Tussle in the Tundra 2022

[mikeh]

LOL!! Ok, well I think I will try my Squad Leader game again and I will take it from there.

[Whiterook]

Aug 12, 2022 18:34:38 GMT -5 mikeh said:

LOL!! Ok, well I think I will try my Squad Leader game again and I will take it from there.

Sounds like a solid plan! …it’s a seriously great way to test out the waters of old vs new. The more I ponder this, I’m betting that ASL Starter Kit (ASLSK) is much easier than Squad Leader (SL), mainly because of how “scaled down” it is from the ASL full system version. I’m thinking it’s also an easier take on the SL mechanics in many ways. For instance, SL has floor counters ti represent a unit being on a higher elevation (floor) of a building; whereas ASLSK (at least through SK2) is single level for buildings. That’s simpler! Hills are multi-level (again, up to SK2, an upward elevation change for open ground, and two if there’s say woods… I might also add that this may be the case through all the Starter Kits, but I just haven’t got there yet!) I haven’t played SL since the 90’s so, I really can’t remember a lot of the rules makeup in that system.

But the interesting thing that’s popping in my head now is, I’m wondering is SK is on the same par as SL? It may be, on the original SL game. Hmmmmmm?

Now full system on the other hand (which admittedly, I own but don’t know how to play) is a totally different animal than Starter Kits…I would bet it’s damned close to Squad Leader, but not necessarily “scaled up”. Deep down, as you look through the major mechanics, they are very similar, from what I can remember. Squad Leader suffered from all the rules added piecemeal throughout the follow-on modulates of Cross of Iron, Crescendo of Doom, and GI Anvyl of Victory. ASL streamlined that and actually simplified many rules.
That said, there are likely a lot of differences in the details, but I’ve read that the main concepts and mechanics have been the same since the start.

I still own my SL gear and will never part with it, even if only for the sentimental value of them! But in truth, though I seem to be becoming an avid ASLSK player (fanatic?), I stand just as easy a chance of going back to SL, rather than uo to ASL. And there’s the “Old School” factor here, too… there’s still a HUGE following for SL, and there’s got to be a reason for that. At the end of the day, anyone, including me, can spout there feelings and take on this stuff, but the proof is on the table, right? Get them out and play them… yours and others’.