March Madness 2025

[Danno]

March Madness 2025
March Madness Tournament, March 14-16, 2025
What: The March Madness 2025 tournament features multiple mini-tournaments and a Sweet Sixteen, single elimination tournament beginning Friday afternoon. Players play a qualifying game which needs to be completed by 4 PM on Friday.
When: March 14-16, 2025. Doors open on Friday at 9 AM, doors close Sunday at 6 PM
Where: Holiday Inn Express & Suites, 17346 Midland Dr, Shawnee, KS 66217 (913-400-2509). Rooms have been set aside and are good until March 1, 2024. Ask for: Kansas City ASL March Madness. There are other hotels nearby.
Cost/Registration: $45 includes a copy of the March Madness 2024, The Full Rulebook ASL Vol II Scenario Pack. Registration is $50 at the door for a full weekend of ASL, $25 at the door for Saturday only. You can register by mail by mailing your check payable to Dave Mareske at PO Box 232, Bonner Springs, KS 66012. Or for more convenience use PayPal.
If ordering a T-shirt, cost is $25 extra.

If paying by mail/email please provide the following information:
Name, address, phone number, email address.

Register Online Here
Prizes: The Sweet Sixteen Tournament will have 1ST, 2ND and 3RD prizes of choice ASL merch. Each mini-tournament will have its own prize for the winner. Some mini-tournaments will be two rounds, most will be one round. Free play is always an option. A raffle for all attendees will be held on Saturday afternoon at 4 PM (must be present to win).
For more information contact Dave Mareske.
All registrants will receive the limited edition 2025 March Madness Scenario Pack!
Hope to see you there!

 

[Grumblejones]

Can’t wait!!!

 

[Actionjick]

March Madness 2025
March Madness Tournament, March 14-16, 2025
What: The March Madness 2025 tournament features multiple mini-tournaments and a Sweet Sixteen, single elimination tournament beginning Friday afternoon. Players play a qualifying game which needs to be completed by 4 PM on Friday.
When: March 14-16, 2025. Doors open on Friday at 9 AM, doors close Sunday at 6 PM
Where: Holiday Inn Express & Suites, 17346 Midland Dr, Shawnee, KS 66217 (913-400-2509). Rooms have been set aside and are good until March 1, 2024. Ask for: Kansas City ASL March Madness. There are other hotels nearby.
Cost/Registration: $45 includes a copy of the March Madness 2024, The Full Rulebook ASL Vol II Scenario Pack. Registration is $50 at the door for a full weekend of ASL, $25 at the door for Saturday only. You can register by mail by mailing your check payable to Dave Mareske at PO Box 232, Bonner Springs, KS 66012. Or for more convenience use PayPal.
If ordering a T-shirt, cost is $25 extra.

If paying by mail/email please provide the following information:
Name, address, phone number, email address.

Register Online Here
Prizes: The Sweet Sixteen Tournament will have 1ST, 2ND and 3RD prizes of choice ASL merch. Each mini-tournament will have its own prize for the winner. Some mini-tournaments will be two rounds, most will be one round. Free play is always an option. A raffle for all attendees will be held on Saturday afternoon at 4 PM (must be present to win).
For more information contact Dave Mareske.
All registrants will receive the limited edition 2025 March Madness Scenario Pack!
Hope to see you there!

Best of luck with the event.

 

[Grumblejones]

All registered up and vacation approved. KC, I'll be there soon!!!!

 

[Danno]

T-shirts this year will list those who pre-Register by February 28. You will be on the shirt as a hero. Pre-register today!

 

[Grumblejones]

T-shirts this year will list those who pre-Register by February 28. You will be on the shirt as a hero. Pre-register today!

What!?! -- I finally get my name on a shirt!!!! HOLY COW!!! SAWWEEEETTT!

 

[cifdale]

Is there a scenario list for this tournament?

 

[Danno]

Is there a scenario list for this tournament?

Hi Jeff,

We publish the list around March 1. As usual we will have 5 rounds with highlights of British Army, US Army, Red Army, PTO and Others. We publish the list here on Gamesquad about March 1.

