Tactics & Tacticial Articles

Great resources from the brilliance and dedication of others.

Lastest updates: Fortifications, Tank & Defense tips, Desert Tactics, Snipers. 

Tactics (Learning To Play & General Tips):

Understand Basic Tactics

• Basic Game Fundamentals – From Texas ASL clubs Banzai 25.2 p2.
• Basic Tactics – From Jeff’s ASL website.
• Tactics 101 – – The General Vol 30 No 1 p53.
• A Primer on ASL Tactics – From Jeff’s ASL website.
• Planning 101: A Problem Solving Approach to ASL – From Conscripts Metro Washington, DC Advanced Squad Leader Clubs Scripts p5.
• Analysis An ASL Decision Making Primer – At The Point.
• Basic Tactics – From View From The Trenches.
• ASL 201 – Tactics – From Russ Giffords website.
• ASL 201: It’s the Little Things that Count – Part 2 Strategy – From Russ Giffords website.
• ASL 201: It’s the Little Things that Count – Part 3 Tactical Considerations – From Russ Giffords website.
• The Sins Of ASL – From View From The Trenches.
• Basic Infantry Example of Play – From Tom Repettis Website.
• Combat Planning – From View From The Trenches website.
• Basic ASL game patterns – From Gamesquad.
• Tip: how to remember when to pick up those damn markers! – On Reddit r/advancedsquadleader.
• Ok, so I know the rules – now what? Pray for dice? – From BoardGameGeek.
• Seven Questions: ASL And A Real World Approach – From View From The Trenches.

Improve Your Game Setup

• Little principles to better your setup – From Gamesquad.
• Set Up Considerations – From View From The Trenches.
• Set-Up Pointers – From View From The Trenches.

Know Your Probabilities & Dice

• Everything about Stats for ASL – From View From The Trenches Issue 55 p20.
• Basic Probability Primer for ASL – From Texas ASL club.

Improve Your Line Of Sight (LOS)

• The Geometry of ASL – How to determine Line of Sight without string. From Texas ASL clubs Banzai 5.2 p3.
• LOS AND BLIND HEXES A Quick Guide – From View From The Trenches
• The Gruffa-LOS The Strange Tale of the Mouse Who Learned to Spot Danger – From View From The Trenches

Get A Better Mindset & Meta Game

• Analysis: Never Say Die – At The Point.
• Passing Your Personal Morale Check – Desperation Morale.

Tactics (Infantry):

Stacking, Firegroups & Other Firepower

• Killer Stacks – From View From The Trenches website.
• A Few Words on Stacking – From View From The Trenches.
• Combating Kill Stacks – From View From The Trenches.
• HS usage – From BoardGameGeek.
• Combine Or Separate Fire Group Rules of Thumb – From View From The Trenches.
• To FG or not to FG – From View From The Trenches.
• Spraying Fire: What Is It Good For – From View From The Trenches.
• Cowering – From View From The Trenches.

Movement

• Move ‘Em Out! The Tactics of Movement in ASL – From View From The Trenches website.

Routing

• Explanation of the Rout Phase – From BoardGameGeek.
• ROUTING 101 – From View From The Trenches.

Squad Weapons

• When bad things happen to good weapons – How weapons break in ASL – From The General Vol 30 No 5 p51.
• Breaking down the numbers – Figuring the odds of malfunction or disabling of your weapon in ASL – From The General Vol 30 No 5 p52.
• Zen and the Art of Machinegun Maintenance – From View From The Trenches.
• Can a unit dismantle a weapon in prep fire and move? – From Gamesquad.

Snipers

• Hyper sniper – A SANe look at this threat in ASL – From The General Vol 31 No 2 p14.
• Like A Bolt Right Out of the Blue: Snipers in ASL – From View From The Trenches.
• Anti-Sniper Sniping – From Gamesquad.

Other Infantry

• The Big Black Book of ASL Sleaze – From Zeke’s ASL Paradise.
• Low morale units – From BoardGameGeek.
• Infiltration in Plain English – From View From The Trenches.
• Attack or Defend? – From Jeff’s ASL website.

