ASL Journal #6 Debriefing Section

We include here some errata for the ASL Rulebook 2^nd Edition (including Chapter K) to join what we previously published in Journals 3, 4, & 5. Also included is some errata for Chapter H, some miscellaneous scenario errata, and errata for some pieces in Journal 5. (Thanks to Bruce Probst and Ole Boe for their help in compiling this, and special thanks to Scott Jackson for the same and for his help with the Q&A.)

Errata for ASLRB 2^nd Edition, Chapter H, Scenarios, and Journal 5

A4.12: replace entire section with “Any Good Order MMC which begins the MPh/APh and ends its MPh/APh stacked with a leader of the same nationality in the same Location, at the same level (2.8), and with the same Wire/entrenchment/panji/paddy status is eligible for a two MF bonus during that MPh/APh, provided it expends all its MF while moving in a combined stack with that leader, and does not expend any of its MF to mount, ride, or dismount any form of conveyance.”

A7.3: second sentence lines 5-6, replace “due to the effect of terrain, Hindrances, target characteristics, and/or leadership” with “as listed on the IFT DRM chart or in the appropriate rules section”. After the second sentence add: “Each applicable entry on the IFT DRM chart is cumulative (A.17) and is applied only once per attack, unless indicated otherwise.”

A7.52: second sentence line 3, delete “(/Cowering/CX penalty)”. After the second sentence add: “Should any member of the FG incur a detrimental DRM, it applies to the entire FG (cumulative as per A7.3).”

A8.3: add at the end “If a unit, or any SW/Gun it possesses, uses Subsequent First Fire (or Intensive Fire) then that unit and all its SW/Guns are marked with a Final Fire counter.”

A8.41 EX: second paragraph, lines 23-25 replace “...the 4-6-7 would then be marked with a First Fire counter while the LMG’s First Fire counter would be flipped to its Final Fire side.” with “the 4-6-7 and LMG would then both be marked with a Final Fire counter.”

A9.52: replace the second sentence with “Spraying Fire can be used against a moving unit and against a Location without a moving unit (halved again for Area Fire), although its only effect in the second Location would be to leave Residual FP.”

A11.51: line 5, replace “unbroken/unpinned, armed” with “unbroken, unpinned, and armed”. Lines 7-8 delete “in a halftrack”.

D4.2 line 7: replace “claim a” with “claim an in-hex” before “Case Q TH DRM”.

E9.12: at the end of the first sentence, add “and the hexgrain direction they will all share.”

Index:

In the definition of “Armed” in line 2 after “(A20.54)”, add “not possessing a functioning Gun/SW”.

Index:

In the definition of “Unarmed” in line 2 after “Gun/SW”, add “or inherent crew”.

Chapter K, page K22: column 2, item number “2”, line 1, add “armed” between “Known” and “enemy” and in line 6 delete “/unarmed”.

Chapter K, page K25: column 1, paragraph beginning "I rally, but you don't…” lines 7-8, replace “instead being subject to the result of yours as if I were broken, except that” with “instead my life being subject to the result of your NMC—plus”.

Chapter K, page K44: column 1, paragraph beginning “No matter what...”, replace that first sentence with “No matter what, though, if you Hook Up a Gun both towing vehicle and Gun crew (Gun crew only if Unhooking) are marked with a TI counter for the rest of the Player Turn.”

ASOP (rev.): Pre-Game Sequence, 11^th primary bullet after “Record the Drop Point of each paratrooper Wing (E9.12)” add “and the single hexgrain direction that will apply to all Wings.”

British Vehicle Note 51 (Humber IV AC): The Vehicle Listing indicates that this vehicle has truck-type movement, but the counters indicate AC-type movement. The counters are correct. (This applies to both West of Alamein and For King and Country.)

Scenario J81 (Twisted Knickers): replace the 3 on-board Stuart IIIs with 3 Stuart Is (5 DVP each).

SASL Mission 15 (Pursuit): bullet two of the “S? Placement/Exit” instructions, replace “or” with “of”, so that it reads:

“one in each road hex west of the Road Network bridge or, if the bridge is part of a predominantly east-west road (i.e., a non-Road Network road), on the EBE side of the non-Road Network side”.

Journal 5: page 4 “A Line In The Sand,” first column, LitS SR 1, add at the end “The inherent HS of each SPW 250/sMG or SPW 251/sMG is a 2-4-8.”

Journal 5: page 4 “A Line In The Sand,” “Operational Force Pool Tables” British Table A, Draw #2, replace “19 DVP” with “14 DVP”; British Table A, Draw #5, replace “4x Stuart II” with “4x Stuart I”; German Table A, Draw #1, replace “20 DVP” with “24 DVP”.