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Dear ASL friends from Sweden,

 

Peter Struijf asked me to post this message at the Swedish ASL forum. I hope to see a lot of you in September in Arnhem.

 

Hennie

 

 

Dear ASL Friends,

 

we are happy to announce the dates of the 5th edition of the Bridge Too Far Arnhem ASL Tournament. From humble, cosy beginnings in 2003, the Arnhem tournament has grown beyond our expectations and can now count on 40 - 48 participants, from a wide range of countries.

 

The tournament will run from the evening of Thursday 20th September through to the early afternoon of Sunday, 23rd September 2007. The Themes for this year are decided and scenario selection is almost completed - we expect to announce the selection in early May.

 

There is one major difference with regards to accommodation. Over the past few years, several participants have cancelled at the last moment, leaving us to pay for their empty beds - this is the way it works with the StayOkay. If we don't book the rooms, they will all be sold to other guests by June or July and most of you would not get the cheap and convenient deal at the tournament venue. But after a certain date (early August), we cannot return our reserved beds anymore - we then have to pay for them, even if we kept them for people who cancelled late. This has cost us hundreds of Euros over the past years and we simply cannot continue to subsidise the tournament in this way.

 

Therefore, we will now sell our reserved rooms at StayOkay UNTIL 1st of August. After that, we hand back any spare rooms to the Hostel and everyone who decides to join us after that, will have to arrange their own accommodation in Arnhem. We do need full payment in advance (if you would have to cancel before 1st of August, you will get your money back) - please check our website www.xs4all.nl/~hennies .

 

For those of you, who have already decided to take part in the Arnhem tournament in September and want to organise their accommodation through us - Peter Struijf will attend the Copenhagen tournament at the end of this week and will be ready to accept your payment.

 

Many greetings and good gaming,

 

Peter & Liz Struijf

Arnhem Tournament Directors

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CTABKA Experienced

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Danne och jag köpte flygbiljetter(billigt) igår ,

vilka mer är det som tänkt ta sig ner i September?

 

Har någon Mail adressen till Jonas från Göteborg

som bor/bodde i Holland ? , han arbetade som översättare

eller dylikt.

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Danne och jag köpte flygbiljetter(billigt) igår ,

vilka mer är det som tänkt ta sig ner i September?

 

Har någon Mailadressen till Jonas från Göteborg

som bor/bodde i Holland ? , han arbetade som översättare

eller dylikt.

 

Jonas Hesslund har epostadress jonas8848_sätt in ett schysst snabel-a här_hotmail.com

 

Har själv mailat honom nyligen utan svar dock... :-/

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Jonas Hesslund har epostadress jonas8848_sätt in ett schysst snabel-a här_hotmail.com

 

Har själv mailat honom nyligen utan svar dock... :-/

Han pratade om att han tänkte tillbringa vintern med att jobba i Alperna så han skulle efter vad jag förstod bara tillbringa en kortare tid i Gbg innan han drog vidare.

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Jacometti Newbie

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Hi Guys,

 

this is a reminder that the closing date for registering and paying for the Accommodation at StayOkay is only one month away !

 

After 1st of August you can still register for the tournament, but you would have to organise your own place to stay in Arnhem (and StayOkay will most likely have no rooms available for that weekend very soon).

 

You have all seen the scenario list on our website (www.xs4all.nl/~hennies), we already have a good number of paid up participants (4 French, 4 German, 4 Swedes, Dutch halfsquad - together close to 20) - so you know what to expect : 6 rounds of ASL in the peaceful environment of the Arnhem woods (with nightlife around the corner).....and the answer to the question: is Mel going to make Arnhem Tournament History by winning his third title, going 2 in a row ? How many Swedes will carry a Mini Tournament Trophy home this year ? And who will Bust the most Tanks ?

 

So if you are planning to be part of another Swedish Invasion in Arnhem this year, please send us an email as soon as possible on arnhemasl@hotmail.com

Liz will be available to answer any of your questions...

 

Many greetings and I wish you good gaming (from my PTO Command Hut, 3 hexes from the Ocean)

 

Peter Struijf

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Hi Janusz,

 

I am only guessing here (my Swedish is about as good as my Icelandish) - but if you are trying to find out if there is still space in a Vikingmobile cruising down to Arnhem, I hope someone will answer you soon.

 

Because: per my latest records, we only have two beds left in the StayOkay....the rest is taken and paid for by the crowd listed in my earlier email. So if you are still interested, please get in touch with us as soon as you can (before 1 August). You can find the email address on our website....

 

Cheerio

 

Peter Struijf

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Hur ska ni från Borås ta er ner, och har ni plats över?

 

Janusz

 

We are traveling by car, unfortunately we don't have any space left (my girlfriend will travel instead of Roger).

 

Mattias Rönnblom - May I ask why you're not going? Who will take your place on the dancefloor? :D

 

 

We will arrive Wednesday evening and I hereby invite everyone to take a beer with us at the mexican restaurant "Cohibas" (? I think, I don't remember the name, but it was good food and good beer. It's in the centre of the town)!

 

Cu in Arnhem guys! :)

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Tillbaka från Arnhem igen. Mycket kul som vanligt. Tyvärr ingen svensk i finalen men i övrigt gick det

rätt bra för de blågula (blåslagna?).

 

Klas tog tredje plats, Melvin fjärde och Daniel Q den femte. Själv lyckades jag mot förmodan knipa

en mini (PTO) och Jonas tog också en (infantry classics). Inte så dåligt, även om det hade varit roligt

att se en svensk som vinnare för huvudturneringen.

 

Vinsten gick istället till Toby (UK) och andraplatsen till Bo (DK).

