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Episode 217: Axis and Arnhem

The 2 Half-Squads ·

2019/03/04

Interesting listeners want to know. Is it Dave and Jeff, or Jeff and Dave? Well everyone knows that these things are done alphabetically. That would make Dave and Jeff the official way of addressing the hosts of The Two Half-Squads, the one and only podcast dedicated 100% to the greatest game in the world: Advanced Squad Leader. In this episode lot's o' lovely letters from our lucky listeners cover such topics as tournament announcements and other things of ASL interest. We review Arnhem: The

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Episode 216: Corregidor Forevermore with David Roth

The 2 Half-Squads ·

2019/02/17

Another amazing interview. This time we snag David Roth who utilized 25 research books and other sources including some interviews with survivors of the battle in order to design this amazing module. . He tells us of the challenges and joys of producing such a marvelous game for Bounding Fire Productions. Learn some history of the battle while you listen. Corregidor: The Rock contains a beautiful map and David gives us a thorough tour of the terrain and we get a preview of David's upcoming

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Episode 215: Climbing the ASL Ladder with Nadir

The 2 Half-Squads ·

2019/02/03

Nadir Elfarra of Advanced Squad Leader Fame We actually never discuss the ASL Ladder. We just put it into the title because it rhymes with Nadir, our guest. Nadir Elfarra has been a long time contributor to the world of Advanced Squads Leader. He was with the players around Los Angeles, Mark Neukom Steve Dethlefson and Eddie Zeman and many others who were all producing ASL stuff. He has worked on Parkers Crossroads, done lot's of art for various publications. Operation Watchtower was his

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Episode 214: Mad Hatten in Flames

The 2 Half-Squads ·

2019/01/14

Bob Joins us again and we open with some BEARS talk, and since that will appeal to very few of you we also have a discussion about Peter Jackson's The Hobbit Trilogy and Russians in general. What we have been playing lately includes scenario ASL 173: Father Sunshine, and WO 20 Sealing Their Fate. What's in the box? gives us an opportunity to review the Russian counters from Broken Ground Design as well as the new Multi Man Publishing product for the Advanced Squad Leader game system, Hatten in

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Episode 213: Bob and Us on Broken Ground

The 2 Half-Squads ·

2019/01/01

A very Happy New Year to you all! We wish all of you the best for a wonderful 2019 and many more. The power goes out on was while recording which proves to be a fortuitous event, because when we resume recording weeks later we are graced by a visit from Bob Holmstrom as he makes a return to the broadcast foxhole. During What's In The Box?, we look at many of Broken Ground's new counters for ASL, including the panzerfaust counters, the IIIFT residual and fire lane counters. There are also FFE

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Episode 212: Rule #1; Always Play the Germans

The 2 Half-Squads ·

2018/12/14

Holiday greetings listeners. We hope this yuletide season finds you all cheery and staying warm by the fire. What better time than this to have a cup of hot coco and have a listen to the one and only podcast dedicated nearly 100% to the greatest game in the world....Advanced Squad Leader. In this episode Dave compiles a set of recordings he had hanging around on his computer, including a look at a scenario or two with local ASLer's Mark Woods, Doug Gries, Bob Holmstrom, and Dave Timonen, and the

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Episode 211:Yanks and Sugar Tanks

The 2 Half-Squads ·

2018/11/28

Recorded on a wintry night, we managed to finish #211 just before the power went out (forcing the postponement of the recording of #212), this episode features a whole bunch of letters, the announcement of the winner of the game YANKS, and an in depth look at the rest of the scenarios from Korea: Forgotten War. SHOW TIMES 1:00 Chit Chat 15:00 Letters 33:00 YANKS Winner Announced 37:30 Forgotten War Scenarios Part II 1:08:12 Total Running Time SHOW LINKS ASL Germany - Grenadier Website

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Episode 210: Cranking Out the Crackers

The 2 Half-Squads ·

2018/11/16

If you are quite certain that you want to miss the bantery discussion of some interesting films that Dave and Jeff have seen lately, as well as info on how crackers are made you can skip right to minute nineteen and get a close look at the Kampfgruppe Scherer Player's Guide. This guide can provide you with a big assist when you play the game. We are proud to present the last of our ASL Open interviews, with Bret Hildebrand and Mike Stubits, and this is one you won't want to miss. Why would you

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Episode 209: Garret and the Return of Box Art Review

The 2 Half-Squads ·

2018/10/30

Hear the dulcet tones of Dave's nose flute, as well as Jeff's new flute provided to The 2 Half-Squads courtesy of Bill Forg and his amazing 3-D printer. Many of you have been waiting a long time for the return of Box Art Review. The fine art chosen this episode is from Winter Offensive Pack #9. Pull up an image from your google search and have a gander. Beware, it is quite frightening......and just in time for Halloween! Dave covers a playing of scenario WO11 Across The Issel and scenario ASL172

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Episode 208: Hand Me a Sniper

The 2 Half-Squads ·

2018/10/14

Disco, rap, space travel and cultural preferences are just a few of the topics discussed before we dive into our coverage of the greatest game in the world - Advanced Squad Leader. Join Fred Canzolino and Mark DeVries as they discuss their favorite aspects of ASL. We announce the winner of our contest for Hot Stove 3, you'll have to listen to find out if you are the lucky winner. There is also a new contest announced. Yes, you can win YANKS. Just send us an email with the word Yanks in the

