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LEGO® FUSION
NEW YORK, June 19, 2014 /PRNewswire/ - LEGO Systems, Inc., makers of the worlds
leading construction toys, today introduced LEGO® FUSION, a play experience that
combines traditional LEGO brick play with familiar app-based game themes. LEGO
FUSION leverages new technologies and childrens fascination with them, to
create an entirely new way to engage in LEGO brick building and app game play
for children ages 7 and up. Available later this summer, the LEGO FUSION
collection will include four distinct titles: LEGO FUSION Town Master, LEGO
FUSION Battle Towers, LEGO FUSION Create & Race and LEGO FUSION Resort Designer.
Each LEGO FUSION experience consists of a distinct set of LEGO bricks, a
corresponding free downloadable app and the new FUSION capture plate, a small
brick building plate with a printed design that enables a smart phone or
tablets camera to identify the size and colors of the LEGO bricks built onto
it. In response to game prompts, children build vertically in 2-D on the FUSION
capture plate, enabling the app to see, import and transform the creation into
3-D in the digital world.
Children have always imagined their LEGO creations as immersive worlds which
come to life for hours of role-play and adventure, said Ditte Bruun Pedersen,
senior design manager, LEGO Future Lab. Recently, smart phones and tablets have
become a popular platform for empowering game mechanisms that kids love. LEGO
FUSION brings these two favorite play patterns together in an experience where
real-life LEGO builds come to life in a virtual game, inspiring creativity,
strategy, and the pride of creation.
To Win, Step Away from the Screen
Once a childs creation has been imported into the game, a series of challenges
and interactions requires that players turn away from the device and return to
the real world to use their LEGO bricks to build new solutions in order to move
game play forward. Each game encourages this back-and-forth between physical and
virtual, keeping children engaged in both worlds.
In our research, we heard repeatedly from parents that they are constantly
battling zombie gaze, the experience when their children are immersed in their
device screens for large blocks of time, said Pedersen. We developed LEGO
FUSION with this challenge in mind, creating a play experience that keeps
children entertained with the kind of app gameplay they love while giving real
reasons to return to the brick pile to creatively build.
Each LEGO FUSION product offers a distinct play experience. The four products
launching this year are:
LEGO FUSION Town Master
In this simulation game, players create and rule their own LEGO town, first by
building it with LEGO bricks, then by capturing it and importing it to the game.
Children build everything from houses to a pizzeria, fire station and bike shop
while completing errands and missions like catching robbers, fighting fires and
skateboarding. To keep the minifigure citizens happy, players solve problems
through physical building and earn points to gain access to more structures, and
even run additional towns.
LEGO FUSION Battle Towers
Players build a tower and defend it against attack so they can rule the kingdom.
First, players design the Battle Towers with real LEGO pieces, then capture them
and import them to the game. Next, players choose tower defenders like wizards
and archers and battle against evil warriors, skeleton armies, and more. If a
tower is damaged in battle, players can repair the damage with a timed build
with the games real LEGO bricks.
LEGO FUSION Create & Race
In this racing game, players get behind the wheel and virtually drive the cars
that they create with real LEGO bricks. Once a custom vehicle is digitally
designed, physically built, and imported to the game, it can be optimized for
success in racing, demolition or stunts. Players learn that every brick shape
and color on the vehicle matters for performance. Three themed courses offer
endless challenges unlocked by physical LEGO builds, and children can even ghost
race against friends to top the leaderboard.
LEGO FUSION Resort Designer
Players help the LEGO Friends design new vacation houses, shops and activities
for Ambersands Beach. After building 2-D facades, capturing them and importing
them to the game, players can design the interiors of 3-D digital structures,
such as an aquarium, surf shop and beach houses. Children can unlock new levels
and build more resorts by completing missions like rescuing dolphins, riding
horses, surfing and other resort activities.
Beginning in September, LEGO FUSION will incorporate the ability for players to
access their digital LEGO creations and game play anywhere. Using their LEGO ID,
players can sign in on any compatible device and access their gallery and game
play from within the LEGO FUSION app.
Developed by TT Games, makers of the best-selling LEGO video game franchise, the
LEGO FUSION Town Master, Battle Towers, Create & Race, and Resort Designer app
games are free for download from the Apple, Google or Samsung App Store for
Apple iOS and Android.
LEGO FUSION Town Master, LEGO FUSION Battle Towers, and LEGO FUSION Create &
Race will launch in August 2014; LEGO FUSION Resort Designer will launch in
September 2014. Each will be available for $34.99 in LEGO Stores and ToysRUs
stores in the U.S., as well as online at shop.LEGO.com and at toysrus.com.