 

Något färre svenskar än vanligt då vi saknade 4 bröder (Lars, Matts, Mattias, Roger), men jag tror att

vi ändå var den bäst representerade nationen. Hoppas vi blir fler nästa gång

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Klas tog tredje plats, Melvin fjärde och Daniel Q den femte. Själv lyckades jag mot förmodan knipa

en mini (PTO) och Jonas tog också en (infantry classics). Inte så dåligt, även om det hade varit roligt

att se en svensk som vinnare för huvudturneringen.

 

...

 

Något färre svenskar än vanligt då vi saknade 4 bröder (Lars, Matts, Mattias, Roger), men jag tror att

vi ändå var den bäst representerade nationen. Hoppas vi blir fler nästa gång

 

Bra jobbat! 3,4 & 5 ser ju bra ut.

 

Får skylla på att det hade varit otaktiskt att vara bort på frugans födelsedag för en vecka senare försvinna till usa i 3 veckor....

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Tack Matts , synd bara att det skulle vara en sådan dålig final mellan

Bo S. och Toby P.

 

skicklighets - faktor var mer när man skulle slå för vem som skulle bli

tysk och sedan inte mycket mer ...

 

Det där måste du utveckla förstår du väl!? :blink:

 

Själv har jag legat sjuk sen jag kom tillbaks. Snörvel. :(

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Grattis till de fina placeringarna i Arnhem! (Gäller även dig Bo!)

Det är inte utan att tankarna har gått till er på turneringen den gångna helgen. Det hade varit kul att vara med, men jag spar mig till ett annat år av taktiska skäl jag också.

Matts

 

Tak Matts !

 

 

Det där måste du utveckla förstår du väl!? :blink:

 

Själv har jag legat sjuk sen jag kom tillbaks. Snörvel. :(

 

Mel har desværre ret at finalen blev en stor skuffelse. I hvert fald for mig. Jeg ved ikke om i alle er på ASL Mailinglist, men hvis ikke vil jeg gerne dele denne historie med jer ...

 

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A quick story from the Arnhem 2007 Tournament. As always it was a terrific event that I can only recommend attending. Thanks to Peter, Liz, Hennie and who else helped make it happen.

 

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This isn't really an after action report, just a funny event that took place during the final game of the tournament.

 

There I was ready to play the final game. I was set to play against the Tournament legend Toby Pilling. The Scenario was "Determination, Resolve and Grenades". I was defending board 25 with greek squads armed with Italian Artillery Guns. Suffice to say, I totally messed up the setup and my plan was extremely flawed to begin with. Result, easy win for Toby Pilling. That obviously isn't the funny event I'm referring to.

 

Both of us preferred to play the Germans, he won the dice-roll and I received an upgrade to my 9-1 leader. 9-2 leaders are nice. Usually. This guy was set up ready to direct fire from the Heavy Machine Gun manned by a Half Squad.

 

We begin play, first shot of the game. Toby's 88 opens up for an area fire shot. NMC. Leader rolls snake-eyes and decides to go beserk. Halfsquad can't resist and joins him . and before a sensible chap can say "But, Sir, wouldn't it be better to shoot at the enemy with the Heavy Machine Gun rather than run down attacking 200 Germans and their 5 armored cars singlehandedly ?" he has put on his running boots and off he went . running down from his entrenchments in his level 4 hill hex . down through the gully . up from the gully . sprinting towards the nearest known enemy unit . but wait, where did he go ? . damn Germans hiding from me . ah, I got it . those big 88's on the hill on the other side of the valley . I'll attack those instead . sprinting across the wide open valley . sprinting some more . climbing the hill on the other side of the valley . getting in point blank against the 88 . but damnit, then that crew went into hiding too . thank God that german halfsquad in the valley re-appeared from hiding I'll charge him instead . down the hill, cross the gully, cross the hedge . game over ? we lost ? damn, I'll try again in the next scenario.

 

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For those interested in statistics. The 9-2 leader and the Halfsquad spent 55 movement points trying to find some Germans to kill during 8 game turns entering roughly 45 new hexes during the charge around the battlefield. Now where's the rules for Beserker exhaustion in ASL :-) ?

 

This brave fella was dubbed "The Marathon Man" and Toby kept humming the theme from Chariots of fire (if you know that old Oscar Winning movie it will be funny). He wasn't the brightest guy, but boy oh boy could he run .

 

Check out the fine pictures from the Miracle mile:

 

Picture 1

In the foreground you will notice my Beserkers . in the background you will notice the 200 Germans and several vehicles trying to squeeze down Toby's left flank

http://www.wcfhl.dk/Arnhem/Arnhem01.jpg

 

Picture 2

shows the Germans hiding in the woods. Too much for Captain Montague . he had to attack.

http://www.wcfhl.dk/Arnhem/Arnhem02.jpg

 

Picture 3

Waaaay in the background you will notice the beserkers standing adjacent to an 88LL AT-Gun on the hill across the valley. In the foreground you will notice the broken down greek lines viciously exploited by the German Armored Cars right in the area that the HMG was supposed to cover.

http://www.wcfhl.dk/Arnhem/Arnhem03.jpg

 

Picture 4

The Germa n crew cleverly sneaks away leaving Captain Montague severely confused, so he starts charging back downhill. (poor picture quality)

http://www.wcfhl.dk/Arnhem/Arnhem04.jpg

 

Picture 5

Toby has moved to my side of the table in order to get a better view of his exit routes. In the foreground Tournament director Peter Struijf looks thoughtful. (This picture is primarily shown to display the map in the background - Narva '44. A new campaign being designed in Denmark, still in the early playtest phases).

http://www.wcfhl.dk/Arnhem/Arnhem05.jpg

 

Best Regards

Bo Siemsen

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