Very insightful. Thank you

Isn't there a LLMC when leaders like Strudel and Klink get sniped? Usually Soviets try a human wave to start.

Thank you!

The maps from which module/producer are from?

I watched to the end. I played the original Squad Leader back in the late 70's and early 80's. Got back into it using VSQL in the 2000's but never made it past Cross of Iron even though I've owned Crescendo of Doom And G.I. Anvil of Victory since the 80's. Like you said, there is very little activity with SL so I'm making the jump to ASL and I'm hoping these videos help me.

I don’t have my rulebook handy right now, but this rule excludes pillboxes in woods hexes right?

unpossessed weapons can't fire...Don't roll your 6 in recovery. ROFL

Great tutorial. Best ASL teaching set ever - absolutely brilliant and helpful. Soooo, you decided to stop here with the tutorial😢, as no more came up for many months ? I hope I am wrong 🙏... In any case I will check your other videos. I'm addicted to your great presentations... A big thanks!

Fantastic.. many thanks again

Thank you for this great video

Thank You !!!

I watched the whole thing !. Thank you...

Thank you very much

Fantastic video.. Many thanks

@19:10, is (small) size modifier applicable in ATT fire? Many thanks for this great video !

Excellent... many thanks!

Super presentation ... thanks

Awesome !!! Many thanks

Thank you for this great presentation

Watched to the end! Where did you get your tweezers?

I watch to the end. Alternatively could I start with Forgotten War? Would I still need the RB and charts?

You need to select the manual focus (MF) option. The autofocus (AF) may be the default setting of your camera. AF continuously adjusts the focus.. i.e. every time your hand gets in the frame, the camera changes the focus range. I hope you have the MF option. Great video otherwise.. Many thanks!

Nice pictures!

Excellent video.. thanks a lot

Hi is "Lock 'n Load Tactical Digital" on steam an ASL video game? I was thinking of buying it, it's about 5 bucks for the starter kit and about 9 bucks for each kit, and there is many to choose from.

Exception: 76mm - 82mm mortars.

Nice video series.

Great video as always!! Many thanks!!

2:30 TotR didn’t need the 3” box….

Idk, this seems very niche. With the resources out there like chapter k and stahler’s classic 8 steps I don’t see the need for another transition series beyond sk. Anyone who has played sk through can go full asl with chapter k and the 8 steps already. Optional rules just seems like it would lead to confusion and balance issues in the scenarios. I’d rather see more advanced SK and more entry level ASL scenarios.

I think I’ve said this in other videos in this series, but I really appreciate the detailed break down of the process. You’ve made learning ASL so much smoother than if I was going through this on my own. Thank you for all the work on this series!

I have recently gotten into ASL. Having almost completed all the start kits, I can say that they have been enjoyable. However, I believe the hurdles of getting straight into full ASL have been exaggerated, based largely on experience of folks who have never taken the time to work through the lessons in Chapter K. I have read and heard many complaints about Chapter K, but I have found every lesson extremely helpful and easy to follow, especially being able to run through the lessons with the electronic rule book side by side with VASL. The hyperlinks to the relevant rules sections allows easy reference to anything that isn’t made clear in Chapter K. Not that I wouldn’t have completed the starter kits, but for those looking to jump right in I would say go for it with Chapter K and these videos. Should be no problem!

This was a really interesting scenario. If I were playing the French, I think I would have moved the mortar to the edge of the wood on the right and smoked the AT gun and run up that side as Scott planned.

I watched till the end

The Finns sound so much fun

I would be curious what you and Scott thought about whether this would have been a better/fairer game using ASL rules. Would rubble, routing/surrender, concealment, CC withdraw, etc. have improved the German chances?

Shots from N3 - H2 are allowed in VASL. Great watching you with the VASL Map up and you're seeing the same things I am. "the string is pretty thick" XD

It's funny this is the only outdated video you have in your playlist ... now there are more videos!

Just finished the series, still upto date and relevant. I had no idea VASL had so many map manipulation options. I just assumed all of the maps were scans ... I was very wrong. Cheers to you and to the VASL/VASSAL devs!

I watched to the end! Very helpful. I fell in love with SL in the early-80s. Someone recently asked what I would do with myself with all the money I could want. I said, “Exercise, read, and play Squad Leader.” I hadn’t thought about SL in decades, but it struck me to pick it up again. So I learned SK1! ASL’s rules have appeared daunting though. Your guidance in this video is just what I needed. Thank you for the clarity on the way ahead.

33:20 The hex printing alignment of this board was off just like the original in SL. You commented on it in the SL Memory Lane video. Along the top you can see a tiny portion of the bottom hex row, and along the bottom the center dots of each hex is missing. You would think that either that was intentional (but why?) or there was someone doubling down on a poor alignment decsion. :) Thanks for showing this off. It's been since the mid-1980's since I last saw mine.

9:10 - ASLSK 4 - Japanese do not have to take PAATC (8.1.8.3). They are indeed bad mamajammas. I enjoy these AARs. You're getting better at narrating the action.

Thank you so much for this tutorial!

Thanks! Very interesting!

I remember "playing" with gamer friends. Spent most of the time rereading the rules and debating how to apply them. This has convinced me that that is the game. Does the learning curve ever flatten in ASL?

Rise and Fall of the Third Reich is the first wargame I ever (co-)bought (with my cousin, we were around 11-12 years old. It was a revolutionary concept that someone drew maps, and counter, and had rules to play WAR! We'd been using army men and our imaginations up to that point. Soon after, I found SL and bought it thinking that all WWII wargames were compatible. Haha. No concept of scale. I was pretty disappointed that it was a tactical level game. But then we started playing and myself and a cousin loved it. We later recruited a younger cousin to play. We split buying the expansions and loved making our own monster scenarios using almost every piece. When ASL came out, none of us switched. We thought it was a cash grab. We were just kids without jobs or anything at that point. Thanks for he walk down memory lane.

After nearly a year off the hobby, is great to return and see you are still pumping out extremely useful information for newcomers like me

I didn't see anyone pop smoke.

I have a question about the interpretation of the victory conditions :American side wins if there are no good order german units in all the four buildings. Hence if americans keeps just one building out the 4 at the end of the scenario, they will prevent the german to win. So to keep just one building is enough to win... Isn't it this way to interpret the victory conditions of scenario 1 retaking Vierville ?

One more time a very instructive video, very colorful, very insightful. As we start to well integrates the rules' mechanisms, we can focus more on strategy... And there are lot of lessons taught also. Thank you.