The new Precision Battle Dice from Battledice are in the mail and should be arriving any day now.  That means that this is the last chance to get them at the pre-order price of 20% off. You can click on any of the images to bring you to the pre-order page.

    

 

 

Starter Kit:

One of the greatest things for me is seeing how many people are buying the Starter Kits.  Every sale represents someone new entering the world of ASL.  One of three fates awaits each of these  new SK players.  1. Some will stop playing.  2. Some will continue to play as ASL SK is a great game in it’s own right. 3. Some will take the plunge into full ASL.  I think that this website can be a tool for all three groups.  Perhaps if I provide some ASLSK specific resources, I can help move some from group 1 into group 2 and eventually help transition some in group 2 to group 3.  So going forward, I will be adding a section to the page for Starter Kit specific resources. I hope it will help the Starter Kit community.  If you have links, articles, or stories, questions that you wish to share, please post them to the site.  Please look for the page in the coming weeks.

 

 

 

New Post From Jackson at Hong Kong Wargamer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Very Best of March Madness Vol. 1 is back in stock in very limited quantities.  Also new to Ritterkrieg is the March Madness Commisar Pack.

 

 

 

 

 

AAR from Joe Leoce who attended Nor’Easter XX

 

Hell’s Highway Campaign Game:

Hayes Wauford and I will be starting the Hell’s Highway CG from Lone Canuck Publishing.  I will be posting short videos before and after the scenarios as an After Action Report.  I will be playing as Pz. Brigade 107 and Hayes will be playing as the British/US 101st.

 

From what I understand, the campaign game plays out as follows:

Two strong German armored units composed of Panthers, Flak halftracks and assault engineers smash into the Dutch town of Mariaheide between Veghel and Uden from opposite ends cutting off the 30 Corps’ advance toward Arnhem.  The US 101st Airborne from the South and British armored units (including Fireflies) from the north try to re-open Hell’s Highway by wresting control back from the bad guys while typhoons (counters come with the pack) hunt German armor from above in this multiple scenario campaign game.

 

 

Order of Arrival (approximate):

Complete Lone Canuck line –  arrived

Winter Offensive Pack 2016 – arrived

Heat of Battle – arrived

Tanks 101 Video – released

March Madness – arrived

Poland In flames – arrived

Journal 11 – arrived

Friendly Fire – arrived

Le Franc Tireur – arrived

FT200 Video – released

Lone Canuck Publishing – Ost Front 3 – Arrived

Dice Towers – Soon

Ammo/Map crates – Soon

Normandy and SS Battle Dice: End of April

Yanks – May/June

Sniper/ELR Cards – late Summer/early Fall

ASL Korea – ???

All three starter kits and the Starter Kit Campaign Game ‘Decision at Elst’ are in stock for the first time ever and all 4 are at a reduced price with free shipping.  Buy the Starter Kit Complete Bundle and save over 20%.

 

 

 

Scenario pack ‘Ost Front 3’ from Lone Canuck Publishing is ready to ship.

Also available is the ‘Ost Front’ trilogy for only $32. That’s more than 20% off with free shipping.

 

 

 

 

 

 

10% Coupon has returned on orders over a $100.  Okay truth be told, free shipping on $12 orders is killing me so I want to offer you an incentive to make it attractive to buy multiple items at once. Simply use coupon code ‘10% off’ at checkout.

 

 

AAR: ‘Where the Iron Crosses Grow’ Team Tournament:

Thursday evening and the  Steiners and Stranskys began to roll into the Kuban in search of iron and glory.  We had a total of 15 players divided into 4 teams (huh?).   Men bled and steel burned for 4 days as some of the friendliest ASL’ers in the hobby laughed, ate, drank, and rolled lots of twos and twelves bringing the decibel level to a thundering pitch.  The Blue team took the team championship with a +4 rating lead by undefeated Hayes Wauford.  Special thanks to Ken Knott for allotting so many points to his opponents.  My delicate truce with Ken lasted until dinner Saturday night when some of the nastiest and funniest jabs to date started to flow again.  I think everyone was relieved that we were back at it as the tension was at times too much to take for the spectators waiting for the shoe to drop.

