Editing Advanced Squad Leader (section)

=== A Deeper Dive ===

ASL is a tactical level WWII board wargame. With a complete ASL set, it is possible to re-create any combat action of WWII, at a squad, gun, tank level.

The above is true. ASL is <b>NOT</b> a game you break out with some neophytes and try to play. Down that path lies [[FAIL|madness]]. The rules <b>ARE</b> long and complex and likely the best way to learn to play is to acquire a mentor, likely some old [[neckbeard|neckbeard]] (or [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grognard Grognard] as they prefer to be called) who's been playing the game since the 90s. And there are ASL game cons. I recommend avoiding the SKs (starter kits) unless you wanna just get a small taste. Ultimately, if you get the bug, SK rules are a subset/simplified version of the real deal, so the time spent SKing might of been better spent being a [[Ollanius_Pius|Man]]!

<b>HOWEVER</b>

While ASL is a vast steaming pile of rules, counters, boards and whatnot, one can dip their toes in without [[Chaos Spawn|succumbing]] to the full breadth of the insanity. Here is how: