After several years of research and development, here is LFT’s latest magazine, with 23 scenarios and 8 new maps, accompanying a small set of rules for Arid & Desert Terrains, easy to learn and even easier to play. Should start shipping around February 15th, 2023.
Contents
– Editor’s Foreword
– Advancing Fire
– 30 years of ASL Ring
– 10 questions to Steve Swann
– ASL events
– ASL humor "The play fast machine"
– The North African Tirailleurs
– The Tunisian Campaign 1942- 43
– Surrender (A15.5)
– Map concepts
– Left out in the Sun too long
– Chapter AD : Arid Desert Terrain
– The Russian Civil War ASL rules
– Night and Desert rules
– Bibliography
88 pages in English.
The Scenarios
All printed full color on matte paper.
ID | Name | Nations | Date |
---|---|---|---|
LFT274 | Bear Valley | Native American / US | 9 January 1918 |
LFT275 | Trust Us ! | Mongolian / Chinese | 18 July 1919 |
LFT276 | Genghis Khan Lives ! | Chinese / White Russian | 13 February 1921 |
LFT277 | No Post Here ! | Japanese - Russian | October 1935 |
LFT278 | Toridatsu ! | Mongolian / Japanese | 12 February 1936 |
LFT279 | The Russians are coming | Spanish Nationalist - Spanish Republican | 29 October 1936 |
LFT280 | Salvation at the Temple | Japanese - Chinese | 25 September 1937 |
LFT281 | Pink Hill | New Zealand - German | 25 May 1941 |
LFT282 | Gardens of Heaven | British - Vichy French | 14 June 1941 : |
LFT283 | Road to Merdjayoun | British - Vichy French | 16 June 1941 |
LFT284 | Vichy Strikes Back | British - Vichy French | 16 June 1941 |
LFT285 | The Arab Legion | British - Vichy French | 1 July 1941 |
LFT286 | The Last Fire Mission | Russian - German | 24 April 1945 |
LFT287 | Operation Scipio | British - German | 6 April 1943 |
LFT288 | Fondouk Express | German - British & US | 21 9 April 1943 |
LFT289 | Haka at Takrouna | German & Italian - New Zealand | 20 April 1943 |
LFT290 | Picking Olives | Italian - British | 20 April 1943 |
LFT291 | First Skirmish | German - US | 26 November 1942 |
LFT292 | Engineer Hill | US - Japanese | 29 May 1943 |
LFT293 | Wild Men from Texas | German - American | 15 December 1943 |
LFT325 | The Cauquigny Bridgehead | American - German | 6 June 1944 |
LFT326 | Vitamin B | Japanese & Indian - British | 14 February 1945 |
The scenario designers are, in no particular order :
– Philippe Naud
– Alexandre Rousse-Lacordaire
– Laurent Closier
– Lionel Colin
– Steve Swann
– Andrew Hershey
– Torsten Cumberland
– Brian Martuzas
– Vince Lewonski
– Robert Hammond
– Burnie Hegdahl
The maps
8 brand new maps :
The maps needed to play LFT # 15 scenarios are the following : 12, 25, 26, 27, 49 and maps LFT 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10.
And for our US followers, here are the Arid terrain rules, US letter size :
Documents
Errata
LFT15 - Errata / Q&A / Clarification (special thanks to Robert Hammond) :
Arid/Desert Terrain rules :
1. Rule AD1.1 AD RULE NOTATION, first sentence - change “AD Terrain is in effect.” to “Arid/Desert rules
are in effect.”
2. Rule AD1.2 CHAPTER F - reword entire rule as follows :
“AD1.2 CHAPTERS B & F
“When AD Terrain rules are in effect, all Chapter B and Chapter F rules are also in effect, except as modified
herein [EXC : Entrenching is as per Chapter F]. If there is a conflict between AD Terrain rules and Chapter B
and/or Chapter F, then AD Terrain rules take precedence.”
3. AD2.11 BOARD LFT3 - Add the following two sentences to the end, “If by SSR ‘La Cañada’ is declared to
be a level 1 hill, the hill Crest Line is determined normally (B10.11). However, currently in VASL, the LOS
rules established will not work if ‘La Cañada’ is declared to be a hill.”
4. Rule AD3.63 OASIS PALM TREES, first sentence - add “Oasis” between “AD” and “Palm”.
About rule AD4.1, the terrain types listed are treated as Woods for Rout determination (A10.51). However, a Trench *is* considered Rally Terrain (A10.61).
