HEROES 2025 Wed 5 - Sun 9 Mar 2025

BOUNDING FIRE BLACKPOOL 2025 Wed 12 - Sun 16 Nov 2025

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HEROES 2025
Wed 5 - Sun 9 March

HEROES is an opportunity for ASLers to shake off the winter blues and get in some ASL action in the UK.

As normal the action starts on Wednesday and continues through to Sunday so you can play in an ASL tournament and/or play friendly games (or even try your hand at a campaign game if you can find an opponent).
The focus of the weekend will be the main tournament, in which players of like record are paired off to allow us to determine the winners. Depending on the numbers taking part, there will either be one round on Friday or two (one in the morning, the second in the evening), two more on Saturday, and a final round on Sunday morning, finishing around 2pm. Each round sees players choose from three carefully selected scenarios. Main tournament entrants are to be familiar with the rules through to the first half of Chapter G.
Don’t worry if you are a new player (someone who has only ever played five or fewer games against a live opponent), as several experienced players are on hand to play against who will be happy to assist you in learning the game - if there are sufficient numbers there will also be a special tournament based on the ASL Starter Kit on Friday. There will never be a better time to try your hand at ASL!
Remember, you can also drop in just for part of a day if you can't make it for the full weekend.

Venue

The Headlands (611 New South Promenade, FY4 1NJ) offers plenty of gaming room for the whole weekend. Meals and good beers are also available in the hotel, and numerous alternative food outlets are close by.
Single rooms are available from £35 (including breakfast) - please contact the hotel for rates if you wish to share a room. Do not try to book using the hotel website, as it will tell you there are no rooms available - instead, phone them and mention that you are wanting to book a room to attend the games tournament!

The hotel is easily accessible from the M55 and the train station is a 10 minute walk away.

(click a map to view a larger version in a new window)

Train travel can be booked at www.thetrainline.com - you need Blackpool Pleasure Station (the last stop before Blackpool South) as your destination station; the station prior to that is Squires Gate so prepare to Unload when it leaves there :-)

Cost

Weekend registration for the tournament costs just £15 if registering by Sunday 20 February - thereafter it is £20. There is no need to pay in advance, simply pay on arrival at the tournament.
To register simply log in to your account and click the link on that page to view forth-coming tournaments

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Confirmed Attendees

Registered attendees can now download the tournament program from their account.

Ian Ainsworth arriving Wed 5 Mar 2025
Craig Benn arriving Thu 6 Mar 2025
Mark Blackmore arriving Wed 5 Mar 2025
Christopher Blair arriving Thu 6 Mar 2025
Stuart Brant arriving Wed 5 Mar 2025
Paul Case arriving Wed 5 Mar 2025
Steve Cook arriving Thu 6 Mar 2025
Michael Davies arriving Thu 6 Mar 2025
Matthew Ellis arriving Tue 4 Mar 2025
Bill Finlayson arriving Tue 4 Mar 2025
Mark Finney arriving Wed 5 Mar 2025
Tony Gibson arriving Thu 6 Mar 2025
Alan Hume arriving Wed 5 Mar 2025
Andrew Kennedy arriving Fri 7 Mar 2025
John Kennedy arriving Thu 6 Mar 2025
Paul Legg arriving Wed 5 Mar 2025
Rod Lobban arriving Wed 5 Mar 2025
John Martin arriving Wed 5 Mar 2025
Ian Morris arriving Wed 5 Mar 2025
Gary Norman arriving Wed 5 Mar 2025
Pete Phillipps arriving Wed 5 Mar 2025
Ian Pollard arriving Thu 6 Mar 2025
Nick Ranson arriving Thu 6 Mar 2025
John Robinson arriving Thu 6 Mar 2025
Simon Staniforth arriving Wed 5 Mar 2025
John Tait arriving Thu 6 Mar 2025
Martin Vicca arriving Thu 6 Mar 2025

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Tournament Scenarios

(ROAR ratings in brackets)

Friday (9.30am - Midnight) 14.5 hours
BFP-67 Coke Hill (British 12, Japanese 14)
BFP-48 Ninth Tanks (American 22, Japanese 22)
BFP-60 Thrilla in Manila (American 10, Japanese 12)
Players may alternatively choose any scenario they wish to play if they do not want to play any of the scenarios on offer for this round instead.

Saturday AM (9am - 4pm) 7 hours
BG8 Germans in Ghermain (Russian 1, German 1)
SP287 The Vienna Bypass (Russian 1, German 2)
SP281 Hühnersuppe (Russian 3, German 2)

Saturday PM (5pm - Midnight) 7 hours
RPT204 King and Love (American 2, German 2)
DB142 Road to Destruction (Russian 2, German 2)
WO48 Last Assault on the Steelworks (British 3, German 4)
Players may alternatively choose any scenario they wish to play if they do not want to play any of the scenarios on offer for this round instead.

Sunday AM (9am – 2pm) 5 hours
Q21 Hold Pokhlebin! (Russian 5, German 3)
RPT25 Cornwalls' Rum Ration (British 39, German 33)
AR3 Bricks in Flames (British 6, German 1)
 

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Games Played So Far