Cross posted at No Quarter. The latest PowerPoint AAR is up, available here. After I recorded it, I noticed some problems with static. I apologize in advance for that, and I hope it is still worth listening to. Cutting another narration track isn’t something I have time to do right now, so this is better [...]
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Not that I can even keep THIS one updated enough… Go check out No Quarter, an ASL themed blog.
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A few notes on my favorite game. Chris Garrett and I finished the Edson’s Ridge campaign game (Operation: Watchtower) with the Japanese forces scoring a fairly strong victory. I’m comfortable in saying the victory was NOT the result of the Japanese player’s ability. The campaign seems a bit unbalanced, and this was borne out by [...]
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I’m putting together my ASLOK plans this year and wondering who might be attending that also happens to read here. Any readers from Europe or Australia/New Zealand going to be there this year? Let me know as I’d like to meet some of you. Technorati Tags: “Advanced, Squad, Leader”, ASLOK,, Cleveland
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Chris Garrett and I started up a Campaign Game of Edson’s Ridge from the Guadalcanal Historical Study for Advanced Squad Leader. I put together a PowerPoint presentation of the first CG date here. Comments are welcome. Remember you can subscribe to the After Action Reports and receive automatic updates when I post new reports. Update [...]
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I simply don’t have the time to put together a dog and pony show with PowerPoint on the latest ASL actions, but I should at least document the playings for posterity. I like the multi-media thing, but it can really be time consuming, and the farther I get from the playing, the less useful my [...]
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Posted here. In this AAR, you’ll get to hear me use the word ‘subsequently’ every thirty seconds. Geez. Tough scenario all around. Chris made the comment that this is the sort of attack that gets the officer fragged as he’s explaining what the soldiers are supposed to do.
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I’ve received requests to explain how I prepare the PowerPoint AARs, so I slapped together a strangely recursive PowerPoint presentation on PowerPoint. You can find it here, or over in the AAR Syndicated feed on the right side of the blog. Thanks for all of the interest. Update – Forgot the link for the Office [...]
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Are you like me? Everytime you open up the green divider to check a terrain TEM, you spend a few seconds lost because the chart isn’t alphabetical? I finally got fed up enough to fix it. Feel free to download and use if you share this frustration. The file has not been extensively proofed, so [...]
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I’ve posted another After Action Report presentation here. Also, you can now subscribe to future AARs with the link in the right hand column using an RSS reader. Click on the Feed icon for further information. Thanks for all of the comments about the last presentation. UPDATE – I’ve had reports that the file isn’t [...]
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A sort-of podcast… I’ve been playing around with doing video ‘after action reports’ on my latest Advanced Squad Leader encounters, but the video bandwidth is just way too much. Last night I tried PowerPoint with audio narration and I think this is going to work. It’s about time PowerPoint be used for something useful! You [...]
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Chris Garrett attended OfficeFest this weekend (an overnight Saturday/Sunday ASL gathering that draws a decent crowd). I couldn’t make it, but I’m looking forward to the next time. Report is here.
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MultimanPublishing.com Years ago, I picked up a copy of Doomed Battalions for ASL and scoffed at the $59 price. It’s a thin box, with 4 maps and the counter mix for the Allied Minors. I wasn’t going to pay that kind of money for minors! Then the product went out of print. I discovered the [...]
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Chris Garrett and I have been working our way through the Schwerpunkt scenarios in numeric order. Its great practice for me, as the Schwerpunkt scenarios are heavily used in tournament play; they are usually quick, and very aggressive in design. The attacker always seems to be a turn behind, and the defender always seems to [...]
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I’m going to return to writing quick ASL reports after each game. Some of you can skip right by. The intent here is to generate some ASL content so when I start doing the ASL podcast, I’ll have posted material to tie things together. You’ll see this post appearing under another category over at the [...]
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Just a grab bag of pictures without annotations. If you are a heavy metal fan, you’ll know what you are looking at. If not, just admire them… The high res photos are just too detailed to post, so sorry about the lack of zoomable detail.
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A T28 American Super-Heavy Assault Tank. Check out the dual tracks! Ninety five tons with 12″ of armor. I never even knew this thing existed. Click to enlarge. More later…
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Southwest Michigan ASL Chris G. with the write up of the latest six man action at his house over the weekend. I retained my long losing streak, much to the ire of my team. Oh well.
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Chris and I are on our fourth session of the first Red Barricades (Stalingrad) scenario, and I need to start writing a summary. I think we might finish it soon, and it has been a real back and forth battle. I want to post the historical narrative now to get this going…. And the historical [...]
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