Tactics (Attacking):

• Infantry on the attack in ASL – From BoardGameGeek.
• Problems attacking – From BoardGameGeek.
• Preparing to Attack – From View From The Trenches.
• Back to the Basics: Attacking in ASL – From Point Blank Newsletter.
• Urrah!! Defying the -2 Modifier! – From ASL Digest 6.6.
• A BUNCH OF FLANKERS – From View From The Trenches website.
• Assault Movement JUST A MATTER OF COMBINATION – From View From The Trenches website.
• Defeating/getting past a Fire Lane – From BoardGameGeek.
• Opportunity Fire – From View From The Trenches website.
• Building And Bunker Busting – The Foward Observer.
• Building Control – From View From The Trenches website.
• Conquer to Control – From View From The Trenches.
• STREET FIGHTIN MAN!… how I learned to stop worrying and love the Flamethrower – From View From The Trenches
• Basic Tactics: Maintaining objectives vs. Seizing opportunities – From ASL Digest 6.8.
• How to become better at bridge and river crossings in ASL – From Gamesquad.

Tactics (Defending):

• Squad Leader Clinic : The Fallback Defence – From The General Vol 21 No 6 p42.
• Defensive Tactics 101 – From ASL Digest 6.3.
• Defense: Rules & Tactics Roundtable – From
• Setting Up a Defense – From Jeff’s ASL website.
• Defensive Planning – From View From The Trenches website.
• Setting Up a Defence – From View From The Trenches
• Squad Leader Clinic: Point Defence – From The General Vol 23 No 2 p16.
• Defense concepts – From BoardGameGeek.
• Explanation of ROF (and Defensive Fire) – From BoardGameGeek.
• Back to the Basics: Fire Lanes – From Point Blank Newsletter.
• Fire Lanes – From View From The Trenches.

Concealment, Hidden Initial Placement & Skulking

• Combating Skulking – From View From The Trenches.
• A Dummies Guide to Dummies – From View From The Trenches.
• DUMMIES – From View From The Trenches.
• Right Of Inspection – From View From The Trenches.
• A Closer Look at Concealment – From View From The Trenches.
• Counting Counters – From Jeff’s ASL website.

Tactics (Infantry Weapons, Terrain & Other):

Mortars

• Back to the Basics: Packing Heavy Heat!!! – By Point Blank Newsletter.
• How Many Shots With A Weapon? – From Robert Delwoods Website.
• Tactics for using light mortars – From View From The Trenches website.
• Keep It Simple: Light mortars – From ASL Digest 6.5.
• Squad Leader Clinic: Mortars – From The General Vol 26 No 1 p53.
• Mortars – From View From The Trenches.

Special Weapons & Smoke

• How Things (Really) Work: Smoke – From Gamesquad.
• Smoke usage – From BoardGameGeek.
• Molotov cocktails – From View From The Trenches.
• “Your New Flamethrower” – From ASL First Fire.
• Not Using DC/FT Correctly – From Robert Delwoods Website.
• Blastem n Burn em – FT and DC – From View From The Trenches
• A DC HELPER – a primer for DC use – From View From The Trenches

Fortifications

• Foxy Fox-Holes – From View From The Trenches
• Fortifications In Action – From View From The Trenches
• YASL: Pillboxes – From Yankee ASL Group.
• Squad Leader Clinic – Achtung minen! – From The General Vol 25 No 2 p47.
• ACHTUNG MINEN! – From View From The Trenches
• Back to the Basics: Mines! – From Point Blank Newsletter.
• Minefields – From View From The Trenches
• Hung up, skewered, and blasted – The use of wire, panjis and A-P mines in ASL – From The General Vol 31 No 4 p50.
• Wire and Trenches and Mines, Oh My! A Beginner’s Guide to Fortifications – From Hit The Beach!

Leadership

• Colonel Klutz – Using your 6 Plus 1 Leaders – From View From The Trenches.
• ASL Myths Commissars – At The Point.