About LEGO Systems, Inc.
LEGO Systems, Inc. is the North American division of The LEGO Group, a
privately-held, family-owned company based in Billund, Denmark, one of the
worlds leading manufacturers of creatively educational play materials for
children. The company is committed to the development of childrens creative and
imaginative abilities, and its employees are guided by the motto adopted in the
1930s by founder Ole Kirk Christiansen: Only the best is good enough. Visit
the virtual LEGO world at www.LEGO.com
LEGO, the LEGO logo, the Minifigure and brick and knob configuration are
trademarks of The LEGO Group. ©2014 The LEGO Group.
SOURCE LEGO Systems, Inc.
From TechHive video about LEGO FUSION : YouTube
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Press Releases
November 4, 2011
LEGO® Universe to close in 2012
Online game will close on January 31, 2012. The LEGO Groups digital offerings
will continue to develop over the coming years.
November 4, 2011 The LEGO Group today announced that it will close LEGO®
Universe, an MMOG (massively-multiplayer online game) that has been in operation
since the autumn of 2010.
In spite of very positive player feedback and a large number of players in the
free play zone, it has not been possible to convert a satisfactory number of
players to paying subscribers. It has therefore been decided to close the game
as of January 31, 2012.
The LEGO Universe team can take pride in having developed and launched a great
LEGO experience that many players will miss, said Jesper Vilstrup, Vice
President, LEGO Universe. Right now, we have almost 2 million players in LEGO
Universe, and we get extremely positive feedback from players. Unfortunately, we
have not been able to build a satisfactory revenue model in our target group,
and therefore, have decided to close the game.
Despite the change, the ambition to develop and run a digital business remains.
In future, it is the intention to further pursue cooperation with partners. The
LEGO Group has a strong and continuing partnership with TT Games & Warner Bros.
Interactive Entertainment to create digital LEGO experiences within video games.
A further expansion in the digital area will mainly be based on similar
partnerships.
The development of our digital offerings continues to be a very important
element in our strategy, said Mads Nipper, Executive Vice President, LEGO
Group. We have more than 20 million visitors on www.LEGO.com every month, and
LEGO video games are among the bestselling childrens video games with sales of
more than 60 million units in the last five years. Through our experience
developing and running LEGO Universe, we have gained a lot of valuable insights,
and we have a very strong foundation for future development in the digital
area.
As a consequence of the closure, the LEGO Universe staff has today been informed
that the Play Well Studios in Louisville, Colorado and the games marketing
function in Billund, Denmark will be closed. This will affect 115 employees. All
affected employees will be offered assistance in finding new jobs inside or
outside the LEGO Group.
LEGO.com
Source from LEGO Group.
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Anyone with thoughts or ideas as to what LEGO could have change or added to LEGO
Universe? Sort of a... what if?
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Gazillion press release clarifies Netdevil layoff rumors
By Jef Reahard on Feb. 24th 2011
The NetDevil/LEGO Universe brouhaha that unfolded earlier this morning is
officially official thanks to a press release just published by Gazillion
Entertainment. Gazillion has formally agreed to sell its development stake in
the LEGO Universe MMO to the LEGO Group (the games publisher and custodian of
the world-famous toy brand).
Most of the LEGO devs, formerly employed by NetDevil (a Gazillion subsidiary),
have received employment offers from the LEGO Group and will continue iterating
on the game from the companys Louisville, Colorado studio.
Gazillion is re-focusing its ongoing development efforts into browser games,
according to President and COO David Brevik. The transition of members of our
team to the LEGO Group enables us to focus completely on internally-published,
free-to-play game businesses, he said.
Massively.joystiq.com
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LEGO Universe Arrives on October 12
The LEGO Group and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment have announced that
LEGO Universe, the MMO based around the incredibly popular building game, will
be going live on October 12, allowing a select group of fans to join in the
experience before opening the game to all those interested a few days later, on
October 26. The LEGO-based MMO can be enjoyed on the PC and the Mac, with the
port created by the CiderTM Portability Engine from TransGaming.
All those who are interested in getting the game as soon as possible need to
pick it up in official LEGO Stores, at LEGOLAND or using the LEGO Online Shop.
On October 12, only those who use these buying options will be able to get into
the game with publishing partner Warner Bros. putting it up for sale two weeks
later.
