The 2 Half-Squads

We are sure you enjoyed the lovely opening song on this episode, Good Evening Starshells.  The usual batch of intersting letters is presented, and followed with the quick look at Action Pack #16. There are always rules to learn, so we are going to tackle the first part of the "To Hit Rules".  All together now? Yes, we are! 

 

 

 

SHOWTIMES
0:01 Song Good Evening Starshells
3:45 Banter

11:40 Letters

27:50 What's in the Box?

35:00 Rules
58:05  Total Running Time 

SHOW LINKS 

Action Pack #16: From the Land Down Under

Alpenfestung

 

Good Evening Starshells

 

Concept: Chris Gammon

Lyrics: Chris Gammon and Dennis Donovan

Performed by: The 2 Half-Squads Singers

 

Good evening starshells

Stalingrad says hello, You twinkle above us, We need light below. 

 

Good evening starshells

This night will be long, You are so illuminating, What could possilbly go wrong?

 

SMC or an, Armor Leader need to roll, a 4 or less you know. 

CE AFV Crew, or an MMC, need a 2 or less, yo. 

Think those IR mortars, they'll do a good jobba

Slinging starshell's all night long. 

 

Good evening starshell's

There's no moon in the skies. The NVR's one tonight, where's all those bad guys?

 

SMC or an, Armor Leader need to roll, a 4 or less you know. 

The SMC's told us, fire some and make sure you roll really low, low. 

Think those IR mortars, they'll do a good jobba

Slinging starshell's all night long.  

 

Can you hear me praying for a, a star shell, What could go wrong?

All night long, shell thing, shell, shell, shell, slinging, sling, fling, shoot a shell. 

 

Yeah we can sling fling, sling, some sling a shell.  Fling, sling, some, fire off, something. 

 

Box Art Review Extravaganza. Yes, it is an interview with THE David Pentland of Advanced Squad Leader (and many other companies) box art fame. Get the inside scoop on the techniques and tactics of a premier Military Artist, right here on this podcast!

 

SHOWTIMES
1:00 Banter?  No there is not!
1:01 Interviews! Yes, there is much.
58:05 Total Running Time 

SHOW LINKS 

Pentland's Facebook Fine Art Site
Pentland's Facebook Military Site

 

 

Thanks to listener Nelson Isada we received The Steelworks for review, and for keeps. Yipee Yahoo! Listen to our rules section to see what you know, don't know (or perhaps have forgotten), about vehicle wrecks in the greatest game in the world; Advanced Squad Leader. 

 

SHOWTIMES
1:00 Banterino
11:06 Contest Winners (Pod and Twit)

21:00 What's in the Box?

41:00 Rules (Wrecks) 

?00:42  Total Running Time 

SHOW LINKS 
Steelworks at Ritter Krieg  
Steelworks at a Foreign Game Site

 

The 2 Half-Squads is brought to you by Ritter Krieg and our Patreons. Theme song by Derek Miller

 

Nate is the big winner! Special thanks to  Bill Cauble for donating the prizes.

Episode 275?  Wow! Where did the time go?  We couldn't think of any better guests to bring on to such a momentous show than these two distinguished gents from the DC Conscripts; Andy Goldin and John Gorkowski.  It's a rollicking and rolling interview about all things ASL but especially about the East Coast gaming scene.  Enjoy. 

 

 

 

SHOWTIMES
1:00 Banter?  No there is not!

1:01 Interviews

1:00:42  Total Running Time 

SHOW LINKS 

DC Conscripts Website 

Red Banner and Script's Newsletters

Human Wave Tournaments

 

 

 

The 2 Half-Squads is brought to you by Ritterkrieg and kind donations from listeners like you.

The views and opinions expressed on The 2 Half-Squads are not necessarily those of the hosts. 

We'd like to make a confession.... we incorrectly named the Bravo Biazza show.
We meant to call it the Bravo Brevity show.  So, while both shows are about two of the great new games from Advancing Fire, this show covers Brevity Assault. This system uses some colored lines to delineate the levels on the map. Fantastic touch!  Dave gives a run down of the scenarios contained therein. Join us!

 

SHOWTIMES
1:00 Banter
6:30 Letters

10:48 Contest Announced

32:11 What's in the Box? Biazza Ridge

1:05:28  Total Running Time 

SHOW LINKS 

Historic KC Fest 

Articles on ASL on Webdex

Zombie Pak 1

Broken Ground Design ZOMBIE COUNTERS

New Romero Zombie Book

Tales of the Zombie

 

 

 

The 2 Half-Squads is brought to you by Ritterkrieg and kind donations from listeners like you.

The views and opinions expressed on The 2 Half-Squads are not necessarily those of the hosts. 

Paul Works is a contributor to the Advanced Squad Leader Hobby who has been doing so for a long time. He helped get the Kansas City March Madness Tournament going when Mike Reed (Episode 267) had to stop. Paul has a long and storied involvement with wargames and ASL in particular. He also works with the Navy and gets to play wargames there too.  What a job! What an ASL contributor!

 

It's another great interview that you will not want to miss.  

 

SHOWTIMES
1:00 Banter (Hamburger Hill Film and Atlantic Crossing)
11:20 Contest Winner Announced 

17:15 Interview with Paul 

1:05:28  Total Running Time 

 

Paul and friends at March Madness

 

 

 

SHOW LINKS

The Three Player Pack from ASL Kansas

 

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