Playing a wargame with someone I don't know, in a competitive setting, in a public place quite frankly sounds awful to me.
BINGO!!
I used to play in a couple of the big ASL tournaments in the midwest back in the day, but never really got comfortable with the setting. I've never been a very competitive player when it comes to wargames, I just want to play and have a good time. It's not that I didn't have a good time at the tournaments, as most of the people that I played against were good dudes, but now I'd much rather just do open gaming with friends who like to just shoot the s
hit as we play.