Bo Siemsen

Any chance that there are any NHL/Hockey interested out there in the swedish ASL community ? I've got 2 tickets for fridays game between St.Louis Blues and Detroit Red Wings. The tickets are adjacent in section C8. Due to sickness in the family I wont be able to go :-( If anybody is interested in these tickets, please contact me at bo_siemsen@city.dk

I'll talk to Michael about the VC's for RPT25. We'll make sure to announce a clarification prior to ASO 2009

If anybody needs any of the scenarios you can email me at bo_siemsen@city.dk and I will send the scenarios to you. I have them scanned in and ready to go.

Det var min egen fejl. Jeg mistede fokus og koncentration i den sidste advance-phase. Jeg glemte at avancere og blokere en hex som han kunne withdraw'e til hvis jeg slog boxcars. Der var flere units som jeg ikke avancerede. Jeg skulle have minimeret risikoen. Det gjorde jeg ikke. Mentalt var jeg allerede på vej ned i baren tænker jeg. Det var inte kul

Scandinavian Open is running a Valor of the Guards Mini-tournament this year ... unfortunately we havent received all our copies yet - only one. So we would appreciate if a couple of you fine swedish ASL'ers could bring the VOTG map to the tournament so we can borrow it for the Mini-tournament. The Maps would obviously only be used on a plexi-glass plate. please email me at bo_siemsen@city.dk if you can help us out Best Regards Bo and Michael from ASO

Hej Svenske grabbar, Jeg har alle scenarier til ASO liggende som .tif billeder. Send mig en mail på bo_siemsen@city.dk hvis i mangler en kopi. venlig hilsen Bo Siemsen

Tak Matts ! 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 ... **************************************************************** 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. **************************************************************************** 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. * * * * * 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

Det var det samme jeg tænkte. Reglen er ikke logisk. En Mortar der skyder fra hex A til B (over 8 hexes) modificeres af en +1 Low Visibility hindrance. En AT Gun der skyder fra hex A til B (over 8 hexes) har ingen low visibility hindrance.

Hej svenske grabber, Jeg har ikke fået noget svar på ASLML. Har i et bud på dette spørgsmål ? mvh Bo Siemsen

Jeg har en Beyond the Beachhead som jeg kan sælge/bytte bort. Jeg tager den med til Stockholm Open, hvis nogen skulle være interesseret. - Det var en præmie til Scandinavian Open, jeg havde dog BtB i forvejen. Det har ikke været brugt. venlig hilsen Bo Siemsen

Hej Peter, Hvorfor blande din ASL hobby og National politik sammen ? Jeg forstår ikke hvordan du ville støtte en 'politik' ved at tage til en ASL Turnering. Der er ting i Hollandsk og svensk politik jeg heller ikke kan lide ... men jeg tager afsted turneringer i Arnhem og Stockholm (og måske Linnkoping dette år) alligevel. De eneste den holdning går ud over er dig selv og alle vi søde og rare ASL-spillere. Det er da trist. Hvilken politik er det specifikt du ikke kan lide ? Jeg er bange for at selv et regeringsskifte ikke vil hjælpe. I så fald får vi jo aldrig set dig igen i København venlig hilsen Bo Siemsen And in English, in case my Danish doesn't translate so well into swedish Hey Peter, Why mix up ASL and politics ? I dont understand how you would be 'supporting' a policy by going to an ASL Tournament. There are things about Dutch and Swedish National politics that I don't like ... but I still go to tournaments in Arnhem, Stockholm and possibly Linnkoping this year. The only one who really suffers from that principle is yourself and all the friendly ASL-players. That's sad. Which policy is it specifically that you dont like ? I'm afraid even a new government wont help. If that is the case we'll never see you in Copenhagen again Kind Regards Bo Siemsen

There will only be 2 Danes coming. - Bo Siemsen - Lars Klysner Still arriving 12.28 at Flemingsberg

Sounds good. We will take that 12.28 train and count on getting picked up at the station. So, if there's a delay now you know why Anyway, I have another question that I hope you can answer equally convincing ... on sunday the last round is scheduled to end at 14.00 ... so we should be able to make the return-train at 15.30 at Flemingsberg, right ? Regards Bo Siemsen Now planning trips to ASL tournaments all over Europe

