ASL Scandinavian Open 2024, February 28 - March 3 2024

[bo_siemsen]

The preparations for the 2024 Edition of the Scandinavian Open are under way – and the first players have already stated their intention to participate. The tournament will again be held at Danhostel Ishøj, the location that served us so well since 2021. Book your flights early - we've been told that they are quite inexpensive at the moment.

The dates of the main event will be February 28- March 3 2024. There will be friendly gaming Wednesday/Thursday February 28-March 1 leading up to the classic 5 round ASO main tournament starting friday running through sunday. The friendly gaming Wednesday and Thursday will take place at the same venue as the main tournament, so you can see it as a chance to warm up for the main tournament or just a chance to play some new opponents in a friendly atmosphere.

Contact Michael Hastrup-Leth (hastrupleth@gmail.com) or Bo Siemsen (bo.siemsen@gmail.com) for registration and a specific price for your stay.

Updates with regards to registered players, scenarios, ABS etc. will be made available on our website leading up to the tournament. Updates will also be announced in the Gamesquad forums in this thread.


WEBSITE UPDATE
We have finally managed to revamp our website with the assistance of Øyvind Bjørkås. Thanks for the support. The ASO Website has finally moved out of the 90's . For now we have portaged the content of the old website to this new "modern" version. It should be a lot more user friendly including for mobile devices.

LINK - asl-so.dk

Contact Bo if you see something that doesnt work

 

[Sparafucil3]

This is a very good tournament. Well run. The venue is great. The food is amazing. 10/10 would recommend. -- jim

 

[STAVKA]

"The food is not amazing" we thought the food was suitable for Conscripts.

 

[Actionjick]

"The food is not amazing" we thought the food was suitable for Conscripts.

I guess you have to take into account what Americans are used to eating.

 

[Sparafucil3]

"The food is not amazing" we thought the food was suitable for Conscripts.

De gustibus non est disputandum. -- jim

 

[bo_siemsen]

"The food is not amazing" we thought the food was suitable for Conscripts.

Thanks for the input. I guess.
You dont really need to try and dissuade people from going to Copenhagen. I think people can make up their own mind.

Personally I think the food has been quite good 2 of the 3 years we've been there. There was one year where it was kind of "meh", but the other years I think it works really well for the tournament. It is quick and easy, there's a variety of options and it makes it really easy for us to manage the tournament when we dont have to worry about that sort of stuff.

In my opinion the playing area is really good, things are locked away at night, there's rarely been huge numbers of other visitors, the sleeping accommodations are good and flexible and there's 3 square meals a day for everyone. To me this all adds up to an excellent venue.

 

[Actionjick]

Sounds good to me. When Oktoberfest was in Brookpark Cap'n Tacos was the only nearby source of nourishment. 150 plus sweaty gamers overflowing the game room and subsisting on tacos and burritos. Makes you appreciate " meh ".

Best of luck, good gunnin and bon appetit to all who attend!

 

[B.Lizt]

If conscripts could eat and sleep this well, they would be happy indeed.
Food has always been very good when I've been attending, the private rooms are fine, the beds are soft and the gaming area is spacious, well aired and well lit.
But the hosts and the organising is why you really should go to the Scandinavian Open - pleasant, smooth, and always great gaming.
Now, I am looking forward for the scenarios to be announced
I´ll be there!!

Olav

 

[hastrup]

Scenario list for Scandinavian Open 2024
Including ASO SSR's (balance)
The PBS (Pleva Balance System) will be added at the start of January.

Scenarios mostly new and some old ones
ROAR after scenario name,

1. round - early start 10.30 - 18.30
J241 "Its a Battlefield" G10/ B6 (ASO SSR; add a 458 to British OB)
AP11 "Swamp Cats" G62/ R47 (ASO SSR; 3 initial 628's are Assault eng.)
J202 " Down by the River" G6/ R10 (ASO SSR; delete 6 MF factors of the 18)

1. round - late start 13.30 - 18.30
J207 "Unhorsed" G11/ A11
J237 "Commando's at Kaiapit" J2/ A5 (ASO SSR; exchange Japanese 9-0 for 10-1)
SM8 "Without Thought of Numbers" G3/ A11 (ASO SSR; add a 537 to German OB)

2. round 19.00 - 01.00
174 "Lagus Assault Guns" F62/ R24 (ASO SSR; add a 458 and 7-0 to Russian turn 1 OB)
J211 "Breakthrough in the Arctic" G14/ R15
J234 "Buckley's Chance" J4/ A6

3rd round 8.30 - 16.00
AP194 "Not Fade Away" G10/ A5 (ASO SSR; add an 8-1 AL to American OB)
J212 "Shoulder to Shoulder" G30/ A33
J233 "Roff Riders" J4/ A3

4th round 16.30 - 01.00
J170 "Red Churchills" F22/ R14 (ASO SSR; delete the first sentence of SSR 2")
J208 "Panzer Pionere" G9/ A17 (ASO SSR; in VC change 12 VP to 10 VP)
J245 "Factory Fodder" G5/ A5 (add to SSR 2; Foxholes are revealed as if Night (E1.16) )

5th round 8.30 ( final game starts 8.00) - 14.30
J167 "Hart Attack" G100/ B101
J239 "Shoot or Shovel" J4/ A7
J244 "Bowdens Wood" G6/ A1 (ASO SSR; add a 666 to American OB)

Michael

 

[Michael R]

I would like to know what are scheduled start and end times for each round.

