ASL Journal: Issue 6

Contents:

The sixth MMP magazine dedicated to the greatest tactical board wargame, the ASL Journal #6 is 48-pages with 12 scenarios, a new mini-HASL map (Primosole Bridge), and the rules chapter to play the campaign games concerning the bridge.

What is "Primosole Bridge"? The Primosole Bridge was a key bridge on the Sicilian coast near Mt. Etna which the British required, intact, to continue their drive along the coast. They executed a rather brave plan, seen later in the war at Arnhem, of dropping airbourne elements to sieze the bridge and wait for front lines to catch up. The problem is the Germans realized the importance of the bridge, and landed their own Fallschirmjaegers nearby to hold the bridge and reinforce the Axis units in the area. With such crack troops on hand the battle was fierce with the British nearly collapsing when their ground troops came to their rescue and drove off the Fallschirmjaegers to fight another battle...

Journal #6 contains articles on:

Series Replay: Tired and Unsupported (featuring Bocage)

Residual Firepower and Firelanes

Comprehensive Example on Residual Firepower and Firelanes

The British in WWII (part 1 of 2)

Scenarios:

J90 The Time of Humiliations - 8 turns, 1940 IndoChina

J91 The Sooner The Better - 7 turns, large OB, 1941 Libya

J92 Your Turn Now - 7 turns, 1942 Cebu Island

J93 The Porechye Bridgehead - 9 turns, 1941 Russia

J94 Kempf at Melikhovo - 4.5 turns, 1943 Russia

J95 Typical German Response - 6 turns, 1943 Sicily

J96 Another Bloody Attack - 6 turns, 1943 Sicily

J97 A Nice Morning For A Ride - 6.5 turns, 1943 Sicily

J98 Lend Lease Attack - 5.5 turns, 1944 Russia

J99 On To Florence - 6.5 turns, 1944 Italy

J100 For A Few Rounds More - 6.5 turns, 1945 Germany

J101 The Coconut Plantation - 6.5 turns, 1945 Bougainville