West of Alamein - ASL Module 5 (1988)

(from the back of the box :)

This is WEST OF ALAMEIN the long-awaited British addition to the ASL system. As the title implies, it focuses on battles between the British 8th Army and Deutsches Afrika Korps in the North African desert in 1941-43.

WEST OF ALAMEIN contains the entire British order of battle, including all U.S. Lend-Lease vehicles, ordnance and support weapons, thus enabling you to command every major vehicle, gun and troop type used by British and/or Commonwealth forces in every theater throughout the war.

Also contained herein is Chapter F of the ASL rules, which covers the terrain types encountered in the desert and other arid regions: scrub, wadis, hillocks, escarpments, soft sand, dunes, delrs and hammada. Chapter F also provides rules for the special climatic conditions that were so much a part of desert combat, such as dust, heat haze and sun blindness.

Of the five mounted mapboards in WEST OF ALAMEIN, four (#s 26-29) depict flat open desert, with the dominant terrain features on separate, moveable overlays so as to maximize flexibility. The fifth board (#25) represents a rugged hill mass as is found in Tunisia, and can be converted to a large escarpment by means of an overlay specially designed for this purpose.

A Design-Your-Own system for the random selection and placement of overlays is also provided, which in combination with the vehicle and weapon point values, historical notes and DYO charts, will provide an end?ess variety of situations for those who enjoy creating their own scenaros. And as if all this weren’t enough, simple rules have been included to enable the desert boards and overlays to represent the steppes of the Ukraine, providing added flexibility for these components. Of the eight scenaros enclosed, four can be played using the ASL rules and BEYOND VALOR; the other four also require rules, counters and/or a board from YANKS. No other boards or modules are needed.

WEST OF ALAMEIN is not a complete game. Ownership of ASL and BEYOND VALOR is required as is YANKS for four scenarios.

CONTENTS:
5 8" x 22 " mounted Mapboards
560 1/2 " Counters laminated on both sides
704 5/8" Counters laminated on both sides
8 ASL Scenarios
1 Pad of Terrain Overlays
1 7" x 22" Escarpment Overlay
1 ASL Chapter F

Expanded by:

• Pegasus Bridge - ASL Historical Module 4
• A Bridge Too Far: ASL Historical Module 6
• Scotland the Brave
• Scotland the Brave II
• Fortress Cassino: The Road to Rome
• British AFV Cards

Magazine References:

The GENERAL Index Article List:

• The GENERAL Vol.25,No.3
  • West of Alamein - ASL Module 5 – “Gunned-up in the desert- A West of Alamein - ASL Module 5 adventure” (Strategy) Mark C. Nixon
• The GENERAL Vol.25,No.6
  • West of Alamein - ASL Module 5 – “TOMMY ATKINS AT WAR- The British in West of Alamein - ASL Module 5”(Historical) by Charles Markuss
  • West of Alamein - ASL Module 5 – “DESERT WINDS- The Scenarios of West of Alamein - ASL Module 5, Part 1” (Strategy) by Mark C. Nixon

Games International Article List;

• Games International (Issue 3 - Mar 1989)
  • West of Alamein - ASL Module 5 - "review" by Ellis Simpson