3 Danes are coming to Stockholm (in no random order) - Bo Siemsen - Kenneth Knudsen - Martin Kristensen We will be arriving by train. The timing is a bit of a problem though. The first train from Copenhagen that stops in Flemingsberg on that day is at 12.28. Is this sufficient time to arrive at the tournament site ? Or should we go on to Stockholm and get picked up there ? There is an earlier train that arrives in Stockholm at 11.40 (doesn't stop at Flemingsberg) Tournament registration is 12.00-12.45. Bo Siemsen

Andreas, bedste svensk blev nummer 4. Så dårligt har svenskerne inte klaret sig siden jeg begyndte at deltage i ASO i 2003. Ni segrade inte :-) Hats off to Mattias though, played and won his 3rd round game while still loudly drunk and his 4th round game while hung over. Hope to see you all next year. Bo Siemsen

54 players from all Europe participated in this 10th anniversary ASL Scandinavian Open, despite the snowstorm which surprisingly enough only prevented two danes from attending. The winner after 5 rounds of heavy dice rolling was: Peter Struijf from Holland, repeating his victory from last year, by defeating Mel Falk in "Lenin's Sons", in the last round. Runner up was Bo Siemsen, Denmark tied with Toby Pilling, UK with Bo taking 2nd place by tiebreaker. Winner of the East Front mini-tournament was Niels Larsen, Denmark Winner of Fortress Cassino mini-tournament was Tomas Davidsson, Sweden. CC winner ; Jeroen Verheij Snake eye winner; Roger Sjögren Boxcar winner ; Bo Siemsen Thanks to all the players for making this a very nice weekend. We are already looking forward to next years ASO. Preparations has already begun and we hope to break our attendance record once again. Also thanks to our sponsers; MMP donating an Armies of Oblivion, Histofig for donating 200 Euro's worth of scenario packs and magazines and to the bunker crew for the Valor of the Guards DB theme issue. next year in Copenhagen ! Michael Hastrup-Leth & Bo Siemsen Final Standings ASO 2007 1 Peter Struijf, 15 pts 2 Bo Siemsen, 13 pts 3 Toby Pilling, 13 pts 4 Mel Falk, 12 pts 5 Mattias Rönnblom, 12 pts 6 Patrik Manlig, 12 pts 7 Eivind Trondsen, 12 pts 8 Alan Smee, 12 pts 9 Lars Thuring, 12 pts 10 Kenneth Knudsen, 9 pts 11 Enrico Catanzaro, 9 pts 12 Boudeweijn van Schalkwijck, 9 pts 13 Roger Sjogren, 9 pts 14 Lars-Petter Simonsen, 9 pts 15 Ola Nygårds, 9 pts 16 Olav Heie, 9 pts 17 Philippe Rohmer, 9 pts 18 Ran Shiloah, 9 pts 19 Jes Touvdal, 9 pts 20 Michael Hemmingsen, 9 pts 21 Albert van Poppel, 7 pts 22 Torgeir Sæveraas, 7 pts 23 Andreas Carlsson, 6 pts 24 Vesa Virri, 6 pts 25 Daniel Kalman, 6 pts 26 Daniel Qvarfordt, 6 pts 27 Josh Kalman, 6 pts 28 Klas Malmstrom, 6 pts 29 Conny Geser, 6 pts 30 William Hanson, 6 pts 31 Christopher Hopper, 6 pts 32 Martin Svärd, 6 pts 33 Georges Tournemire, 6 pts 34 Henrik Sannesson, 4 pts 35 Michiel Otten, 4 pts 36 Ulric Schwela, 3 pts 37 Robert Maglica, 3 pts 38 Armin Deppe, 3 pts 39 Martin Kristensen, 3 pts 40 Hans Bugge, 3 pts 41 Erik Leander, 3 pts 42 Matts Dagerhäll, 0 pts Players participating in minis after losing one or two games friday: East Front mini ; Niels Larsen, Johan Sahlin, Mattias Laakso, Jacob Philipsen Cassino mini ; Tomas Davidson, Pär Nilsson, Thomas Harjo, Jeroen Verheij Friendly Games; Derek Ward, Flemming S. Christensen and Michael Hastrup-Leth

