I recently read some of the old ASL Annuals (published by Avalon Hill in the late 80s and early 90s) when a full-page ad for the ASL Game Assist Program caught my eye.

Nowadays, it is of course fairly common for a game to have a companion app, be it official or fan-made. But it surprised me to see an implementation of this idea so early, and I wanted to take a look-see!

While the app isn't available for download anywhere these days, I got lucky: the original developer, Chris Gammon, replied ...

After a fairly long hiatus, I recently started playing Advanced Squad Leader again. I played a match with Tobias, with whom I had played a lot around 2014-2015, who informed me that he was organizing a tournament in North Bavaria and invited me to come play.

Day 1

So this Friday I stuffed my ASL kit and a blahaj into my luggage and hopped on a train, then a bus, and ended up in a chicken coop.

The venue was in Kleineibstadt, in the northwestern tip of Bavaria. We...