Basic Training: ASL Starter Kit Magazine
BGG rating
8.0

Expansion for Advanced Squad Leader: Starter Kit #1

Basic Training: ASL Starter Kit Magazine

2025

Rules assistance for Basic Training: ASL Starter Kit Magazine

Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

  • 2 players
  • 60–120 min
  • 10+
  • Complexity 4.0/5

Rules assistant for Basic Training: ASL Starter Kit Magazine

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Basic Training: ASL Starter Kit Magazine is an expansion for Advanced Squad Leader: Starter Kit #1 released in 2025 for 2 players, 60–120 minutes per game, and ages 10 and up. It was designed by Tom Morin, Joseph Gochinski, and Steve Anderson and its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Modular Board, and Hexagon Grid.

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About the game

Basic Training: Issue One is a support magazine for the Advanced Squad Leader Starter Kit series. It contains 48 pages with several articles, 12 new scenarios for ASLSK, 3 player aid cards, and a half countersheet with 90 half inch counters and 32 5/8th inch counters. Clarification on S115 Task Force Sparks: The German Balance should be - Add a PSK to the German OB. Articles include: -Guides to Learning SK has tips for learning SK from Craig Renier. -S2 War of the Rats Scenario Replay by Andrew Maly, Greg Schmittgens, and Perry Cocke -In Behind the Numbers Andrew Maly looks at some statistics on dice rolls from the replay. -Run Away! is a quick primer on routing from Ken Dunn. -Basic Rout Training by Neal Ulen and Stephen Stewart provides some good options when routing. -In Two Halves Make a Hole Vincent Maresca gives tactical tips on using half squads. -If … Then … Elst gives a tactical perspective on Decision at Elst by Neal Ulen and Scott Rowland. -Solo ASL Starter Kit provides some tips by Mark Stevens on playing SK by yourself.

Questions and answers

Basic Training: ASL Starter Kit Magazine 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.