Takes me back to the 80's when I bought all of these from Hamely's toy store on Regents Street. If I remember rightly the boxed adult games were on the top floor!
This is cool. I got my first vintage Avalon Hill game a couple weeks ago. I just went ahead and got the original Stonewall Jackson's Way. It was still in shrink, way cheaper than buying a copy of the MMP updated reprint. So it was really neat for me to look in one of these old boxes. I think the parts list in mine says 1995 as well. So maybe there was a whole bunch of NOS copies of these games from that year floating around. Edit: nope, I just checked again and the parts list says December 1992. So I must have an original printing. Nice!
I played "Advanced Squad Leader" for decades back in college....then sold them all off (right before MMP reprint thank you!) and repurchased this game and the expansions. IMHO they are a better game as they are MUCH more playable. There are a few other alternatives that hit-the-same sweet spot of ease of play vs. "realism" but this is a good one regardless of the game's age.
Tip: Ignore ALL of the vehicle rules in the original game (seriously!) they were completely replaced in the supplements (first one I think) and they are MUCH better.
Well done, I always liked playing the Squad Leader better than ASL
Takes me back to the 80's when I bought all of these from Hamely's toy store on Regents Street.
If I remember rightly the boxed adult games were on the top floor!
I'd love to get Squad Leader. 😀
This is cool. I got my first vintage Avalon Hill game a couple weeks ago. I just went ahead and got the original Stonewall Jackson's Way. It was still in shrink, way cheaper than buying a copy of the MMP updated reprint. So it was really neat for me to look in one of these old boxes. I think the parts list in mine says 1995 as well. So maybe there was a whole bunch of NOS copies of these games from that year floating around. Edit: nope, I just checked again and the parts list says December 1992. So I must have an original printing. Nice!
I opened all 4 games. SL, COI, and COD all 1995. GI was 1992.
I played "Advanced Squad Leader" for decades back in college....then sold them all off (right before MMP reprint thank you!) and repurchased this game and the expansions. IMHO they are a better game as they are MUCH more playable. There are a few other alternatives that hit-the-same sweet spot of ease of play vs. "realism" but this is a good one regardless of the game's age.
Tip: Ignore ALL of the vehicle rules in the original game (seriously!) they were completely replaced in the supplements (first one I think) and they are MUCH better.