After about a 20+ year hiatus I recently returned to playing one of my all time favorite boardgames, Advanced Squad Leader. Advanced Squad Leader, commonly referred to as ASL, was originally published by Avalon Hill but was acquired by Hasbro when they bought up Avalon Hill. Advanced Squad Leader currently is licensed to Multi-man Publishing.

I actually took it back up about a year ago but haven’t had much time to really spend on it until recently. I have to say it has taken me several weeks of reading and re-reading the rules to even start getting back up to speed 2nd Edition Rules.

One thing that has helped immensely is that I managed to pick up a copy of Solitaire ASL in a hobby shop in Chattanooga, TN that was going out of business. Was told it had been on their shelves for years collecting dust. A rare find indeed as it has been out of print for some time and copies are fetching a pretty good price on Ebay these days.

I recently started a Solitaire ASL Historical Campaign called MOSKVA. It is a 5 weekly mission campaign recreating the 7th Guards Division’s part of the Soviet Winter Offensive against the German spearheads near Moscow in December 1941. I am about 5 turns into the 1st mission (Enemy Offensive) and am having a blast. I planned to write up AAR’s for all the missions so if you want to see how this game works please feel free to check back.