 

[cifdale]

Hi Jeff,

We publish the list around March 1. As usual we will have 5 rounds with highlights of British Army, US Army, Red Army, PTO and Others. We publish the list here on Gamesquad about March 1.

Thank you !

 

[Kijug]

I'm thinking of attending this year (finally!) Certainly games on Fri and Sat. Do many folks stick around on Sunday to play? Debating whether to book an extra night or not.

 

[Hutch]

What!?! -- I finally get my name on a shirt!!!! HOLY COW!!! SAWWEEEETTT!

Only one problem: Danno selects the name...

 

[Danno]

I'm thinking of attending this year (finally!) Certainly games on Fri and Sat. Do many folks stick around on Sunday to play? Debating whether to book an extra night or not.

Hi Matt, Yes people play a game on Sunday. Although about half the people do just travel on that day. I recommend you stay and play. there will be an opponent for you. Also if you need a back up plan...I recommend the National World War One museum. You could spend all day there Sunday and still not have seen everything as much as you would like. Home | National WWI Museum and Memorial

So you have options for a good Sunday. Or stay Monday and do both.

Danno

 

[Jeffrey D Myers]

Indeed, awesome museum. I got to visit just before the total solar eclipse that we viewed from UMo.

 

[GF of Seoul]

I'm all signed up and looking forward to some great ASL play!!

 

[Danno]

Scenario list:

Round 1: Any Nation
GD 1 - La Guerre Finie!
PP2 - Supply Detail
A6 - The Price Of Impatience
MM92 - The People's Volunteers
J248 - Danish Crossroads

Round 2: British
RPT 24 - Farmyard Affray
Z17 - He Who Hesitates
MM46 - Take That Hill
RPT 210 - Fused At Zero
AR 1 - Broken Column

Round 3: PTO
AP 59 - Taking Heads
ASL 153 - Totsugeki
WCW 10 - Stand and Die
HazMo 46 - Frog Marched
DB 188 - Chaos in the Coconut Grove

Round 4: East Front
FrF 88 - Panzer Shield
RBF 10 - Tip Off at Tauroggen
ASL 126 - Commando Schenke
FT53 - First Drop
Q42 - East Fort

Round 5: US Army
WO1 - French Toast and Bacon
AP80 - A Bloody Waste
ASL 183 - The Pouppeville Exit
Q39 - The Ghosts From Dasburg
J250 - Priests at St. Cloud

 

[Grumblejones]

 

[Danno]

Tournament Director Paul Works has decided to change to the point system instead of a single elimination system. All 5 rounds count for players in this year. Doors open at 9:00 on Friday. See you there!

 

[Danno]

Results are in:

2025 Champion is Randy Shurtz. This is Randy's second time as Champion at March Madness.

Second Place is Ramon Weston.

Third place is Jim Burris.

I would like to thank our sponsors:
Alex Key at Key's Game Emporium – Games for family, friends and more!
Hazardous Movement at Wargaming | Hazardous Movement
Scenario Archive at ASL Scenario Archive
And all the other game stores that sell our fine March Madness scenario packs.

Thanks to Paul Works and Dave Mareske. Especially thanks to all who attended our little tournament. We had 34 folks including the Saturday only folks.

 

[Sparafucil3]

Thanks to Paul Works and Dave Mareske. Especially thanks to all who attended our little tournament. We had 34 folks including the Saturday only folks.

Well done guys. Hope to see you all in Texas. -- jim

 

[Grumblejones]

My write up on the 2025 Tournament and the past 10 years of Kansas City March Madness Glory! My thanks to Kevin Bradshaw, Rob Schmidt and Nathan Wegener for some epic games! And of course shout out to Paul Works, Dave Mareske, Dan Best and the many members of the Kansas City ASL Club. Thanks for your outstanding efforts year after year.
Grumble Jones - An ASL Blog: KANSAS CITY 2025 MARCH MADNESS TOURNAMENT - 10 years of ASL Goodness!!