Dave Stephens’ Finns beating up on my valiant Russian liberators (albeit of Finnish lands).

Peter Ortega learning the nuances of Bocage in BFP’s ‘Kraut Corner’

Left to right – Tim Brieaddy, Jamie Cribs (counting to five (lucky he didn’t have to count to eleven or this photo would be X rated)), and Big Al Slatzman

 

Ken Knott and Hayes Wauford. Both with perfect records.

Peter Ortega and Al Griffa.

Al Griffa and Mike Johnston.

 Skobi, our tournament mascot taking another nap.

 

Fried pickle care of Little Vito’s, deposited on my board.  Very funny guys.

Ken Knott showing a brave face as he stares down 24 SS squads in BFP PIF the ‘Ceramic Factory’.

Somebody (me) apparently hasn’t learned not to stack. One gets a little cocky after generating 3 heroes.

Hayes Wauford with LCP’s Panzer Aces #2.

 

 

Ken Knott With LCP’s Schwere Panzer Jager Abt. 653 prize scenario pack.  Ken was unanimously voted MVP by all of his opponents.   “We never could have won those games had we not been playing Ken”.

Ost Front 3 from Lone Canuck Publishing is in the mail from the great white north.  I will be shipping as soon as they arrive.  Jonesing for something new? At $10.80 with free shipping, this is your inexpensive ASL fix.  Also available is the Ost Front Trilogy at a special discounted rate.

 

New Dice Towers:

This is the dice tower for Walter McWilliams with custom interchangeable graphics.  There will be two more of these posted for sale in the coming days.

 

Video Replay – FT200 Coconut K –

The awesome Le Franc Tireur Deluxe Pack #1  with it’s fantastic artwork and great scenarios breathes life back into Deluxe Advanced Squad Leader (the same life that we take away from it with this horrible video).  Tim and I decided to try our hand at one of the PTO scenarios pitting Americans against Japanese.  I set up as the Japanese without reading the special rules converting the bamboo and jungle into coconut groves.  Tim did read the rules and informed me after I set up but I decided for the sake of keeping the ball rolling to leave my set-up as it was and see how it played out.

With a late Christmas present of a chess clock from Charlotte ASL player Jeff Jordan, SPASL (Speed ASL) has entered the 21st century.  You can see all the action of this clock is use in the above video replay of FT200.

 

 

 

 

OBA Access Card Review:

Desperation Morale has finally caught up on all (?) of the newest ASL products including our very own OBA Access Cards (less than 20 sets remaining for sale).  For the most part, I think it was very flattering and accurate (although he did refer to the cards as being printed on card stock and not pvc.

 

 

Order of Arrival (approximate):

Complete Lone Canuck line –  arrived

Winter Offensive Pack 2016 – arrived

Heat of Battle – arrived

Tanks 101 Video – released

March Madness – arrived

Poland In flames – arrived

Journal 11 – arrived

Friendly Fire – arrived

Le Franc Tireur – arrived

FT200 Video – released

Lone Canuck Publishing – Ost Front 3 – April

Dice Towers – This week

Ammo/Map crates – Next Week

Normandy and SS Battle Dice: April

Yanks – April/May

Sniper/ELR Cards – late Summer/early Fall

ASL Korea – ???

 

Le Franc Tireur: All LFT titles currently available from Xavier have arrived.  Included is the ever popular Rat Charts version 2, The Deluxe Pack #1, the Crimean Special #13 and Kampfgruppe Scherer.  Like always, shipping is free.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fields of Iron: Tales from the War Table – Schwimming with Dan Stanhagen

 

 

I want to say a special thanks to everyone who frequents this site.  Today we had our 50,000th visit and it makes me very happy to know that you are enjoying the site.  If there is something that you think could make this site better, please drop me a line or leave a comment.

 

 

Tim just released an awesome collection of bumper stickers, t-shirts, mugs and patches.

