advanced squad leader scenario specific maps

ASL – Eye of the Tiger – Board 2 inch scaleįor my first effort at a Crossfire map/table I stretched the ASL map to fit a 4′ x 3′ table perfectly. That gives a bigger table, 4′ x 3′, but still plenty of spare room. ASL – Eye of the Tiger – Board 1-1000 scaleĪs I mentioned in my Guidelines for Converting ASL to Crossfire Steve Burt recommends 2″ on table for each ASL hex. At my normal scale the ASL map fits on a 3′ x 2′ table with room to spare. Bear in mind that officially a ASL hex is 40 metres across.

I normally assume a ground scale of 1:1000 in Crossfire so I had a quick look at what a table might look like at that scale. Now that I had the ASL board it was time to turn it into a Crossfire map/table. With the two overlays the map now looked like this: ASL – Eye of the Tiger – Board with Overlays

I have to admit I’m not sure what I’m doing with ASL and its maps, so I stopped searching when I found “plausible”. ASL – Eye of the Tiger – Board Special RulesĪ bit more Googling and I found plausible overlays for both Wd2 and B3. They are overlays, meaning modifications to the standard ASL boards. Then I found these mentioned in the ASL Special Rules section. I had no idea what they meant so ignored them. If you look at the ASL Board Configuration you might notice annotations of “Wd2” and “B3”. The resulting map looks like this: ASL – Eye of the Tiger – Board without Overlays I (virtually) taped them together and figured out that the bit that is playable is actually the red bit on the ASL Board Configuration, not the white bit. The boards I used were partial and annotated but for my purposes they were fine. It was only later I found the definite source for ASL Maps – just go there first. But it is quite common to find only bits of boards and they usually have counters on top. I did some Googling and found some images that claimed to be Board 4 and Board 42. The first step was to reconstruct the ASL map. ASL – Eye of the Tiger – Board Configuration

The game is only played on a portion of the maps – the notes say “Only hexrows A-P on board 42 and R-GG on board 4 are playable” – but I wasn’t clear whether the playable area was the red bit or the white bit. Just the name of two boards (4, 42) and an implied orientation for both. The starting point was the ASL Board Configuration. I spent an entire day doing the conversion to a Crossfire table. The Germans are trying to take Tuckum on 20 August 1944. The ASL scenario doesn’t have an explicit mission but it is obvious. ASL – Eye of the Tiger – Setting ASL – Eye of the Tiger – Aftermath I included the text from both the “Setting” and “Aftermath”. The ASL scenario has good material for the historical situation. I applied my Guidelines for Converting ASL to Crossfire and a fair amount of judgement. Eye of the Tiger – A Crossfire Scenario is based on the ASL scenario “WCW7 Eye of the Tiger” from Windy City Wargamers Color Scenario Pack 1996 ASL Open Tournament.

Advanced squad leader scenario specific maps