Neal Ulen
Neal is a retired engineer/researcher who first played Squad Leader back in the late '70s. While getting re-acquainted with ASL after retiring, he took it as an opportunity to create VASL, Boot Camp, and AAR tutorials to help new and returning players. He lurks in the PWN.
Friday Night Tactical #1: Let’s Play Second Front
In this first, informal, episode of "Friday Night Tactical" I play and walk you through the Second Front scenario "Find the Gun". It's a fairly simple and straightforward scenario with German infantry approaching American units in the cover of a multi-story stone building.
Second Front: A Comparison to ASL
The real question is how close does Second Front, as a videogame, compare to the Advanced Squad Leader system?
MMP’s 2023 ASL Production Forecast
Multi-Man Publishing recently dropped a summary of their planned 2023 ASL schedule, and it's going to be a busy year ... and as is tradition, painful on our wallets.
ASL AAR: Rocket’s Red Glare (195)
Colonel Reuben Tucker personally appealed to General Gavin to allow his 504th Regiment to attack Cheneux. Friendly civilians had reported a large column of German vehicles, including tanks, encamped there.
ASL Map Spotlight: Edson’s Ridge
Edson's Ridge The Battle of Edson's Ridge was a land battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II between Imperial Japanese Army and Allied (mainly United States Marine Corps) ground forces on Guadalcanal.
ASL Map Spotlight: Purple Heart Draw
Purple Heart Draw, as it was called, ran for 750 yards east to west along the battalion front, only 200 to 400 yards from the line of departure. It was deep enough to be almost impassable for tanks, and so well covered by enemy fires as to promise heavy losses for infantry who tried to cross.
ASL Map Spotlight: The Fight For Seoul
The Forgotten War module is the first official non-World War 2 module for the Advanced Squad Leader system. It opened up a new front for the ASL system: the Korean Conflict. Le Franc-Tireur's The Fight for Seoul captures the intensity of the Second Battle of Seoul that led to the liberation of that city by U.S. Marines and ROK Marine Corps from KPA forces.
ASL Boot Camp #27: Target Types Explained
In this tutorial, I cover the three "target types" that are used in Advanced Squad Leader when firing ordnance. Any time you fire a Gun/SW mortar that uses the C3 To Hit table, you must declare one of these target types before firing. This declaration will determine Basic TH numbers, how TEM DRMs are applied, and how to resolve any hit.
ASL Journal #13 Unboxing
ASL Journal #13 contains 11 articles, 33 scenarios, board #77, and replacement overlay X20.