 

 

Starter Kit #2 and Starter Kit #3 have been added to the pre-order page and should be here before you know it. Pre-order now and save 20% with free shipping or you will be stuck paying 80% of retail with free shipping after they arrive.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keith sent me this photo of his ‘Dupont Class’ table in action.  Sporting labeled A75 and A78 RAACO inserts, Rat Chart,  and his custom ASL Tower (manufacturer unknown).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Order of Arrival (approximate):

Complete Lone Canuck line –  arrived

Winter Offensive Pack 2016 – arrived

Heat of Battle – arrived

Tanks 101 Video – released

March Madness – arrived

Poland In flames – arrived

Journal 11 – arrived

Friendly Fire – arrived

Le Franc Tireur – arrived

Dice Towers – This week

Ammo/Map crates – Next Week

Yanks – April/May

Normandy and SS Battle Dice: April

Sniper/ELR Cards – late Summer/early Fall

ASL Korea – in time for the 30th anniversary of the Kim Kong Un Cabbage Patch Doll’s release.

Hi everyone,

it has been almost a week since our last post and I was hoping to have another video ready for you.  Tim and I will hopefully have the scenario finished by Post #40.  Here at the Wartable I am starting to cross the t’s and dot the i’s in preparation for the big weekend tournament coming up at the beginning of April.  For Christmas (we always exchange gifts late), Jeff Jordan got me a chess clock for Tim and my continuing experiments with SPASL (Speed ASL).  I hope to have a video up soon with this great gift governing a game of ours.

 

Sniper/ELR cards:

Well the easy ones are done.  With the help of Andy Hershey and all of you that voted on FB and this website, the final (?) artwork is done for the Germans, SS, Black SS, Russian, and British.  Now we are slogging through the mud trying to scrape together some photos of the other nationalities.  I never would have guessed how hard it would be to find quality authentic photographs of snipers.  Not just the more obscure nationalities, even the Americans are eluding me.  If you would like to be part of this project, please contact me at dr******@******rr.com.  Here are some teasers from the upcoming set…

 

 

New Battle Dice:

Chris at Battleschool has announced the upcoming release of some of the coolest dice to date.  Not only are the American and German armies of Normandy represented, but also 7 of the most notorious  and fanatic Panzer Divisions in the German Arsenal.    All dice are on sale and may be pre-ordered in individual pairs or in larger sets to get an even bigger pre-order discount.  ETA: April 2016. As always, shipping is always free.

Disclaimer: Although the Germans, British, Japanese,  Russians, and others were guilty of the deliberate murder of tens of millions of innocent civilians during the second world war, the dice in this series are part of a game and in no way condones racism or cruelty in any way nor are here to satisfy a sick fetish that somebody wants you to believe is rampant in this hobby.

 

I have fired up the workshop and have began 3 dice towers (Brazilian Cherry) and 3 Ammo/Map Cases.  One map case is sold but the other two will be posted for sale along with the dice towers as soon as they are complete.  The Argent Class table will be started in the next few weeks.

 

Sale:

Look around the site.  A ton of merchandise has been further discounted so grab them before the price changes or they are sold out.  Many items are the last available (especially from Heat of Battle).

 

 

Events:

‘Where the Iron Crosses Grow’ is 3 weeks away and has grown bigger than  I was planning.  We are now expecting 17 attendees and need a volunteer to spoon with Ken Knott.  If this continues, we may need to look for a bigger venue next year.  I will interview players on video so you can put faces to the names.  There are rumors that we will have a surprise famous guest from the ASL world at the event (don’t ask me who it is because I haven’t finished making up the rumor yet).  If you can, stop in for a day or the whole weekend for beer, prizes, and lots of cardboard death.

 

The Bitter Ender is just over a month away.  Early (discounted) registration ends on the 19th of March.  Contact Doug Sheppard for information.

 

Almost Sold Out:

I am down to my last 2 copies of German turrets.  I just placed another order but it may be months before they arrive.