5. Rule AD4.4 BUILDINGS, first sentence, fourth line - change “desert colored” to “desert-colored”.
All > signs in the article "Left out in the sun too long" must be read as >=. Sorry about this.
FT274, Bear Valley
1. QUESTION : Does a non-Good Order Yaquis (Native American) qualify for and still receive a -1 Ambush
drm ?
Answer : Yes.
2. QUESTION : Does a Concealed Yaquis (Native American) receive a total of -3 on the Ambush dr (-2
Concealed & -1 Yaquis charactereristic) ?
Answer : Yes.
3. QUESTION : Are the Yaquis (Native Americans) considered Stealthy ?
Answer : No.
4. QUESTION : What happens to a Yaquis (Native Americans) MMC which Battle Hardens ?
Answer : It becomes Fanatic.
FT275, Trust Us
1. SSR 1, first sentence before the exception - reword as follows : “Arid/Desert rules are in effect.”
FT276, "Genghis Khan Lives !"
1. SSR 1, first sentence before the exception - reword as follows : “Arid/Desert rules are in effect.”
2. The " Ude Artillery Screen " group has 4 crews and the " Ude Garrison " group has 2 crews.
FT278, "Toridasu" !
1. in SSR1, delete " Orchards are Palm Trees (G4.)".
2. The Balance is correct ; the scenario is 7.5 turns long
3. The OB Partisan ELR is 2.
FT280, Salvation at the Temple
1. SSR 1, third sentence - reword what is inside the parentheses as follows : “Building overlay X27 has the
following characteristics : The Base Level of the overlay is level 2 and this includes the extensions of the overlay
into the adjoining hexes ; the building is a Factory (B23.74).”
FT281, Pink Hill
1. SSR 2 - delete the first and third sentences.
2. SSR 2, in the exception - delete “Orchards,”.
FT282, Gardens of Heaven
1. Clarification : Overlay RttR E is from “Rivers to the Reich”.
FT284, Vichy Strikes Back
1. QUESTION : In the British Balance, they receive a 6 A-P minefield. Does this Fortification set up using HIP ?
Answer : Yes.
FT285, The Arab Legion
1. SSR 2, first sentence - delete the exception.
2. SSR 2, second sentence - delete.
3. SSR 3, second sentence - add to the end the following : “the AAMG”.
FT287, Operation Scipio
1. QUESTION : What happens on British Turn 4 if there is a German unit **# 3** hexes from every
Concealment Terrain hex on board LFT8 ?
Answer : The British reinforcement 7-0 leader and Phone must either : a) be placed Concealed $ 4 hexes away
from any German unit in non-Concealment Terrain or ; b) wait until Game Turn 5 but must be placed either
using HIP in Concealment Terrain $ 4 hexes from all German units or, if unable to be placed in Concealment
Terrain, must be placed Concealed $ 4 hexes away from any German unit. If unable to be so placed, the 7-0
leader and Phone are eliminated.
FT288, Fondouk Express
1. Clarification : In SSR 1, second sentence, in the exception - change “dirty” to “dirt”.
FT290, "Picking Olives"
1. In the New Zealander OoB, delete the 7-0 and Radio.
FT292, Engineer Hill
1. SSR 2, first through third sentences - reword as follows : “Arid/Desert terrain is in effect as follows : Grain
(AD3.161) is in effect ; all woods/brush hexes are scrub (AD4.3) but the scrub conforms to the woods/brush
outline ; roads exist.”.
FT293, Wild Men from Texas
1. In the Historical Perspective, last sentence - delete the two words “of the”.
2. SSR 2 - reword as follows : “All buildings on board LFT7 are stone rubble ; moreover, this rubble is treated as
Rout, Rally, and Ambush Terrain. All Orchards are Cactus Patch hexes (B14.7). Hammada hexes are Arid
Debris (AD3.4).”
FT326, Vitamin B
1. SSR 1 - Add the following sentence to the end : “All desert-colored hexes on board LFT10 are Soft Sand
(G13.3).”
2. QUESTION : What is the MF/MP cost to enter woods, brush, or crags in Soft Sand ?
Answer : The MF/MP cost is as per Chapter B in a Temperate hex [EXC : Bypass of woods is treated as if Soft
Sand].