Our Games - ASL Scenario J85 Pitchin' In and BoF19 Bite of the Bassotto
 Once again, Dan Best and I would play two games in the past week. Wednesday and Thursday evening would be one game and Saturday would be our second game. These would be games 87 and 88 for the year....
View ArticleGrumble Jones - 2020 the Year in Review
 Well, here we are at the final days of 2020. So step up to the counter with me for a look at the year gone by. I can honestly say that I am glad to see this year move on and bring in 2021. 2020 has...
View ArticleOur Saturday Game - ASL Scenario A23 Contest in the Clouds
 2020 is now in the history books and we move forward into the new year, both for our lives and of course for the new ASL year. I ended 2020 with 92 total games and with 50 wins. It was an epic year...
View ArticleGrumble Jones January 2021 Scenario - GJ-091 Bella Rosa
 Hello 2021...already some good and some bad. As I write this, our country has survived a severe test yesterday. My emotions are all over the place over many different things. I've been out of a work...
View ArticleOur Saturday Game - ASL Scenario 113 Liberating Bessarabia
 Well my friends...a lot has happened since last Saturday. A lot. Grumble Jones is not a place for politics, so nothing much needs to be said. My heart breaks for my country and I pray that people will...
View ArticleOur Games - Fun in the Snow
 Well 2021 is hobbling along...I think 2020 is hanging on to its legs and won't let go. Dan and I would play two games (both with Ground Snow and Deep Snow). Our first game was on Wednesday, which was...
View ArticleOur Games - CH Scenario BM#1 and ASL Scenario 106
Another week, another ASL double-header. Dan Best and I would once again manage to get two games completed. Our first game would be a rare Monday game, which I could do...since I ain't got nothing else...
View ArticleOur games - KGP4 Chapelle Ste. Anne and ASLScenario 144 The Professionals
And just like that...January 2021 came to an end. It has been a good January for ASL games if not the results of those games. I managed to play 11 games in January, which is a record January. Sadly for...
View ArticleGrumble Jones February Scenario GJ092 Against Orders
With my current jobless situation...I've had a little bit (ok...lots) of free time to work on scenarios and I've used that time constructively to get ahead on this year's scenario offerings. For...
View ArticleOur Games - Scenarios SP115, DASL 30 and MM29
 Well it's Super Bowl Sunday and that can only mean one thing...yeah that's right...another Grumble Jones AAR!!! It's been a long week with snow...bitter cold weather...and lots of time walking in my...
View ArticleOur Games - ASL Scenarios BC22, S53, and 178 - A Cornucopia of ASL Goodness!!!
Well, the past week was a very interesting week. I had some encouraging job interviews with two potential employers on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. And let me say that a 2-1/2 hour SKYPE...
View ArticleOur Games - ESG# 22 Ears for Souvenirs, S52 Extraordinary Bravery, and ASL...
Another week...another round of three excellent ASL games! This week was at once great and terrible at varying times. On Monday evening, I had the thrill of the year for me personally. I got to sit...
View ArticleOur Games - ASL Scenario J20 - The Guns of NARO, ASL Scenario 231 Into the...
 Another week...another 3 scenarios played....a fella could get used to this whole "laid-off" thing...except for no money...no healthcare...so there's that... Dan Best and I would knock out three games...
View ArticleGrumble Jones March Scenario GJ093 Ein Letzte Gegenstoss
March is already here and with it, the next 2021 Grumble Jones Scenario. This month's scenario would be taken from the last days of the Stalingrad campaign as the Soviets sought to eliminate the pocket...
View ArticleOur Games ASL Scenario RB11 Oh Joy and MM43 French Counter Attack
It's been another week of three games of ASL. But I almost hesitate to blog this week as I was pretty much annihilated in all three. I mean it was an awful three games for me. It happens from time to...
View ArticleOur Saturday Game - Scenario StW-1 Secure the Crossroads
Seems like a lifetime of things have occurred since last we met. My job search continues to be stalled as I wait to hear back from potential employers. Being patient is the only thing one can do under...
View ArticleOur Saturday Game - ASL Scenario DN4 Chateau de Meez
It's a beautiful Spring day here along the banks of the Mississippi River. Such days are truly glorious in Western Illinois. It won't be long now before corn and soybean go into the fields that cover...
View ArticleOur Saturday Game - ASL Scenario 111 - Balkan Sideshow
Another week and Spring has sprung in Western Illinois. It's been nice to have the warmer temperatures and the chance to walk more frequently. The older I get the less I like being cold. My job search...
View ArticleGrumble Jones April Scenario - GJ094 Avenging Panther 101
 I finished the initial work on this scenario on March 1st of this year. I then polished it up, walked through it and sent it on to my buddy Dan to do his sanity check on the scenario. This one is a...
View ArticleOur Saturday Game - March Madness Scenario MM66 - Brazil's Here.
With the departure of March, we begin to see the first signs of Spring. This is a special time of year in Western Illinois and I'm looking forward to enjoying it. The job search saw another fruitless...
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