Henrik Taudorf Lorensen, who is the vice president at the Digital division of
the LEGO Group, stated Our vision is to provide LEGO fans of all ages with a
whole new quality play experience and creative platform, and LEGO Universe will
open up exciting new opportunities for fun and expression this October. The
dedicated LEGO fan community has contributed to the development of LEGO Universe
since the start of the project, and we show our appreciation with the early
Founders release. The game is currently demoed at the E3 trade conference.
The LEGO Group was founded way back in 1932 and is still family owned, despite
the global success it has achieved. The main idea behind LEGO games is to
develop creative abilities in children who use them. The LEGO Universe MMO will
take the idea one step further by allowing players to build anything they can
imagine using the basic bricks of the game, while also taking part in an
adventure that pits them against forces of corruption that aim to warp the
beautiful universe they inhabit.
Softpedia.com
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I hope to see a LEGO Universe APP for iPhone/iTouch/iPad in the near future.
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TT Games Re-Ups With LEGO®, Extends Deal To 2016
March 3, 2010
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has re-upped its deal with toy brick-maker LEGO
Systems, ensuring that WBs TT Games can continue developing titles based on the
LEGO property until 2016.
TT Games, the group comprised of developer Travellers Tales, TT Fusion and TT
Games Publishing, has spearheaded games like LEGO Star Wars, LEGO Batman and
LEGO Indiana Jones --a portfolio WB says has sold nearly 50 million units
worldwide.
The next title under the ongoing partnership, LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 is
set to launch this year, featuring the adventures of the popular wizard and his
classmates visualized in LEGO toy form.
We are very fortunate to have the opportunity to continue the successful
partnership between this legendary company and the talented TT Games, which will
enable us to further expand our slate of widely recognized, family-friendly
games, says Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group president Kevin Tsujihara.
LEGO Digital VP Henrik Lorensen praised the video games for inspiring kids to
play creatively with their physical LEGO bricks more deeply.
We are very excited to continue to work with TT Games because they take a
distinctive approach to making games creative, social and non-violent, which
makes them a valuable part of the broader LEGO experience, says Lorensen
Gamasutra.com
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LEGO® To Market Board Games In U.S. in 2010
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Danish toymaker LEGO Group plans to start selling board
games in the United States this summer as it extends its business beyond
colorful building blocks.
The company will announce 10 board games at the American International Toy Fair,
which begins Sunday in New York.
LEGO will also tout toys tied to movies like Toy Story 3 and Prince of
Persia, as well as new videogames under the Star Wars 3 and Harry Potter
licenses.
The company sees tremendous potential in its North American markets, Soren
Torp Laursen, president of LEGO Americas, told Reuters ahead of Toy Fair.
LEGOs U.S. sales rose 30 percent in 2009 despite a wider pullback in consumer
spending. It commands about 4 percent of the nations toy market.
Priced between $9.99 and $34.99, the board games, which include Ramses Pyramid
and Minotaurus, will mostly hit store shelves in July. A few will be available
online from late March.
The games promise to test memory and logical skills of children as they compete
to reach a certain destination.
We are pretty sure we are sitting on a formula that will be worthwhile for the
retailers to support, Laursen said, citing the success of a test launch of the
games in Britain and Germany.
AGAINST THE TIDE?
Even as many U.S. retailers look for growth overseas, Laursen said LEGO was
confident of its bet on the United States. A search for value and a sense of
nostalgia drove parents to classic toys in the economic downturn.
The consumer is clearly voting in our favor right now, he said. We are
getting to the stage now when parents of todays kids grew up with LEGO
themselves. The impact of them having an emotional attachment cannot be
underestimated.
LEGO, whose name originates from the Danish words for play well, started as a
small carpenters workshop in Billund, Denmark, about 80 years ago.
Laursen noted that LEGO saw more growth in toys priced above $30 in 2009,
underscoring parents willingness to invest in trusted names.
The company can also afford to experiment and take some risks in 2010, Laursen
said. It recently ramped up its Mexico manufacturing operations to cope with
rising demand.
And unlike past years, when LEGO relied heavily on Hollywood-related properties
to boost its business, its core lines of building sets like LEGO City and
Power Miners performed well in 2009.
Asked about his long-term goals for the U.S. business, Laursen said: I am not
going to retire before we have 10 percent market share. Thats a reasonable
ambition ... I am 46 and I have no immediate plans to retire.
(Reporting by Dhanya Skariachan; Editing by Lisa Von Ahn)
Reuters.com
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LEGO® Signs 3-Year Deal With Unity Technologies
Unity Technologies announced today that it had signed a three-year deal with the
LEGO Group, according to which the plastic brick company will standardize on
Unity-authored materials for 3D content on LEGO.com.