Prisoners

• HÄNDE HOCH! -Prisoners and Unarmed Units in ASL – The Foward Observer.
• What to do with prisoners? – From BoardGameGeek.
• INTERROGATION – Gathering information in ASL – From View From The Trenches
• Unarmed but Dangerous – From ASL UK website.

Weather & Environment

• Weather in ASL – From Jeff’s ASL website.
• Back to the Basics: Fire – From Point Blank Newsletter.
• When do I use Kindling? – From BoardGameGeek.

Terrain

• If you go down to the woods today – From View From The Trenches.
• All you ever wanted to know about Bocage and Wall Advantage – From View From The Trenches
• Weather in ASL – From Jeff’s ASL website.
• Back to the Basics: Fire – From Point Blank Newsletter.

Cavalry

• Cavalry in ASL – At The Point.
• S.O.P. Cavalry Rules Guide – From ASL DIGEST 7.9.

Tactics (OBA & Ordnance):

Offboard Artillery

• First Impressions – An introduction to Advanced Squad Leader: Offboard artillery– From The General Vol 24 No 2 p5.
• Back to the Basics: OBA – From Point Blank Newsletter.
• In Defence of the Ugly Stepchild – OBA – From View From The Trenches.
• Big Bang Theories: Using and Abusing OBA – From View From The Trenches.
• A Grunt’s Guide To OBA Use – From View From The Trenches.
• The Pain and Joy of Off-Board Artillery – From View From The Trenches.
• BARRAGES – From View From The Trenches.
• Creeping Barrage Strategy… – From Gamesquad.

Ordnance

• Gun Setup Strategy – From BoardGameGeek.
• AT Gun Placement – From View From The Trenches.
• Now Where Did I Put That Gun? HIP Guns for Solo Play – From View From The Trenches.
• Guns And Crews As Targets – From View From The Trenches.
• Advanced Squad Leader Tactics…with Guns! – From BoardGameGeek.
• Area Target Type vs. Infantry Target Type – From Jeff’s ASL website.
• Back to the Basics: The Acquisition Debate – From Point Blank Newsletter.
• Squad Leader Clinic – Guns versus tanks – From The General Vol 25 No 3 p27.

Tactics (Vehicles):

Anti-Tank Tactics

• MGs vs. AFVs – From ASL Digest 6.7
• MAN VS.MACHINE – From View From The Trenches.
• Back to the Basics: Hunting Rolling Razor Blades – From Point Blank Newsletter.
• Squad Leader Clinic – Man versus tank From The General Vol 25 No 6 p25.
• Everyone is Ganging Up On Me: A Brief Guide To Infantry Overruns. – From View From The Trenches.
• Beat The Sleaze Defending Against VBM – From View From The Trenches.
• Combating the Vehicle Bypass Movement ‘Sleaze’ – From View From The Trenches.
• DELIBERATE IMMOBILISATION – From View From The Trenches.
• LATW Tactics and Urbane Tanks in ASL – More Tactics – From Jeff’s ASL website.
• Spass mit Panzerfausten – From View From The Trenches.
• Taking a bite out of a hunk of cheese – Or how to counter an AFV in motion bypass From The General Vol 29 No 6 p29.om View From The Trenches.

