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Rules assistance for ASL Comp: BdF II – The Battle for Parker's Crossroad
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
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Rules assistant for ASL Comp: BdF II – The Battle for Parker's Crossroad
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ASL Comp: BdF II – The Battle for Parker's Crossroad is an expansion for Advanced Squad Leader released in 1996 for 2 players and ages 12 and up. It was designed by Brian Abela and its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Hexagon Grid, and Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game.
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About the game
Baraque de Fraiture is an historical Advanced Squad Leader expansion that takes place in Belgium on December 20-24, 1944. The 9 different scenarios depict the story of a small, but interesting facet of the Battle of the Bulge, which is played out on the provided full-color 22"x34" map. Reprinted and updated by Critical Hit in 2007. Reprinted again as BdF II The Battle for Parker's Crossroads December 1944, in November 2011. The 2011 edition includes new counters, which may provide all the counters needed to play, even if you do not own Croix de Guerre, but you still at least need Beyond Valor. It is unclear to me what else has changed. Edit: The Second Edition features extensive map revisions in terms of the addition of slope hexes and level 1 hexes. Expands: Advanced Squad Leader
Editions
- ASL Comp: BdF II – The Battle for Parker's CrossroadenCritical Hit, Inc.2011
- Baraque de Fraiture: The Battle for Parker's CrossroadsenCritical Hit, Inc.2007
- Baraque de Fraiture: The Battle for Parker's CrossroadsenFront Line Productions1996
Designers
Publishers
- Critical Hit, Inc.
- Front Line Productions
Questions and answers
ASL Comp: BdF II – The Battle for Parker's Crossroad 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.
The catalogue lists ASL Comp: BdF II – The Battle for Parker's Crossroad for ages 12 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
ASL Comp: BdF II – The Battle for Parker's Crossroad has a complexity rating of 3.3 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.
ASL Comp: BdF II – The Battle for Parker's Crossroad belongs to these categories: Wargame, World War II, and Expansion for Base-game. Its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Hexagon Grid, and Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game. 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 ASL Comp: BdF II – The Battle for Parker's Crossroad are: Brian Abela. 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 ASL Comp: BdF II – The Battle for Parker's Crossroad as an expansion for Advanced Squad Leader. 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 to use it. Check that your edition of Advanced Squad Leader is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.