Tag: Italians

Unboxing of the new ASL Starter Kit Expansion Pack #3, including 2 mapboards, 1 sheet of counters, 8 scenarios, armor/ordnance listing, and 1 QRDC.

Better late than never! An unboxing of Le Franc Tireur's Advanced Squad Leader Magazine #14 featuring an expanded order of battle for the Italians!

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Hollow Legions is Advanced Squad Leader’s Italian and DTO (North Africa) expansion, that his been out of print since 2000. No longer!

We all agreed, once the scenario had wrapped up, that 3 players was incredibly fun and offers a new ASL play experience to players who have used the system for years and decades.

AAR by: John KnowlesAdvanced Squad Leader AAR: Red Don (AP21) Here's the historical situation: Date: January 1, 1943 Location: Babka, Russia Attacker: Russian (15th Army Corps) Defender: Italian (55th Battalion, 6th Alpini Regiment, Tridentina Division) Day after day in mid-January, the Soviets launched repeated attacks against the Italians of the Cuneense, Julia, and Tridentina divisions. Often the attacks never even made it across the...

Purpose designed three player scenarios are rare in Advanced Squad Leader. Almost any scenario can be adapted to be multi-player where one player takes control of the armor of the side he’s playing on, or takes control of reinforcements coming on board.

The last time the Italian module was in print was in 1990 … 31 years ago. This version adds many elements from West of Alamein as well as some other goodies. Read the official announcement below the break.

AAR by: Stephen “Stew” Stewart Stew’s Replays: Bridge to Nowhere (54) Here's the historical situation: Date: August 12, 1941 Location: Yasnaya Polyana, Ukraine Attacker: Italian (1º Battaglione, 80º "Roma" Reggimento Fanteria) Defender: Russian (Soviet 9th Army) In July 1941 Mussolini sent the 62,000-strong CSIR (Italian Expeditionary Corps) to the Eastern Front. Its three divisions and attached troops linked up with the Wehrmacht in Romania, where...

Video AAR by: Neal Ulen & Scott Rowland Advanced Squad Leader AAR - Agony At Arnautovo (AP23) Download the VASL .vsav setup file. Here's the historical situation: Date: January 24, 1943 Location: Arnautovo, Russia Attacker: Russian / Partisan (17th Tank Corps and Local Partisans) Defender: Italian (Val  Chiese Battalion, 6th Alpini Regiment, Bergamo Artillery Group, Tridentina Division/5th Alpini Regiment) Russian troops launched a surprise sortie...