It's been a while since I've played some ASL(SK) so I was a bit rusty tonight versus Paul, my opponent in the VASLeague.
Yep, we just started our game in the last 10 days of the two months we had. I
laughed -- LAUGHED -- when I heard the VASLeague gave 2 months a round. Now I know why. If it wasn't me then it was my opponent who couldn't scrap together the time. I think that face-to-face play is less likely to be disrupted but for some reason, as soon as ASL moves online all bets are off.
So, we decided at the last moment to play
S18 - Baking Bread. (MMP has the map
here. ) It's set in my favourite of hotspots, Stalingrad. To make things even crazier, the map is a fraction of the whole in an intense built up area. What is more, special scenario rules put every non-building terrain hex as rubble (+3 TEM, inherent terrain, breaks LOS etc. etc.). So the map is pretty busy. Here's a shot from the middle of the action:
So far it seems pretty even; the balance seems to see-saw between the two of us (I'm German). The HIP Russian gun tore me a new one but my HMG seems to be handled by some German Davey Crockett -- first Allied turn he eliminated two units, CRed a third and, broke two more. That's what I call a severe beating.
Seriously, is there anything better than coming home after a long day at work and finding an MMP package waiting for you?
Turns out that Action Pack 6 is here! A Decade of War. Ten scenarios, new Australian Balancing System, and three of the new "innovative" 11"x16" mapboards that are meant to cap off regular geomorphic mapboards.
Here's the blurb on the back.
Here are the juicy contents. Note that mapboards are numbered 1a/b, 2a/b and 3a/b (they are backprinted!).
Here's mapboard 3a for your viewing pleasure.