 

Order of Arrival (approximate):

Complete Lone Canuck line –  arrived

Winter Offensive Pack 2016 – arrived

Heat of Battle – arrived

Tanks 101 Video – released

March Madness – arrived

Poland In flames – arrived

Journal 11 – arrived

Friendly Fire – arrived

Le Franc Tireur – Next week

Dice Towers – March

Ammo/Map crates – March

Yanks – March/April

Normandy and SS Battle Dice: April

Sniper/ELR Cards – late Summer/early Fall

ASL Korea – in time for the 30th anniversary of the Kims starring opposite each other in the erotic 1986 hit ‘9 1/2 Weeks’.

 

 

March Special: Free Pair of Nationality Battledice with purchase of $200.00 or more.  Simply ******@******rr.com“>e-mail me with the pair of dice that you would like and I will include them with your order.  Spend $400 and pick 2 sets, etc. Choose between the Japanese, Chinese, Italian, French, Finns, USMC, German (Arnheim), British, 9th/10th SS, Polish, or precision 12mm or 14mm backgammon dice in your choice of colors.  Sorry, not applicable to pre-orders.

 

 

PIF:  After months of waiting and weeks of delays, it is finally here.  Thanks to everyone that pre-ordered for your unending patience.  By the time you are reading this, your copy will be in the mail along with your free set of Polish Battle Dice.  I still have a few sets of the Battledice left in stock so I will extend the pre-order promo until the dice are gone.  You can order here.

 

 

Journal 11 has arrived:

ASL JOURNAL 11 is a 60-page magazine for Advanced Squad Leader and features ten articles, the latest Q&A/errata, twenty-five ASL scenarios (including one Deluxe, one Operation Veritable, one Festung Budapest, and two Valor Of The Guards scenarios), and three Squad Bleeder scenarios (and their associated purchase charts), all printed on cardstock.

JOURNAL 11 includes the following articles:

• The Best Campaign Game Ever? Mike McGrath explores Valor Of The Guards CG IV “Savage Streets of Stalingrad”.
• The Halfling Aaron Cleavin details why you are probably not Deploying often enough.
• Forgotten War by Kenneth P. Katz presents a preview of the Korean War ASL module.
• Squad Bleeder III is Bret Hildebran’s next installment of the ASLOK “fog of war” tournament scenarios.
• Relaxing With Intensive Fire J.R. Tracy sez: “Don’t worry! It’ll be fine!”
• Slaughter At Ponyri HASL Jim Aikens, Jeff Coyle, and Pete Shelling describe the design and playtest details of this upcoming Historical ASL module.
• Getting To Know Gavutu-Tanambogo Jon Neall takes you on a tour of this exotic island destination.
• Rivers To The Reich Jim Stahler celebrates the last of the Squad Leader scenario conversions.
• The Vierville-sur-Mer Boat Club Chas Argent wants YOU to reach the beach in scenario AP101 When I Call Roll.
• Recon: The 10th Guards Rifle Division Action Pack Ken Dunn is having another baby.
• Debrief This issue’s errata updates, and details about the scenario updates for the new edition of YANKS.

JOURNAL 11 also includes 25 ASL scenarios and 3 Squad Bleeder scenarios/purchase charts:

