Last weekend attended "Meatfest" at Darrell Anderson's. What a great time! Got in 4 ASL games, 2 vs Mark Devries, the first got my butt whupped badly (AP78 Crossfire) and the 2nd won the scenario even though I didn't have a single unbroken/destroyed unit on the board at game end ( WO3 Counterattack At Carentan). As always with Mark ya laugh at his terrible one liners until you've got tears in your eyes (that's his plan-you can't see to make a decent move), great time and a great guy. Next I got waffle stomped (Waffle Stomp= to be beat so bad it looks as if the guy stomped on your face/butt and left the impression of his boots or shoes resembling a waffle look) by Chris Scott in 3rd RTR in the Rain. Man, I couldn't kill anything if I would have paid him off. Not that the dice were bad overall as we both equaled out in snake-eyes and boxcars, but my snakes were HOP (Heat of Pins) or some such and every hit seemed to plink off his 1AF (for Pete's sake) vehicles like wooden bullets or something. We all have had a scenario where all your hits are the good DRs but the TKs suck right? I did manage to take out the smallest Brit vehicle but ended the game with all three of my tanks burners, the gun malfed & abandoned and my last position surrounded so bad that it looked as if he had opened a pub and offered free beer to the Brits. Even Chris was shaking his head-we just smiled and said let's get some brats and beer! My last game was against my long time buddy Steve "Earthpig" Hicks, J120 Ishun Tank Traps. Steve managed to find four of the tank traps the hard way losing both SU 152's and SU-76s but made good progress with his Infantry despite losing a Ldr early and having his 9-2 wounded. It became a little difficult concentrating on the game looking at Steve decked out with his CVC (Combat Vehicle Communication) helmet on and chewing on a huge full leg of lamb (bone included), but had a fun time even though we drove 6+ hours to Darrell's to play each other (we live about an hour away from each other now-an old army/ASL buddy). Great camaraderie, fun ASL (and other games) and outstanding food! A good time had by all!