[Tour of Duty] Build up to Tet 1968 (The Fort, Fife, Scotland, 25-26th April 2009)

Lemming

Ok folks, AI magazine have put up a website for the four-stage Vietnam theme event running this year called "Tour of Duty". Each game carries over into the next with the culmination being the fight for Hue city in after the Communist Tet offensive in 1968.

Main website

Now's your chance to play uncle Sam or Victor Charles.

First up is the Fort in Fife, Scotland on April 25th and 26th.

In order to prepare for the upcoming Tet offensive, the NVA and VC needed to move massive quantities of men and materials into South Vietnam. The US forces are to monitor, gather intelligence, and distrupt as much of this movement as possible.

OzCam

God/ess I hate those @£;$%&* stupid websites that go click every time you mouse over something. I just want to beat crap out of whoever designed them. GRRRRRRRR :mad:

Anyway, I added the dates.

Lemming

And just to get you all "in the mood";

Clicky

Took me ages to find the intro to Tour of Duty with the original theme - paint it black - (bloody music studios not allowing the DVD releases have the original period music!! grrr)

TheDoc

That would be some serious money in fairness would it not? To attend all four?

Ticket prices are not up yet, but numerous dates abroad, travel expenses. All four dates might be financially taxing : /

It is something I would definitely be interested in. I will be in PR3 for start of April, end of april might be too early for another trip. But the other three are looking like possibilities for sure.

I will put myself down for 2-3 events. This totally depends on the numbers/people wishing to travel with me.

Richie, this sounds like boyz on tour 09 mate

Masada

In the words of one of my favourate beer adds....

Dis is Gona be GREAhh!

Lemming

[DM]-TheDOC- wrote: »

That would be some serious money in fairness would it not? To attend all four?

Ticket prices are not up yet, but numerous dates abroad, travel expenses. All four dates might be financially taxing : /

Well, the first event requires f*ck all planning from me since I know the route and the general distances times involved since I'm half-Scot. Roughly hour and a half to two hours drive up to Larne; swift ferry (1 hour) to Cairnryan, two hours to Glasgow. Visit family briefly. Drive another two hours to the game site.

Event tickets are £55 and are already available. Camping on-site, and they've said that if there's enough people about, they'll run mini ops over friday evening that will have limited bearing on the weekend event itself.

Ferry is cheaper than the ferry for PR3 (I've already checked). Otherwise, it's a flight into Glasgow International airport (NOT Glasgow-Prestwick; ryan air ... no AEGs), and either train or coach from there. Train can be had from Glasgow central to pretty much about anywhere else in the UK.

Second event is on at the same time as Berget 7 in Sweden which is unfortunate though. The events are spread out enough though so I wouldn't have thought them difficult to attend.

TheDoc

Lemming wrote: »

Well, the first event requires f*ck all planning from me since I know the route and the general distances times involved since I'm half-Scot. Roughly hour and a half to two hours drive up to Larne; swift ferry (1 hour) to Cairnryan, two hours to Glasgow. Visit family briefly. Drive another two hours to the game site.

Event tickets are £55 and are already available. Camping on-site, and they've said that if there's enough people about, they'll run mini ops over friday evening that will have limited bearing on the weekend event itself.

Ferry is cheaper than the ferry for PR3 (I've already checked). Otherwise, it's a flight into Glasgow International airport (NOT Glasgow-Prestwick; ryan air ... no AEGs), and either train or coach from there. Train can be had from Glasgow central to pretty much about anywhere else in the UK.

Second event is on at the same time as Berget 7 in Sweden which is unfortunate though. The events are spread out enough though so I wouldn't have thought them difficult to attend.

£55 for just one event ? I'm sorry but I just cannot read their site its ****ing awful.

Might get myself stuck into a few of these.
Being foreign legion commander I'm assuming you have a detailed travel itenary already done out :P

OzCam

[DM]-TheDOC- wrote: »

£55 for just one event ? I'm sorry but I just cannot read their site its ****ing awful.

Yes, and absolutely sh1te. Never heard of accessibility guidelines, obviously. I gave up trying to find the locations and prices for the other 3 events after 20 minutes and went to the other websites.

http://www.firstandonlyevents.co.uk/
http://www.freefirezone.co.uk/
http://www.ambushairsoft.com/ (Longmoore, FIBUA site)

Lemming

Last minute bumpage.

I'm driving up to the event on Friday (Ferry from Larne in N.I.), staying in accommodation near the event fridya night, camping saturday, accommodation on sunday night, home on monday afternoon.

Anyone game? Event ticket is £55 - accommodation (single room) is circa €50 pe rnight.

Masada

I unfortunately wont be able to make it lemming, thanks to fuked knee syndrome. if ya want you can borrow some of me VN gear since i wont make it.
I might have an M69 coming over for ya later this week too.

TheDoc

I'm out too

Unforseen berget costs put this one on the back burner

Lemming

OzCam

Well?

TheDoc

I bet it ended like platoon...lemming is gone...he was a good man.

Rogue-Trooper

Apparently this is the last known photo taken of Lemming...

Masada

TheDoc wrote: »

I bet it ended like platoon...lemming is gone...he was a good man.

Hell, what would you know...
You weren't there!

Fallschirmjager

wonder how the water buffalo fared??

moggser

Rogue-Trooper wrote: »

Apparently this is the last known photo taken of Lemming...

that was takin after pr3 when the pig went down

Lemming

Back in the world from the big freedom bird man!

What a fantastic weekend! There are videos and photos being put up by folks, and of course AI magazine were in attendance as well. The Fort is amazing and so suited to VN games; the staff are great (and completely bonkers), the players were great (and completely bonkers). All in all ... nyom.

And proof I was there for all the unbelievers;



Taken from this set taken by one of the guys at the Fort (forums here).

The Master

Lemming wrote: »

All future pics from anybody banned from airsoft!!!

The awesome level of this pic is too awesome!!

Masada

Jeez that looks like it was great craic lemming, wish i was there. i have to stop looking at the photo's. lol

was their any selling going on?

Hivemind187

That is just awesome ...

Puding

i'm jealous, really wanted to go to this but could not get time off work my vn m16 is currently in eye line teasing me even more :rolleyes:

Rogue-Trooper

Lemming wrote: »

That's weird - the guy standing next to you is available as a scale model holding your M60!!:pac:

Fallschirmjager

jeeze lemming that looks pretty amazing and bravo sir on the rigout...top top notch

its is really great to see they put effort on the surroundings...

TheDoc

Right

I'm now on ebay searching my od uniform

I'm going to annoy the **** outa Tony for my front end to finish my m16vn

And I want to now go to a Vietnam event.

Richie....lets get cracking kid

TheDoc

got it

60 euro top and bottoms delivered, not bad

Masada

Me? im ready, have been for months now. i have more VN kit than the wardrobe crew from tropic thunder.

We should get a VN Milsim team going or something.

TheDoc

Just need to get those tropic thunder badges...pigment surgery...3 months affro growing and im ready

Skatedude

looks like it was a good event, sorry i missed it, but been out of action with injury, but will be healed up for berget

TheDoc

Anyone itnerested in US OD drop me a pm and ill throw you a link to an ebay seller. Has good replica stuff, paid 50 euro for top and bottoms delivered.