I’ve since acquired a couple of 1st edition purple boxes for my collection. In later life, as I became interested in the history of the games themselves, I read about the first print run of SQUAD LEADER – and the (in)famous purple box. The elegant SQUAD LEADER box with its dire warnings of how complex it was, was a beacon to a lifetime of enjoyable leisure time. Plenty of interest in wargaming then, even among casual gamers – and being able to find Avalon Hill bookcase games at the local toy store certainly helped.
Rock comic books were still under a dollar a copy, reruns of COMBAT aired on late night TV, and model kits of all the various hardware was comparatively cheaper than today. We were all young boys living in the shadow of the Second World War – Sgt.
I was introduced to SQUAD LEADER in junior high school in the early 1980s. If you experience problems downloading the following documents, send an email to I will email it to you.Īdvanced Squad Leader Scenarios 1 through 74 (PDF)įor more information about Squad Leader, go to Squad Leader on Wikipedia. Squad Leader Rules & Scenariosīelow are some Squad Leader rules and scenarios that are free to download in PDF.
The original print run of 2,500 copies of Squad Leader had a purple trim to them and have become a prize collector’s item. Squad Leader was produced in time to debut at the 1977 Origins Game Fair, an annual gaming convention that was first held in 1975 and is run by Game Manufacturer’s Association. All of the pieces of Squad leader represent the regular squads rated for firepower, range and morale as well as weapon and vehicle crews and elite squads with high firepower and morale. Squad Leader is the absolute natural extension of the trends toward realism. It is virtually unique among World War II board games focusing on infantry combat in Europe. Hall of Fame Game Designer John Hill designed Squad Leader, one of the most complex and thrilling wargames of its time.
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