Unity has has been used for a variety of full-fledged virtual worlds and MMOs,
including Cartoon Networks FusionFall and the upcoming Marvel MMO, but the
press release makes no mention of the upcoming LEGO Universe. LEGO Universe
will be sold via download or on disc at retail, though FusionFall(1) did the
same.
It sounds like Unity might have more to do with the casual games on LEGO.com
than the Universe--its already the platform for two LEGO games--but the
browser-based Unity client could offer a lightweight window to the massive
world.
Weve invested a great deal of time evaluating technology for the next phase of
www.LEGO.com, said Claus Toftegaard Matthiesen, Technology Manager of the LEGO
Group. We believe that Unitys flexibility, strength and power will give us
scope to create world leading content for our consumers and are looking forward
to the cooperation.
Virtual World News
Unity Technologies
(1) Fusion Fall is part of Cartoon Network.
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From Blog website: www.brettspiel.co.uk By Brett J. Gilbert
July 12, 2009
LEGO Board Games: Interview with Cephas Howard
In which I am lucky enough to get the scoop on the new LEGO board games from
Cephas Howard, the lead designer of all 10 games, and discover more about the
games genesis and his own game design philosophy.
When I requested (in a fit of rhetorical whimsy!) that the real Cephas Howard
stand up and make himself known I did not for one moment expect him to do so. I
am therefore profoundly grateful to Cephas for getting in touch with me after
reading my earlier posts, and for subsequently being so open and generous in
sharing his experiences and insights, thereby allowing us all a glimpse of the
remarkable development program undertaken at LEGO.
Cephas is a British game designer who, for the past three years, has been
leading a mammoth design effort at LEGO. The initial tranche of 10 games are
available online now in the UK LEGO shop; they will soon be available more
widely in UK and Europe, and will see a widespread international release in
2010. LEGO is a global toy brand and their bold move into the board game market
is notable for many reasons. But who is Cephas, and how did he come to be
spearheading such a remarkable endeavour?
Cephas describes a childhood experience of designing games to play with family
and friends that I think will be familiar to many adult game designers, although
even at that age his approach seems preternaturally rigourous: repeatedly
playing and evolving the games with his two brothers before sharing them with
their friends. However, few children grow up actively wanting to be game
designers, even if the bug is never lost, and though he continued to maintain
notebooks of game ideas (a practice I would definitely recommend!) he otherwise
pursued a professional design career within the publishing industry.
The roll of the die
The opportunity at LEGO arose at a time when Cephas was actively looking to
self-publish two of his own games. He had quotes from manufacturers, he had a
website, he had business cards; and then he saw an advertisement for the job at
LEGO and events took an entirely unexpected turn. He says that he had always
dreamed of working for LEGO as a boy and, as an adult, continued to admire the
brand and the toys. Here, then, was his chance. He applied for the position and
to quote Cephas lo and behold landed the job based on his past portfolio,
his enthusiasm and ideas, and what was perhaps a true meeting of minds with his
future bosses.
And then the real work began, and for Cephas the real battle was to convince
LEGO to launch with many games, not just one. This is clearly a battle he
convincingly won, and now, three years after Cephas designed his first LEGO
game, the trademark buildable dice and the entire range of 10 games is finally
available for the public to play.
One of the aspects I believe is necessary for getting your games launched is to
have a belief in yourself and your ideas, and the ability to convince others and
make believers of them also.
CEPHAS HOWARD
Many designers might have been humbled by both the scale of the project and the
fact that the envisioned product range was something genuinely new to LEGO and
therefore not without significant commercial risk. Cephas, however, gives the
impression of a man both utterly undaunted by such concerns and incredibly eager
to get going. In his first year alone he developed around 30 game ideas.
The deliberate focus of the launch range of games were children in the age range
610 years old, and from the outset the games were constantly being evolved and
playtested with groups of children from Germany, the UK and the US. Cephas
express hope is to encourage children familiar with LEGO but who do not have the
game bug to play, and that within the first 10 games there is a range of
experiences that contains something for everyone, including the grown-ups.
Cephas describes LEGO itself as a great prototyping tool: fast, flexible and
endlessly rebuildable. Most of his game ideas came to him without a preconceived
theme, and were the result of exercises in investigating possible game
mechanisms and different uses of LEGO bricks. These ideas could be quickly
playtested in-house before being presented to the playtest groups. Only later in
the process did he begin to try out possible stories that could be applied to
the games to create a sense of narrative play for the children.
