The 2 Half-Squads

Well, Skype seems to make Dave's voice sound like he is on a telephone. Which, we guess, he technically is.  In the box is Adam Lunney's wonderful book "We Together".  Give it a read. We recount our playing of  AP 118 Wise's War on VASL of course. And then we thought it would be fun to explore the controls on Virtual Advanced Squad Leader live on the air.  We thought it would be fun but you may think otherwise after you have a listen. 

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1:00 Banter

12:45 What's in the Box?

21:00 What We've Been Playing Lately!

30:00 VASL Explored

1:00:43 Total Running Time

Here is a show produced entirely in the Kleinschmidt household. We cover a bunch of back logged letters, dating back to February. Shame on us for being so delinquent. But at least here they are now and they are read by our guests Aaron and Laura Kleinschmidt.  Did we ever mention that "Operation Schmidt" should have been called "Operation Kleinschmidt"?    

In the digital box is the newest issue of Banzai from the Texas ASL gang and it is full of the usual tactics, reviews, and great opinions that we have come to expect from them.   Please pardon Dave's sniffles.  We couldn't edit them all out. 

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3:00 Letters

32:00 What's in the Box?

100:02 Total Running Time

The promised show about ASL in Germany is here. We have a few letters then we jump right in with the delightful and knowledgeable Kris Koch, joining us in the broadcast remote foxhole for a great interview. Mike Ryzy returns also to help us along.  Enjoy!

1:00 Brief Chat

3:00 Letters

25:30 Interview with Kris

1:02:20 Total Running Time

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Conscripts Tourney in Germany

Grenadier Tourney in Germany

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Hey, really short write up for this show.,  It truly is, almost, well practically, 100% or so, dedicated to the Greatest Game in the World, Advanced Squad Leader.  We have our knowledgeable, loyal and true friend, Mike Ryzy on hand to help us explain our rookie foray into Virtual Advanced Squad Leader, otherwise known as VASL.   Did you win the British counters from Broken Ground Design?  Listen to find out.

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1:00 Banter Then on With the Show

50:00 The Brentrance Drawing

1:00:45 Total Running Time

Lock down continues. The Skype recording is a little sketchy on Dave's end but acceptable. Since we recorded this show the ASL Open has canceled as have most of our tournaments.  The Texas ASL tourney is still on as of now.  It is not scheduled to happen for several months yet.  We open the most excellent New England Volunteers Pack as well as an interesting gift from Dennis. Subsequent First Fire is the topic of our rules section today, and we are joined by a special quest for said segment. 

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1:00 Banter

12:15 New England Volunteers Scenario Pack

33:00 Quiz Show: The Rules

56:14 Total Running Time

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New England Volunteers Play Pack 1

Get Your Bob Ross Chia Pet Here

The enthusiasm of Derek Ritter is contagious and it makes for a wonderful interview even though Jeff and Dave were not in the broadcast foxhole together for the first time. Skype seems to suffice as Derek calls in to tell us all about the gaming stuff happening in North Carolina area, the tournament there, and all the new products that have hit the ASL market lately.  There is a lot to hear here so have a listen. Let Derek's fire get you fired up for some Advanced Squad Leader play during your Coronavirus lock down!

1:01:11 Total Running Time

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Derek's Youtube Channel

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Learning often happens best by repetition, so why not give our past shows a listen while you wait for

the latest one to drop? 

Tolkien's Letters, 1917, and The Witcher are the core of the discussion in the 0% ASL part of the show. Take a look, along with us, at the new game by Lone Canuck. It is The Battle of Konigsberg: The Bear's Revenge. Wow! The maps in this game are surely a step up from most of the maps you see produced for Advanced Squad Leader. We end the show with a discussion/after action report of our playing of Scenario 203: Hard ROK from MMP's Forgotten War.

Roll low and rally well, but not when you're playing us!

End of turn 3 maybe

SHOW TIMES

1:00   Chit Chat

16:00 What's in the Box?

38:00 Forgotten War After Action Report

57:30 Total Running Time

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The Battle of Konigsberg: The Bears Revenge

Nor' Easter Tourny 2020

Alpenfestung ASL in the Alps

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Our banter includes a little bit about long range guns and such in WWI and buzz bombs in WWII. Some random thoughts occur on systems of government; their meaning and intent. If you are going for broke on the Broken Ground Design British counters, please note that your entry is due by March 15th at the latest. Listen closely for the specific instructions to get into the drawing. Jeff takes us on a walk through Spilky chart #11. We round out the hour with Dave K, Mike R, Dave T, and Chris W discussing their first impressions of their first Korean scenario in a round table type format.  Roll low and rally well, but not when you're playing us!

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0:015 Game of the Rising Sun (lyrics and credits below)

14:00 Nor'Easter Announcement

16:00 New Communist Chinese Counters Reviewed

23:00  British Counter Giveaway Announcement 

28:00 Spilky Chart

50:45 Korea First Impressions

1:03:45 Total Running Time

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ASL Open Tournament

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You may want to listen to our Banter in this show, we discuss our various medical problems so.....yeah....on second thought......maybe you won't want to....too much information.

If you came here for ASL all the time, you came to the mostly right place. The good news is that you can learn a lot about defensive fire in our rules segment. Listen along and see what you know about the rules, and what you can learn about the rules of the greatest game in the world, Advanced Squad Leader. Woof, Woof. 

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1:00 Our health stories and adventures.

17:00 Rules

57:30 Total Running Time

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ASL Open Tournament

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Buon Giormo, O e la sera dove sei?

 We are happy to bring you the tale of Jeff's Italian Trip.  Sadly he could not meet up with the gentlemen from the new Italian game company Advancing Fire. Get over there and pre-order Brevity Assault and Biazza Ridge. Our "Letters" segment provides a delizioso distraction and Advanced Squad Leader talk.

In case you are wondering after you listen, those are not actually the sounds from the Victory at Sea album. Did you know that there are a ton of ezines published by the Texas ASL guys?  The mag is called Banzai!!; and we review volume 24 issue 2 in this show.  It has a great article for making a Banzai charge in ASL Starter Kit. 

Caio!

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1:00 Jeff's Italian Adventures

18:15 Drawing for French Counters

39:0 What Have You Been Playing Lately

49:00 What's in the Box? 

1:02:45  Total Running Time

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ASL Open Tournament

Banzai!! Volume 24 issue 2

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