Thanks.

 

[hastrup]

Hi Michael
Friday
Long 1st round 10.30 to 18.30
Short 1st round 13.30 to 18.30
2nd round 19.00 to 01.00
Saturday
3rd round 8.30 to 16.00
4th round 16.30 to 01.00
Sunday
5th round 8.30 to 14.30 (the Final game starts 8.00)

Michael

 

[hastrup]

Balances (ASO SSR) added to the scenarios 3 post up

 

[hastrup]

ASO SSR on Red Churchills changed, and an official SSR added to J245 "Factory Fodder"
Thanks to Derek Ward and Olav Heie for making me aware of it.
Michael

 

[hastrup]

Number of players in the main tournament is 36
Michael Rodgers, Canada
Rich Domovic, US
Olivier Dietsch, France
Eric Bongovianni, France
Juan Santacruz, Spain
Timo Kärna, Finland
Mikko Lukkari, Finland
Lars Thuring, Sweden
Peter Lindahl, Sweden
Daniel Ahlm. Sweden
Svante Sundblom, Sweden
Andreas Carlsson, Sweden
Mattias Bergwall, Sweden
Tomas Davidsson, Sweden
Stefan Fiedler, Sweden
Martin Björkhem, Sweden
Asad Rustum, Sweden
Olav Heie, Norway
Thomas Harjo. Norway
Arnaud Sanchis, Norway
Nils Bakke, Norway
Øyvind Bjørkås, Norway
Hans Bugge, Norway
Ketil Høgenhaug, Norway
Bjørnar Arstad, Norway
Oddgeir Drevdal, Norway
Magne Stenkløv, Norway
Kenneth Knudsen, Denmark
Michael Hemmingsen, Denmark
Derek Ward, Denmark
Martin Houmøller, Denmark
Flemming S Christensen, Denmark
Jesper Orland, Denmark
Kåre Jacobsen, Denmark
Carl Alex Friis Nielsen, Denmark
Niels Larsen, Denmark


In the case of an uneven number of players Bo Siemsen or I will jump in
We have 3 more rooms left at Danhostel, but a hotel within 10 min walk from the tournament site.... if someone out there wants to join the fun, then send me an email on: hastrupleth@gmail.com

Michael

 

[Actionjick]

Number of players in the main tournament is 32
Michael Rodgers, US
Olivier Dietsch, France
Juan Santacruz, France
Eric Bongovianni, France
Josh Kalman, Israel
Timo Kärna, Finland
Mikko Lukkari, Finland
Svante Sundblom, Sweden
Andreas Carlsson, Sweden
Mattias Bergwall, Sweden
Tomas Davidsson, Sweden
Stefan Fiedler, Sweden
Martin Björkhem, Sweden
Olav Heie, Norway
Thomas Harjo. Norway
Arnaud Sanchis, Norway
Nils Bakke, Norway
Øyvind Bjørkås, Norway
Hans Bugge, Norway
Ketil Høgenhaug, Norway
Bjørnar Arstad, Norway
Oddgeir Drevdal, Norway
Kenneth Knudsen, Denmark
Michael Hemmingsen, Denmark
Derek Ward, Denmark
Martin Houmøller, Denmark
Flemming S Christensen, Denmark
Jesper Orland, Denmark
Kåre Jacobsen, Denmark
Carl Alex Friis Nielsen, Denmark
Niels Larsen, Denmark
Søren Sørensen, Denmark

In the case of an uneven number of players Bo Siemsen or I will jump in
We have 5 rooms left at Danhostel, if someone out there want to join the fun, then send me an email on: hastrupleth@gmail.com

Michael

Very nice! Good gunnin to all and thanks to the organizers for their work in putting on the event.

 

[bo_siemsen]

All the information above can be found at our revamped website (thanks Øyvind for the assistance on that project)

ASL Scandinavian Open

asl-so.dk

Information Updated at the website:

• Scenarios and corrected SSR's (website information is the official information)
• 37 registered players
• When and where
• Tournament schedule

/ASO

 

[Sparafucil3]

Michael Rodgers is Canadian. @Michael R can confirm. If he wins it all, we will be silent and let you assign us the win. -- jim

 

[Michael R]

 

[hastrup]

Michael - you are now officially Canadian

 

[Doug Leslie]

I think that Juan Santacruz is officially Spanish.