2013 In Review

The Good:

1. Attended CanCon for the first time
2. Attended JunoBear
3. Played as many games Face to face as I did on VASL
4. Played close to 30 games this year despite 8 months offline
5. Made contact with more ASLers in the region
6. Found that I enjoy helping relative newcomers to ASL with the game
7. Without actually trying, realised that I actually do know the IFT  by heart for the most part
8. I am totally over my PTO phobia, to the point I look for PTO games now.

The Bad:

1. Went 0 and 5 at CanCon
2. PC died a very sad death, along with my entire eASL archive
3. Stuck in tablet/iPad 1 Hell for 7.5 months
4. Had to cancel my trip to ASLOK thanks to dental bills, PC crash and lack of $$$
5. Am once more behind the curve in my ASL purchases
6. The reduction in enjoyment at Gamesquad
7. Lost track of exactly what scenarios I played this year.

 Looking Forward to:

• Malaya Madness in February - this could be the start of something special
• Junobear - It would be nice to win more than one game
• ASLOK - Come hell or high water, I am attending this year.
• Hitting the 50 games mark - given ASLOK should account for 20 odd, JunoBear 4 and Malaya Madness another 7/8, getting 18 games on VASL/PBeM and at the Bearz should be relatively easy.
• Finishing off the Swedish Volunteers scenarios
• Catching up on some of the ASL releases from 2013.
• Finalising the Raaco setup.

2013 New Year's Resolutions and Wishlist part 1

Yes it is that time again...the time where I make a whole bunch of promises, predictions and generally put my hopes for 2013 on the line.

2013 Tourneys

Cancon: 

I owe it to myself and to Steve Linton to atttend CanCon - especially given that I am a miniatures gamer at heart and I've been in Aus since 2008 but have yet to attend. This should be achievable as a regular annual pilgrimage as well, now that work situation is settled.

JunoBear

It wouldn't be a Queen's Biirthday in Aus without traipsing to the bearz for 4 games of ASL goodness. 'Nuff Said.

ASLOK XXVIII

I have three more ASLOKs in me before I have to retire from International Jetset ASL. This is the first of those three and the one I have been jonesing for since the return from ASLOK XXV.

ASL Playing

PBeM

Resolution 1: Limit myself to no more than 4 concurrent PBeM ASL games.
Resolution 2: Actively participate and complete all round of the 2013 eASLeague
Resolution 3:Sort out the tri-monitor configuration once and for all.
Resolution 4: get through 3 games every 2 months minimum

Live VASL

Resolution 1: Limit myself to no more than 2 concurrent games
Resolution 2: Be more realistic in my session planning
Resolution 3: No pick up games - I need the prep time

Face to Face ASL

Resolution 1: Attend and play 10 of 12 Bearz meetings
Resolution 2: Play all 3 local to Central Coast ASLers at least twice each
Resolution 3: Play at least 2 ASL games for each day at ASLOK
Resolution 4: 2013 is the year of the DTO

2013 ASL Completed Game Target: 75

Expected number of Face To Face Games: 41

• Cancon: 4, JunoBear: 4, ASLOK: 20, Bearz: 10, other: 3 

Expected number of completed PbeM games: 18 + 2 carrying over from 2012
Expected number of Live VASL games: 20