Can't believe it took this long to find this. Wonderful tutorial. The Guards is a fantastic tutorial for the game, looking forward to the rest.

Blast from the past to be sure. Still vaguely recall something in the rules mentioning that the actual Dzerzhinsky tractor works would take up more than one entire map card at game scale. My friends and I used to joke that the pace of gameplay was so detailed and slow the Allies would have landed in Normandy by the time we completed the Stalingrad scenarios :)

I still have my 1987 vintage ASL stuff. Havent played since 1991 .. .but still love my stuff!

I finally got all the starter kits but now I see that I'll have to buy the whole enchilada! I hope you are able to continue this series. Nice job!

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For those of you who don't have a nearby opponent or the space to set up a game, check out the VASL (Virtual ASL) on VASSAL. Almost all boards and components are available on various websites, plus Boardgame Geeks has a superb ASL support group frequented by the chief ASL rulemaker from MMP and other extremely knowledgeable players.