This is particularly directed at those ASL'ers who are supposed to arrive in Copenhagen tomorrow for the Scandinavian Open. The weather here has been particularly bad with a snowstorm that has paralyzed most of the country and also caused problems with regards to transportation. Some of the bridges have been closed at times and there has been delays in the airport. We would like to hear from those of you who will not be able to get here or might get here later than scheduled. We would also like you contact us if you get delayed on your way to the tournament site tomorrow. We need to know if we have to take any precautions. If you have knowledge of someone else who might not get here tomorrow, but aren't reading this please let us know. You can contact me by email or contact one of us by phone. Please contact Michael Hastrup-Leth 0045 21945774 Bo Siemsen 0045 26992681, bo_siemsen@city.dk Hope to see you here ! Best Regards Bo Siemsen

Det ser inte bra ut :-( Bare en bane er i brug. Der er mange fly aflyst fra sverige imorgen. Nedenstående fly fra sverige er annulleret fredag den 23. februar: SK0443 Göteborg-København SK1439 Göteborg-København SK1899 Jönköping-København Læs mere here http://www.sas.dk/templates/FlexiblePage.a...;epslanguage=DA Håber at i kommer frem

Hejsa, Det er korrekt at ASO koster 150 DKK for at deltage. Buffén bliver leveret af en caterer og er mycka bra. Det kan anbefales. Derudover kan jeg fortælle at der er meget sne i København i disse dage.

Den rigtige ABS for Transylvania 6-5000 Transylvania 6-5000 H3 H2 + delete one 447 from Hungarian OB H2 H1 + Exchange at start T34/m43 and turn 2 reinforcement T34/85 H1 exchange 3 x 447 for 3 x 347 R1 Exchange Hungarian 6+1 for an 8-0 R2 R1 + exchange Russian turn 2 reinforcement 8-1 for 8-0 R3 R2 + add a 447 to Hungarian OB Correct If you choose A3 then SSR3 will be deleted. And it doesn't matter if that SSR has been changed. venlig hilsen Bo Siemsen

Hej Mel, R3 i transylvania 6-5000 er også kumulativ. Det er en fejl. Jeg bringer spørgsmålet i SP 141 videre til Michael venlig hilsen Bo Siemsen

Du skal være meget velkommen. Sådan som Turneringen kører, så kommer du til at spille mod en modstander med ligeså mange/få sejre som du selv. Du har også mulighed for at spille med i en mini-turnering Lørdag og søndag hvis du har lyst. Jeg er enig med Andreas - man lærer meget til turneringer. For tilmelding, send email til hastrup@image.dk. Det bliver en rekord stor turnering dette år. Sidst jeg snakked med Michael Hastrup-Leth havde vi omkring 60 tilmeldte. Vi stopper ved 64.

