#85 Seoul Release Date – Konigsberg – Quick 6 II – Where the Iron Crosses Grow 2020

The Fight For Seoul

Xavier has confirmed that the Epic Korean module featuring two campaign games should be arriving here at or around the 20th of December.  You can still get this product for another couple of weeks at the pre-order discounted price.  Note that you do not have to pay anything now.  You will get an invoice when we are within a week of shipping.

 

The Battle For Konigsberg

The largest CG released to date by George at LCP.  Looking at these awesome photos, this is going to be a great one.  At $60 shipping included, it looks like a great buy.  Ships December.

Königsberg – The Bear’s Revenge (KBR) is a tactical-level game that allows players to experience some of the challenges faced by local commanders during the Soviet Third Byelorussian Front’s bid to secure the German city of Königsberg. Königsberg was, according to British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, “a modernized heavily defended fortress”. Three concentric rings of fortifications surrounded the city: the outer ring of defences reinforced by 12 forts outside the town, the middle ring in the outskirts, and the inner city, which consisted of a single fortress of anti-tank defences, barricades and landmines, along with several other forts.

Königsberg – the Bear’s Revenge (KBR) will contain a 48″x34″ map (spilt into two halves), 280x 1/2″ counters, 88x 5/8″ counters, Historical Write Up, KBR Rules, Tactical Mission (a.k.a. Campaign Game), and 6 scenarios (1x enormous, 3x medium, and 2x small). The tentative release date will be in early December (notwithstanding an unforeseen misfortune) – just in time for Christmas. 

Quick 6 II

Another 6 small playable scenarios from George at LCP.  Don’t forget to pick up the original Quick 6 if you don’t already have it.

Q7 – Direct Pressure: Lessay-Periers Highway, France, 25 July 1944; Game Length: 6 Turns, Americans: 10½ Squads, 3x Leaders, 4x Machine-guns, 3x 60mm mortars vs. Germans 5x Squads, 2x Leaders, 2x Machine-guns, 81mm Mortar, and fortifications; Estimated Playing Time: 2 hours 41 minutesQ8 – New and Untested: Kursenai Bridgehead, East Prussia, 3 October 1944; Game Length: 6 Turns, Germans: 12x Squads, 3x Leaders, 4x Machine-guns vs. Russians 11x Squads, 3x Leaders, 7x Machine-guns; Estimated Playing Time 3 hours 11 minutes

Q9 – Long Day of Confusion: St. Contest, France, 7 July 1944; Game Length: 6 Turns; British: 12x Squads, 3x Leaders, 5x Machine-guns, 2x 2″ Mortars, 2x PIAT vs. SS-Germans: 5x Squads, 2x Leaders, Machine-Gun, 75mm Infantry Gun; Estimated Playing Time: 2 hours 38 minutes

Q10 – Most Important Thing: Narva, Russia, 1 March 1944; Game Length: 5½ Turns; Russians: 16x Squads, 3x Leaders, 5x Machine-guns, 2x DC vs. SS-Germans: 5x Squads, 2x Leaders, 2x Machine-guns, fortifications; Estimated Playing Time: 2 hours 34 minutes

Q11 – Demented with Grief: Lebisey, France, 8 July 1944; Game Length: 6 Turns; British: 10x Squads, 3x Leaders, 2x Machine-guns, 2x 2″ Mortars, PIAT vs. Germans: 8x Squads, 3x Leaders, 2x Machine-guns, fortifications; Estimated Playing Time: 2 hours 34 minutes

Q12 – Unfamiliar Land: Nizhe, Russia, 25 November 1942; Game Length: 5½ Turns; Germans: 11x Squads, 3x Leaders, 3x Machine-guns, 2x 50mm Mortars vs. Russians: 8x Squads, Crew, 2x Leaders, 4x Machine-guns; Estimated Playing Time: 2 hours 25 minutes

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Each scenario is played on half a map board with a handful of counters per each side; these scenarios are fast, with limited SSR, to ensure minimum set up time and maximum game time.

 

For King and Country – Preorder

Luanne at MMP tells me that FKaC should be available around mid-January 2020.  We should be shipping shortly after that.  Our pre-order price matches MMP but saves you $10+ on shipping.

Where The Iron Crosses Grow Team Tournament 2020

Actual film footage from our tournament last year.

https://youtu.be/1HrNaacspsY

‘Where the Iron Crosses Grow’ Team Tournament

Tim Brieaddy and I will be hosting the 6th Annual ‘Where the Iron Crosses Grow’ ASL Team Tournament. It will be held March 19th – 22nd, 2020.  World renowned as being the best and oldest ASL Team Tournament in the entire Kernersville, NC Area.

Spirit Of The Event:  This event is held for fun.  Make friends, laugh, smoke a cigar while sipping whiskey on the back deck. If you are the type of player that never looks up from the table to make eye contact with your opponent, doesn’t make small talk or tell stories, will only play scenarios that you have mastered, or get’s offended by jokes about Ken’s mom, then you might not have a good time being here.

Format:  Team Tournament. Each team is made up of 1 Veteran, 1 intermediate, and 1 Novice player.  Each player plays round-robin games against the other players in their class gaining points for their team.

Location: 918 Maxine St. Kernersville, NC. 27284.

When: Friday March 19th–Sunday March 22nd, 2020 (open play begins Thursday but the tournament begins Saturday)

Cost: Free.

Scenario list: None.  Play something that you would like to play not what I would like you to play.  All scenarios choices are upon mutual agreement of the players. It is a great time to dive into something new that you have always wanted to try as there is a good chance that the actual designer of the scenario is in attendance.

Prizes:  Too many to mention.  Plus some participation awards so everyone feels like a  winner.

Limited Space and Availability:  There are only 20 spots total for this event so register early and we ar

 

Players confirmed

  1. Tim Brieaddy
  2. Ray Woloszyn
  3. Ken Knott
  4. Jack Daniels
  5. Andy Hershey
  6. Dave Johansen
  7. Keith Spurlock
  8. Steve Swan (R)
  9. Robert Hammond (U)
  10. John Dober
  11. Jeff Jordan (T)
  12. Gary Bartlett
  13. Mika Harvialla
  14. Kevin Conelly
  15. Tom Kearney (B)
  16. Mike Rickman
  17. Lindsey Murillo (B)
  18. Tim Dean b
  19. Sam Tyson
  20. Xavier Vitry
  21. Derek Ritter (Spoiler)

 

Contact information:

Derek Ritter 336-462-4035 or E-mail

 

 

On the way to the front lines:

I honestly can not remember a time when so many great products were coming out in such a short period of time as now.  It is as if ASL has geared up to war-time production.  Until recently, a new player could not play the Italians (LFT14), the French (CDG), and the British (FKaC). Add to it the release of a huge Korean War module (Fight For Seoul), The Battle of Konigsberg, and the updated Onslaught to Orsha.  Such a great time to be in the hobby.

Nov. 2019 Quick 6 II (LCP)

Dec. 2019 Fight For Seoul (LFT)

Dec. 2019 Konigsberg (LCP)

Jan. 2020  For King and Country (MMP)

Jan. 2020 Croix De Guere (MMP)

2020           Onslaught to Orsha (BFP)

2020           Rat Charts v3 (LFT)