The 2 Half-Squads: Advanced Squad Leader Podcast

Booking Overview

This niche tabletop-wargaming interview show focuses exclusively on Advanced Squad Leader and regularly features players, tournament organizers, scenario designers, rules educators, and community publishers, alongside solo rules and product segments. Suitable pitches include credible ASL experts, game designers, tournament leaders, military-gaming historians, and publishers; booking difficulty is low because guests are generally specialized community professionals rather than major public figures.

Metrics

Episodes: 50

Frequency: Biweekly

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 821 subscribers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

the2halfsquads@gmail.com

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Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

low

Typical Credentials:

Advanced Squad Leader expertise demonstrated through tournament participation, scenario or product design, rules education, event organization, publishing, or sustained involvement in the player community.

Required Achievements:

Designing Advanced Squad Leader scenarios or game materials, Organizing or participating in tournaments, Publishing or contributing to Advanced Squad Leader newsletters and fan publications, Developing rules-education resources, Supporting regional gaming groups or community events

Recent Guest Discussions

Gary Fortenberry - Military Background, Early Advanced Squad Leader Fanzines, ASLUG Publication, Specialized Board Design, And Work With Avalon Hill.

Paul Works - Kansas City Advanced Squad Leader Activities, World War I Game Development, And Upcoming Scenario Packs.

Steve Tinsley - Advanced Squad Leader Experiences And Involvement In The Gaming Community.

Rich Domovich - Recent Advanced Squad Leader Activities And International Tournament Participation.

Dave Pope - Scenario Development, Efforts To Clarify And Improve Advanced Squad Leader Rules, And Building A Regional Gaming Group.

Recent Topics

Gaming, Wargaming, Advanced Squad Leader, Tabletop Games, Military History

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

The 2 Half-Squads: Advanced Squad Leader Podcast

Episode 393: Fantabulous Fortenberry

September 17, 2026

After 12 minutes of banter that covers Jeff's annual fishing trip and Dave's Civil War trip we get into the meat of the show with the prodigious and informative long time Advanced Squad Leader player Gary Fortenberry. In this, the first half of our conversation with Gary covers some of his time in the military, the early days of the famous fanzines like, Fire for Effect, In Contact and of course, Gary's ASLUG publication. Jeff and Dave get a personal lesson on how to use the...

Episode 392: Return to St. Louis

September 01, 2026

Our interviews from St. Louis ASL continue in this very episode! First man up is Dave Pope, a fascinating individual who has developed some scenarios and is working on a project to demystify the Advanced Squad Leader rules. It would fix some grammar issues, utilize more bullet points, and he wants to work with MMP on it. Dave would like to start a gaming group in the Southwest Missouri area and is looking for players. Contact us if you are...

Episode 391: Gateway Arch Goodies: St. Louis Interviews

August 15, 2026

Jeff sends Dave forth to the St. Louis ASL Tournament (finally)! What an exciting adventure. He returns with 10 interviews that will fill many a show. And, fill it with quality content, instead of the usual blather. First interview is Jim Burris, the tournament director. Jim gives us an update on the standings, the history of the tourny, and some rule tips too! Francis Biss was kind enough to talk with us for the first time, telling us of his start in gaming and tournament experien...

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the2halfsquads@gmail.com

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