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Contents 1 Introduction 2 Learning ASL 3 Scenarios 4 Tactics 5 Historical Articles 6 Rules (Errata/Misc) 7 Misc.

Introduction

ASL (Advanced Squad Leader) is a tactical level World War II board game, developed by Avalon Hill. The system is now maintained by Multi-Man Publishing.

What is ASL? Read the FAQ

The system is comprised of a number of Core Modules, Historical Studies, HASL Modules, Periodicals and Third Party Modules developed by a number of different Publishers. A recent addition to the set are the Starter Kits.

Scenarios respresent mostly historical based Infantry/Tank/Anti-tank gun action at a scale of approximately 40 metres to a hex, 2 minutes per turn. They're generally played between two players and typically last between 2-4 hours.

See also the tournament scene, web resources, and clubs around the world.

Learning ASL

The starter kits or a friendly tutor are probably the best way to begin to learn the game, but failing that, the following might help:

EIGHT STEPS TO ASL: A Programmed Instruction Approach

Scenarios

Articles on scenarios have been divided into the following categories:

• Scenarios
  • Scenario Design
  • Scenario Designers
  • Scenario Playing Tips

Tactics

Learning to play ASL well isn't just about knowing the Rulebook inside out - although it helps! There are many tactics that have been developed over the years. This section is aimed at making that knowledge available for all. It's broken down into a number of sections. Feel free to add more!

• Beginners Guide to ASL
• Tactics Primer
• Basic Infantry Tactics
• Setting up a Defense
• The Big Black Book of ASL Sleaze
• Basic AFV Tactics
• Man vs. Tank - how to combat the metal monsters
• Combined Arms
• Halftracks
• Anti-tank guns
• Setting up an urban defence
• Attacking in an urban environment
• Coping with open ground
• Crossing Bridges
• PTO

Please create/edit the pages. Provide images where possible. Link to VASL logs if it helps illustrate the point.

Historical Articles

• Advanced Squad Leader's Predecessors
• British Infantry Section by Michael Dorosh
• The Canadians in ASL by Michael Dorosh

Rules (Errata/Misc)

• Comprehensive Q&A (Initially Scott R's compilation)
• One thing about .... (Based on Dave Story's Series)
• Errata
• Routing

Misc.

This section is provided as a starting point to list all the misc. rules that should be categorised by the scenario archive - and as such shouldn't be here(!) (and/or Chronology of War spreadsheet). See the list here