05.1996 ASL News #31

Publisher/Date:
ASL News (1996)

Product Type:
Periodical

Country of Origin:
Belgium

Contents:
48-page magazine, including 6 scenarios as magazine pages

Commentary:

Published after a long delay, ASL News #31 would be the last in the long-running ASL newsletter/magazine, which had nearly a decade of existence and which played such an important role in the early years of the ASL community.

Article content includes Philippe Léonard’s last acerbic/funny “Notes” roundup of ASL news (he can’t stop criticizing the publishing of his own Kampfgruppe Peiper II), scenario analyses, an article on a Belgian AFV (no, it’s not the Mk VI Waffle-izer), an article on playtesting SASL, designer’s notes, an article on weapons pits, and miscellaney.

Frustratingly, once more the magazine contains non-ASL content, including a review of a computer game and a review of the game We the People.

Scenarios include:

• ASL News #64 Stubborn Insurrection. Soviet Union 1947 (Soviets vs. Ukrainian nationalist partisans)
• ASL News #65 Frontal Collision. Netherlands 1940 (Dutch/French vs. Germans)
• ASL News #66 L’Abbaye Blanche. France 1944 (Americans vs. Germans)
• ASL News #67 Their Darkest Hour. Great Britain 1940 (British vs. Germans).  Counterfactual “Operation Sea Lion” scenario. Double ugh.
• ASL News #68 Art Nouveau. Belgium 1940 (Belgians vs. Germans).
• ASL News #69 L’Amour, L’Amour, L’Amour. Germany 1945 (Canadians vs. Germans).

There are no “goodies” accompanying the magazine.

Unfortunately, ASL News’ last issue was not their best issue.

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