We Are Free Men!

Today saw a gathering of 10 wargamers of various sorts gathered from Halifax, the South Shore and the Valley for a day of companiable conversation, die rolling, and the slaughter of toy soldiers and cardboard counters.

Gary's Romans to the left, Jeff's Celts to the right.

At our table Jeff and Brent from the Greenwood Wargamers, Paul, Les and I of the venerable Atlantic Simulation Society founded back in the late 70's, and Gary, another veteran gamer who like the rest appears in his share of my blog posts, played a miniatures version of Epic C&C Ancients.

The scenario was inspired by the last battle of Boudicca's Revolt and I must say that we freedom loving Britons gave the Romans a tough fight. We held the Romans at bay and gave as good as we got to the last turn at which point their gods came to their aid and suddenly we died bravely in droves.

I'm looking forward to this becoming a regular monthly event. (Apart from the dying bit.)

Thomas Johnson Heads Both The Senior And High School Rankings For The HearthStone Esports Title.

Thomas Johnson (Northcliff High School) heads both the senior and high school rankings for the HearthStone esports title.

With MSSA's Western Cape Championships going to be held at Curro Durbanville on 23 March 2019, MSSA is releasing all the rankings that shall be used at such provincial championships.

It is no surprise that with Thomas Johnson's stellar performance at MSSA's recent Gauteng Championships that he dominates both the senior and high school rankings.

The current rankings for the HearthStone esports title for High Schools is as follows:

Pos	Name of Player	year	Club	Points
1	Thomas Johnson	19	Northcliff High School	143.3
2	Mark Thomas	19	Northcliff High School	111.1
3	Orlando Crossling	19	Northcliff High School	110.6
4	Cyrus Huang	19	Northcliff High School	110
5	Grey Craven	19	Curro Aurora	109.1
6	Matthias Dhont	18	Paul Roos Gimnasium	108.8
7	Geoffrey Tarbuck	18	Grey High School	108.8
8	Jason Mostert	18	Grey High School	108.8
9	Junior Moor	18	Empangeni High School	108.8
10	Cleveland Crossling	18	Northcliff High School	108.8
11	Reagan Marthinus	18	Paul Roos Gimnasium	108.8
12	Janke Janse van Vuuren	18	Paul Roos Gimnasium	108.8
13	Aaron Mulligan	17	Maritzburg College	104.5
14	Kelvin Yang	17	Northcliff High School	104.5
15	Alexander Westley	17	Maritzburg College	104.5
16	Ethan Bulford	18	Northcliff High School	103.5
17	Dylan Hanger	17	Northcliff High School	104
18	Kyle Voster	19	Curro Aurora	95
19	Lloyd Little	17	Maritzburg College	90.3
20	Kit Rawlings	17	Northcliff High School	90.3
21	Kevin Plint	18	Northcliff High School	85.8

Rankings produced by MSSA are as follows:

• Senior Ancients Wargames
• Senior Checkers
• Senior Clash Royale
• Senior CounterStrike: GO
• Senior DotA 2
• Senior FIFA '18
• Senior HearthStone
• Senior Injustice 2
• Senior League of Legends (female)
• Senior League of Legends
• Senior Morabaraba
• Senior Mortal Kombat X
• Senior Pro Evolution Soccer (PES)
• Senior StarCraft II
• Senior Street Fighter V
• Senior Tekken 7 (female)
• Senior Tekken 7
• High Schools Clash Royale
• High Schools CounterStrike: GO
• High Schools DotA 2
• High Schools FIFA
• High Schools HearthStone
• High Schools League of Legends
• High Schools Paladins
• High Schools Street Fighter V

Also read:

• The new national team selection criteria.
• Why schools and universities should invest in esports.

• 2019 Calendar of Events
• Esports: MSSA's 23rd Western Cape Championships - 23 & 24 March 2019

D-E-D Dead!

What's going on everyone!?

Today for the #2019gameaday challenge I played a game of Colt Express on the mobile app.  It was a great game but I'm a little biased about the game, lol!

I didn't end up winning but I felt a bit rusty with the game. I can't wait to play it again and trying to win!

As always, thank you for reading and don't forget to stop and smell the meeples! :)

-Tim