Tank Tactics

• First Impressions – An introduction to Advanced Squad Leader: Armor training From The General Vol 22 No 6 p27.
• Basic Armor Example of Play – From Tom Repettis Website.
• Armour Tactics – From Bob Smiths Website.
• BLITZKREIG FOR BEGINNERS – A Look At Basic AFV Tactics – From View From The Trenches.
• Saddle Up! Tips from the Tank Jockeys – From Hit The Beach!
• Panzer Gegen Panzer” by Bruce E Bakken – Part 1 – At The Point.
• Panzer Gegen Panzer” by Bruce E Bakken – Part 2 – At The Point.
• Panzer Gegen Panzer” by Bruce E Bakken – Part 3 – At The Point.
• Advice on tank/vehicle use – From BoardGameGeek.
• Attacking with vehicles – From BoardGameGeek.
• Pointers for Combined-Arms Play in ASL – From Conscripts Metro Washington, DC Advanced Squad Leader Clubs Scripts
• AFV Combat analysis [in spanglish] – From Gamesquad.
• AFV – Singling American advise – From Gamesquad.
• Newbie Do – Rules Deep Dive VBM Combat – From Hulldown Blog.
• To CE or BU? – From ASL Crossroads.
• TO BU OR NOT TO BU – From View From The Trenches.
• How to become better at using AFVs in ASL? – From Gamesquad.
• ASL Mechanized Infantry Tactics, Part 1 – From ASL DIGEST 7.8
• ASL Mechanized Infantry Tactics, Part 2 – From ASL DIGEST 7.9
• Squad Leader Clinic – Massed armor assault – From The General Vol 26 No 2 p39.
• AFV – The Dance of Death – From Point Blank Newsletter.
• Fighting a Mobile Defense: The Art of Combined Arms Defense in ASL – From Point Blank Newsletter.
• 8 – “Series Replay : Beyond Valor, Scenario 8” From The General Vol 23 No 3 p30

Half Track Tactics

• Squad Leader Clinic – Armed and armored halftracks From The General Vol 24 No 4 p43.
• How to employ halftracks in combat? – From BoardGameGeek.
• Don’t Try this at Home, Folks! Halftrack Driving for Professionals – From ASL DIGEST 6.9
• A Half-Baked Idea For Half-Tracks – From View From The Trenches.
• HALFTRACKS – From Gamesquad.
• Half Tracks and ASL – From Gamesquad.

Tactics (Night)

• Squad Leader Clinic – Night moves -From The General Vol 24 No 1 p19.
• Back to the Basics: Night Moves – From Point Blank Newsletter.
• Bring on the Night – From Texas ASL clubs Banzai
• Basic Black Night Example of Play – From Tom Repettis Website.
• NIGHT BLINDNESS – From View From The Trenches.
• Who Rules The Night – From View From The Trenches.

Tactics (Airborne and Airpower)

• THEY CAME FROM THE SKY – From View From The Trenches.
• DROPPING IN FOR TEA AND BISCUITS – From View From The Trenches.
• Dog Fighting Tactics for Infantrymen – Aerial Combat – From View From The Trenches.
• Birds of Prey – From View From The Trenches.

Tactics (Desert Theatre of Operations (DTO))

• ‘Up and Down the Desert’A systematic approach to mastering desert warfare in ASL – From View From The Trenches.
• Desert Tactics – From Critical Hit Online.
• Vernacular Version of Chapter F – From Texas ASL clubs Banzai.
• Across the Wire – AFV Desert Combat Training – From View From The Trenches

Tactics (Pacific Theatre of Operations (PTO))

Jungle Warfare

• Basic PTO Example of Play – From Tom Repettis Website.
• Suggestions for introducing PTO to ASL players – From Gamesquad.
• Jungle Warfare in ASL – From ASL DIGEST 7.5
• Trench Warfare Part 1: Pillbox Pointers – From Texas ASL clubs Banzai
• Japanese on Defense? – From Gamesquad.
• Back to the Basics: The Tank Hunter Hero – From Point Blank Newsletter.
• Lighter Than a Feather: Defending with the Japanese – From View From The Trenches.

Caves

• Phosphorescent Caves – From Jeff’s ASL website.
• Three Rules to a Better Cave Game – From Texas ASL clubs Banzai.
• Caves and WP – From View From The Trenches.
• Blowtorch and Corkscrew: A Primer on Utilising and Assaulting Caves and Cave Complexes in ASL – From View From The Trenches.

Amphibious Assault

• Stop the Landing Force – From Point Blank Newsletter.
• HIT THE BEACHES RUNNING! An Introduction to Beach Assaults – From View From The Trenches.
• A Weekend at the Beach – From View From The Trenches.

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