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.

ASL Games Played 2012

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My totally awesome display of ASL skill.

2012 ASL Games Played

Scenario	Name	Side	Opp	FtF PBeM VASL	Won or Lost	Ladder/ Tourney
WO3	Counterattack at Carentan	US	John Knowles	VASL	Lost	N/A
MP15	Just A Bit Outside	UUSS	Aaron Cleavin	VASL	Lost	N/A
WO4	I Don't Like Retreating	German	John Knowles	VASL	Lost	N/A
MP16	Power Struggle	Soviet	Aaron Cleavin	VASL	Lost	N/A
AP83	Take Two (playtest)	Japanese	Randy    Shurtz	VASL	Lost	Playtest
MP17	Bagging Burcorps	British	Aaron Cleavin	VASL	Lost	N/A
MP18	Marsh Madness	German	Aaron Cleavin	VASL	Lost	N/A
WO5	Astride Hell's Highway	US/British	John Knowles	VASL	Lost	N/A
J113	Maczek's Fire Brigade	German	Ian          Percy	PBEM	Lost	N/A
FrF001	Jarama Proving Ground	Nationalists	John Knowles	VASL	Lost	N/A
MP19	Ski Patrol	Germans	Aaron Cleavin	VASL	Lost	N/A
J103	Lenin's Sons	German	Lee   Thornton	PBEM	Won	N/A
AP84	Thai Hot	Thai	Spencer Armstrong	VASL	Lost	Playtest
FrF30	Biderman's Escape	Soviet	Davide Bendazzi	PBEM	Lost	eASLeague
BFP099	Ivanovskii	German	Mark McGilchrist	F2F	Won	JunoBear
FrF53	Raid Into The Reich	Polish	David  Wilson	F2F	Lost	JunoBear
MP17	Bagging Burcorps	British	Murray McCloskey	F2F	Lost	JunoBear
FrF20	Rostov Redemption	German	Nick    Irvingg	F2F	Won	JunoBear
SP87	Fangs of the Tiger	Soviet	Jeff      Sewall	PBeM	Lost	Ladder
J114	The Marketplace at Wormhoudt	British	John Knowles	VASL	Lost	N/A
BFP030	Melee Near The Coast	Japanese	Jon       Halfin	PBeM	Won	N/A
J100	For A Few Rounds More	German	Sandro Coriasco	PBeM	Lost	VASLeague
J115	Last Push To Mozhaisk	Soviet	John  Knowles	VASL	Lost	N/A
SP174	Krupki Station	German	Burnie      Fox	PBeM	Lost	Ladder
ASL088	Art Nouveau	German	Ivan       Kent	FtF	Lost	Ladder
FrF57	Warsaw in Flames	German	Aaron Cleavin	VASL	Won	N/A
FrF45	Totensonntag	Polish	Eion Corrigan	PBeM	Won	Ladder
ASL012	Confusion  Reigns	US	Mark   Moore	PBeM	Lost	Ladder
J118	Elephants Unleashed	Soviet	John  Knowles	VASL	Lost	N/A
J119	Sovkhoz Haystacks	German	John  Knowles	VASL	Won	Ladder
ASL015	Trapped!	US	Mark Moore	PBeM	Lost	Ladder
J120	Ishun Tank Traps	German	John   Knowles	VASL	Lost	Ladder
J111	Prussia In Flames	Soviet	John   Knowles	VASL	TBD	N/A
FRF40	Sporck's Eleven	German	Damon Norko	VASL	TBD	Ladder
ESG38	Choke Point	German	Chuck Hammond	VASL	TBD	Ladder

2012 Playing Record: 32 games so far

Won: 7  Lost: 25  
Win/loss Percentage: 22/78

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