Win a Hellcat

Too many fave WAS events to recount, but one event stands out at the now-defunct Just By Chance games in Waterloo, Ont.
Firehouse had set up a tournament with scenarios and victory conditions drawn randomly. So one side might be tasked with taking out the enemy destroyers, while the other side was supposed to escort a convoy. I brought my brother-in-law, a newbie, and we had a great time. Not knowing what the victory conditions were for your opponent made every game a challenge.

Great idea offering the Hellcat.

A 200 point game I played once came down to a 1-on-1 duel between USS Washington and Vittorio Veneto. The Italians lost, but they put up a brilliant fight and could have won if they'd just landed one more shot.

Very nice. Always a pleasure to see others' collections

I was just teaching the friend to play the other day and we did a convoy scenario, Japan vs. Britain (with escorting Sackvilles). He took the Japanese, and after a lot of careful movement he went in for the attack with Chokai and Kinugasa, and ended up sinking everything I had (Two cruisers, two convoys, and a carrier!) except Jervis Bay and a bare minimum of escorts. After the intense surface battle Jervis Bay sank Kinugasa, and we had a prolonged engagement between his midget submarines and patrol bombers, who managed to cripple but not to sink a third convoy. The game was neck and neck up to the end, which was heightened by the fact that we were playing with night rules after turn 4.

My friend really enjoyed the game, and he might be getting a starter set for himself and his father (whom he talked to after the game), which made the memory of this game all the better to me.

Similar story to nagato01's.

I found the game back when it was still in print, but I was like 7 years old.  I was at a museum with my grandfather and he bought me the starter pack.  In about 2015 I rediscovered the little collection that I had gathered through boosters and started buying minis on ebay.  In around 2018 or 19 I got what I would define as a full collection: 1 of ever single ship, 2 of ever destroyer and submarine (3 for some that are more important, like the US DD's with 1941 year limits), 2 or 3 of each transport, 4 of each small boat, and 3 of each aircraft.  

This is probably where you expect me to say that my collection reminds me of my grandfather or something since he sort of got me into it, but he's still alive.  I like to show him it all now and then though.

The National WWII Museum in New Orleans, LA.