Dispatches from the Bunker #37 Update & Playtesters still welcome
Vic Provost <aslbunker-/[email protected]> Mon, 15 Jul 2013 17:35:47 -0700 (PDT)
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Hello to all my ASL Comrades. The subject lines says it all as we steam ahead on Dispatch #37 and have 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 3 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. 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. Very cool scenario with instant action as the gliders try to land amongst AA fire. 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 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. Carl Nogueira has more Tactical Tips and I'll have all the usual scoop on the regional ASL scene. For those unfamiliar with Dispatches, it is a 12 page Amateur ASL Newsletter that comes to the greater ASL Community twice a year, sometime in March and September courtesy of the New England ASL Community, including the Bunker Crew and our yasl Brothers in Southern New England. 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Box 2024 Hinsdale MA 01235 USA Remember, Dispatch #28 included Tom Morin's 3 scenarios and 5 date mini-campaign of the brutal battle that took place on Guadalcanal at the Ilu River (Alligator Creek). Also Please remember that Dispatch #23 is devoted to VotG including the 3 scenarios that Tom Morin designed specifically for the newsletter, analysis of each, Tom's VotG Saga and Jim Torkelson's look at VotG from the German point of view. Speaking of old Dispatches, MMP published 'Out of the Bunker' featuring scenarios that originally were published in Issues #01 - #20. See the link below: http://www.multimanpublishing.com/ta...9/Default.aspx Any other questions just reply to my e-mail at: [email protected] and I'll do my best to answer your query. Thanks again to all my Contributors, Playtesters, and Subscribers, without whom the Newsletter would not be possible. Thanks for your time and consideration, your ASL Comrade, Vic Provost. 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