Belated congrats on getting the scenario published! Actually you are a man after my heart. Some time ago myself, my son and another were working on forming a re-enacted Marine unit - the 4t Marines in the Philippines who were surrendered with the Army in early 42 were reinstated and largely incorporated into the Marine Raiders. We were going to be the 2nd Raider Bttn. - which, under Evans Carlson were very different from the 1st under Mike Edson. The 2nd under Carlson had a lot more firepower than the 1st, utilizing BARs and "grease guns," Thompsons with drum magazines and the works. They used a 13-man squad which later the regular USMC adopted and Carlson was influenced heavily by the Chinese 6th Route Army he accompanied - which were or became the commies - something many at the top had a problem with. Going into Makin with Roosevelt's son, they had a rough start losing many of the outboard motors and having a heck of a time landing. Just as you say they were frequently strafed by Zeros and I am pretty sure - if memory serves me correctly - they even radio directed OBA from one of the submarines against a flying boat or some craft with Japanese and scored a direct hit during the battle. They achieved a resounding success and I am very thrilled to consider acquiring this - mainly just for this scenario. I love the Raiders - particularly the 2nd Raider Bttn. BTW I got into a debate with an historian about the Raiders on this mission wearing black died uniforms and strips on helmets. i later found several large photos of them during and after the raid showing unmistakably them in black died uniforms. Hey ... Maybe we can ger some black Raider counters ... hahahaha.... There is a Critical Hit thing called Busting the Bocage BAR edition which I had from before that I found. In it the Rangers get a BER if they split a squad into 1/2 squads and I think there is some other criteria. I am thinking about giving every 3rd Raider squad one - because I feel the 2nd Raider Bttn should have more firepower than the first as they historically did. In any case you really researched this scenario well! Outstanding !!
Welcome back! Would love to see the QRDC be consolidated into a single sheet that has all the several varying sheets from the different modules included on one overall QRDC...maybe also consolidate the vehicle notes similarly.
Neil, Nicely done on getting into the ranks of the published. I look forward to getting this pack next week and checking Makin Mayhem out. I may hold off on viewing your playtest video until I have a chance to play it once.
Have you done this already? Create a video on your thought process creating your scenario? From the inspiration, how you chose the maps, working out the OOB, VC, and then design of the number of turns etc. wait, you may be doing this right now.
I've not done it yet. But I might do one for the scenario in this pack. Like I mention, I'm no expert designer, but sharing the "process" I used could be interesting...or incredibly boring. 😂😂
it really requires ALL the bonus and expansions? bonus #1 has been out of stock forever. On the bonus #1 description there is just a map and scenarios. no additional rules or counters
Labelling the East of Kyiv/Kiev scenario as being in Russia is... unfortunate. I know this game endlessly conflates Russia and the Soviet Union, but where were the proof readers living in recent years?
Belated congrats on getting the scenario published! Actually you are a man after my heart.
Some time ago myself, my son and another were working on forming a re-enacted Marine unit - the 4t Marines in the Philippines who were surrendered with the Army in early 42 were reinstated and largely incorporated into the Marine Raiders. We were going to be the 2nd Raider Bttn. - which, under Evans Carlson were very different from the 1st under Mike Edson. The 2nd under Carlson had a lot more firepower than the 1st, utilizing BARs and "grease guns," Thompsons with drum magazines and the works. They used a 13-man squad which later the regular USMC adopted and Carlson was influenced heavily by the Chinese 6th Route Army he accompanied - which were or became the commies - something many at the top had a problem with.
Going into Makin with Roosevelt's son, they had a rough start losing many of the outboard motors and having a heck of a time landing. Just as you say they were frequently strafed by Zeros and I am pretty sure - if memory serves me correctly - they even radio directed OBA from one of the submarines against a flying boat or some craft with Japanese and scored a direct hit during the battle.
They achieved a resounding success and I am very thrilled to consider acquiring this - mainly just for this scenario. I love the Raiders - particularly the 2nd Raider Bttn. BTW I got into a debate with an historian about the Raiders on this mission wearing black died uniforms and strips on helmets. i later found several large photos of them during and after the raid showing unmistakably them in black died uniforms. Hey ... Maybe we can ger some black Raider counters ... hahahaha....
There is a Critical Hit thing called Busting the Bocage BAR edition which I had from before that I found. In it the Rangers get a BER if they split a squad into 1/2 squads and I think there is some other criteria. I am thinking about giving every 3rd Raider squad one - because I feel the 2nd Raider Bttn should have more firepower than the first as they historically did. In any case you really researched this scenario well! Outstanding !!
Congrats on your first published scenario buddy, kudos! 🍾
Thanks sir, and thanks for the playtesting.
Congrats on getting a scenario published!
You are the BEST ASL Designer. Full Stop
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My congrats on your scenario, too, and I hope to see many more.
Congratulations on the scenario! It's a big deal to get it published by MMP!
Welcome back! Would love to see the QRDC be consolidated into a single sheet that has all the several varying sheets from the different modules included on one overall QRDC...maybe also consolidate the vehicle notes similarly.
Gratz on the scenario Neal, that's great.
Welcome back from summer and wow congrats on your published scenario!!
Neil, Nicely done on getting into the ranks of the published. I look forward to getting this pack next week and checking Makin Mayhem out. I may hold off on viewing your playtest video until I have a chance to play it once.
Congratulations on your scenario being published!🎉🏅
congratulations on your scenario design credit
Congrats! I'd love to play your scenario!
That’s awesome, congrats
Have you done this already? Create a video on your thought process creating your scenario? From the inspiration, how you chose the maps, working out the OOB, VC, and then design of the number of turns etc. wait, you may be doing this right now.
I've not done it yet. But I might do one for the scenario in this pack. Like I mention, I'm no expert designer, but sharing the "process" I used could be interesting...or incredibly boring. 😂😂
@@ASLAcademyI need help sleeping so I would appreciate it.
Hopefully you will do a show on how you made a scenario, thanks
Now the challenge is to create scenarios using just the pack components.
I can see a few.
Congratulations on getting your scenario published.
A more detailed look at the counters included would have been nice.
Yeah, I meant to zoom in on them a bit but forgot. I'm a little rusty. 😁
@ASLAcademy I went back and paused and got a rough idea.
They missed the opportunity to print black SS
Don't go there... 😂😂
So in your scenario, ? Meant isn’t lost if moving in OG? As it uses the interdiction definition in the SSR?
Hmm contents near the bottom doesn’t mention counters…unless I’m missing something
Yeah, didn't notice that. It's mentioned in the block above it tho.
Now just need HOB and ASLSK players will be set.
Only the expansion pack #1, 1st edition was stand alone.
it really requires ALL the bonus and expansions? bonus #1 has been out of stock forever. On the bonus #1 description there is just a map and scenarios. no additional rules or counters
I'm just going by what's on the back sheet. I didn't go through every scenario to see if maps or counters are required from every SK product.
Man. Requiring all those others? Definite non starter.
Labelling the East of Kyiv/Kiev scenario as being in Russia is... unfortunate. I know this game endlessly conflates Russia and the Soviet Union, but where were the proof readers living in recent years?
Congrats on getting a scenario published!