bprobst
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- First name
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Last year I completed 34 games (and played most of the way through another, but didn't complete it until after 31 December so I'm not including it here). Also not counted are two or three playtests of scenarios not yet published.
I play most of my games via VASL anyway, but of course as we all know circumstances in 2020 were ... special. So only a handful of games were played ftf, at the beginning of the year. Restrictions having now eased in Melbourne ftf games are an option again. After such a long break, actually touching physical counters again felt weird.
Of the 34 games I won only 9, sadly not all that unusual for me, although there was a stretch there where I felt that God was out to punish me, personally, as I had what felt like an interminable streak of shitty dice rolls. Dice may have no memory, but it can be argued that they're still bastards.
By ROAR rating that I assigned:
The good
Must Play
188 "Zon with the Wind" (won v. Gordon Stokes)
HG15 "King Darges" (lost v. Jamie Westlake)
Highly Recommended
RPT108 "Catching the Bear" (won v. Jamie Westlake)
FrF51 "Bite of the Bassotto" (won v. Neil MacPherson)
WO35 "Heroes' Day" (lost v. Jamie Westlake)
Recommend
Q6 "Per l'Onore di Roma" (lost v. Dave Wilson)
FT43 "Infantry Probe at Argentan" (lost v. Simon Shields)
FrF52 "Dying for Danzig" (lost v. Tim Reade)
J169 "Few and Far Between" (lost v. David Wallace)
SP72 "One Tough Canuck" (won v. Jamie Westlake)
Slight Recommend
MM28 "Sonderkommando Benesch" (won v. Jamie Westlake)
J33 "The Slaughterhouse" (lost v. David Wallace)
J122 "Bloody Bois Jacques" (lost v. Jamie Westlake)
D20 "Smoke the Kents!" (lost v. David Wallace)
FrF76 "Pain in the Neck" (lost v. David Wallace)
TOT42 "Thunderbolts" (lost v. David Wallace)
ESG79 "Blasting Through" (lost v. David Wallace)
The Indifferent
As Many Above as Below
SP210 "Tea at Three" (lost v. David Wallace)
SP189 "Hell's Last Issue" (won v. David Wallace)
G32 "A Helping Hand" (lost v. David Wallace)
AP111 "The Katanas Come Out at Night" (lost v. Jamie Westlake)
SoSB3 "Marauding Marauders" (won v. David Wallace)
AP123 "Busting in Balta" (won v. George Bates)
J62 "Lee's Charge" (won v. David Wallace)
The Bad
Slightly Unfavourable
FT149 "Tombés Pour la France" (lost v. David Wallace)
ATP5 "A Walk in the Sun" (lost v. David Wallace)
Unfavourable
KGP3 "Panthers in the Mist" (lost v. Jamie Westlake)
FT196 "Spittelmarkt" (lost v. David Wallace)
164 "Torment at Tormua" (lost v. David Wallace)
DB004 "Devils Play" (lost v. David Wallace)
The Ugly
Highly Unfavourable
GONA-CG "Those Ragged Bloody Heroes" (lost v. David Wallace)
D9 "Preparing the Way" (lost v. David Wallace)
SP247 "The Golden Arrow" (lost v. David Wallace)
OzB1 "Vines of Red Marines" (lost v. David Wallace)
I play most of my games via VASL anyway, but of course as we all know circumstances in 2020 were ... special. So only a handful of games were played ftf, at the beginning of the year. Restrictions having now eased in Melbourne ftf games are an option again. After such a long break, actually touching physical counters again felt weird.
Of the 34 games I won only 9, sadly not all that unusual for me, although there was a stretch there where I felt that God was out to punish me, personally, as I had what felt like an interminable streak of shitty dice rolls. Dice may have no memory, but it can be argued that they're still bastards.
By ROAR rating that I assigned:
The good
Must Play
188 "Zon with the Wind" (won v. Gordon Stokes)
HG15 "King Darges" (lost v. Jamie Westlake)
Highly Recommended
RPT108 "Catching the Bear" (won v. Jamie Westlake)
FrF51 "Bite of the Bassotto" (won v. Neil MacPherson)
WO35 "Heroes' Day" (lost v. Jamie Westlake)
Recommend
Q6 "Per l'Onore di Roma" (lost v. Dave Wilson)
FT43 "Infantry Probe at Argentan" (lost v. Simon Shields)
FrF52 "Dying for Danzig" (lost v. Tim Reade)
J169 "Few and Far Between" (lost v. David Wallace)
SP72 "One Tough Canuck" (won v. Jamie Westlake)
Slight Recommend
MM28 "Sonderkommando Benesch" (won v. Jamie Westlake)
J33 "The Slaughterhouse" (lost v. David Wallace)
J122 "Bloody Bois Jacques" (lost v. Jamie Westlake)
D20 "Smoke the Kents!" (lost v. David Wallace)
FrF76 "Pain in the Neck" (lost v. David Wallace)
TOT42 "Thunderbolts" (lost v. David Wallace)
ESG79 "Blasting Through" (lost v. David Wallace)
The Indifferent
As Many Above as Below
SP210 "Tea at Three" (lost v. David Wallace)
SP189 "Hell's Last Issue" (won v. David Wallace)
G32 "A Helping Hand" (lost v. David Wallace)
AP111 "The Katanas Come Out at Night" (lost v. Jamie Westlake)
SoSB3 "Marauding Marauders" (won v. David Wallace)
AP123 "Busting in Balta" (won v. George Bates)
J62 "Lee's Charge" (won v. David Wallace)
The Bad
Slightly Unfavourable
FT149 "Tombés Pour la France" (lost v. David Wallace)
ATP5 "A Walk in the Sun" (lost v. David Wallace)
Unfavourable
KGP3 "Panthers in the Mist" (lost v. Jamie Westlake)
FT196 "Spittelmarkt" (lost v. David Wallace)
164 "Torment at Tormua" (lost v. David Wallace)
DB004 "Devils Play" (lost v. David Wallace)
The Ugly
Highly Unfavourable
GONA-CG "Those Ragged Bloody Heroes" (lost v. David Wallace)
D9 "Preparing the Way" (lost v. David Wallace)
SP247 "The Golden Arrow" (lost v. David Wallace)
OzB1 "Vines of Red Marines" (lost v. David Wallace)