The 2 Half-Squads

Episode 261: NOVA? No, NOBA!

Welcome to a very fun show. Well, at least we had fun recording  it. The letters we recieve provide us with some entertainnig ASL topics for discussion. It's always good to hear from you all. What we've been playin' lately is a lot of ASL. Check out our Twitter feed for the full updates. In this episode we discuss HS31 Protesting the Speculative from Multi-man Publishing's Operation Veritable. Have you mastered Naval Off-Board Artillery (hereafter referred to as NOBA)? If not then listen to "The Rules" segment right here. 

 

SHOW TIMES
1:00 Banter
10:25 Long Awaited Letters

36:00 What Have You Been Playin' Lately?

49:59 The Rules 

1:10:02  Contest Announced

 1:13:58 Total Running Time

 

 

 

SHOW LINKS

All The Boards

 

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The 2 Half-Squads is brought to you by Ritterkrieg, Bounding Fire Productions, Broken Ground Design , Kansas City ASL  and kind donations from listeners like you

Episode 260: Heard of Elk

Dave recounts his vacation to The Great Smoky Mountains, The Shawnee National Forest and Belmont University during the intro talk, while Jeff recounts his recent Sword of Rome game. In the Box is the Starter Kit Expansion Pack #2.  This expansion includes the new Chinese, some new Japanese, and the first overlays for SK Advanced Squad Leader players. Two boards, eight scenarios, and some new weapons make it an interesting addition indeed. What we have been playin' lately is HS10 Chesty's Turn  from MMP's Operation Watchtower (we apologize for forgetting we are recording for an audio podcast and not referring to hex numbers enough).  We finish up with another look in the box at Swedish Volunteers original and Mult-man Publishing versions.  

 

 

 

 

 

SHOW TIMES
1:00 Banter
12:12 What's in the Box?
29:00 What Have You Been Playing Lately?

45:00 Contest Announced - Entries Due Dec 1st. 

46:00 What's More in the Box?

1:10:02 Total Running Time

 

 

 

 

 

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Episode 259: Stupendous Stew

We welcome Stephen Stewart of VASLING with Stew fame.  Stephen provides a fascinating listen as he discusses the variety of videos that he produces.  They are legion, they are good, and you should check them out on his Youtube channel.   

 

 

 

SHOW TIMES
1:00 Banter
3:45 Interview
49:21 Total Running Time

 

SHOW LINKS

Stew's Replay

VASLing With Stew #1

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Episode 258: French Art and French Partisans

Here is a fun little show. In the box is the March Madness Hollis Pack, - Partisans from the gents in Kansas City.   It's a great scenario pack with a historical board included. Wow! We did not know what we were missing when we missed out on all the March Madness Packs. We always heard great things about them. There is a lot of Advanced Squad Leader product here and we hold a drawing from our Patreon supporters to see who will be the lucky winner of said products.      

We have had many requests for a return to Box Art Review....and so we do.  Break out your Croix de Guerre cover art by Ken Smith, relax and enjoy! 

 

 

SHOW TIMES
1:00 Banter
12:00 What's in the Box?

33:00 Contest

36:00 Box Art Review
46:02 Total Running Time

Dave's 20mm Parrtisans.

Dave's 15mm Parrtisans for ASL.

 

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Episode 257: My Deer Friend

 If you haven't gotten the new Rat Pack Charts from Le Franc Tireur, have a listen to our detailed look at them and see if you don't think you need them afterall.  We have a good time discussing the scenarios we have played lately, HS4 High Water Mark from Operation Watchtower. Dave and Jeff played that one. We also cover scenario HS27 Lawless Ways from Operation Veritable. Dave got a game in with his som Adam, scenario OB3 Brasche Encounter.    By playing these games we realized that you get a whole lot of bang for your buck with Advanced Squad Leader games (especially the Bounding Fire Productions products).  We bought them a while ago and are only now finishing them off.  If you play them twice you can have twice as much fun. Why not three times? 

 
SHOWTIMES
1:00 Banter
12:00 Rat Pack Charts Version 3
33:00 What Have You Been Playing Lately?

1:00:00 Give Away Items Announced
1:03:10 Total Running Time
 
SHOW LINKS
HS4 High Water Mark

HS27 Lawless Ways

OB3 Brasche Enounter

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Episode 256: Goldman's Gold

Todays show covers the terrain gems from Onslaught to Orsha II. That includes slopes, culverts, cupolas and a little bit more. We do apologize for the poor audio quality.  Covid is taking it's tech toll. 

We follow that up with an in depth report from David Goldman about the ASL Open's first fully remote tournament played on VASL.There is a lot of valuable information in this interview. It's golden. You can learn about the in's and out's of such an endevour. Did you know that players still have conflicts regarding available time when they play digitally, even though the schedule is expanded?  Did you know that some players don't play on VASL?  What Rubes!  We've been playin' on VASL since way back in....since....well...oh wait, yeah...nevermind.  We wouldn't want to call any newcomers names.  How rude would that be?

SHOW TIMES
:30 Chit Chat

9:00 Terrain Time

31:35 Goldman ASL Open Interview
1:12:21 Total Running Time

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