Advanced Squad Leader Starter Kit Example #1

Orchards, Hills & Hindrances. Starter Kit Example #1 from the rulebook. In an attempt to help out new and existing Starter Kit players I'm going to work through every example from the ASL Starter Kit rulebook.
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[@dennisnixon9646]

Please keep doing more of SK and me and my son are just starting in the ASL journey

[@ASLAcademy]

Next example from the rulebook should to live on Thursday.

[@harsh-rules]

Fantastic work, Neal! This is very helpful for new players working their way through the ASL SK series. The SK Rulebooks are so intent on being as short as possible that they often omit or rush past a lot of the situations you take the time to play out here. I'll send out an announcement to my community and direct them over here to check this out!

[@ASLAcademy]

Thanks sir! o7

[@thomasjay4207]

thank you for doing this! please continue through all SK! (guns, vehicles, Elst, PTO, concealment, etc..)

[@ASLAcademy]

That's the plan. I hadn't thought of Elst. Are there examples in the RB? I'll have to pull it out and check.

[@patrickboyer6431]

These are great Neal! I look forward to all the 37 episodes. Another thing that would be helpful is going through the "TEM modifiers" all by themselves, they are used throughout the game in many different ways, and give the number examples for them would be real helpful. That would be a great 30 minute or more analysis!🙂

[@ASLAcademy]

Thanks for the recommendation. Good idea, but not sure when I'll get to it. So many videos to make!!

[@Qarlo99]

It's all good. Whatever gets new players in is great.

[@davidwhitehouse615]

Good video, thank you! Coming back to ASL after many years I will stick with the SKs due to limited playing time, and an older brain! So far, it’s good fun. I hope you do more of these videos!

[@ASLAcademy]

Should see a new Sk series video every fewish days. That's the plan.

[@CardboardCommander]

I love watching you channel and really enjoy the ASLSK content. I used to play full ASL but stepped back and now I love just playing ASLSK. Thank you for the content.

[@ASLAcademy]

Glad you like them!

[@tacticaljackie4023]

Thanks , I have all 3 starter kits and this series is exciting . Thanks

[@ASLAcademy]

Have fun!

[@ChimChim812]

Thanks, Neil! Very informative and very insightful! If you're thinking about getting folks booted on SK, another thing that seems to be lacking is a play through of some of the modules in SK2, SK3, and SK4. Would you consider a detailed play through instruction video for the scenarios in those 2 to 4 SK kits? Thanks and love your content!

[@ASLAcademy]

It's not really feasible to do playthroughs of all the modules due to the time it takes to fully scrub and annotate instructional videos. Maybe one scenario from each module is doable in the future.

[@jonclark299]

This helps, still working my way through the rules.

[@wfhdad]

Thanks!

[@ASLAcademy]

Thank you sir!

[@johnpayne498]

Chapter K? Looks to me as if your comment section is very hungry for this and appreciative.

[@ASLAcademy]

That's an interesting idea. I would also like it to be useful for SK players. Let me think on it.

[@roberteubanks5569]

Good idea

[@ArmyLee]

Perfect for ASL newbies! 👍

[@Chris-Owen]

Should be an excellent series - thank you!

[@fabriziotanoni9775]

I like it all.

[@billharpster7968]

I like it all.

[@NickLanng]

THANK YOU

[@inaki7402]

Thanks, it helps a lot. Great Preparation For Vacation Time. SKH- Starter Kits Holidays 😊👍

[@carlrender2875]

An interesting and useful video. Thanks for making it. This is kind of unrelated, but I was wondering how you get the larger size VASL hexes. I find VASL a bit overcrowded since the pieces are larger in comparison to the hexes than they are in the physical game. Maps with larger hexes like the one you have here would be the perfect solution.

[@ASLAcademy]

Starting with VASL 6.6.8 there's an extension you can install that allows you to enlarge the hexes by varying sizes. The extension is called "BoardZoomer" and can be found in the Extensions area on the vasl(dot)info website

[@carlrender2875]

Brilliant, thanks, that is really worth knowing!

[@j.mcq.8418]

HI, I would love a series like this. Question: Would the squad in W4 be able to see a squad in W1 with orchards in-season? I f you went through the second starter kit scenario that would be really helpful. The one you did for the first scenario was excellent but there aren't any machine guns in that scenario which are such a big part of the game. Movement phase defensive fire and Defensive fire phase defensive fire still confuse us.

[@ASLAcademy]

W4 could not be able to see a squad in W1 with orchards in season, for the same reason it can't see the squad in W2.he

[@davelittler84]

great videos - thanks for the help

[@Hedgehobbit]

I'm sure you hear this all the time, but MMP should take the rulebook from SK#3 and package it with some US, German, and Russian troops and sell it as "Squad Leader". It is really awkward and confusing to refer to a basic version of ASL as "ASL Starter Kit".

[@ASLAcademy]

I don't know the business side of "Squad Leader". I don't even know who owns it. Hasbro or someone else? So, legally, MMP probably can't do anything "Squad Leader" related without owning it or at least having a license to it like they do "Advanced Squad Leader". Note: I'm not an IP lawyer. 😂

[@KlaraUwU]

could we get something on hedges? i dont really grasp them

[@ASLAcademy]

Good call. They aren't in the normal SK rulebook, I think they were included in the Beyond the Beaches pack, but I have it. They might be in MMPs website too (pdf).

[@johnpirman7680]

Very helpful, thank you!!

[@abrickwo]

are orchards in or out of season just hindrance on level ground ? thx

[@ASLAcademy]

Yes. Seasonality doesn't affect orchards at same level LOS. They are always a hindrance.