• J161 Riding To The Rescue (German vs British, 24 May 1940)
• J162 African Brothers (British vs Italian, 10 July 1940)
• J163 Aiding The Local Constabulary (Italian/South African vs Mutineer, 29 March 1941)
• J164 Aiding The Local Constabulary (Italian vs South African vs Mutineer, 29 March 1941) *This is a 3-player version of J163.
• J165 Among The Dead (Greek/New Zealand vs German, 26 May 1941)
• J166 Maximum Aggression (British vs Japanese, 19 December 1941)
• J167 Hart Attack (German vs British/American, 28 November 1942)
• J168 Katyusha’s Embrace (Romanian/German vs Russian, 8 August 1943)
• J169 Few And Far Between (German vs Russian, 30 August 1943)
• J170 Red Churchills (Finnish vs Russian, 20 June 1944)
• J171 Whom Gods Destroy (EDES vs German vs ELAS, 14 August 1944) *This is a 3-player scenario.
• J172 Ramcke’s Redoubt (German vs American, 16 September 1944)
• J173 Assault On Baerendorf (German vs American, 24 November 1944)
• J174 Heart Of Athena (Partisan vs British, 7 December 1944)
• J175 Bedburg Bite (German vs Canadian, 16 February 1945)
• J176 Deadly Assumption (American vs German, 4 March 1945)
• J177 Coup De Main At Hamminkeln (German vs British, 24 March 1945)
• J178 Old Friends (German vs American, 26 March 1945)
• J179 Resignation Supermen (American vs German, 10 April 1945)
• J180 The Hour Zero (SS vs British/German, 8 May 1945)
• J181 The Deadly Line (Japanese vs Russian, 13 August 1945)
• FB19 War Brotherhood (Russian vs Hungarian/German, 25 January 1945)
• HS33 Down On The Farm (German vs Canadian, 19 February 1945)
• VotG26 Bad Day For The Luftwaffe (Russian vs German, 20 September 1942)
• VotG27 Drama, The Park, And Deadly Things (Russian vs German, 23 September 1942)
• Squad Bleeder 4 Dismantling 1st DCR (German vs French, 15 May 1940)
• Squad Bleeder 5 Stampede Of The Wild Buffaloes (German vs American, 17-19 September 1944)
• Squad Bleeder 6 Eviscerating Vienna (German vs Russian, 8 April 1945)

The JOURNAL 11 ASL scenarios require the following boards and overlays:

Boards: 4, 10, 11, 19, 22, 38, 40, 44, 51-53, 56, 58, 59, 61-65, 67, 1a-3a, 5a-7a, t, Deluxe a-d, RR, FB(NW), FB(SW), and VotG.

Overlays: O1, O2, O5, OW1, RR1, RR4, RR6, St3, X5, X7, X8, X11, X13, X15, X16, X19, X24, and X27.

The Squad Bleeder scenarios also require the following boards: 3, 6, 16-18, 20, and 45.

ASL JOURNAL 11 is not a complete game; ownership of the Advanced Squad Leader Game System is required for play.

 

 

 

 

 

The raffle winner for the month of February is… Wade Semiless.  Wade will be receiving a free one of a kind collector’s edition coffee mug featuring the US 105mm Howitzer courtesy of Tim Brieaddy at Red Headed Tshirts. 

Speaking of winners, here is a photo of Carl Ise rocking February’s raffle prize.

 

 

Sniper Cards:

The Sniper/ELR Cards are picking up steam. They may even be available before the projected release date of ASLOK XXXI but I need your help with two things.

1. I need photos of Snipers from the following nationalities: French, US, USMC, Italian, Polish, Chinese, Japanese, Hungarian, Other Axis Minors, Other Allied Minors, Finnish, Partisan.  Please send photos to dr******@******rr.com.
2. I need to know which photos you think are best for the cards.  I will be polling every week (or so) to find out what your favorite picks are from each nationality.

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The 2 Half Squads podcast episode 155 is out.

 

 

2nd Annual ‘Where the Iron Crosses Grow’ Team Tournament

We are less than a month away from the largest and longest running ASL tournament in the whole city of Kernersville.  Because of overwhelming demand, we have opened the registration up to another team.  That makes 15 of the worlds friendliest players all at one event.    As you are reading this, Tim Brieaddy is putting the finishing touches on the artwork for the t-shirts and I am putting together a prize list.   Registration is closed for the team tourney but you may still be put on the reserve list and/or can pop in for games between Friday and Sunday.  Registration for the tournament is free (we are getting Mexico to pay for it).

Players confirmed.

