worm's eye view
(from the bottom of the learning curve)

(To be read in the voice of Jesse from The Fast Show)
Lately I 'ave been mostly playing:

Guards Counterattack - A
Fighting Withdrawal - ASL1
The Commissar's House - ASL4
Gavin Take - T2
Between the Hammer and the Anvil - TAC2
Commando Schenke - A80 or if you can't find that TAC12
Berserk! - DASL2
Under a Sky of Lead - PP6
Fighting Withdrawal - ASL1
Confusion Reigns - ASL12
Shklov's Labors Lost - T4
The Puma Prowls - T2
Under the Noel Trees - ASL23
Trial by Combat - U10
A War of Corporals - TAC42
Revenge at Kastelli - ASL45
Defiance on Hill 30 - ASL11
Backs to the Sea - ASL19
To the Rescue - RB4
A Bloody Harvest - AP8
Ranger Stronghold - T3
Urban Guerillas - J1

Next month I will be mostly playing:

Things with MTRs and loads of Gucci kit like DCs, FTs etc
Many more things with big, scary AFVs, combined arms, mmmm....

If you are fed up with reading Chapter K and having lame rules debates with yourself while playing Guards Counterattack solo get on over to www.vasl.org and discover the nearest thing to an ASL Club for many of us.

For a more inspired collection of insights into ASL:

Multiman Publishing
Coastal Fortress
Tuomoland
ASLWebDex
ASL Crossroads
View from the Trenches
Shadows Folly



Hexentric Home - LazyLOS Applet - LazyLOS 4 Vassal

quibbles

1. The Tome says 'Thusly' in several places. This tautology is a minor example of ASL rulespeak, a technical language of horrible over-complexity and unwieldy nuance.

2. Chapter K doesnt even scratch the surface with A8 Defensive Fire, play on VASL for a few games and it will become a lot clearer.

3. Get the examples of play from Tuomoland, they help you get a feel for basic game mechanics, common rules and rules related tactics. Why something along these lines is not included with Paratrooper, I can't fathom. Presumably there will be lightwieght and in depth examples in the upcoming iASL/BSL with lots of Examples of Play.

Poster images courtesy of Northwestern University Library WWII poster archive.