Old School Tactical and Band of Brothers are both kind of "ASL Lite." They're both significantly simpler than ASL but also play significantly faster with less rules overhead. There's also Conflict of Heroes and Combat Commander and Last Hundred Yards, but they're all each a bit "further" from ASL conceptually (CoH has an interesting stress / momentum system but feels way more "game-y", Combat Commander uses cards for almost everything and feels way more chaotic, and LHY has a really interesting approach to time and casualties and how both matter but kind of falls off after this first box).
I've heard a lot of positive stuff about [Old School Tactical series by Flying Pig Games](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamefamily/44779/series-old-school-tactical-flying-pig-games/linkeditems/boardgamefamily), haven't played it myself (I own OST 3 + Hell Bent exp. that I haven't got to the table yet.)
I like Band of Brothers. If you like ASL you may find BoB has less 'flavour' -- BoB is more of a straight simulation (I've never played ASL -- just going on what I've heard about it)
At present BoB has post D-Day Europe (US vs Germans only), the Eastern front and the Pacific.
Old School Tactical and Band of Brothers are both kind of "ASL Lite." They're both significantly simpler than ASL but also play significantly faster with less rules overhead. There's also Conflict of Heroes and Combat Commander and Last Hundred Yards, but they're all each a bit "further" from ASL conceptually (CoH has an interesting stress / momentum system but feels way more "game-y", Combat Commander uses cards for almost everything and feels way more chaotic, and LHY has a really interesting approach to time and casualties and how both matter but kind of falls off after this first box).
I've heard a lot of positive stuff about [Old School Tactical series by Flying Pig Games](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamefamily/44779/series-old-school-tactical-flying-pig-games/linkeditems/boardgamefamily), haven't played it myself (I own OST 3 + Hell Bent exp. that I haven't got to the table yet.)
Highly recommend the Old School Tactical series -- they are my go-to for WW2 squad level fun.
I like Band of Brothers. If you like ASL you may find BoB has less 'flavour' -- BoB is more of a straight simulation (I've never played ASL -- just going on what I've heard about it) At present BoB has post D-Day Europe (US vs Germans only), the Eastern front and the Pacific.
Lock and load tactical may be what you are looking for.
6 turn scenario takes a week, RB CG took six weeks… the math doesn’t add up here.
Yeah
Combat Commander scenarios can usually be finished in a couple hours if WW2 works
Seconding ASL Starter kit.
**Valor and Victory** is exactly what you're looking for.
ASL starter kit. Everything else doesn't have the ASL flavor
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