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This is a long and detailed overview. Maxim Gorki is a 2015 Critical Hit release that highlights the siege and capture of Battery #30 in the hills outside of Sevastopol on the Crimean Peninsula, in June 1942. It features some unique ASL game mechanics.

Advanced Squad Leader Scouting Report 86 - Maxim Gorki
0:00 - Intro
0:30 - Thanks, Supporters!
0:40 - Thoughts
11:42 - Rules/CGs
20:16 - Bunker Details
37:50 - Map
41:06 - Counters
44:59 - Scenarios
58:31 - The Bunker Scenario
1:02:17 - Final Thoughts
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Advanced Squad Leader Scouting Report 86 - Maxim Gorki

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The Seinfeld of Advanced Squad Leader talk shows!! A show about...nothing! Live tonight because the ASL Wheel of Chaos made us do it.
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Advanced Squad Leader Academy

Join Neal, Scott, and Stew (nearly) every week as we spin the ASL Wheel of Chaos and let fate pick the Random Selection Show topic. We're just average players trying to bring casual ASL to the average player, including both full ASL and Starter Kit!

Advanced Squad Leader RSS - Episode 48 - Counter Storage
0:00 - Thanks, Supporters!!
0:15 - Banter
1:19 - ASL Updates
10:20 - A Livestream?
13:47 - The Spins
14:48 - The Talk
59:11 - "Compartmentalize" (bonus song) 

You can find the audio podcast at the link below, or on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, Audible, and other platforms.
https://asl-players.net/asl-random-selection-show-podcast/
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Advanced Squad Leader RSS - Episode 48 - Counter Storage

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Ewell defends Cross Keys from the timid Fremont attacks. We are using Great Battles of the American Civil War to give a try to see if we can either repeat history where Ewell stops Fremont or he  advances toward Port Republic.

This is a play by play of each AM for the turn.
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The Battle of Cross Keys June 8, 1862 with GBACW -1pm turn Full turn play

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Ewell defends Cross Keys from the timid Fremont attacks. We are using Great Battles of the American Civil War to give a try to see if we can either repeat history where Ewell stops Fremont or he  advances toward Port Republic.
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The Battle of Cross Keys June 8, 1862 with GBACW - 1pm turn Summary

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Blood Reef: Tarawa was released 27 years ago. Let's unbox this dauntingly epic historical ASL module featuring the U.S. Marine Corps fighting the Imperial Japanese Army on what amounts to a sand bar in the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean.

Advanced Squad Leader Scouting Report 85 - Blood Reef Tarawa
0:00 - Thanks, Supporters!
0:09 - Intro/Thoughts
6:30 - Rules/CGs
27:04 - Dividers
28:50 - Counters
30:43 - Scenarios
34:00 - Map
37:02 - Final Thoughts
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Advanced Squad Leader Scouting Report 85 - Blood Reef Tarawa

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Tony and Rough play 2nd Kernstown

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Ewell defends Cross Keys from the timid Fremont attacks. We are using Great Battles of the American Civil War to give a try to see if we can either repeat history where Ewell stops Fremont or he  advances toward Port Republic.
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The Battle of Cross Keys June 8, 1862 with GBACW - Introduction and Turn 1

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Join Neal, Scott, and Stew (nearly) every week as we spin the ASL Wheel of Chaos and let fate pick the Random Selection Show topic. We're just average players trying to bring casual ASL to the average player, including both full ASL and Starter Kit!

Advanced Squad Leader RSS - Episode 47 - AFVs Ruin Scenarios?
0:00 - Thanks, Supporters!!
0:15 - Banter
0:38 - ASL Updates
5:40 - Marco Polo Preview
10:06 - The Spins
11:46 - The Talk
46:52 - "Light Fuse, Get Away!" (bonus song) 

You can find the audio podcast at the link below, or on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, Audible, and other platforms.
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Advanced Squad Leader RSS - Episode 47 - AFVs Ruin Scenarios?

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Round 2 to with Mark on the Chickamauga scenario. Can he push with Longstreet and Polk to Chattanooga of can I block and get  a win.
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Rebel Fury - Chickamauga Part 2 with Mark Herman

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