ASL: March Madness 2013 Commissar Pack

This year's (2013) March Madness pack theme is Commissars. This unique SMC can be used by the Russian player as per rule A25.22. The use of Commissars by the Soviets goes back to the very beginning of the Red Army in 1918 during the Russian Civil War. The Red Army needed officers and recruited the officer corps from the Czar's army. However, they did not trust the old imperial officers and assigned loyal communist party officials as counterparts to every commander throughout the organization. In practice this gave the communist party total control over the Red Army and made sure there was no counter revolutionary activity within the Red Army during the civil war.

In ASL terms commissars give unique rally capabilities to the Russian player. But watch out...if units fail to rally there are consequences. Commissars had the ability to execute soldiers in the field for failure of duty. We have developed eight scenarios that all use commissars. We hope you enjoy these unique battles and this unique SMC. As usual for Kansas City Club designs many scenarios are medium to large in size and have unique battlefield conditions. The designs are all from Dan Best but as usual the team added to the design process during play testing to make the scenarios better and more enjoyable to play. Paul Works kept us straight on the rules and Rick Reinesch did the scenario layout and pack cover design.