Special Ops Issue #1 includes the games Raphia and Savage Streets, articles and errata counters for MMP games.
Articles:
SHIFTING SANDS - To the Pyramids: Axis Automatic victory. By Michael Rinella.
FIRE IN THE SKY - “Firing” up student interest - Using FITS in the classroom. By Doug Bryant.
ASL - “Singling must be taken”. By Jon Neall.
ASLSK CORNER - A Look at This Issues’s ASL Starter Kit Scenarios, S37 and S38. By Ken Dunn.
THINKING “INSIDE THE BOX” - SCS Gazala and History. By Jerrold Thomas.
MICHAEL WITTMANN - “Rudel” On The Ground. By Jerrold Thomas.
MMP AT ORIGINS - A Day at the Origins Game Fair. By Bruce Monnin.
BALTIC GAP (OCS) - Seaborne Assault Option. By John Kisner.
ASL/ASLSK scenarios.
ASL Scenario O1 Go big or go home, Connage, France 14 May 1940
ASL Scenario O2 Breaking the Ishun line, Ishun, Ukraine 19 October 1941
ASLSK Scenario S37 Breaking the panzers, Rauray, France, 1 July 1944
ASLSK Scenario S38 Raiders along the wall, Schevenhuette, Germany, 22 September 1944
The first ASL scenario depicts a small Pioneer group with armor support assaulting a little French village.
The second ASL scenario portrays a heavy German attack on a Russian fortified position.
The first SK scenario depicts a Das Reich counterattack with heavy armor on a Scottish Battalion.
The second SK scenario portrays a German infantry counterattack on an American position.