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Expansion for Advanced Squad Leader: Starter Kit #1
Advanced Squad Leader Starter Kit Scenario Design Contest
2005
Rules assistance for Advanced Squad Leader Starter Kit Scenario Design Contest
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 2 players
- Complexity 3.0/5
Rules assistant for Advanced Squad Leader Starter Kit Scenario Design Contest
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Advanced Squad Leader Starter Kit Scenario Design Contest is an expansion for Advanced Squad Leader: Starter Kit #1 released in 2005 for 2 players. It was designed by Pete Shelling, Tom Morin, M. McCloskey, and Michael Dorosh and its main mechanics are Hexagon Grid.
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About the game
The Advanced Squad Leader Starter Kits (ASLSK) depict World War II combat at the tactical (company-sized) level, using squad-sized units in an interactive phased turn sequence based on the original 1977 Squad Leader game. The game was intended as a gateway to the Advanced Squad Leader system created from the original Squad Leader in 1985. Discussions at the Armchair General/Strategy Zone Online (SZO) forums in 2005 led some to surmise that the ASLSKs in many ways brought back the “feel” of the original Squad Leader, having just a handful of unit types, mapboards, and rules necessary in order to play. A controversial design aspect of that original Squad Leader game was the use of four mapboards, laid end-to-end, in the design of two of the twelve enclosed scenarios. From these discussions, a contest was announced on November 29, 2005, to see if it was possible to recreate the "feel" of those original scenarios using Starter Kit components. Pete Shelling took the prize from among a talented field of contestants, including veteran gamer Murray McCloskey, Tom Morin, editor for Dispatches from the Bunker who has since seen his popular Valor of the Guards module released by MMP, Ola Nygards, whose Eastern Front scenarios have seen print in ASL Journal, Jean-Pascal Paoli, a regular contributor to French ASL magazine Le Franc Tireur, and veteran scenario designer Pete Shelling, who has had scenarios published in The General and ASL Journal in addition to various third party venues. Scenarios include: Scenario A: To the Soldiers of the Ostfront Scenario B: Exhausting But Productive Scenario C: Thank Heavens, We Lost Scenario D: Crimson Snow Scenario E: Glimmer of Hope Scenario F: Air Assault on Drvar Scenario G: Siege Without Shells Scenario H: Aidez L'Espagne!
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Questions and answers
Advanced Squad Leader Starter Kit Scenario Design Contest supports 2 players according to the catalogue. This is the publisher’s listed player count, so the game is designed for exactly that number of participants. Variants for other group sizes, if any, are described in the rulebook of your edition, so check it before setting up a different configuration.
Advanced Squad Leader Starter Kit Scenario Design Contest has a complexity rating of 3.0 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a medium-weight game. The rating reflects how much rules knowledge, planning and decision-making a typical game demands. Expect a longer first teach for heavier games, and use a preparation guide before game night.
Advanced Squad Leader Starter Kit Scenario Design Contest belongs to these categories: Wargame and World War II. Its main mechanics are Hexagon Grid. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Advanced Squad Leader Starter Kit Scenario Design Contest are: Pete Shelling, Tom Morin, M. McCloskey, and Michael Dorosh. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Advanced Squad Leader Starter Kit Scenario Design Contest as an expansion for Advanced Squad Leader: Starter Kit #1. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Advanced Squad Leader: Starter Kit #1 to use it. Check that your edition of Advanced Squad Leader: Starter Kit #1 is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.