{"product_id":"blood-and-jungle-bfp3-version-2","title":"Blood and Jungle (BFP3) version 2","description":"\u003cp\u003e47 scenarios, 704 die-cut counters, 3 8\" x 22\" unmounted geoboards (BPF-G, DW1-a, DB1-b), 1 sheet of charts, 60-page magazine, 36 pages of rules (mostly \"Chapter H\" style rules)\u003cbr\u003eIts record-breaking attribute is that it comes with 47 scenarios, which is more scenarios–by quite a large margin–than any other ASL product has ever contained. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eB\u0026amp;J comes with 4 full counter sheets (3 sheets of 5\/8″ counters and 1 sheet of 1\/2″ counters).  The counters are well designed and well printed and are of good quality (some hypersensitive critics might point out that they are all of the “whitecore” variety, rather than the “greycore” variety used by official counters, and that this could possibly allow identification of certain counters among a stack of counters, but such people should really just get a life).  The countersheets provide additional counters for the American, British, Chinese, Japanese, and Dutch OBs, as well as counters that can be used to represent the Indian National Army, Thai forces, the Burmese National Army, and Indonesian rebels.  The countersheets also provide some useful markers, such as Light Jungle, Crag, Orchard, and Dense Jungle counters, which are more flexible than overlays (and allow Light Jungle hexes in Dense Jungle scenarios, or vice versa, for example).  Some other markers, such as Support Weapon First Fire markers and “No Smoke” markers, have previously appeared in other third party products.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany of the new counters represent “historical” ground support aircraft (rather than the more generic units provided in the official rules); a number of third party publishers try this from time to time.  Though air aficionados probably appreciate this, most ASLers seem to be ground-pounders, and it is still not clear how popular such counters really are (though their inclusion is not harmful, in any case, and players can always just use regular ASL plane counters).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOther counters represent extensions to the Orders of Battle of various nationalities.  For example, various third party products have previously  provided counters for German partially armed paratroopers; B\u0026amp;J extends this to the Japanese (who hardly engaged in any such operations during the war).  Another example involves the Satan flamethrowing tank (a Stuart tank variant).  This AFV was primarily built from the M3A1 and is represented as such in the ASL rules.  That same rule notes that a mere handful of Satans were converted from the M5A1, but theofficial  system provides no counters for them.  B\u0026amp;J provides counters for all four of these tanks.  In some of these cases, the number of counters provided is somewhat padded.  For example, B\u0026amp;J introduces a flamethrowing Sherman variant, which it dubs the M4A2(L)F, but provides a full six counters for this AFV.  It is hard to imagine a scenario involving all six of these flame-belching monsters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMap BFP G is a river board, with the river flanked by multi-story wooden buildings (probably to represent warehouses, etc.).  Maps DW1-a and DW1-b are quasi-geomorphic, in that they are geomorphic on three sides of each board, but not the fourth side.  The two fourth sides mate together so that the boards can combine to form a large urban mapboard.  This map is a mix of wooden and stone buildings, with most of the stone buildings being rowhouses or otherwise long and narrow multistory buildings.  The most obvious feature of this double-wide map is the inclusion of a great many hexes filled with multiple small wooden buildings (creating considerable clutter and often restricting bypass movement).  This is a useful bit of rendering which represents the cityscapes of a number of Chinese and southeast Asian cities more accurately than previous urban boards do.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe rules and “Chapter H” pages in B\u0026amp;J are nicely done, in full color and with decent attention to detail.  As is frequently the case with such items, many ASLers will enjoy simply browsing through them and learning about new vehicles and weapons that were used in World War II.\u003cbr\u003eThe Bottom Line.  Blood and Jungle is big.  It is a big product with a big price tag coming with big components and filled with big scenarios. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(The above description is an edited version of that found on the Desperation Morale website)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aus Squad Leader","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49170062246196,"sku":null,"price":229.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0660\/7668\/files\/IMG_E4553.jpg?v=1782255387","url":"https:\/\/squadleader.com.au\/products\/blood-and-jungle-bfp3-version-2","provider":"Aus Squad Leader","version":"1.0","type":"link"}