Advanced Squad Leader

Advanced Squad Leader (ASL) is a wargame that simulates small unit actions (individual counters represent single vehicles, men and squads) in World War II. It is not simply a game, but rather a detailed game system. There are approximately 200 official scenarios, and players can create their own. Between the ASL starter kit (12 page-rulebook) and a complete set (14 boxed modules) is a wide range of possibilities covering every theater, period and nationality of the war.

Related Topics:
Wargame - World War II

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The game was originally published by Avalon Hill in 1985 as a successor to the award-winning Squad Leader series whose supplements/sequels had made the system difficult to play by introducing numerous rules that often 'overwrote' parts of previous rules. As the first of Avalon Hill's 'advanced' games (the others were Advanced Civilization and Advanced Third Reich) it used the same boards as as Squad Leader, and rules with similar concepts, but was otherwise effectively a new game. Today it is printed under license from Hasbro by Multi-Man Publishing, a gaming company started by Curt Schilling and his partners to preserve ASL and other Avalon Hill games.

Related Topics:
Avalon Hill - 1985 - Squad Leader - Advanced Civilization - Advanced Third Reich - Hasbro - Multi-Man Publishing - Curt Schilling

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There exists a large and active world-wide hobby community around ASL, including tournaments, community websites, clubs, and fanzines. An active trading and auction community enables participants to buy and sell used ASL modules. ASL can be played over the Internet using a system called "VASL". A number of third-party developers publish modules and scenarios for ASL.

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