ASL First FireMonday, March 15, 2004
Even more anticipation...
Today's the day that the Starter Kit is supposed to start shipping. Great news also from MMP over the weekend as the ASL Rulebook is being submitted to the printer and should be available soon (much sooner than has previously been thought). Keith Dalton has also updated the status on a number of other ASL projects on the ASL Forums:
Beyond Valor of course is probably the next most important reprint after the Rulebook, but apparently the counter sheets will have to be laid out anew and so is not a straight reprint. That will delay that module somewhat, but nevertheless with the imminent arrival of the Rulebook, the path for the new player after trying the Starter Kit is becoming more inviting. And of course, for the Grognards, the future looks rosy as well. Kudos to MMP. If the actual production schedule is anywhere close in actual practice to what Keith has listed, the next two years should be chock full of ASL goodness.
Armies of Oblivion will complete the ASL core modules (Hakkaa Paalle redoes the Finnish troops). Valor of the Guards is another Stalingrad HASL and Red October will apparently connect with Red Barricades to create an even more massive Stalingrad experience. Ortona bills itself as "Little Stalingrad." Sense a common theme here? Hard to tell what was the most popular HASL, isn't it?
One other note. In response to absolutely no requests (I'm catering to the Silent Majority here), but in the hope that these articles are of some use to somebody, I have made PDF files of several of the articles on this site (the Newbie Manifesto and the two WA/Bocage articles). See the listing of articles in the column on the left side of this page for the links. Enjoy.
- Okay, here's a rundown on ASL projects.
ASL Starter Kit#1 - Now shipping
ASl Rulebook - content on the way to new printer as we speak. Call it four weeks from us signing off on the proof barring any problems.
Armies of Oblivion - End of Spring, 2004
ASL Journal 6 - Summer/Fall 2004
Valor of the Guards - Summer/Fall 2004
HAKKAA PÄÄLLE - after Valor of the Guards
ORTONA: LITTLE STALINGRAD - after HAKKAA PÄÄLLE
RED OCTOBER - after HAKKAA PÄÄLLE
Beyond Valor - As soon as we can re-lay some counter sheets we will put it on the p-list. Probably after the rulebook ships.
Beyond Valor of course is probably the next most important reprint after the Rulebook, but apparently the counter sheets will have to be laid out anew and so is not a straight reprint. That will delay that module somewhat, but nevertheless with the imminent arrival of the Rulebook, the path for the new player after trying the Starter Kit is becoming more inviting. And of course, for the Grognards, the future looks rosy as well. Kudos to MMP. If the actual production schedule is anywhere close in actual practice to what Keith has listed, the next two years should be chock full of ASL goodness.
Armies of Oblivion will complete the ASL core modules (Hakkaa Paalle redoes the Finnish troops). Valor of the Guards is another Stalingrad HASL and Red October will apparently connect with Red Barricades to create an even more massive Stalingrad experience. Ortona bills itself as "Little Stalingrad." Sense a common theme here? Hard to tell what was the most popular HASL, isn't it?
One other note. In response to absolutely no requests (I'm catering to the Silent Majority here), but in the hope that these articles are of some use to somebody, I have made PDF files of several of the articles on this site (the Newbie Manifesto and the two WA/Bocage articles). See the listing of articles in the column on the left side of this page for the links. Enjoy.
