AdvancePhase.com MISSION: To provide information on how you can improve your play of the Squad Leader series of games (SL, CoI, CoD, GI:AofV) through tactical articles, rules discussions, player aids, access to opponents and tournaments, and the web-publication of new scenarios and support materials.

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March 9, 2006 UPDATE
March 18 ON-LINE TACTICS Discussion FORUM topic is "MG Positions for Mutual Support". Ladder page has been updated with January and February Ladder editions, sorry, no summaries yet. (AY)

January 29, 2006
A very important and welcome announcement from MMP (Multi-Man Publishing) on their support of our games (SL, CoI, CoD, and GI). Follow THIS LINK for the announcement from Alain Chabot, our MMP representative. And send a note to MMP to thank them for their action! Items in this update: temporary navigation links (see directly above) have been added to this page, as a small minority of users are unable to see the new banner. Visit the Alan Page's new site for VSQLv3 scenario start files. (AY)

January 19, 2006
New Year, New Look! New banner and new Tactics Page presented for 2006. Please take a look and offer to write an article for the Tactics Page (suggestions offered on the page). Thanks to all who have contributed so far! Resources from the FIRST On-line Tactics Forum are also available on the Tactics page (edited comments, VSQL logfile, and even a new Scenario Fiction by David Garvin, see link on this page to the right). (AY)

December 28, 2005
Small update, Ladder and awards updated for December. Major site revision planned for January. (AY)

November 22, 2005
November Ladder information added. NEW COI scenario added, see "COI scenarios" link at bottom of Scenarios page. Two new files/links added to the "Begin Here!" page ... check them out! (AY)

October 21, 2005
October Ladder information added. Slow progress on page revisions, big update soon. As a substitute (for now) for not having functional survey software [volunteer still needed!] I have added a NEW Section to this site, over there to the right. If you sometimes write commentary to describe what has happened in a game you played, please send it in and I'll add it to this new section (include information about the game at the end). As submissions grow I will create a special page for these fiction pieces. (AY)

September 30, 2005
September Ladder information added. Tournament information updated, including current status page for 2006 SL OPEN. Want to join this tournament for round two? Email me soon to join! NEEDED, someone to work through the changed survey software to fix our surveys! (AY)

June 30, 2005
June Ladder information added. July will be the month for publishing all of the items everyone is or has been working on. New Tactics articles, scenario graphics files, VSQL survivors guide ... if this includes YOU, please drop me an email so that we can work out any details that may remain! This includes (if ready) the upgrade to the scenarios pages (thanks to Jim Rupp) and the site banner revision (thanks to Alan Page). Lets chat! (AY)

June 3, 2005
ITS A GO! The new stand-alone VSQL, version 3.0, has now been released! To download your copy, visit the VASSAL site. May Ladder information added, Basic VSQLv3.0 information added to "Begin Here" page. "Summer 2005 with VSQLv3.0" tournament information added (see Tournaments), 18 players participating in Round One. (AY)

May 12, 2005
April Ladder information added. Links on old (now gone) "Begin Here" page added to temporary "Player Tools" page. Many new "Tactics" articles are in preparation ... please email me if you have an idea for an article. Most ideas welcomed, from BEGINNERS, EXPERIENCED, and all between! Help make this part of the site more interesting and helpful to all! (AY)

April 26, 2005
Advancephase.com is "reborn" on a new hosting server. Not necessarily better, but different. Along with the move, link clean-up and an initial revision to the "Begin Here" page (more to come!). Under Revision warnings added to "Player Tools" and "Tactics" pages. If you find anything that doesn't seem to work right on the new server, please let me know! (AY)

April 16, 2005
Interim step in major site revision! All SCENARIO information reorganized under "scenario" page (follow the button above). Twenty scenarios added to the site! At the Squad Leader rules level, six are new to the web (AY01, AY02, LC3, CL01, GM01, un01) and seven are re-published, since many of the prior web-links have expired. At the Cross of Iron rules level, all are new, see the CoI scenarios page! Email any comments to Alan Yngve! (AY)

March 21, 2005
March 2005 Ladder added. The current project of revising and adding to the tactical comments here is proceeding. Some folks are working on new tactical articles right now. Next need is the reorganization of the left three pages (Begin Here, Player Tools, and Tactics), Design ideas and/or new content is welcome! To help, please email Alan Yngve! (AY)

June 4, 2004
May Ladder information posted, Web-linked June Record of Scenarios information now available (see Scenario Page). NEW Game reporting Webforms now available, please follow the link in the upper right of this homepage! (AY)

February 26, 2004
Writers needed, many topics, most languages accepted, sample topics listed under Contact Us page. (AY)

December 16, 2003
SL and CoI rules changes to update your rules to Fourth Edition, see Player Tools. Three CoI playtest scenarios added to the "Scenario Playtest" page. (AY)

November 17, 2003
"Contact Us" page has taken its first step towards a "Site Credits" presentation. Links updated, information added to "Tournaments" page. (AY)

February 28th, 2003
After a 12 year "vacation" from the battlefield, I re-found Squad Leader just over a year ago. For the last year, I have unfortunately not had the pleasure of playing a face to face opponent. But that is all different now. I posted a flyer up at a local gaming shop just about a month ago. Then the phone call finally came. Soon, I will have contacts with 3 other players in my area, and in a couple weeks will have the opportunity to enjoy face to face play again. I thought some of you might be interested in finding other opponents, so I created a flyer that you can print off our site. Simply right click on it, and select print. Click here for the flyer. I hope this helps more of you find some opponents. I have also placed a link to the flyer on the links page. (MR)

March 17th, 2002
We are proud to present Advancephase.com. We hope it will become the most comprehensive Squad Leader resource on the web. Much has been accomplished, but a lot of work has yet to be done.