1. Derek Ritter
2. Ulrich Ritter
3. Tim Brieaddy
4. Dylan Ritter
5. Ray Woloszyn
6. Ken Knott
7. Jeff Jordan
8. Hayes Wauford
9. Jamie Cribbs
10. Al Griffa
11. Dave Stephens
12. Peter Ortega
13. Mika Harviala
14. Kevin Conley
15. Doug Sheppard*
16. Scott Bricker*

*Pending

 

 

I would like to make mention of the best T-shirt Shop in the world (maybe not the universe, but definitely the world).  It is a great website to visit for great ASL and WW2 themed t-shirts, longsleeved t-shirts, cups, and morale patches.  Look around and if you don’t see what you like, contact Tim and he will be glad to give you a quote for some custom work.  He even has a section devoted to the greatest game in the universe.

Hong Kong Wargamer has a new post on his fantastic website.  Thanks Jackson!

 

 

 

 

 

Order of Arrival (approximate):

Battle Dice – arrived

Complete Lone Canuck line –  arrived

Winter Offensive Pack 2016 – arrived

Heat of Battle – arrived

Tanks 101 Video – released

March Madness – arrived

Poland In flames – arrived

Journal 11 – arrived

Friendly Fire – arrived

Le Franc Tireur – This week

Yanks – March/April

Dice Towers – March

Ammo/Map crates – March

Sniper/ELR Cards – late Summer/early Fall

ASL Korea – in time for the 32nd anniversary celebrations of Kim Jong Un, lead singer for Twisted Sister’s release of ‘We’re not gonna take it!’

 

In our recent poll, we asked you what teaching video you would most like to see. Tanks101 was the clear winner with 41% of the vote so here it is.  Please keep in mind that this is 101…just the basic concepts for the absolute beginner.  I hope to make more soon which will include much more information including overruns, close combat, Smoke, and tactics.  After watching this video, you may find it useful to watch the video of Tim and I playing scenario T2 ‘The Pumas Prowl’ which is a good AFV only scenario.  You can download the PDF of scenario T2 and others for free at MMP’s website by clicking on Support -> ASL/SK -> ASL Official Downloads ->Scenarios from ASL Classic.

 

We have received limited quantities of ‘The Best of March Madness Vol. 1’.   Dave from Kansas City ASL tells me that he probably won’t have any more to sell me after these are sold out.  The pack retails for $20.00 and contains 15 of their greatest scenarios.

 

 

 

Friendly Fire: We just got in an order from Sweden and now all scenario packs including #6 with the ASL Geo Mapboard is in stock.  I am offering the entire set at more than 10% off with free shipping or you can pick up individual packs with free shipping as well.

 

 

 

LOW INVENTORY WARNING: Crucible of Steel is going the way of ‘Blood and Jungle’ and ‘Into the Factory’.  This one of a kind gem is almost sold out and out-of print.  If you can get your hands on one before they all disappear from everywhere except for extortion-bay, I grab it now.  Although I am already sold out, BFP still has a few copies.

 

 

 

 

Up until now, Ritter Krieg has only been accepting orders through Paypal.  We are now able to process credit cards over the phone.  If you would like to place an order using your credit card, you may phone in the order between 8:00am – 10pm EST seven days a week by calling me (Derek) at 336-462-4035.

 

Order of Arrival (approximate):

Battle Dice – arrived

Complete Lone Canuck line –  arrived

Winter Offensive Pack 2016 – arrived

Heat of Battle – arrived

Tanks 101 Video – released

March Madness – arrived

Poland In flames – this week ?

Journal 11 – next week

Friendly Fire – end of the month

Le Franc Tireur – March

Yanks – March

Dice Towers – April

Sniper/ELR Cards – late Summer/early Fall

Korea – in time for the 40th anniversary celebrations of Kim Jong Un Decathlon win at the Montreal Summer Olympics.

Heat Of Battle:

The entire Heat of Battle collection (still available) is now in stock.  Steve sent me some of his last pieces to make up this order.  The prices are set by HOB so the best I can do is offer free shipping instead of the usual 10% off.  Enjoy them while they last.  These are fantastic TPP from the original producers of titles like Blood Reef Tarawa and God Save the King (A Bridge Too Far). Titles include:

 

Berlin: Red Vengance

Buckeyes!

