The 2 Half-Squads

Episode 255: Dinant in the Box

Finally, we break open that box containing Croix  de Guerre and Dinant and revel in the wonderful  Advanced Squad Leader counters, maps and more.  Dan Dolan must be proud.  This game even has some NEW French counters, The Vichy French and Free French. We finish with a discussion of virtual gaming and the St. Louis Tournament with Jim Burris. 

 

 

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SHOW LINKS
Ritterkrieg's Croix de Guerre at the Right Price!

Early Discussion of Dinant on Game Squad  

  

SHOW TIMES
00:02 Banter
8:00  What's in the Box?  

34:00 Jim Burris Interview

1:06:04 Total Running Time

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Episode 254: Beanies Galore!

Storms in Chicago, disaster strikes, cars stuck on lifts in garages without power, gaming table order attempt disasters on Kickstarter; these are just a few of the topics in Chit Chat. In the Box are both, the new Ritterkrieg Counter Stackers, and the rest of Onslaught to Orsha II (the parts that we didn't get to in our previous episodes).  Add in a look at Scenario HS2: War Without Quarter from Operation Watchtower, and you have yourself a nice little show mostly about Advanced Squad Leader!

 

 

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HS2: War Without Quarter from Operation Watchtower

SHOW LINKS
Ritterkrieg's Stack Guards
Slopes Play Aid

Onslaught to Orsha II  

  

SHOW TIMES
00:02 Can I Go Back to Turn Four?
2:00 Chit Chat 
16:00 Mysterious Benefactor and Call In.

23:00 What's in the Box? 

48:00 What Have You Been Playing Lately?
1:06:04 Total Running Time

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Episode 253: Chas' Job

This episode is a whole lotta letters covering a ton of ASL, VASL and T2HS topics. Our listeners bring

 

their ideas, opinions, curses, praises, corrections, tech issues, playing suggestions and much more to our doorstep this show.  

 

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SHOW LINKS

ASL Map of Players

Adam Lunney Interview with Veteran

 

SHOW TIMES

00:02 Chas's Job Song

4:00 Lot's O' Letters

31:00 Free Sniper Counter Offer from Broken Ground Design

1:00:50 Total Running Time 

 

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Chas’ Job (Sung to the Tune of Jessie' Girl)  

Lyrics:  Dennis Donovan    Singer: The 2 Half-Squad Singers. 

 

Chas he is this guy,
Yeah, I knows he plays a favorite game of mine

And he works for a company that’s always on my mind

Chas has got himself a job and I want to make it mine

 ‘Cuz he gets free stuff all the time
And he gets paid to go to ASLOCK, I just know it
Yeah ‘n’ he’s designing stuff  with the guys,
Late, late at night

You know, I wish that I had Chas’ job!
I wish that I had Chas’ job!
Where can I find employment like that?

Yes, ya know he has it made
He makes 600K a year, plus some change
You know, I feel so jealous ‘cuz his job’s A-S-L, dude
And he gets to go on Gamesquad forums and answer questions, too

 ‘Cause he’s playtesting with the guys
And he’s workin’ in the game industry, don’t ya  know it
And he’s taking it by storm
You got that right

You know, I wish that I had Chas’ job
I wish that I had Chas’ job
Where can I find employment like that?

Like Chas’ job

I wish that I had Chas’ job
Where can I find employment
Where can I find employment like that?

And I’m lookin’ on his website all the time
Wondering why he won’t hire me
Ask my buddies, I’ve  tried since ‘09
Guess I should re-submit my resume

Tell me, where can I find employment like that?

You know, I wish that I had Chas’ job
I wish that I had Chas’ job
I want Chas’ job

Where can I find employment like that
Like Chas’ job
I wish that I had Chas’ job
I want, I want Chas’ job

Hääkaa Päälle!

 

 

Episode 252: Too Much Good Stuff, You Hexy Thing

It was such a pleasure to talk with Michael Koch in our second episode on the ASL scene in Germany. The discussion covers WWII sites to see in Germany when you attend the Grenadier Tournament, the history of ASL, and the wonderful fact that there is just too much good Advanced Squad Leader stuff being published today. What a problem to have! Michael also gives us a detailed look at what it takes to run a tournament and chats about his love for the Hatten in Flames campaign game.  And so much more.

