"A Bridge Too Far 2012" Arnhem ASL Tournament

last updated: January 22, 2012

The 10^th edition of the Advanced Squad Leader Event in Arnhem, Holland, will start in the evening of Thursday, 20^th of September. The tournament format has changed this year, see below! The gaming room will be open on Thursday from 1pm for friendly gaming. If you like to play a friendly game please arrange one with one of the other participants or contact the tournament organisers to hook you up with someone.

The main tournament starts on Friday morning with two rounds on Friday and Saturday and the final round on Sunday morning. The Bridge Too Far ASL Tournament will see play until Sunday, September 23^th, 2012. The tournament is held at the Stayokay Hostel, Diepenbrocklaan 27, Arnhem. Next to two excellent gaming rooms, the hostel offers its own restaurant, bar and various amenities.

The Bridge Too Far ASL Tournament will have 5 Rounds of gaming for an expected 20-25 participants. On Thursday we'll have the gaming room open for friendly gaming around 1pm. On Friday, all players will take part in the Main Tournament. On Saturday and Sunday, half the crowd will continue in the Main Tournament, while the others will compete in a variety of Mini-Tournaments. The surprise round will be round 4 on Saturday afternoon.

As in previous years the Mini Tournaments will be single elimination style but this year we will start with one or two 4 person round robin Mini Tournaments in which each player has to play all the other players in the Mini Tournament. The number of round robin Mini's is determined by the number of interested players but at least one of them will be played.

Our main objective is to bring together a truly international group of ASL players for four days of gaming. We will select exciting and balanced scenarios, and try to avoid tournament classics most people have played before. The  provisional Themes for A Bridge Too Far 2012 will be announced in February 2012 and the full scenario list will be announced in May/June 2012.

We have pre-booked 30 beds at the Hostel, which will be offered on a first-come first-serve basis. If you wish to organize your accommodation at the tournament venue through the Tournament Organisers, you MUST register and pay in full before 1^st of August, 2012.

After the 1^st of August 2012, we will take no further direct responsibility for organising any accommodation at StayOkay. You are free to make your own direct arrangements with them (if rooms are still available) or we can advise you on alternative accommodation nearby.

All competitive results from the Arnhem ASL Tournament are submitted to the European Area Ranking, which is also used as the basis (together with nationality) for the pairing of players in the first three rounds of the tournament.

We would like to thank our sponsors: Friendly Fire, MultiManPublishing, Kansas City ASL, Battleschool, Lone Canuck, Countersmith Workshop, Le Franc Tireur and Trojan Games for their generous support.

For Registration and more Information, please contact:

Peter Struijf, Albrecht Dekker, Roderick Moolenaars & Hennie van der Salm 
arnhemasl@hotmail.com