Special Forces

Special Forces II

Recon By Fire 3

Recon By Fire 4

SS I & II No Quarter No Glory & Fuhrers Firemen

SS III Neither Fear Nor Hope *

Tropic Thunder

Firefights 2

Kreta

The Long March * 

Titles with a ‘*’ are the last available (sold out and OOP through HOB)

 

 

Tim and I have made a video replay of scenario T2 ‘The Pumas Prowl’. Short on time, we invented (at least I think we invented) SPASL (Speed ASL).  We each get 7 minutes to complete our turn.  The whole video plays out in just over an hour but we bet you can’t get through the first ten minutes without posting your kits on ebay.  Whoever spots the most rules mistakes that we made will be announced on our next blog and will win eternal fame and immortality on this site.  The Tanks 101 video is still in the works and will be posted as soon as it is finished.

 

 

I need your help to tell me how this site can better serve you.  Please leave a comment with what you would like to see more (or less) of.  Your input is greatly appreciated.

 

Teaching ASL: I have been thinking about helping new players learn the game by moderating some matches on VASL. I will not be giving strategy advice (until perhaps the game is over), just helping with the rules and procedures.  All participants will have to be on Skype.  Please shoot me an e-mail or post a message here if you would like to be one of the players or would like to be an observer.  Unfortunately, I am not familiar with SK rules but perhaps there is someone who is that would like to moderate some SK scenarios.

 

I have been hinting at something big in the world of dice towers that is coming your way before too long.  Tim Brieaddy and I have the first sample finished and it will be on display at the ‘Where the Iron Crosses Grow’ team ASL tournament is about five weeks from now.  I will post photos right here shortly after it’s unveiling in April.

 

Here are some photos of a recent dice tower in different stages of construction.  The final photo is pre-stain.

 

Order of Arrival (approximate):

Battle Dice – arrived

Complete Lone Canuck line –  arrived

Winter Offensive Pack 2016 – arrived

Heat of Battle – arrived

Poland In flames – this week ?

Tanks 101 Video – this week

Journal 11 – next week

Friendly Fire – end of the month

Le Franc Tireur – March

Yanks – March

Dice Towers – April

Sniper/ELR Cards – late Summer/early Fall

Korea – in time for the 45th anniversary celebrations of Kim Jong Un landing on the moon.

 

 

RitterKrieg Now Shipping Internationally:

Photo of Olli’s latest partial ASL order. Although your quickest and cheapest method to get your ASL fix is probably still  through Xavier in Europe and Chris in Canada, I am now offering service outside of the USA.  Please check with them first for all of your ASL needs but we will be glad to fill in the gaps.  I have added a flat $50.00 shipping fee to international orders. If the actual shipping cost is less, I will issue you a refund. If the actual shipping cost is more than $10 more, I may (depending on the size of the order) contact you to make up the difference less $10, at which time you will have the option to cancel the order for a full refund.

 

Poland In Flames is shipping from BFP and it is looking like a fantastic product.  While supplies last, I will be extending the special I have been offering including the Free Polish 16mm Battledice so you can kill those Hun invaders in style.   PIF should be here any day now and will be shipping out to you the same day they arrive. Here is a video of Poland In Flames posted by Jackson.

 

 

Missed MMP’s pre-order for Journal 11?  No big deal because we have it at the low  price of $34.20 shipping included (regular price $38.00 plus shipping).

 

 

 

 

 

Woodworking: So that was a very brief retirement.

Dice Tower – Christmas comes late for Tim Brieaddy.  The dice tower I made as a gift for Tim is finally finished.  

Made out of solid Walnut to match the stock of his M1 Garand.  Black craft foam lining with the edges inserted in slots cut into sides of the wood.  3 baffles (45,45,60 degree). Shallow tray so the rolls are visible at any angle.  Video.

Table Tops – I will be starting on the ‘Argent Class’ of tabletops within the next couple of weeks.  I plan to videotape the process and post it to the site.  It will be similar to the ‘DuPont Class’ but a little more compact (2 Geo boards) and with 2 much larger detachable side trays. It will be made out of Cherry and have tempered 1/8″ glass.  I will be producing extras units of this model which I will post for sale on this site once completed.

