Finally, a continuation of Olboeter’s Escape. Scroll down if you haven’t already read the previous post regarding the setup for the scenario. Jeff did exactly what I didn’t expect. He committed a rather substantial part of his forces to a southern approach through the orchard area (see bottom of the graphics file from the earlier [...]
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I am still going to give a good write up of Olboeter’s Escape, I’ve just been sidetracked on another project. I did manage to figure out a way to give some more visual clues on scenario set ups. While this isn’t perfect, it should help give a sense of what is going on. Click this [...]
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Olboeter’s Escape – Schwerpunkt SP109 from Volume 10. My latest mission against Jeff DeYoung placed me as the defense in this scenario, involving Polish soldiers outfitted with British gear against a mixed force of German SS in 1944, trying to pull back from France. As I love the historical element of the game, I will [...]
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I don’t know if anyone is still reading this, but I should offer some sort of token update. With my recent acquisition of a new laptop, I’ll be able to offer more faithful updates to my ASL rounds as they happen, as well as any other notable game related information. I would still like to [...]
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ASLOK 2004 The old pumpkin blog has been updated, if you are interested in that kind of thing. With the laptop, I’ll be able to provide regular and detailed accounts as I waste my life re-fighting World War II.
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I guess I really should get around to blogging my latest ASL round, but I’ve been busy over the past few days. I will content myself to writing a small report, and perhaps my opponent will chime in with his views here. Chris and I have been working through some playtest scenarios for the next [...]
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Cabela’s — Plano 7771 Hard Box After viewing all the storage solutions observed at ASLOK, I have been thinking about ways to convert my counter storage to a more portable format. Right now I’m in the standard Plano solution, but they aren’t really as portable as I would like. I spotted these Plano 7771 tackle [...]
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ASL First Fire – Central Washington ASL I stumbled on a pretty useful ASL themed blog here. Lots of great links. I plan on addind a perma-link to the right side of this one a little later.
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MultimanPublishing.com I scored a very nice acquisition today while running down to South Bend, Indiana with the family for a ‘get the hell out of Kzoo day’. We drove down to do some shopping and such, so while there I decided to visit any local game shops in hopes of stumbling on a copy of [...]
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This was going to be a short term project to document my time at ASLOK 2004, but I’ve had too much fun with it to quit now. I’ve been thinking about it, and I’m going to keep it active. This blog will continue to document my ASL games (usually at least once a week), as [...]
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I thought I should post the ROAR record of each scenario as a summary. For those that don’t know, ROAR is an on-line database of scenario playings, so the community can keep track of the results and know ahead of time if a scenario is balanced or not. First Scenario – Totsugeki! Lost as Chinese. [...]
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I purchased some things there that I should make mention of. First was Schwerpunkt Volume 10. Schwerpunkt is usually packed with some really great scenarios, and this was my first ever acquisition. I plan on getting the rest of them over time. Second, I purchased Netiher Fear Nor Hope from Heat of Battle, covering the [...]
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After getting my rear end handed to me in Kettlehut to the Rescue, I searched around for another game. Steve Garvey, whom I had played earlier in To the Matter Born happened to be available and seeking a rematch, and after two consecutive crushing losses, I remembered enjoying his company in our last game, so [...]
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I apologize for my late updates on my final few games. I didn’t have the time while wrapping up ASLOK, and since then I’ve been busy getting back to my normal life. When last I posted, I provided a grim update on Bloody Red Beach. That was from Wednesday. Thursday, I returned to the venue [...]
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I’m back home now and looking at returning to work tomorrow. It has been quite a whirlwind since Friday, which was my last day at ASLOK. I plan on finishing up some reports and give a closing post about my experience, as well as the future of the ASLOK blog. Stay tuned until tomorrow evening [...]
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I am at a Panera’s just down the street from the hotel, taking advantage of the free wireless net connection and some pretty fine eating. I thought I should post a small update, since I’ve been out for so long. Since my last post, I have played two games, one of which went until 1:30 [...]
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Today was the big day. Jeff DeYoung and I were going to engage in Bloody Red Beach from the Gung Ho! Expansion set. We’ve been talking about this now for several months, and I’ve been drooling over conducting an amphibious landing into the teeth of a prepared Japanese defense on Saipan in 1943. Jeff has [...]
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This is going to be a dual update because I’m exhausted. Today was a 15 hour day, resulting in three games, and I have to be back in eight hours to start Bloody Red Beach, which will probably be an eight hour game. I got a game with Bill Hayward, playing The Panzer Graveyard. A [...]
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The Hawk Tuesday saw a few more faces showing up here. I don’t know them, but I know I haven’t seen them yet. After hovering around a bit I found a guy waiting on a game and introduced myself. Mike Faulkner is a fellow from Florida who now lives in Cleveland. I’ve seen him here [...]
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I’m standing around in the Ballroom checking out some of the other games going on, when a guy I haven’t seen yet steps up and says “You want a game?” I shrug and say “Sure” and stick my hand out to introduce myself. He shakes and says, “I’m Pete Schilling.” Uh…Pete Schilling. Standing here shaking [...]
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