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COOL CORN posted:Are you trying to tell me you don't think this is portable Knowing that there's some beautiful bastard out there recreating the entirety of WWII at a 1:1 scale warms my heart. Also the yeah the traditional storage method are Planos of various stripes. Tabbed-cardbaord boxes also turn-up. :snipe:
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Let me add to the chorus of people saying ASL is neat and fun (although I've stuck entirely to the SKs so far).
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There are wargames and then there is ASL...and I can barely handle wargaming without my brain melting down so ASL is clearly off limits.
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food court bailiff posted:Let me add to the chorus of people saying ASL is neat and fun (although I've stuck entirely to the SKs so far). My picture of the average ASL player is an insufferable grognard rivetcounter that will laugh condescendingly as he tears you a new rear end in a top hat on your first play.
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Phi230 posted:Ok now tell me there's a way to store its components without counter trays or tackle boxes If the sale is still going on, check out OCS beyond the Rhine. The counter trays fit *inside the box*
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One more newbie question - how do you guys deal with erratas? Do you wait for a new edition or hunt the corrected counters on ebay? Or just leave it as it is and play it with the rules you have?
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Terminally Bored posted:One more newbie question - how do you guys deal with erratas? Do you wait for a new edition or hunt the corrected counters on ebay? Or just leave it as it is and play it with the rules you have? I use BGG files section. Its a fuckin goldmine. Edit: and print that poo poo at work in full glorious colour
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DJ Dizzy posted:My picture of the average ASL player is an insufferable grognard rivetcounter that will laugh condescendingly as he tears you a new rear end in a top hat on your first play. Wait, people play ASL with other people? 
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food court bailiff posted:Wait, people play wargames with other people?
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food court bailiff posted:Wait, people play ASL with other people? I've assumed they have scared away all potential players with their insufferable social manners. "Heh. You probably should have avoided that MG-42.  "
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I'm wondering about making a game about the 2. Prussian war between Denmark and, well, Prussia. Are there any good games set in the period? E: January-July 1864
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DJ Dizzy posted:I've assumed they have scared away all potential players with their insufferable social manners. "Heh. You probably should have avoided that MG-34. Definitely guilty of this, but my excuse is that I usually say it as I throw my MG-34 at them while they are trying to set up their attack.
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GMT what are you doooooing
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Vivian Darkbloom posted:GMT what are you doooooing It's even more inexplicable when you see how pretty the actual map is. 
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The thing about ASL is, behind all of the phonebook-sized rulebooks, acres of maps, and thousands of counters, behind all that... Lies a really good game. It's worth the effort. The rules you'll use over and over again are in the 20 pages mentioned previously. Sheer repetition will quickly make you comfortable with working through the sequence of play. The rest of the rules are the edge cases and the special circumstances that only come up when you've decided to play your first scenario with paratroopers. Knowing those 20 pages opens up an amazing array of tactical possibilities. The return on your investment of learning effort is sky high. To quote some English dude, The play's the thing ! And ASL has it.
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The same thing is true of OCS, to be honest. When I'm playing my long-running Tunisia II campaign game, it's very rare that we actually look at the rulebook, because the number of rules you actually have to remember is quite limited, and everything else is edge cases.
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Btw this is quite nice to show what people mean by the different scales (at least when it relates to WWII):
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Vivian Darkbloom posted:GMT what are you doooooing It's a great cover- better than generic poo poo GMT usually puts out.
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Tekopo posted:Btw this is quite nice to show what people mean by the different scales (at least when it relates to WWII): "grand tactical"
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mllaneza posted:The thing about ASL is, behind all of the phonebook-sized rulebooks, acres of maps, and thousands of counters, behind all that... I love old-school basic Squad Leader and still play it. I don't know if I could put in the commitment ASL would require for the return I'd get; I don't wargame frequently enough as it is.
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VASSAL with VASL makes it easy to play.
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Jobbo let's play vasl
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Putting asl and combat commander at the same scale is true in the sense that the units are the same size but combat commander's hex scale is quite different, hence the smaller stacking limits.
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COOL CORN posted:Jobbo let's play vasl When? I am in Vegas at the moment and have the Stalingrad stuff to do but otherwise I'm down.
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Jobbo_Fett posted:When? I am in Vegas at the moment and have the Stalingrad stuff to do but otherwise I'm down. I dunno after the holidays? We can do a one night small scenario and then report to the thread
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COOL CORN posted:I dunno after the holidays? We can do a one night small scenario and then report to the thread Sounds good, pick a day so i dont book/plan it for something else. Maybe a night scenario to go with it?
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I was already being swayed by the wizard van covert art but the Nevsky map is just beautiful.
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Still looking for a regular opponent for some WW3 1985 Uander An Iron Sky shenanigans.
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Next War: Korea 2nd ed. P500 is now shipping out. I was supposed to get it yesterday. 
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AARP LARPer posted:Next War: Korea 2nd ed. P500 is now shipping out. Is there an upgrade kit for those of us w 1e
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I was offered a cheap used copy of A Victory Lost. What say you, wargame thread? Is it a fun game?
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Terminally Bored posted:I was offered a cheap used copy of A Victory Lost. What say you, wargame thread? Is it a fun game? Good game, the activation system works really well and keeps the game moving quickly. If you can get it for cheap it's definitely worth picking up
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DJ Dizzy posted:Still looking for a regular opponent for some WW3 1985 Uander An Iron Sky shenanigans. I wish I had time, they've also announced another expansion to 1985: https://trlgames.com/2019/11/18/1985-deadly-northern-lights-defcon-3/ Imagine the tablespace...
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Terminally Bored posted:I was offered a cheap used copy of A Victory Lost. What say you, wargame thread? Is it a fun game? It's nice and fun and light enough to work as a gateway game, but on the flipside it's also very gamey in how you do your maneuvering shenanigans. Definitely grab the cheap copy, just don't expect a groggy simulation.
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Twlight posted:I wish I had time, they've also announced another expansion to 1985: https://trlgames.com/2019/11/18/1985-deadly-northern-lights-defcon-3/ I'm definitely getting that too. It "may" be an easier game to get newer players playing. (Nordics represent!)
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DJ Dizzy posted:I'm definitely getting that too. It "may" be an easier game to get newer players playing. (Nordics represent!) I wonder what will be done with the naval rules. I know they're being added but reworked from the original game. I never played The Next War but I've read the naval portion was really tacked on.
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Phi230 posted:Is there an upgrade kit for those of us w 1e Phone posting, but there’s some sort of upgrade kit available. I know it’s intended to aid in integrating multiple games in the series. Part of that could be 1e updates but I dunno.
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Twlight posted:I wonder what will be done with the naval rules. I know they're being added but reworked from the original game. I never played The Next War but I've read the naval portion was really tacked on. Word from the designers, so take with a grain of salt, is that they are being reworked to integrate into the system, instead of a janky mess.
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Vivian Darkbloom posted:That actually sounds kinda cool. It might get me back into TAL. I backed this and was pleased to see its now a three-fer! Good or not who knows but I'm looking fwd to TAL with new poo poo.
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Sleekly posted:I backed this and was pleased to see its now a three-fer! Nice, I never got too involved with the TAL mechanics (unlike the the COIN rules I know by heart lmao) but I should grab that expansion.
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