We anticipate (i.e., if there are no printing problems) this magazine will be released at WINTER OFFENSIVE 2011, held January 14th - 17th in Bowie, Maryland. This magazine will come off preorder on January 17th, and should begin shipping on/around the 18th.

The ASL Journal #9 is a 64-page magazine for fans of Advanced Squad Leader. This magazine is stuffed full of ASL goodness, including:

Verdict at Nuremberg mini-campaign game designed by Pete Shelling;

Suicide Creek campaign game with:

• 24” x 26” map
• (180) x 1/2” counters and (64) x 5/8” counters
• Chapter Z rules pages Z63-Z78 with the Suicide Creek Campaign Game rule
• 6 stand-alone scenarios (J131-J136)

The 24 scenarios (total, including Nuremberg and Suicide Creek) are:

• J126 Ugly Faces (French/British vs. German, Nieuport, Belgium, 1940)
• J127 Messervy’s Men (Italian vs. British, Tamanau Gap, Eritrea, 1940)
• J128 Opium Hill (British vs. Japanese, Pasir Panjang, Malaya, 1942)
• J129 Mountain Hunters (Russians vs. Romanian/German, Novo Shuli, Crimea, 1942)
• J130 The Art of Dying (Russian vs. Italian, Kotovskij, Russia, 1942)
• J131 First Love (Japanese vs. American, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 1944)
• J132 Jungle Infiltration (American vs. Japanese, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 1944)
• J133 One Miserable Night (American vs. Japanese, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 1944)
• J134 Kerry’s Crossing (Japanese vs. American, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 1944)
• J135 Diversion (Japanese vs. American, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 1944)
• J136 Muddy Mayhem (Japanese vs. American, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 1944)
• J137 No Mercy In Burcy (British vs. German, Burcy, France, 1944)
• J138 Point to Make (German vs. British, Pont à Marcq, France, 1944)
• J139 Light Aid Detached (Partisan/British vs. German, Lessines, Belgium, 1944)
• J140 All Down The Line (German vs. British, Oosterbeek, Holland, 1944)
• J141 Riding With The King (German vs. Russian, Nagykallo, Hungary, 1944)
• J142 Penny Packets (American vs. German, Senonchamps, Belgium, 1944)
• J143 Circle of Doom (German vs. American, Nuremberg, Germany, 1945)
• J144 Three For The Third (German vs. American, Nuremberg, Germany, 1945)
• J145 Golden Pheasants (German vs. American, Nuremberg, Germany, 1945)
• J146 Ragnarök (German vs. Russian, Berlin, Germany, 1945)
• VotG22 Bark You Dogs! (Russian vs. German, Stalingrad, Russia, 1942)
• VotG23 Heroes of the Soviet Union (German vs. Russian, Stalingrad, Russia, 1942)
• VotG24 Raid on Rodimtsev (Russian vs. German, Stalingrad, Russia, 1942)

AND there is plenty to read in this issue including:

• The Art of the Banzai by Bret Hildebran
• The Science of the Banzai by Jim Bishop
• Getting Your Feet Wet by Jon Neall
• Verdict at Nuremberg by Pete Shelling
• The Battle of Suicide Creek by Darrell Andersen
• The Last House on the Left: The Art of Key Building Control by Mark Pitcavage
• A Method to the Madness: How Scenario Designs Happen by Pete Shelling
• Spass mit Panzerfaust! by Tim Hunsdorfer
• The Red Barricades Project by Jim Aikens