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There is a simplified version available (ASL:SK), however, it is still very complex. Don't expect to be able to just sit down with your friends and play. | There is a simplified version available (ASL:SK), however, it is still very complex. Don't expect to be able to just sit down with your friends and play. | ||
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=== A Deeper Dive === | |||
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. | |||
<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: | |||
=== Rules === | |||
=== Scenarios === | |||
=== Gear === | |||
=== The Good === | |||
=== The Bad === | |||
=== Conclusion === | |||
[[Category:Wargames]] | [[Category:Wargames]] | ||
[[Category:Board Games]] | [[Category:Board Games]] | ||
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Advanced Squad Leader (ASL) is a tactical level counter based wargame set during the Second World War (a recent expansion also adds support for the Korean War). Although great fun (if tactical WWII combat is what your into) it is preposterously complex. How complex? The 'Pocket Edition' of the rulebook is 3/4 of an inch thick. The full version takes up most of a 2 inch 3 ring binder.
There is a simplified version available (ASL:SK), however, it is still very complex. Don't expect to be able to just sit down with your friends and play.
A Deeper Dive
The above is true. ASL is NOT a game you break out with some neophytes and try to play. Down that path lies madness. The rules ARE long and complex and likely the best way to learn to play is to acquire a mentor, likely some old neckbeard (or Grognard as they prefer to be called) who's been playing the game since the 90s. And there are ASL game cons.
HOWEVER
While ASL is a vast steaming pile of rules, counters, boards and whatnot, one can dip their toes in without succumbing to the full breadth of the insanity. Here is how: