Nortrom's Stratego (and other topics) blog

For part 1 click  here (When you click on the caption below one of the images, it should open the actual image, in higher resolution) Day #3 (24th of august 2019) The next day, after waking up, it was time for a shower and breakfast. After this had concluded, I went to the playing hall and waited for the first round of the second day of the classic WC to begin. As expected, I was matched up against Dennis. Prior to the round starting, I played a best of 5 barrage against Sebastien. He won the first one and was happy about it; the tides quickly changed and the end score was 4-1 in my favour. Game #6 - Dennis Baas Being 5-0 thus far, I felt confident going into this game. I was not sure what exactly to expect from this game. I went for a rather conservative approach. The game evolved quickly around Dennis having to make a choice, either he would make a choice that would work out for me (essentially 2 majors vs 2 captains) or he would make a different choice that would basi...

Introduction (When you click on the caption below one of the images, it should open the actual image, in higher resolution) For part 2 click here For those who have not yet read the story about the "WC 2018": WC Naarden 2018 - Part 1 of 3 WC Naarden 2018 - Part 2 of 3 WC Naarden 2018 - Part 3 of 3 And for those who have not yet read the story about the "Trip to Patras": Trip to Patras - Part 1 of 4 Trip to Patras - Part 2 of 4 Trip to Patras - Part 3 of 4 Trip to Patras - Part 4 of 4 The story about the WC 2019 will be done in similar fashion, mostly focusing on the overall experience and on how I have experienced the trip. _________________________________________________________________________________ Day #1 (22nd of august 2019) During the period of 22nd of august through 25th of august the world championships of Stratego, live, 2019, were held in Sheffield, UK. The last live WC held in the UK was in 2011, Newcastle. It was good t...

When it was announced the 2008 live WC would be held in Kiev, Ukraine, the question was not about "are we going?" but "how do we get there?" the two main options being by plane or by train. Some went by plane, together with "the group" (consisting of Tim , Ricardo , Erik , George , Julian , Ronald  and yours truly we went from Rotterdam (Ronald joined at Deventer) to Kiev but not directly. The plan was as follows: Rotterdam(NL) --> Deventer(NL) Deventer(NL) --> Berlin(DE) Berlin(DE) --> Rivne(UA) Rivne(UA) --> Kiev(UA) The journey If I recall correctly, the train from Rotterdam to Deventer would depart around 9:00 in the morning, everyone (but Ronald of course) was present and we all went on the train. As we got near Deventer, it was then announced that the train would actually not go there, but its final destination would be one major stop in front of Deventer due to unannounced maintenance. As a result, we had to take a bus (from Dut...