Advanced Squad Leader: Starter Kit #1

Awesome game/module!! Countless hours of fun.. One note to potential players or those that have tried and given up, if you can get someone to teach you the game that is the easiest way to learn. If this is not practical check out the very nice and well done tutorials here and on You Tube. These (especially the first option) will save you ALLOT of frustration. Please enjoy and happy gaming!!

My first steps into the Rabbit Hole and an unknown World. And I like a much what I see and what a tense playing experience this System offers. Advance, Smoke, Supportweapons etc. a fantastic microcosm for tactical warfare in WWII and all other gamesystems. Got SKII, Beyond Valor and Yanks already to dive deeper in the system.

[b]ASL Learning System[/b] The best way to introduce yourself or a friend in ASL, Starter Kit 1 includes just infantry in only ten pages of rules. For me this one is the only must have of the whole SK system. Try it, is cheap and simple. If you don't like it forget about ASL, if you do you can go straight into the full rules or keep learning the SK system. Superb value for its cost. [b]General Scores[/b] Total --- [b]10[/b].

A famous game for a reason. As a collection of interlocking game mechanisms, it is very impressive. It is complicated though, and brain busting, even in this scaled down format. It is a serious game for when you have plenty of time to play, and an opponent who is willing to put in some work learning it. Edit: after more plays, I raised rating to 10. It's a great game and gets better with more plays

Baby's first gateway game into the quintessential wargame series is an excellent stand alone game in its own right. The rules are much more approachable and easy to learn than the detractors make them out to be and, even with just this set, open you up to countless hours of deep emergent gameplay. Rating adjusted to reflect how little I want to play this over full ASL. Revisiting this one to teach someone else ASL has me appreciating this a lot more that I'm going to pick it back up. While there's a lot from full ASL that I miss, I do love the straightforward scenario design that makes for such a fantastic quick playing experience.