ABS-informationen blev sendt ud på ASLML for et par dage siden. Round 1 Broken Beek; G3 G2 + add a 337 HS and 3 x ? to American OB G2 G1 + add a 337 HS and exchange 8-0 for 8-1 in American OB G1 in SSR 3 exchange MMC for Squad A1 increase German Elr to 3 A2 A1 + exchange 2 x 447 for 2 x 548 A3 A2 + delete SSR 3 Transylvania 6-5000 H3 H2 + delete one 447 from Hungarian OB H2 H1 + Exchange at start T34/m43 and turn 2 reinforcement T34/85 H1 exchange 3 x 447 for 3 x 347 R1 Exchange Hungarian 6+1 for an 8-0 R2 R1 + exchange Russian turn 2 reinforcement 8-1 for 8-0 R3 add a 447 to Hungarian OB Kerepesi Cemetery ASO SSR; exchange one T34/85 for one T34/m43, exchange 3 x 347 for 3 x 447 and add a LMG. R3 R2 + delete one 527 from Russian OB R2 R1 + exchange one T34/85 for one T34/m34 R1 delete a 447 from Russian OB H1 add a 8-1 AL to Russian OB H2 H1 + exchange 2 x 447 for 2 x 458 H3 H2 + exchange one T34/m43 for one T34/85 *** Round 2 Extracurricular Activity Clarification; hex H2(51) contains a Steeple location. R3 R2 + delete one ATR R2 R1 + add a 9-2 AL to Hungarian OB R1 exchange 4 x 347 for 4 x 447 H1 exchange 2 x 447 for 2 x 458 H2 H1 + delete SSR 5 H3 H2 + delele one 347 Shelling the Sivash Clarification; Russian Army and Tank Corps ELR is 4. Romanian units may setup in both setup areas. R3 R2 + delete one partisan 337 R2 R1 + add a 447(German) to German at start OB R1 add a 8-1 AL to German OB G1 add a 8-1 AL to Russian OB G2 G1 + exchange Partisan 8-0 for an 8-1 G3 G2 + exchange 3 x 447 for 3 x 458 A Meaningful Diversion ASO SSR; delete 12 minefactors. Clarification; 1. Parachute Corps StuGIIIG and StuH are German G3 G2 + add a 458 to British OB G2 G1 + Exchange a LMG for a MMG in British OB G1 add a 8-1 AL to British OB B1 add a 8-1 AL to German OB B2 B1 + decrease exit VP from 20 to 17 B3 B2 + add a 548 to initial German OB *** Round 3 The Prelude to Spring ASO SSR; add a 467 and LMG to German at start OB Clarification; In turn one Russian AFV may not Prep Fire and start their MF by having expended half their printed MP. German reinforcements enter on turn 3. R3 R2 + exchange 75 ATG for 75L ATG R2 R1 + German reinforcements enter on turn 2 R1 German may HIP one Squad and any SMC/SW that sets up with it. G1 exchange Russian 7-0 for an 8-1 G2 G1 + add a 9-1 AL to Russian OB G3 G2 + delete SSR 4 Winter Storm I3 I2 + exchange 2 x 666 for 667 I2 I1 + Italien reinforcements enter on turn 3 I1 exchange 2 x 546 for 2 x 666 A1 exchange 3 x 347 for 3 x 447 A2 A1 + delete 12 minefactors A3 A2 + OBA may only fire only one fire mission To No Avail G3 G2 + Add another 458 to Russian OB G2 G1 + add a 458 to Russian OB G1 exchange Russian 8-0 for an 8-1 R1 delete one Fortified Location R2 R1 + delete 12 minefactors R3 R2 + delete an ATR and 4 x ? *** Round 4; Barracuda ASO SSR; add a 548 SS Squad and 4 x ? to German OB B3 B2 + delete British 9-1 AL and add a LMG to German OB B2 B1 + add a 658 SS Squad German OB B1 add a PSK to German OB G1 exchange 3 x 457 for 3 x 458 G2 G1 + exchange 3 x 457 for 3 x 458 G3 G2 + exchange German 9-2 for 9-1 Fields of Black Gold Clarification; the truck and Gun may not setup in a trench. G3 G2 + exchange 3 x 447 for 3 x 458 G2 G1 + exchange 9-2 AL for a 8-1 AL G1 exchange Russian 7-0 for an 8-1 R1 add a 9-1 AL to German OB R2 R1 + exchange HMG for a MMG in Russian OB R3 R2 + delete one 447 Old Hickory's Path A3 A2 + exchange 9-2 for an 8-0 A2 A1 + exchange 3 x 447 for 2 x 467 and 1 x 468 A1 delete one 667 G1 exchange 3 x 666 for 3 x 667 G2 G1 + delete one PSK G3 G2 + add a 9-1 AL to American OB *** Round 5 Lenins Sons G3 G2 + add a 328 HS to Russsian OB G2 G1 + exchange 9-2 for 9-1 G1 delete one German DC R1 exchange 7-0 for 8-1 in German OB R2 R1 + in VC change 8 to 7 R3 R2 + delete one 328 HS from Russian OB One More Day of Freedom J3 J2 + add a 546 to turn 2 reinforcements J2 J1 + add a MMG to American turn 3 reinforcements J1 exchange an 8-0 for a 9-1 in American turn 2 reinforcements A1 exchange 10-0 for a 10-1 A2 A1 + add a 447 to Japanese turn 2 reinforcements A3 A2 + delete first sentence of SSR 4 = no Dare Death squad Orczy Square H3 H2 + exchange 2 x 426 for 2 x 447 H2 H1 + exchange 2 x 426 for 2 x 447 H1 add 4 x ? to Russian OB R1 exchange 3 x 336 for 3 x 347 in Hungarian turn 2 reinforcements R2 R1 + add a 9-1 AL to Hungarian OB R3 R2 + exchange 3 x 347 for 3 x 447 in Hungarian at start OB

Jeg søger email adresser på Stefan Fiedler og Jerry Adamsson. Michael Hastrup-Leth vil gerne have bekræftet om de kommer til ASO eller ej. Hvis nogen har deres email adresser må de gerne sende dem til mig ... bo_siemsen@city.dk. Tak. Venlig Hilsen Bo Siemsen