone who > likes > large PTO melees check out the Mawchi Road, I'll give you 2 FREE > issues > for taking on that one. Here they are: > Stossgruppe Schlicter: Nice tourney sized offering from Bruce Childs finds > us in Norway 1940 as the German force is trying to remove a roadblock, > cause > casualties and exit. Quick playing with variable game length. Boards 34 > & 37. > Anchoring the Line: The latest RB action from Any Hershey see the > Germans > on defense on New Years Eve 1942 in the east-central part of the > Barricades. > Reinforced infantry companies on both sides as the Russians try to take > back > buildings from the German defenders. Variable VPs for buildings in the > German > set up area lead to a guessing game on what they are worth. Nice SSRs > spice > things up. > Mawchi Road: A big, large, nasty PTO fight from Joe Gochinski sees Brits > of > the Royal Berkshire Regiment trying to clear the Mawchi Road at Toungoo, > Burma. > Both sides have 3 company sized infantry units that are augmented from a > pool > of Divisional assets including SMCs/SWs/Ordnance for the IJA and a fleet > of > various armed carriers for the British. Although a Big Scenario on Boards > 50, 63 & q, > it plays fairly short due to only being 6.5 turns long and with all that > firepower units > tend to disappear quickly as well. Killer scenario in every way. > Also due out but not quite ready for outside testing (should be soon) > is: > LZ S: Mike Puccio's latest look at the Glider attacks into Germany in March > '45. > Reinforced company of glider troops with plenty of SWs and some ordnance > land > around and possibly amidst German artillery positions on Boards 1a, 43 > & 44. > Taking out the guns is the goal. I'll let you know when we can send this > one out to playtest. > Also in #37 we'll have another article by Kedge and Carl continues his > Tactical Tips. > As you know by now, I have been transitioning from paper to pdf. > issues. > I have a limited number of Paper copies of Issues #34, 35 & 36 > left, > anyone who wants all plus a 4 issue subscription will also get > pdf. file > copies of those 3 and a total of 6 issues all together for > $20.00. > All Dispatches Issues have been converted to pdf. file format > with a Huge > effort by my Printing MVP Ralph McDonald. > > The cost for a Digital The WORKs Order (All 36 Issues plus a 4 > Issue > Subscription starting with current Issue #36) is $60.00. > > As for the individual pdf. issues, if the Issue you are > looking to purchase > has all original content still in it is $3.00, any issue that > saw something > re-published by MMP will have that page removed, and an > informational page > in its place telling you what MMP publication to find it in, > those issues are > just $2.00 Each (#01, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08. 10, 13, 16, 17, > 18 & 19). > If wanting just pdf. issues for a subscription, it is only > $15.00. > > Please e-mail me before ordering individual pdf. issues on > what I can do for you price > wise if ordering 5 or more issues. > We have the usual 4 scenarios for current Issue #36 and here > they are: > > Assyrian Ambush: The 2nd in the Battle for Iraq series by Ted > Wilcox sees elements > of the Iraqi Independent Mechanized Brigade running the > gauntlet through Bd 57 > as British trained and equipped Iraqi levies try to stop them > from exiting. All armor > vs all infantry in 1941 for a quick playing tourney > action. > > The Police Station: Joe Gochinski has another in the Hong Kong > battles with action > starting immediately with on board melees at start as the > Japanese 38th Division tries > to capture the Police Station, with it's overwatch position > from the Winnipeg Grenadiers. > Reinforced company side elements on both sides and a strong > Canadian defensive position > with fortifications makes for a taught battle until the end. > 6.5 turns makes it just small > enough to fit into a tourney time slot or 5 to 6 hour time > frame. Exciting action for sure. > > Hunting Gray Wolves: The latest in the NKVD series from our > own Tom Morin sees a sweep > by a company of NKVD 6-2-8s supported by mixed armor and air > support trying to dig out > Graywolve Partisans in the Ukraine. Board 34 is where the > action is and comes down to > much close range fighting and CC. Lots of FUN for both sides > as CVPs and Hut Control > are the VCs. > > Defending the Twin Villages: The Battle of the Bulge setting > of the approaches to > Rocherath-Krinkelt on boards 5 & 32 sees Kampfgruppe > Muller of the 12th SS Hitler > Jugend crashing into the valiant GIs of the 2nd Infantry > Division. 18 (6-5-8) SS squads > supported by 5 x JgdPz IV/70 Tank Destroyers attack a company > of mixed American > squads with a bunch of SWs, a 81* Mtr a 2 x M4A3/76W Sherman > 76L tanks. A fairly > large action taking 8.5 turns with the SS trying to break > through. Much maneuver and > lots of firepower here. > > Kedge > has another nice article, looking at the state of ASL in 2013. 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