We just wrapped up another fantastic Wild West Fest near Portland, Oregon in Troutdale. The hotel was a great fit and provided great gaming space and flexibility. Our theme this year was The Coldest Winter, featuring many scenarios from the MMP Forgotten War expansion. Our top 5 finishers were: Rich Jenulis Bruce Billett Greg Barsness…
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It is Saturday afternoon about 3:30pm local time and I’m taking a voluntary bye for round 3. We have 18 other players actively engaged in their games, with four players having two points each and in contention for the win (Steve B., Rich J., Bruce B., and Brian Y.). The photo above is classic ASL…
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Before You Arrive Prior to the tournament each participant should select 3 scenarios from each round and rank the three in order of preference of play. See side selection for tips on how two players will jointly determine the scenario to be played in each round. Friday morning mulligan games apply to the full tournament…
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Here is the framework for the Wild West Fest 2019 tournaments. We’ve changed things up from 2018 so read carefully! The overall theme for this tournament is The Coldest Winter and we will have a special focus on the Korean War. All but one round will have an option to play a scenario featuring boards…
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This is way overdue! As I prepared details for the upcoming 2019 tournament, I realized I had never posted any update on the results from the 2018 tournament So here goes. Full Tournament We had 18 players join us for the full ASL tournament, which was four rounds plus an optional tie-breaking mulligan round on…
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Thanks to the Yankee Gamers for such a great rules format that we were able to lift for our own purposes. Before You Arrive Prior to the tournament each participant should select 3 scenarios from each round and rank the three in order of preference of play. See side selection for tips on how two…
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A very relaxed format tournament, intended to introduce players to the rules. You are welcome to make any and all changes as you wish. We will have printed copies of all scenarios available at the tournament. Prizes: Beyond The Beach scenario pack (includes map P) (1st) Wild West Fest 2018 championship mug (1st) Prize choice…
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Update August 27, 2018 – We swapped out a few scenarios from the original list – I’m using strike-through to show scenarios that were dropped. Here is the framework for the Wild West Fest 2018 tournaments. Let’s start with a disclaimer: the “mini” tournament on Saturday is more of a jump-start to learn and love…
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The Berserk Commissars are a very active ASL community. The best way to stay informed is to join our email list. Game days are held at Guardian Games in Portland, Oregon. Here are our game days for 2018: April 14 May 19 June 16 July 21 August 18 September 15 October 20 November 17 December 15
This tournament has a long history, going back to at least the late 1990s. The tournament is hosted by a local Portland ASL group, the Berserk Commissars. Here are some archived web pages about past tournaments: Clayton’s AAR of WWF 6 Red October tournament in 2000 Final Standings for the Red October tournament Wild West…
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