Transcript ASL Session 2 - Russ Gifford

ASL 101: LEARNING
ADVANCED SQUAD LEADER
Session 2: Personnel Units
with Russ Gifford
ASL 101: Personnel Units
Goals for this Session
You will become familiar with:
•Types of counters in ASL games
•Recognizing and understanding basic counter symbols
•Special rules for Multi-Man Counters (MMC) and
Single Man Counters (SMC).
ASL 101: LEARNING
ADVANCED SQUAD LEADER
MMC
SMC
Squad
Leader
ASL 101: Personnel Units
Personnel Units
ASL battles are fought
with many types of
counters.
ASL 101: Personnel Units
Personnel Units
ASL battles are fought
with many types of
counters.
This module examines
Infantry units and
their Leaders
ASL 101: Personnel Units
Counters
In ASL, there are:
• Personnel Units (1/2” counters)
These are Leaders, Heroes, Squads, HS and Crews.
• Squad Weapons (1/2” counters)
These are MGs, ATRs, MTRs, Bazookas, etc.
•Guns and Vehicles/AFVs (5/8” counters – later!)
• We looked at some of the Information counters last time.
ASL 101: Personnel Units
Leaders
ASL 101: Personnel Units
Squads
ASL 101: Personnel Units
Weapon Counters
ASL 101: Personnel Units
Counters
There are two types of Personnel counters in ASL games:
• Single Man Counters (SMC)
These are Leaders and Heroes
• Multi-Man Counters (MMC)
These are Squads, Half-Squads and Crews.
ASL 101: Personnel Units
Personnel Units - MMC
Multi-Man Counters
Squads
ASL 101: Personnel Units
Personnel Units - MMC
Infantry Squad
Three silhouettes
means this is a
squad
Infantry Squad
• Firepower
•Normal Range
• Morale
ASL 101: Personnel Units
Personnel Units - MMC
Infantry Squad
We use the front
facing to show a
squad is
unbroken
Squad - Front
ASL 101: Personnel Units
Squad - Back
Personnel Units - MMC
Infantry Squad
We use the front
facing to show a
personnel unit is
unbroken
Squad - Front
When broken,
a unit cannot
function until it
rallies.
ASL 101: Personnel Units
Notes on Personnel Units
Special Rules for Squads:
•
4 movement factors (MF) for normal movement.
•
•
They can double time for 1 or 2 additional MF.
Squads may carry 3 portage points of SWs.
Anything greater reduces their MFs.
•
Squads may fire their inherent FP and a SW, or
they may fire two SWs and forfeit their FP.
ASL 101: Personnel Units
Personnel Units - MMC
Multi-Man Counters
Half Squads
ASL 101: Personnel Units
Personnel Units - MMC
Infantry Squad
Two silhouettes
means this is a
half squad
Infantry Squad
• Firepower
•Normal Range
• Morale
ASL 101: Personnel Units
Notes on Personnel Units
Special Rules for Half Squads (HS):
•
4 movement factors (MF) for normal movement.
•
They can double time for 1 or 2 additional MF.
•
They may fire their inherent FP, or a SW.
•
HS may also carry 3 PPs.
These same rules apply to crews as well.
ASL 101: Personnel Units
Personnel Units - MMC
Multi-Man Counters
Crews
ASL 101: Personnel Units
Personnel Units - Crews
Quick quiz: What’s this
unit’s morale? The FP?
And the range?
Same order as
other MMCs:
Crew - Front
Firepower
Normal Range
Morale
ASL 101: Personnel Units
Personnel Units - Crews
Crews fail a Morale
Check and break the
same as other personnel
units.
Crew - Back
Crew - Front
The box around a
broken morale
means the unit may
self rally.
ASL 101: Personnel Units
Notes on Personnel Units
Special Rules for Crews:
In addition to the HS rules, crews are also:
•
highly trained, so they are considered elite units.
•
have self rally capacity.
•
are immune to Heat of Battle (HOB) and ELR.
ASL 101: Personnel Units
Personnel Units - SMC
Single Man Counters
Leaders
ASL 101: Personnel Units
Personnel Units - SMC
Leader - Front
SMC - Leader
•Single Silhouette
• Leader’s name
ASL 101: Personnel Units
Personnel Units - SMC
Leader - Front
SMC - Leader
•Leadership rating
• Morale
ASL 101: Personnel Units
Personnel Units - SMC
In ASL, when a Leader
fails a Morale Check they
are flipped over like a
squad. They are broken.
Leader - Back
Leader - Front
The box around a
broken morale
means the unit may
self rally.
ASL 101: Personnel Units
Notes on Personnel Units
Special Rules for Leaders:
•
Leaders affect other units in their same
location. (Prevents cowering, gives MF bonus)
•
Leaders use their leadership # as a DRM to
influence other personnel units in their
location.
Examples: Leaders modify fire attacks, morale
checks, task checks, rally attempts, and more!
ASL 101: Personnel Units
Personnel Units - SMC
Single Man Counters
Heroes
ASL 101: Personnel Units
Personnel Units - SMC
Heroes are special types of
SMCs.
SMC Hero
Morale
Unlike Leaders, they have:
Range
• inherent firepower
Firepower
• -1 leadership to modify fire
• they can modify their own fire!
ASL 101: Personnel Units
Personnel Units - SMC
Another special point for
heroes – they do NOT break!
Heroes that fail an MC are
wounded!
If they live, they have reduced
abilities.
Wounded Hero
Reduced MFs
Reduced Morale
Reduced Range
ASL 101: Personnel Units
Notes on Personnel Units
Special Rules for Heroes:
•
Heroes use their -1 DRM to affect the fire
attacks of other units in the same fire group.
• Heroes are NOT Leaders! They do NOT
prevent cowering, nor do they give MF
bonuses.
•
When heroes fail a morale check, they
Casualty Reduce (CR) meaning they are
wounded. (And might die!)
ASL 101: Weapons
Squad Weapons
Squad Weapons
Reading the Counters
ASL 101: Weapons
Squad Weapons
Squad Weapons
Unit Type
ROF
FP
Normal Range
ASL 101: Weapons
Squad Weapons
Squad Weapons
MMG Back
MTR Back
Repair #
Permanent Breakdown
ASL 101: Personnel Units
Notes on Weapons
Some special Rules for Squad Weapons (SW):
•
SW are on ½” counters.
•
SW must be possessed by the squad to be
fired.
•
Any squad may fire a squad weapon AND
their inherent FP, or 2 SWs if they forfeit their
inherent FP.
ASL 101: Personnel Units
Quiz
What type of unit is
this?
ASL 101: Personnel Units
Quiz
What type of unit is
this?
ASL 101: Personnel Units
Quiz
What type of unit is
this?
ASL 101: Personnel Units
For Further Information
For further details,
Read Section 1.0 (all),
10.4, 10.7 to 10.72 and 15.2 to 15.24 in the
ADVANCED SQUAD LEADER rule book.
ASL 101: Personnel Units
Coming Next Module
Ready to learn more?
Well, the heavy lifting starts now, so before you
start Module 3, read Section A4.0 – A5.0 (all).
See you at
Module 3 – Infantry Movement
ASL 101 was created by:
• Russell Gifford
Learning the Great Battles
of the American Civil War
(CD Rom learning series,
2005)
Mass Media and Big
Government (Multi-media
lecture series, 2006)
Spectacular Voyage:
Lewis and Clark in Iowa,
Nebraska and South Dakota
(2002)
Additional Information
Advanced Squad Leader, ASL, and all
artwork © MMP, 2007
This Presentation is
© 2007 by Russell Gifford
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