I love the smell of new counters in the morning. It smells like…victory!

March 6th, 2010 panzerschreckdesign Posted in Advanced Squad Leader, Boardgames Comments Off

I’ve been a bit forgetful in terms of ASL lately. All my focus has been spent on plotting and planning my attendance at ASLOk. This would be okay if I was actually playing ASL at the Bearz or via VASL, but I’ve been too tired after work to play, even when I don’t fall asleep [...]
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I come from a land downunder (Shebangabang)

February 13th, 2010 panzerschreckdesign Posted in ASL, ASLOK, ASLOK XXV, Advanced Squad Leader, Diary of An Army II (1944 Fallschirmjäger), Flames of War, Project Tau, Shebangabang, Starter Kit, WH40K Comments Off

Ever since I saw this ad, it has never failed to crack me  or my partner up. I guess now I’m an expat kiwi in Oz, I’m far less thin-skinned about certain topics. Of the expats over here I know, almost all of them now refer to enzed as shebangabang. I think I’ll have to [...]
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ASLOK XXV Pre-planning

February 6th, 2010 panzerschreckdesign Posted in ASLOK XXV, Advanced Squad Leader, Boardgames Comments Off

The budget is done, annual leave approved, the timeframe for booking flights and accommodation is pretty much set. All I really need to do is figure out what I’m going to take with me in terms of actual ASL gear (mapboards, counters and scenarios) and what scenarios I’m going to try and play. The ASL [...]
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ASL in 2010

February 6th, 2010 panzerschreckdesign Posted in Advanced Squad Leader, Boardgames, Gaming Comments Off

With my miniatures projects all organised and scheduled, plus the costs already taken care of for the most part, it looks like that after 2 years of pretty much no ASL activity I will be doing a year of catchup. It’s already off to a good start, with Planning well advanced for the main event [...]
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ASL: After Action Report - MP17 “Bagging Burcorps” Part 1

August 11th, 2008 panzerschreckdesign Posted in Advanced Squad Leader, Boardgames, Gaming Comments Off

I’ve played one scenario from the SoCal ASL guys before and really enjoyed that (MP12 “Vulcan’s Forge” -Stalingrad) so when Pierce Mason suggested MP17 as a Pacific Theatre scenario, I was fine. It’s not a complex scenario on the face of it, with only Light Jungle and standrd PTO rules in effect, but it is [...]
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ASL: Playing again with a vengeance

August 6th, 2008 panzerschreckdesign Posted in Advanced Squad Leader, Gaming Comments Off

I think I’ve rediscovered the fun element in ASL. For years it was almost a chore to play ASL, the effort required in keeping up with clarifications, Q&As, errata, even accessing the latest and greatest new scenarios seemed beyond me. In a way this mirrored my experience actually playing Flames of War. Too much effort [...]
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ASL: Bocage: back to the hellish hedgerows

July 30th, 2008 panzerschreckdesign Posted in Advanced Squad Leader, Boardgames, Gaming Comments Off

It’s very seldom I get to obtain two recent ASL products in a timely fashion. Admittedly Valor of the Guards was a tad late in arriving (heh) but Action Pack 4: Normandy 1944 is very much going to see my tabletop within a few days of it’s official retail release by MMP. Milsims again to [...]
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ASL: Valor of the Guards is finally here!

July 17th, 2008 panzerschreckdesign Posted in Advanced Squad Leader, Boardgames, Books, Dzerhezinsky Tractor Works, Flames of War, Gaming, History, Red Barricades, Reviews, Stalingrad, Valor of The Guards, Wargaming Comments Off

Happy VotG day to me! Happy VotG day to me! Exquisite timing from Milsims sees Valor of the Guards arrive at my door on my birthday. Even though I was Pre-order #22 or so back in 2005 and knew then what VotG would contain, seeing the contents in reality still managed to impress me. There’s a [...]
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ASL: Stalingrad once again

July 7th, 2008 panzerschreckdesign Posted in Advanced Squad Leader, Boardgames, General Comments Off

Background: I originally pre-ordered Valor of the Guards back in 2005 as about #21 on the order list. The game wasn’t finally published until 2008 and so I expected that my order would be processed, sent and delivered well before I left New Zealand for good in May. Unfortunately it seems there was a problem with my [...]
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