After a bit of effort I’ve finally written up last weekends Heroes ASL Tournament 11th March – 14th March. It was a great weekend and good to be playing Advanced Squad Leader again. I’ve broken it down by day. The few iffy photos are from my phone. The other, better ones are from Pete Philips …
So the final day dawned. Battle still raged over the streets of Stalingrad and the tournament was to be decided in a game between Sam Prior and Phil Draper. My final game was Slava from From The Cellar 3 against Martin Baker. This was our first game even though we’ve been to the same tournaments …
After three games on Friday I was a little frazzled so on Saturday I thought I’d just take it easy. Michael Davies had suggested having a game on the Saturday so I thought I’d just wait until he arrived. Anyone glancing through any photos of previous Heroes is likely to find one of me sat …
After a child free and therefore relatively good nights sleep, Friday dawned and I made the decision to NOT play in the actual tournament. I still didn’t feel confident with the rules and although I’m sure any games would still be fun I couldn’t really expect an opponent to give me the latitude and allowance …
Left for Blackpool Thursday lunchtime and my first proper ASL for nearly two years. I had lift from Olli Gray who on his way down from Cupar had picked up Dave Blackwood from Fife and John Martin from Edinburgh. More importantly he had hired a Ford Galaxy which had ample leg room in the back …