ASL Play Aids, Charts, & Cheat Sheets (2024)

Mini-Charts and Record Sheets

Mini-IFT. This play aid, perhaps the most popular on the DM site, has the IFT on one side and the CCT on the other, as well as the Ambush Table and the Heat of Battle Table. (7/7/2002: added the Heat of Battle DRMs that were accidentally left off. ) Download

Scenario Setup Sheet. Print out this PDF on your own printer or take it to Kinko's to get pads made! Everything you need to record for your scenario, from HIP units to boresighting to CVP! Very popular! Download

Reminders & Checklists

"Did You Remember...?" Player Turn Checklist. Try this handy checklist as you go through your (or your opponent's) turn! (7/14/2002: made some minor changes; fixed deployment error) Download

The ASL Tank Commander's Bible. This play aid is the perfect reminder for the novice or journeyman player to get that extra oomph out of vehicles. Added 8/3/2002. Download

Weather, Terrain, & Artificial Terrain

Rain/Mud and Cold Weather Cheat Sheets. (2/14/2003: clarified no SMOKE in mud; added frigid water obstacle rules) Download

Rice Paddies Cheat Sheet Download

Beach Terrain Cheat Sheet. Added 8/4/2002. Download

PTO Cheat Sheet (7/1/2002: Changed to new, larger sheet, including Chinese) Download

Non-Hex Location Primer (non-hex locations and quasi-locations such as pillboxes, bridges, etc.). Download

White Phosphorus Cheat Sheet Download

Sewers Cheat Sheet. Thanks to Stan Jackson for his inspirational personal cheat sheets. Added 4/27/2003. Download

Slopes Play Aid. Added 11/20/2004. Minor LOS error corrected 2/13/2005. Download

Same Location Primer. An 8-page document formatted in ASL-rules style that collects all the rules and information about same-location movement, combat, etc. Created 9/29/2009. Added 7/27/2014. Download

Subject-Specific Play Aids

Close Combat vs. Vehicles Cheat Sheet Download

German Cheat Sheet. German-specific information from sN to Sz to ATMM. Added 2/12/2003 (2/14/2003; Added underlines to German squad values). Download

Historical Module Play Aids

Red Barricades Cheat Sheet Download

A Bridge Too Far Cheat Sheet. Added 8/8/2002. Download

AFV/Vehicle Play Aids

"Dutch Trucks" (unarmored vehicles) Cheat Sheet Download

Support Weapon Play Aids

Light Anti-Tank Weapons (LATW) Cheat Sheet. This play aid was inspired by a Jeff Newell chart. Download

DC Charge Cheat Sheet. Thanks to Stan Jackson for his inspirational personal cheat sheets. Download

Custom OBA Deck Designs

Desperation Morale OBA Deck #1. Front/back designs for custom OBA deck! Download

Desperation Morale OBA Deck #2. Front/back designs for custom OBA deck! Download

Desperation Morale OBA Deck #3. Front/back designs for custom OBA deck! Download

Desperation Morale OBA Deck #4. Front/back designs for custom OBA deck! Download

Desperation Morale OBA Deck #5. Front/back designs for custom OBA deck! Download

Desperation Morale OBA Deck #6. Front/back designs for custom OBA deck! Download

Desperation Morale OBA Deck #7. Front/back designs for custom OBA deck! Download

Desperation Morale OBA Deck #8. Front/back designs for custom OBA deck! Download

Custom Sniper Reminder Cards

Design 1. Each design has a distinctive front featuring SANS of 2-7 but a common back with useful information from A14. These are very popular! Download

Design 2. Each design has a distinctive front featuring SANS of 2-7 but a common back with useful information from A14. These are very popular! Download

Design 3. Each design has a distinctive front featuring SANS of 2-7 but a common back with useful information from A14. These are very popular! Download

Design 4. Each design has a distinctive front featuring SANS of 2-7 but a common back with useful information from A14. These are very popular! Thanks to Gregg Parker for his help with this one! Download

Contributors' Section

This section contains charts, play aids, and other aides-de-jeux for ASL designed and contributed by people from around the world. If you have something you'd like to contribute, please contact this site.

Complete Armory file through April 2007, contributed by Reid Hutchinson. Download

Ordnance To Kill Probabilities Calculator, contributed by Gary Mei. Pretty nifty. Download

Dave Jones' OBA Cards File 1. You may have seen these custom OBA Battery Access Cards on the ASL Museum; now you can download them yourself, thanks to Dave. There are five files total. Download

Dave Jones' OBA Cards File 2. You may have seen these custom OBA Battery Access Cards on the ASL Museum; now you can download them yourself, thanks to Dave. There are five files total. Download

Dave Jones' OBA Cards File 3. You may have seen these custom OBA Battery Access Cards on the ASL Museum; now you can download them yourself, thanks to Dave. There are five files total. Download

Dave Jones' OBA Cards File 4. You may have seen these custom OBA Battery Access Cards on the ASL Museum; now you can download them yourself, thanks to Dave. There are five files total. Download

Dave Jones' OBA Cards File 5. You may have seen these custom OBA Battery Access Cards on the ASL Museum; now you can download them yourself, thanks to Dave. There are five files total. Download

Glider Landing Chart, contributed by Spanish ASLer David Galan. Very helpful for glider scenarios. Download

Air Drop Chart, contributed by Spanish ASLer David Galan. Very helpful for airdrop scenarios. Download

Nils Bakke's IIFT Result Calculator Spreadsheet. Norwegian ASLer Nils contributed this detailed Excel spreadsheet analyzing and calculating IIFT Result possibilities. Download

Gregg Parker's OBA Cards. Some nifty OBA Battery Access Cards with Squad Leaderish themes. Download

Hexthingy v1.2. Hexthingy is a little add-on program that will project a hexgrid over any Google Earth map. You can use it to help you plan and configure historical ASL maps. Hexthingy was created by David Clark, who gave permission for Desperation Morale to host it. Download

Robin Reeve submitted this ASL Weather Effects chart that shows how different types of weather conditions affect different aspects of ASL play. Download

The 2015 Chronology of War, an Excel spreadsheet that seeks to catalog every official and unofficial ASL scenario. A very useful reference. Current compiler Jim Traver has generously allowed Desperation Morale to be one of the sites hosting it. Download

Omaha East/West Rules Re-Write. The combined Omaha East/West modules by Critical Hit are impressive, but the rules and development, as is typical with CH products, left something to be desired. So Texas ASLer John Hyler and some of his buddies worked over the Omaha rules to try to make them more playable (and accurate). These have even been playtested! Download

Veteran ASLer Rich Spilky has assembled a collection of 35 pages worth of ASL-related tables and play aids. There is something here for practically everyone, so you should be sure to check this out and see which ones you like! Download