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Best of Friends

A 12-scenario Advanced Squad Leader pack spanning battles from 1937 to 1945, with balance adjustments from several designers.

180
minutes

2 - 4
player(s)

Heavy

Best of Friends board game cover

About this expansion

Best of Friends is an Advanced Squad Leader scenario pack for 2–4 players, offering 12 scenarios and an approximately 180-minute play time. Released in 2013, it collects battle-tested scenarios from the Swedish Friendly Fire ASL Tournament.

This installment continues the series that began with Out Of The Bunker. Several scenarios in the pack have received balance adjustments from their designers, providing a refined selection of tournament-tested engagements for Advanced Squad Leader players.

The scenarios cover a broad range of World War II settings, nations, and years. The battles span from the Marco Polo Bridge Incident in China in 1937 through Forging Spetsnaz in Korea in 1945.

  • BoF1–BoF4: Japanese and Chinese forces in China, Germans and Poles in Poland, French and German forces in France, and Russians and Germans in Lithuania.
  • BoF5–BoF7: German and Russian confrontations in Finland and Russia, including Adolf’s Amateurs, Cavalry Brigade Model, and The Fields Of Black Gold.
  • BoF8–BoF12: Canadians and Italians in Sicily, Russians and Germans in Poland, Americans and Germans in France, and Russians and Japanese in Korea.

Scenario titles include The Abbeville Bridgehead, Sting Of The Italian Hornet, To Have And To Hold, and Second Thoughts. With its varied historical matchups and tournament background, Best of Friends presents a focused collection of 12 Advanced Squad Leader scenarios.

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