It’s been a while since my last project so I’ve decided to have a go at app development for Android and iOS using Googles Flutter. I looked at Xamarin and React Native but for various reasons chose Flutter (the biggest reasons were simply because it’s “new” and therefore “shiny”, plus I liked the “everything’s a widget” approach). Continue reading →
My US forces “only” needed to control 25 building hexes over the crease of the map. No small feat for sure and the battle isn’t over. But it’s probably not far off. A rookie error led to the devastation of an important stack on the first turn of the game and I’ve been trying to recover from that SNAFU ever since. Continue reading →
In the second scenario of the starter kit I was, as the Russians, tasked with defending 3 key buildings from a German onslaught. Having setup my units the enormity of the task came to bear as I saw the German infantry stacks placed across the road with several machine guns at their disposal and a flamethrower! During my setup phase I also chose to position several squads poorly, especially an MMG which could have been placed in a much more useful position but instead spent much of the game rather underutilized. My other LMG’s were also poorly positioned. One on the right flank without any support! What was I thinking? Continue reading →
Just a quick note-to-self so that I remember this less than ideal hack that gets Acrobat working again if it stops opening. Perhaps it will also assist others as Adobe themselves seem reluctant to offer an official fix, or even an official work around except to instruct the user to try uninstalling/reinstalling. Ugh. That old chestnut (that doesn’t work).
The only remedy I’ve found after extensive Googling is to run this small app. Unfortunately I’ve forgotten where I got it from (I’ll happily adjust this post and credit the creator should anyone know who).
The app is in the following zip file
Beginning Advanced Squad Leader isn’t easy. Not because the rules are hard (they are), but because simply finding the damn rules is hard. At the time of writing getting hold of the main 3 ring binder of rules is frustratingly difficult. Add to this, Beyond Valor (ASL Module 1) is essentially required in order to begin then the task becomes even harder unless you’re willing to throw money at multiple different online retailers or *cringe* Ebay scalpers who I’m sure buy up loads of rulebooks and modules then wait for them to go out of print.
For me it was impossible to find a retailer that had the main rulebook, Beyond Valor, and were willing to ship to my location in Asia. So in the end I accepted my fate and picked up the Pocket Edition of the rules with Beyond Valor from A Gray Rooster Sales with the help of a very nice retailer called Dan. I could have ordered direct from MMP but for some reason they don’t accept PayPal and I couldn’t find enough information regarding the shipping method (untracked packages have a habit of going “missing” in the postal system here). Continue reading →