 

SHOW LINKS

The Grenadier Tournament

 

SHOW TIMES

00:02 You Hexy Thing (Armoured Fighting Vehicles)

4:00 Interview with Michael Koch

Total Running Time 

 

 

'You Hex-y Thing' (Armoured Fighting Vehicles)

 

Lyrics by Clinton Paine, Performed by The 2 Half-Squad Singers

 

Armoured fighting vehicles

Wend along this hex-y thing

My armoured fighting vehicles

Could be moving wrong on this hex-y thing

 

With my first armoured OB

Move crew exposed down the open road

Roll for ESB, I need this speed so badly

My MMCs approach defending infantry

In PFPh I was shooting at some people

Now they're firing back at me on the IFT

 

But my armoured fighting vehicles

Overrun the hex they're in

And my armoured fighting vehicles

Keep rolling on, on this hex-y thing

 

Where did you come from AT shell?

How did you know where to conceal those guns?

Did you know this game is everything I play for?

Learn the rules, every night and day for?

Then today I play my first combined-arms action

Now you're firing next to me, giving it to me

 

My armoured fighting vehicles

Have nowhere to run on this hex-y thing

My armoured fighting vehicles’

PRCs long for their next of kin

 

Oh! Curse you, you hex-y thing

Point blank fire from the hex you're in

There's no way you can miss my side armour, these flanks are thin

Oh! It's snake eyes, this hexing thing

 

Yesterday I mortar bombed those lonely people

Now your rate of fire sprees serve it back to me

 

My armoured fighting vehicles

Are all STUNNED or wrecks burning

My armoured fighting vehicles

Face side down or exiting

 

Oh, pinch me

Stop retreating!

Forget about those VCs, greenhorn

Oh, I concede!

 

 

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Episode 251: OTO Charts Away!

Rich returns to the Remote Broadcast Foxhole and has a serious conversation with Jeff about the state of some young Americans lack of historical knowledge.  They also discuss Churchill's books on WWII. The meat of the show is a look at Rich's involvement with the development of Onslaught to Orsha II by Bounding Fire Productions. You get a chance to hear the designer of the new charts included therein discuss said charts. And we take a look in the box at all the components. 

 

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SHOWTIMES

1:00 Banter

13:00 What's in the Box?

1:08:46 Total Running Time

 

 

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Episode 250:The Last Bid vs. Men of Steel

What better way to start episode #150 than with the witty lyrics of a new song by Dennis Donovan.  Then the studious Rich Spilky joins us and presents his amazing analysis of both, RB5: The Last Bid, and RO5: Men of Steel from Red October. Advanced Squad Leader at its finest.

We are now going to attempt to post most of the episodes with more visuals on our website. 

The video version of this episode can be found here.

 

 

In the What We've Played Lately segment Dave gives an after action report. He and Dave T have been playing scenario HS32: A Few Rounds More, from Multi-Man Publishing's Operation Veritable.  They played it on VASL.

Go Them!

 

SHOWTIMES

0:02 Song "Under a Stun"

4:00 Banter

13:00 Analysis of The Last Bid and Men of Steel

45:00 What Have You Been Playing Lately?

1:01:55 Total Running Time

 

 

 

SHOW LINKS

Wu Wei's write up of his game of HS32 on Boardgame Geek 

Rich's Article is in this issue of Banzai 24.1 

 

 

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Under A Stun 

Concept & Lyrics:  Dennis Donovan

Editing: Chris Gammon and Dave Wallick

 

Under a stun

The crew, whose hatch wasn’t down

Under a stun

The crew who was hit by a sniper’s round

Read Chapter D!

For differences ‘tween Shock and Stun

Woe is me, the crew got stung

They’re under a stun

 

Under a stun

The half-track crew, who had a bad day

Under a stun

The crew who can’t just drive away

Blew their MC

Sad it is

They’re buttoned up ‘till next Movement Phase

Seems to me

For now they’re done

They’re under a stun

 

Under a stun

It’s a tank.. hit .by falling rubble

Under a stun

MG TK, number, equals TK Roll

So please tell me,

I know they’re stunned, are they broken too?

Buttoned up, having no fun

They’re under a stun

It seems to me, ….oh yeah

They’ll be back up in a turn or two

Stun is flipped, when CC’s done

they’re under +1 (plus one)

 

Under a STUN

Those guys suffered a ‘K’ result

Under a STUN, well

This turn, they can do nothin’ else              

Sniper got me, d’oh!  Commander’s dead!

They’re buttoned up

and they’re recalled too

They exit,

change has come

 

They’re under a STUN