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Episode 207: Battlin' Banozic

The 2 Half-Squads ·

2018/09/29

Banozic, Emberton and Forg What a treasure trove of an interview! We've got it right here for ya brothers and sisters. It is the legendary and lyrical Robert Banozic. He is joined by Will Forg, and Zach Emberton, Together they reminisce and pontificate on all things ASL. Robert was one of the first names that early Advanced Squad Leader players recognize from his days in the early Chicago scene and his writings in many prominent publications, Backblast, The General and the Annual among

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Episode 206: Vaughn, Kirk, Kraatz and More

The 2 Half-Squads ·

2018/09/11

Helllooooo Listeners! Dave, Jeff and guess who? Listener Mark Kraatz at Gen Con Did you know at Gen Con we were just walking down the street and someone yelled "Is that Dave and Jeff?" Would you believe it was listener Mark Kratz? We also discuss the longest ASL scenario ever played. MMP's Messenger Boys. It took well over a year and a half. Lets see you take that long to play a scenario. In the box is Winter Offensive Pack #9 . We snagged a nice interview at the ASL Open with Wes Vaughn and

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Episode 205: That's the Way it Goes Folks

The 2 Half-Squads ·

2018/08/30

Fall is fast approaching and so is the next episode. We just can't believe how fast time flies. Or how long this episode is. It seems like only yesterday we were celebrating #200 together. In this show Dave confesses his big mistake in tracking what we have covered and have not covered in the rules so far, he apologizes for covering the infantry fire rules again. Therefore, we cover the rules from opportunity fire to rule 7.32. Our goal is to cover the entire Advanced Squad Leader rule book

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Episode 204: Cot Not Cat

The 2 Half-Squads ·

2018/08/14

What a great opening song! Check out the lyrics below and enjoy the brilliance of the Donovan Studios as they continue to produce marvelous ASL songs. Lay out your boards and follow along as Rick Hollander and Dave Kleinschmidt present their After Action Report of Bounding Fire Productions scenario ITR 12 Sosabowski Slapdown that appeared in Into the Rubble 2. We delve into the Critical Hit product Hot Stove 1 in the What's in the Box segment to wrap things up until next time. CONTEST: If you

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Episode 203: Episode Unavailable

The 2 Half-Squads ·

2018/07/29

This summer has been extremely hot Dave's Russians push against Mark's Germans and so is this episode. Why? Because we get back to the grind and continue our coverage of the Advanced Squad Leader rules, 7.0, Fire Attacks. When is that fire doubled? Halved? Tripled (oh yeah)? Do you even know? Of course you do.But you may not know the more advanced concept from this rules section. Match your wits and ASL knowledge against Jeff as he is quizzed while we discuss the rules on Fire Attacks. If

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Episode 202: Jeff, The Killing Machine

The 2 Half-Squads ·

2018/07/19

Jeff, otherwise known as the Black Belt of Death, reveals his humble beginnings in the wonderful art of Karate. He also tells us what chicks used to "dig" back in the day. We get some nice letters from listeners, very nice letters. Everyone's a hero in the re-issue of the Hero Pax from Critical Hit. They have been updated and have art added, as well as a few new scenarios.To finish off the program we have an interview with the very famous Brian Martuzas from the ASL Open. He has worked on Armies

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ASL Extra 25: Shklov's Labors Lost

The 2 Half-Squads ·

2018/07/16

Hello, It's been a while since we have published an ASL Extra. This one has been recorded in a play by play style, where we follow every move and roll of an exciting game between Mike Ryzy's Germans and Eric Ortega's Russian defenders, as they try to hold onto some required buildings in Shklov, Russia. Hopefully you will enjoy listening along while the game is played, rules are recalled and strategy discussed. We had trouble posting photos to flikr so we put them all here.

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Episode 201: An ASL Oddity

The 2 Half-Squads ·

2018/06/27

Sorry HAL 9000, it had to be done.....and we had a lot of fun doing it. Do you think a HAL unit would have it's line of sight blocked to the interior of the ship if you held the ASL rulebook up over it's little red eye? You will learn the answer to that question as we explore rule 6, LOS. It is a bit of a "quiz show" so sharpen your mind and prepare to listen. See if you can beat Jeff to the right answers. You new ASLer's can learn alot about the history of the game from our interview with the

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Episode 200: Totally Twisted 200

The 2 Half-Squads ·

2018/06/25

Boy, that number 200 does look odd in the title. We hope you don't have your hopes up too much this one. Doing that almost always guarantees disappointment and we give you enough disappointment even without our listeners having an unusually high expectation for this podcast. Following the usual format Jeff presents a look at BFP-78 Operation Wheatfield from Bounding Fire's Crucible of Steel, after the usual banter of course. If you didn't know that Dave went to Ireland, well, you will after this

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Episode 199: All Swears, All the Time

The 2 Half-Squads ·

2018/05/28

Welcome back our friends to the show that never ends! Well, maybe never ends. Well, of course it will end. BUT IT WILL GO BEYOND EPISODE 200. Sorry to be the bearers of bad news. Anyway, we open with quite a bit of boring banter, then many rather interesting letters, a detailed look at Scenario 176: The Only Way Out, then finish up with a look at Critical Hit's Dutch Trucks III. This product has some limited use for existing ASL scenarios but is a lot of fun.

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