Les_the_Sarge_9_1
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The long answer would be, that you only need original Squad Leader to play Squad Leader but.... If you get a nice copy, it gives you the 4 original boards, Russians, Germans and US forces. Bit of vehicles, basic artillery concepts and a modest DYO system. Cross of Iron did a major over haul of the armour system, and revamped the Russian and German vehicles. It also had a new board. Crescendo of Doom was the first appearance of British French and minors tot he game. And a lot of stuff was re worked. It had two new boards. GI Anvil of Victory was the finally reworked US forces for boards, and an attempt to unify and re organise the rules system. You will want to likely either settle for Squad Leader, or get the components in the order they were released. The Programmed Instruction Method is retained through CoI and CoD I believe (don't have my GI Anvil of Victory manual handy to confirm that one). Sadly though, Squad Leader as a game, is no longer on sale. It is an eBay option basically. But you might be able to find it used for peanuts. This is because the game is now known as Advanced Squad Leader. ASL is a mega expansive economic nightmare the likes of which if you have not encountered it,might scare the crap out of ya hehe. An intro package to ASL requires the rule book (maddeningly out of print at the current moment) Cost 100 bucks (approx.). And the core ,odule (the original core module) is Beyond Valour (also out of print at moment) also about 100 bucks. It provides the Russians and Germans 4 boards, and it is basically "assumes" you have the boards that originated with the Squad Leader modules. That ASL is a massive expense is a grotesque understatement. You will NOT find a more expensive wargame in existence. It also has a fanatical following (I am basically one of them :) ). This hard core ASLer though, is still of the opinion, original Squad Leader all by itself, is still a classic game.
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