The 2 Half-Squads

Episode 202: Jeff, The Killing Machine

Jeff, otherwise known as the Black Belt of Death, reveals his humble beginnings in the wonderful art of Karate. He also tells us what chicks used to "dig" back in the day.  We get some nice letters from listeners, very nice letters.  Everyone's a hero in the re-issue of the Hero Pax from Critical Hit.  They have been updated and have art added, as well as a few new scenarios.To finish off the program we have an interview with the very famous Brian Martuzas from the ASL Open.  He has worked on Armies of Oblivion and Pointe du Hoc, and loves the new counters coming from Broken Ground Designs. We also interview Magnus who came all the way from Sweden, and tells us of the European ASL world.

ASL Extra 25: Shklov's Labors Lost

Hello,

It's been a while since we have published an ASL Extra. This one has been recorded in a play by play style, where we follow every move and roll of an exciting game between Mike Ryzy's Germans and Eric Ortega's Russian defenders, as they try to hold onto some required buildings in Shklov, Russia. Hopefully you will enjoy listening along while the game is played, rules are recalled and strategy discussed. We had trouble posting photos to flikr so we put them all here.

Episode 201: An ASL Oddity

Sorry HAL 9000, it had to be done.....and we had a lot of fun doing it.  

Do you think a HAL  unit would have it's line of sight blocked to the interior of the ship if you held the ASL rulebook up over it's little red eye?  You will learn the answer to that question as we explore rule 6, LOS. It is a bit of a "quiz show" so sharpen your mind and prepare to listen.  See if you can beat Jeff to the right answers. 

You new ASLer's can learn alot about the history of the game from our interview with the very famous and most wise, Dave Ginnard.  You older players will enjoy hearing about the good old days. He hails from Ohio and was there at the Genesis of Advanced Squad Leader.  He's also a lot of fun to listen to in his own right. So give it a listen. Rich Spilky connected us at the ASL Open. Thanks Rich.

Remember to not run into any trees everyone.

Episode 200: Totally Twisted 200

Boy, that number 200 does look odd in the title.  We hope you don't have your hopes up too much this one. Doing that almost always guarantees disappointment and we give you enough disappointment even without our listeners having an unusually high expectation for this podcast.

 

Following the usual format Jeff presents a look at BFP-78 Operation Wheatfield from Bounding Fire's Crucible of Steel, after the usual banter of course. If you didn't know that Dave went to Ireland, well, you will after this show.

 

Episode 200 is saved from its own banality by the marvelous interviews that we snagged at the ASL Open, right here in Chicagoland. You will learn some history of the game while you get to meet some of these wonderful people in the ASL community.  ENJOY!

 

SHOWTIMES

0:02 MASH Parody Song (lyrics by D. Donovan, Performed by The 2 Half-Squads Singers

3:34 Greetings and a conversation about dummies and concealment

10:00 Wonderful, Glorious, Banter (hey, it's 200, let us dream)

13:00 Pathetic Request for Support

14:00 Good Ideas for Life

16:00 Not More Banter!.....Please No!

25:00 What's The Plan for the Next 30 Shows?

27:00 What Have You Been Playing Lately?

44:30 Dave Goldman and Zach Emberton interviews

1:03 John McDermot and Chris Edwards interviews

1:26:30 Callers (Larry, Alan and Jackson)

1:30:28 Total Running Time

Episode 199: All Swears, All the Time

Welcome back our friends to the show that never ends!  Well, maybe never ends.  Well, of course it will end. BUT IT WILL GO BEYOND EPISODE 200.  Sorry to be the bearers of bad news.  Anyway, we open with quite a bit of boring banter, then many rather interesting letters, a detailed look at Scenario 176: The Only Way Out, then finish up with a look at Critical Hit's Dutch Trucks III. This product has some limited use for existing ASL scenarios but is a lot of fun.

Episode 198: Total Quiz Show

We had so much fun last time that we thought we would invite Rich Spilky, Bob Brown and Dan Dolan back into the broadcast foxhole for some more Advanced Squad Leader discussion.  Bob gives us his gaming background, we discuss attending tournaments, and then we begin a rousing rendition of ADVANCED QUIZ SHOW (yes, these questions are tricky).  Get your bell ready to use to buzz in and play along with us from the comfort of your own home. When you have Rich playing, you know you are going to get some great rules advice. 

 

SHOW TIMES

3:10 Bob's Gaming History

11:00 Quiz Show