ASL-turnering

Asl-turnering

Arrangör: Mattias Rönnblom
Deltagare (anmälda/max): 26/32
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Since we usually have a couple of non-Swedes to the ASL tournament, we keep all the ASL tournament information in English.

As a part of the Friendly Fire Wargaming Convention an Advanced Squad Leader (ASL) tournament is held.

Introduction

The tournament is a swiss-style five round tournament. Each player get three points for a win, and one point for a loss. The player with the most points wins. In cases where the players have the same number of points, the player who lost his/her first game latest in the tournament wins. If two players have the same number of points and lost their first scenarion in the same round, the are ordered on the average rating of the opponents they've met during the tournament. Friendly Fire use ELO-style ratings with K=40.

The current ratings and the tournament results for years 2003-2008 can be found here.

Rounds and Scenarios

In each round there are two scenarios to choose from, both from Friendly Fire Pack 5, produced by the tournament crew.

All participants in the tournament will get draft version of the the Friendly Fire Pack 5 scenarios sent to them on 28 July. In case you pre-register at a later date, you should get these scenario sent to you on e-mail after a day or two.

Round 1

Friday 16.00 - 20.30
IdNameCombatantsBoardsOverlays
FrF4 Barbarossa D-day German-Russian 43, 44
FrF37 Crossing Swords at Kyaukse British-Japanese 36, 37 O4, O5

Round 2

Friday 21:00 - Saturday 09:30
IdNameCombatantsBoardsOverlays
FrF39 No Country for Old Men American-German 15, 35 O2, O4, O5
FrF43 Forest Devil Bulgarian-German 5, u

Round 3

Saturday 10:00 - 17:00
IdNameCombatantsBoardsOverlays
FrF40 Sporck's Eleven German-Russian 44, u B4, Hi12
FrF41 Romania Mare Romanian-Russian 10, 17, 32, 50
FrF42 Kiss of Fury German-Russian 24, 57

Round 4

Saturday 18:00 - Saturday 24:00
IdNameCombatantsBoardsOverlays
FrF35 Skiing in Laponia Finn-Russian 4, 19 Wd4, Wd5, Wd12, Wd34, Hi9
FrF36 Newborn Partisans Partisan-Russian 33, 34, 35, 52 X9

Round 5

Sunday 08:00 - 15:00
IdNameCombatantsBoardsOverlays
FrF38 Wunderwagen German-Russian 10, 41
FrF44 Anhalt Pandemonium German-Russian 21, 23

Pairing

In the first round, players are paired according to their ranking, with the highest-ranking player playing a randomly chosen player from the six players with the least ranking, etc.

Otherwise, the main pairing process takes place at the end of each round. Players with the equal number of points will be playing each other (to the extent possible). If there are more than two players at a given score, their opponents will be randomly determine (within that group).

Scenario Selection

At the start of the tournament each player receives ten "scenario points" (SPs). Each player secretly designates one of scenarios in the current round as his preferred choice and spends 0-10 SPs (which are permanently lost) on it. If the players have bid on different scenarios, the one with most SPs is played. If the players bid on different scenarios and spent the same amount of SPs, they each make a DR, and whoever rolls the lowest gets to play his choice.

Side Selection

Friendly Fire utilizes the Australian Balance System (ABS) with secret bidding.

With the ABS, each scenario have eight levels of handicap; level 0-4 for each side. Each player secretly chooses a side and a handicap level. Upon revealing their bids, one of three things can happen:

Handicap levels are cumulative. Thus, handicap level A3, for example, includes the A2 and A1 handicaps as well.

