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 :
And for our US followers, here are the Arid terrain rules, US letter size :
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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. SSR 1, last sentence - delete.
{{{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].