 

Tanks 101 video:  It looks like I need to watch ‘how to make a video 101’ before  attempting to make a tanks 101 video.   Sorry this is taking so long but Tim and I will be trying again (3rd attempt) tomorrow to up the quality and content and will hopefully have it posted by next week.

 

 

We will soon be stocking Le Franc Tireur, Friendly Fire, and Heat Of Battle products.  Before long we will hopefully be carrying all ASL TPP (with one exception).  If there is something that you would like to see in our store, please shoot me an ******@******rr.com“>e-mail so I can get pricing for you.

 

Order of Arrival (approximate):

Turn 1: Battle Dice – arrived

Turn 2: Complete Lone Canuck line –  arrived

Turn 3: Winter Offensive Pack 2016 – arrived

Turn 4: Poland In flames – middle of next week

Turn 5: Tanks 101 Video – end of next week

Turn 6: Journal 11 – end of next week

Turn 7: Friendly Fire – end of the month

Turn 8: Yanks – March

Turn 9: Sniper/ELR Cards – late Summer/early Fall

Turn 10: Korea – in time for the 80th anniversary celebrations of Kim Jong Un beating Jesse Owens in the 1936 Olympics.

 

 

Flying into Gumrak airfield, JU52’s carrying precious cargo of Battle Dice and LCP scenario packs has arrived to bolster our defenses and morale until the Spring thaw.  Included are the sold out 30th Anniversary German set and the new Dust Devils, both in very limited quantities.

 

Also back in stock are 12.5mm backgammon dice in White, Black, Dark Red, Navy, and Green.

 

 

 

George from Lone Canuck Publishing has sent me the complete line of scenario packs that he carries including two very special prizes for Where the Iron Crosses Grow ASL Team Tournament.   Your Prussian money can’t buy these packs, you have to earn them on the Field of Battle! And when I say Field of Battle I mean on fold out tables in my living room.

 

The Complete Collection from Lone Canuck Publishing is 20% off for those of you that want to take the plunge into the deep end of the pool.  That’s almost 200 scenarios and 5 campaign games worth of ASL goodness for less than the price of a plate at a Jeb Bush fundraiser dinner.

 

Rising Sun Crazy Sale ends at midnight:

The price for the Pacific module will go back to it’s regular sale price of $147.60 at midnight tonight from the current monthly special price of $128.00.

We are down to our last 24 sets of OBA cards.  If you are on the fence, this may be the last chance to get a set.  There are no plans for a reprint.

 

 

ASL Tabletops:

I have come out with a new idea for producing and naming ASL tabletops.  When someone custom orders an ASL tabletop I usually make at least one duplicate for sale.  I will be naming the first one after the buyer as they are the one designing it to their specs.  So as an example, if John Smith orders a customer tabletop, that design will be forever known as the ‘Smith Class’.  You may be seeing and ‘Argent Class’ soon.

Hershey Class

 

 

Dupont Class

 

 

 

Ritter Class

 

 

 

 

Ulrich Class

 

 

 

International Orders: Although the quickest and cheapest method to get your ASL fix is probably still through Xavier in Europe and Chris in Canada, I am now offering service outside of the USA.  Please check with them first for all of your ASL needs but we will be glad to fill in the gaps.  I have added a flat $25.00 shipping fee to international orders but I may contact you if actual shipping is way beyond this amount (I will absorb small differences), at which time you will have the option to cancel the order for a full refund.

 

Order of Arrival (approximate):

Turn 1: Battle Dice – arrived

Turn 2: Complete Lone Canuck line –  arrived

Turn 3: Winter Offensive Pack 2016 – this week

Turn 4: Poland In flames – middle of next week

Turn 5: Tanks 101 Video – end of next week

Turn 6: Journal 11 – about 2 weeks

Turn 7: Yanks – end of the month

Turn 8: Sniper/ELR Cards – late Summer/early Fall

Turn 6: Korea – in time for the 100th anniversary of Kim Jong Un’s discovery of the Polio vaccine.