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| Producer Name: Canadian ASL Association (1997- ) |
| Still Active?: Yes |
| Commentary: The Canadian ASL Association was created by Jim McLeod in 1997 to try to put Canadian ASLers in touch with each other and to encourage play of ASL in Canada. It started a newsletter (Maple Leaf Route) and a Canadian players directory. Later, it also took over direction of the Canadian ASL Open tournament from the Winnipeg ASL Club. |
| Title: Maple Leaf Route | |||||
| Publisher/Date: Canadian ASL Association (1997-2004) | Product Type: Newsletter (published irregularly) | ||||
| Contents: Newsletter | |||||
| Country of Origin: Canada | |||||
| Commentary: The Maple Leaf Route
was the occasional newsletter of the Canadian ASL Association, an
organization established to promote ASL and support ASLers within Canada.
The main person behind the newsletter, as well as the organization itself,
has been Manitoban Jim McLeod. The publication schedule of the
newsletter, as time passed, went from quarterly to biannually to, finally,
"whenever." Content included occasional actual articles on ASL subjects (such as an analysis of bogging), as well as the usual stuff of ASL newsletters: local ASL news, tournament reports, scenario AARs. Apparently, the scenarios of Canada at War first appeared in the pages of MLR. The MLR had a real chance to be a voice for Canadian ASLers, but since it has been two years since the last issue, this possibility is increasingly unlikely. |
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| Title: Canada at War | |||||
| Publisher/Date: Canadian ASL Association (1998?) | Product Type: Scenario Pack | ||||
| Contents: 6 scenarios | |||||
| Country of Origin: Canada | |||||
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Commentary: The scenarios in this small pack were designed by Jim McLeod and produced for the benefit of the Canadian ASL Association. The scenarios apparently appeared originally in CASLA's newsletter, Maple Leaf Route. They are included here as a separate listing because (for reasons explained below), they are more well known as a set of scenarios. McLeod later gave permission for the British ASL newsletter, View from the Trenches, to reprint the scenarios; these are still available as free downloads in the VFTT format (see Issues #32-35). Another reprinting, apparently unauthorized and possibly through miscommunication, occurred by Lone Canuck Publishing, using their layout style and artwork. According to Jim McLeod, Lone Canuck stopped selling these scenarios at his request. The VFTT and Lone Canuck versions, however, are probably how most ASLers became acquainted with the scenarios, rather than in their original, CASLA version. The half-dozen scenarios all feature Canadian troops in action, including Hong Kong 1941, Normandy 1944, Germany 1945, and Netherlands 1945. Most of the scenarios are quite small (the largest force has only 11.5 squads) and play very quickly. They may well have been designed for tournament play. One scenario has OBA (a Creeping Barrage). There is no air support or Night rules. In general, the scenarios are quite well balanced and are pretty fun. The most popular is MLR1 (Hana-Saku), the Hong Kong scenario (one of the few PTO scenarios to be published by Lone Canuck). However, also well worth trying are MLR2 (Troteval Farm), MLR3 (Mooshof Melee) and MLR4 (Sneek Attack). All can be played in an afternoon.
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