CKS04
Grenadier Tournament
Dear ASL fellows,
it is again time to begin thinking about the upcoming German ASL tournament "Grenadier 09" which will run from 05.11. - 08.11.2009 in Hergarten which is a little village in Germany about 30 miles near by Cologne.
It is my opinion that preparing a scenario in front of a tournament is not only part of the fun but also one tool to enhance play-skill and play-fun. To make sure that this can work, I will already announce the scenario list for the upcoming Grenadier tournament.
As I know from own (sometimes hard) experience, it is nearly impossible to satisfy all players in every tournament round with the selected scenarios. This year Michael Koch and me took a long go to find scenarios which are not only balanced according to ROAR, but are also fun to play and challenging for both players. Only the participants feedback at the end of the tournament will show how succesfull we accomplished that task.
We will return this year to the classic “choose one out of three scenarios” method. This means that the Axis and Allies team tournament is history. It was a good thing but now we go on and try something different.
The different thing this year will be the second round of the tournament. In this (big) round we offer some uncommon (for a tournament) scenarios. We have selected seven scenarios with very different contents and it is up to each participant to choose one. The new thing is that the choice of the preferred scenario can be made long before the tournament starts. After this decision an Email is sent to me and I will add the play whish to the Grenadier webpage. In the moment when two players play wish matches, I will fix the game. This means that most people can be sure that they can play their wanted scenario at Grenadier. Of course still the side is open.
This becomes more important if you are looking over the seven scenarios and find out that some (if not all) of them need a closer look at the rules. To make things a little bit more flexible I would ask to send me a play wish list which hold up to three scenarios in a “like-to-play” order.
The Grenadier webpage (www.asl-grenadier.de) is already updated. You will find the scenario list for Grenadier 09 by clicking on the "Szenariolist 09" Button.
Another often heard point is the (non-)availability of a “PTO-only” round. Guys, believe me - I really love PTO and I strongly recommend every ASL player, who had never played a PTO scenario, to give it a try. It is complete different to all ETO and its really fun. But in a tournament there are a lot of players who want to concentrate on what they are familiar with. I can understand this and that’s why we try this year to satisfy all players :laugh:
There will be no “PTO-only” round, but in rounds 1 – 3 there is always one PTO scenario included. Means that in rounds 1 and 3 you may decide to play a PTO scenario out of the three offered. Round 2 also holds a PTO Scenario which is something special (that’s why it is integrated in round 2 :smoke. We will see whether this concepts work as I supposed it to do.
For Thursday late afternoon we are offering the “Three are two to much” Mini-Tournament. Nine players are divided into three groups and every group plays the famous ToT45 Scenario “Dogs of War” which is a classic three player scenario. The three scenario winners will play another round together and the final winner will be declared as the Mini-Tournament winner :clap:.
One last word to those just starting playing ASL. Don’t think that you lack the skill to participate in an event like Grenadier. You will provably learn over this one weekend more about ASL then you can teach yourself within half a year. You’re welcome and there are always people willing to play with you and answer your questions. So don’t hesitate and join us at Grenadier. All old ASL veterans out there, don’t hesitate to pick up ASL starters in your reach and accompany them to Grenadier
See you at Grenadier
CK
it is again time to begin thinking about the upcoming German ASL tournament "Grenadier 09" which will run from 05.11. - 08.11.2009 in Hergarten which is a little village in Germany about 30 miles near by Cologne.
It is my opinion that preparing a scenario in front of a tournament is not only part of the fun but also one tool to enhance play-skill and play-fun. To make sure that this can work, I will already announce the scenario list for the upcoming Grenadier tournament.
As I know from own (sometimes hard) experience, it is nearly impossible to satisfy all players in every tournament round with the selected scenarios. This year Michael Koch and me took a long go to find scenarios which are not only balanced according to ROAR, but are also fun to play and challenging for both players. Only the participants feedback at the end of the tournament will show how succesfull we accomplished that task.
We will return this year to the classic “choose one out of three scenarios” method. This means that the Axis and Allies team tournament is history. It was a good thing but now we go on and try something different.
The different thing this year will be the second round of the tournament. In this (big) round we offer some uncommon (for a tournament) scenarios. We have selected seven scenarios with very different contents and it is up to each participant to choose one. The new thing is that the choice of the preferred scenario can be made long before the tournament starts. After this decision an Email is sent to me and I will add the play whish to the Grenadier webpage. In the moment when two players play wish matches, I will fix the game. This means that most people can be sure that they can play their wanted scenario at Grenadier. Of course still the side is open.
This becomes more important if you are looking over the seven scenarios and find out that some (if not all) of them need a closer look at the rules. To make things a little bit more flexible I would ask to send me a play wish list which hold up to three scenarios in a “like-to-play” order.
The Grenadier webpage (www.asl-grenadier.de) is already updated. You will find the scenario list for Grenadier 09 by clicking on the "Szenariolist 09" Button.
Another often heard point is the (non-)availability of a “PTO-only” round. Guys, believe me - I really love PTO and I strongly recommend every ASL player, who had never played a PTO scenario, to give it a try. It is complete different to all ETO and its really fun. But in a tournament there are a lot of players who want to concentrate on what they are familiar with. I can understand this and that’s why we try this year to satisfy all players :laugh:
There will be no “PTO-only” round, but in rounds 1 – 3 there is always one PTO scenario included. Means that in rounds 1 and 3 you may decide to play a PTO scenario out of the three offered. Round 2 also holds a PTO Scenario which is something special (that’s why it is integrated in round 2 :smoke. We will see whether this concepts work as I supposed it to do.
For Thursday late afternoon we are offering the “Three are two to much” Mini-Tournament. Nine players are divided into three groups and every group plays the famous ToT45 Scenario “Dogs of War” which is a classic three player scenario. The three scenario winners will play another round together and the final winner will be declared as the Mini-Tournament winner :clap:.
One last word to those just starting playing ASL. Don’t think that you lack the skill to participate in an event like Grenadier. You will provably learn over this one weekend more about ASL then you can teach yourself within half a year. You’re welcome and there are always people willing to play with you and answer your questions. So don’t hesitate and join us at Grenadier. All old ASL veterans out there, don’t hesitate to pick up ASL starters in your reach and accompany them to Grenadier
See you at Grenadier
CK