ABS

FrF4 Barbarossa D-day
R3Add one 8-1 leader to the initial German OB.
R2Delete one T-26S M37 from the Russian OB.
R1Add one LMG to the initial German OB.
G1Replace one German 4-6-8 squad with a 4-6-7 squad.
G2Replace one Russian LMG with a MMG.
G3Replace one German 4-6-7 squad with a 2-4-7 HS.
FrF35 Skiing in Laponia
F3Replace the Finnish HMG(r) with a MMG(r).
F2Replace one Finnish 5-3-8 squad with a 2-3-8 HS.
F1Replace one Finnish 6-4-8 squad with a 5-3-8 squad.
R1Delete the Russian Ski Detachment's LMG.
R2Add a hero to the Finnish OB.
R3Replace the Finnish 9-0 leader with a 9-1 leader.
FrF36 Newborn Partisans
P3Add one 4-2-6 squad to Russian Group A.
P2Decrease the Partisan SAN to 4.
P1Replace one Russian 4-4-7 squad with a 4-5-8 squad.
R1Replace one Russian 4-5-8 squad with a 4-4-7 squad.
R2Delete one 4-2-6 squad from the Russian OB.
R3Delete one 4-4-7 squad from the Russian OB.
FrF37 Crossing Swords at Kyaukse
B3In the initial British OB, replace one 4-5-8 squad with a 2-4-8 HS.
B2Replace the Japanese 8-0 leader with a 9-1 leader.
B1Delete the LMG from the British Turn 1 reinforcements.
J1Delete one DC from the Japanese OB.
J2Add one 2-4-8 HS to the initial British OB.
J3Replace one British 8-0 leader with a 9-1 leader.
FrF38 Wunderwagen
G3Delete one 4-3-6 squad from the German OB.
G2Delete one 4-3-6 squad from the German OB.
G1Replace a Russian 4-4-7 squad with a 4-5-8 squad.
R1Add a LMG to the German OB.
R2Delete one 4-4-7 squad and a LMG from the Russian OB.
R3Replace the German 8-1 armor leader with a 9-2 armor leader.
FrF39 No Country for Old Men
A3Both SdKfz 7/1 have trailers.
A2Replace the German 9-1 leader with a 10-2 leader.
A1Replace one American 6-6-7 squad with a 5-4-6 squad.
G1Replace one American 5-4-6 squad with a 6-6-7 squad.
G2Add two 8-1 armor leaders to the American OB.
G3Add one hero and one BAZ43 to the American OB.
FrF40 Sporck's Eleven
G3Add a T-70 to the Russian Turn 1 reinforcements.
G2Add a 5-2-7 squad and an ATR to the Russian Turn 2 reinforcements.
G1Add a LMG to the Russian Turn 1 reinforcements.
R1Russian ELR is decreased to 3.
R2Add a 6-5-8 squad to the German reinforcements.
R3Delete one T-70 from the Russian OB.
FrF41 Romania Mare
R3Add one 5-3-7 squad to the Rumanian OB.
R2Delete one LMG from the Russian OB.
R1Add one LMG to the Rumanian OB.
Rum1All ISU-122s have AAMGs.
Rum2Replace one Rumanian 3-4-7 squad with an 1-3-7 HS.
Rum3Delete one 7-0 leader from the Rumanian OB.
FrF42 Kiss of Fury
R3Delete one 5-2-7 squad from the Russian OB.
R2Replace the German 8-1 leader with a 10-2 leader.
R1Delete the DC from the Russian OB.
G1Add an LMG to the Russian Board 57 group.
G2Delete a SPW 250/1 and a HS from the German OB.
G3Delete a PSW 234/1 from the German OB.
FrF43 Forest Devil
G3Replace one German 4-6-7 squad with a 2-4-7 HS.
G2Add one 3-4-7 squad to the Bulgarian OB.
G1Replace the German 8-1 leader with a 8-0 leader.
B1Replace one Bulgarian 5-3-7 squad with a 3-4-7 squad.
B2Add one 2-4-7 HS to the initial German OB.
B3Add one 3-3-8 HS to the German Turn 4 reinforcements.
FrF44 Anhalt Pandemonium
G3Add one 4-5-8 squad to the Russian OB.
G2Replace the Russian 8-0 leader with a 8-1 leader.
G1Delete on LMG from the German OB.
R1Replace two T-34 M43s with two T-34 M41s.
R2Replace the German 8-0 leader with a 8-1 leader.
R3Delete one 4-5-8 squad from the Russian OB.

Rules

Friendly Fire uses the standard ASLv2 rule set, but players are free to use mutually agreed upon Optional Rules such as Incremental IFT and/or Chapter E.

All players are required to use some kind of dice rolling equipment, such as a dicecup or a dicetower. Throwing the dice in a box is also allowed. Whatever method used, both players need to see the result at the same time.

Judging

In case you are unable to finish your scenario in time, you need to either agree upon who is the winner among yourself, or ask the tournament director to judge your scenario. If the tournament director is called upon to decide the scenario, he (and/or anyone he sees fit to help) will make an estimate on how large a chance each player has to win (in 5% increments) and will then ask either of the two players to roll a 20-sided die to determine the winner.

If the tournament director feels that one player is main reason for the two players being unable to finish in time, he will take that into account when doing the estimation.

Prizes

Prizes are yet to be determined.

Questions?

If you have any questions regarding the ASL tournament or the Friendly Fire Event as a whole, please feel free to contact Mattias Rönnblom.

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