Re: Dispatches Update & Playtesters Needed

Hi Vic,

perhaps i will have the occasion to playtest a short scenario with Pascal
between 7/31 and 8/4 since he comes at home, in Normandy.
All will depend from the weather and wifes ;-)

Bien amicalement,
Laurent.


2014-07-29 1:39 GMT+02:00 Vic Provost <aslbunker-/[email protected]>:

> Hello to all my ASL
> Comrades. We are well into the playtest
> for
> Dispatches from the Bunker #39. We'll
> have the usual 4 scenarios
> and articles.
>
> We are looking for playtest volunteers for the last 2
> scenarios
> mentioned below: Killer Kloskowski and Teeth of the
> Wolf.
> Both have been played and tweaked at the club and need
> some
> outside eyeballs to give them a try. Anyone that plays
> either
> and submits a report by Labor day weekend will get a
> free
> copy of Issue #39 or have an issue added
> onto their subscription.
> Thanks in advance for your participation!
>
> Here are the 4 scenarios we are working on:
>
> Mopping Up Kobayashi: The latest
> in the long dormant
> Philippines
> Series B (Late War) finds
> elements of the 38 Infantry
> Division
> catching up with remnants of the
> Kobayashi Group in May
> 1945.
> A large infantry company of mixed
> Elite and First Line GIs with a
> 9-2
> in command tries to control the
> road on board 7A along with
> controlling
> a hamlet of huts. The Japanese
> are down but not out and look to
> prevent the USA win via a 20 CVP
> Casualty Cap for the
> American.
>
> Taking Eibertingen: Nice tourney
> sized offering from Jeffery
> Myers
> sees Company G, US 23rd Infantry
> Regiment attacking the
> remnants
> of Falschirmjaeger Division 3 at
> the village of Eibertingen on
> the
> road back to St Vith. The GIs are
> suffering from Ammo Shortages
> but have 2 x Sherman M4A3(75)W
> tanks that are not in
> support.
> The German force is 2/3 the size
> but on defense in
> buildings
> and have a HIP Stug IIIG in
> support. On Board 12 with ground snow
> and 2 Orchard overlays spicing
> things up. Building control
> wins.
>
> Killer Kloskowski: Literally a 'Killer' scenario from Ralph
> McDonald
> with the above German Panzer Commander audaciously
> taking
> the bridge at Pawlograd in the opening of the 3rd Battle of
> Kharkov.
> His Panzer IIIL is quickly reinforced by a Pzkw VIE as the
> Russian
> pour reinforcements into the town. The German gets half a
> company
> of SS reinforcements mounted in SPW 251/1 halftracks as the
> melee
> moves into the town proper. Tourney sized and action packed
> on
> Boards 3a & 6b. Building and Bridge Control
> wins.
>
> Teeth of the Wolf: After the Iraqi resistance collapsed on
> the
> Habbaniya Escarpment they re-established a defense at
> the
> village of Sin e--Dhibban. The British May
> 1941counterattack
> is supported by 4 x Royals Royce
> Amoured Cars and a 1939
> Fighter Bomber. 3-4-7/3-3-6
> Iraqis vs 4-5-7/4-4-7 Brits on
> Boards 3b, 35 & 40. Medium
> sized and another
> winner
> in Ted Wilcox's Iraqi
> series.
>
> If you think you were due Issue
> #38 and did not receive it,
> let
> me know, I have seen a few
> bounced e-mails come back
> to
> me and would love to update any
> bad e-mails and get
> my
> subscribers who did not see it a
> copy.
>
> With #38 now
> published, I will continue to offer discounted
> re-subscriptions for
> any current subscriber who wants to take
> advantage of the
> discounted price of $14.00 for a 4 Issue
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> who wants in can get a
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> MMP.
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> missing
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> 06, 07, 08. 10, 13, 16, 17,
> 18, 19 &
> 28).
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> Below are the 4
> Scenarios we had in
> #38:
>
> Flanking Hatten: The latest quick play,
> tournament style offering
> from Steve Johns see a German
> Kampfgruppe of 6 x PzIVJ tanks
> along with a platoon of infantry in
> halftracks attacking a small
> American combined arms for on boards 62
> & 63 in this 1945
> encounter. The German looks to cause
> CVPs and
> exit.
>
> And So it Begins:
> Another great looking Japanese-Chinese
> scenarios from Robert Hammond sees
> hostilities boiling over in
> 1928 in the city of Tsinan as the Chinese are
> trying to evacuate
> civilians on Board u. More than a company of infantry
> apiece
> make for instant action in this exciting city fight. Pregame rubble
> and flame rolls add to the carnage.
>
> Fontenay by Day:
> Here we finally have a chance to publish
> scenario 1 of 2 set in June '44 at
> Fontenay-le-Pisnel in Normandy.
> Chuck Hammond (no relation to Robert) has a
> reinforced company
> of British Elite Rifle Squads, supported by a Churchill
> and 2 Sherman
> Tanks, attacking a company of SS on Boards 10, 19 & 44.
> The German
> gets a Panther to raise Havoc for a couple turns before Air
> Support arrives.
> OBA on both sides rounds out a brutal fight for Board 10
> buildings.
>
> The Streets of
> Rostov: Mr Stalingrad himself, Tom Morin, has a new,
> large city fight, this
> one set in Rostov in 1942. Boards 1, 8, and 22 have
> Railroad overlays giving
> a new feel to those venerable boards as the SS
> try to punch through a mix of
> NKVD, line and conscript troops to dominate
> the railway hexes. With 37
> squads and 5 guns on the Soviet side and 17
> squads and 14 AFVs for the SS
> and Panzer troops, there is a lot of firepower
> for both sides and plenty of
> options on offense and defense.
>
> We'll also have an
> article by Kedge on Ammo and Fuel Shortages and Carl
> will have more of his
> tactical
> tips.
>
> 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. It typically
> contains 4 New Scenarios,
> Analysis
> of each one, a Main Article on any aspect of the game system,
> Tactical Tips,
> ASL News and Tournament Updates from our region.
>
> If sending a Check or Money order (in USA Funds only,
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>
> Vic Provost
> Dispatches from
> the Bunker
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> 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. It is
> temporarily
>
> out of print but we hope to see it back soon. 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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