Although Cephas has been the lead designer on the games it is clear that a large
team of developers and designers within LEGO have been at his side, and that he
and his team have wisely sought counsel from some carefully chosen experts. Of
all the games, the flagship title Ramses Pyramid is alone in featuring a
well-known designers name on the box: that of Reiner Knizia, who is very
possibly the best known game designer at work today.
It was great getting to playtest my game ideas with Reiner and just tap into
his huge vault of experience. He is a great character and a fantastic games
designer.
CEPHAS HOWARD
Cephas worked with Knizia on both Ramses Pyramid and Lunar Command specifically,
but Knizia also acted as a consultant on the project as a whole and continues to
work with LEGO on future games.
Cephas also has praise for Bernie DeKovens book The Well-Played Game. I have
also been inspired by the thinking of DeKoven, and his idea of the well-played
game. He suggests you should be able to break or change the rules of a game if
this is necessary to play it well together.
Build Play Change
The concept of a breakable, changeable, rebuildable game is the central conceit
of the entire range. LEGOs tagline for the games is Build - Play - Change and
the game rules themselves contain an explicit challenge to players to do just
that. The players are actively encouraged to change the board or the dice, to
break the rules; to not just play the game, but to play with the game.
We give you the express permission to change the game we have designed.
CEPHAS HOWARD
First you build your game, says Cephas. This creates a bond and a greater
sense of ownership, immersion and understanding of the game for the kids. It
also gives them the confidence to change it later on.
Next you play. The games all have good, solid game experiences that can be
played over and over, and allow kids to have fun with their friends and family
while doing so. Cephas points out that truly social play is something that LEGO
has not always offered, but that these games allow parents to be genuinely
involved in LEGO play with their children.
Then you change. Now if gets interesting! Cephas explains that each game
provides new ideas for gameplay, including not just advanced rules but also the
challenge to children to get creative, albeit with the wise suggestion to try
out one idea at a time so that they can see what works and hopefully learn why.
The dice we designed sums all of this up in itself, says Cephas. You build
it, play with it, and can change it. And it creates the element of chance in all
our games which means that any player has a chance of winning a strategic game.
The dice is the one physical element common to all the games and its image is
used across their packaging and as an icon for LEGOs marketing of the new
products. The notion of designing a buildable dice for a line of new LEGO
games may seem obvious, but the project began with the assumption that any dice
used would be wooden. It was Cephas suggestion that just such a buildable dice
was needed, although he freely admits that many people were involved in creating
the final design, which took the company 16 months to perfect.
In addition the games demanded the design of a completely new LEGO microfig
that would occupy a single LEGO stud when placed onto a gameboard. Given the
importance of this component, its design, like that of the dice, was iterated
extensively before the final production microfig was born.
Climbing the mountain
There is a story to be told about the genesis and evolution of each of the
games, but to illustrate some of the ways in which individual games changed
Cephas chose the example of Lava Dragon. The game is a simple race game: the
first player to reach the top of the mountain and command the dragon wins; along
the way players try to block their opponents or even push them off the mountain
with the special lava stick.
The game began as an Alpine adventure (photos 1 and 2). The very first prototype
was not even a game, rather just a model used to illustrate the concept to the
first group of kids the team showed it to.
When I first test games they are very basic looking, says Cephas. Just a few
bricks and a dice. The principle is to test the game idea; if that works then we
start to dress and theme the game in stages, testing as we go, evolving the
built set and the rules at the same time.
Unseen in the photos, but part of the game from the beginning, is the dice. The
games innovative core mechanism is that the coloured panels on the dice (which
correspond to the player colours) are added to the dice during the game and so
the dice configures differently each time. Players roll the dice in turn, but
all of the players can move on any roll if their colour comes up. You might end
up moving with every roll, expains Cephas. No more waiting for your turn to be
engaged in the game.
As the game developed the setting was changed from an Alpine setting to a
volcanic one (photo 3), and the games trophy became a dragon (photo 4).
Cephas explains that the so-called lava stick both inspired and arose from
this transition: It gave the possibity to eject a player from the mountain back
to the bottom in a very physical and rewarding manner. The players men really
pop off nicely!
The wisdom of children
Cephas describes an exhaustive program of playtesting the entire range of games.
The team held weekly playtest sessions with groups of children, introducing new
ideas to them at very early stages, often before any formal rules had been
written. These groups included new children each week, so that each time even
the experience of playing a board game using LEGO would be new.
Playtesting with your friends is never enough, observes Cephas. You must have
total strangers play your games and be brutally honest about them. Kids are good
like that. They tell it like it is. Then listen to what they say and make
changes. I dont mean do exactly what they say, merely listen to what they are
saying and why they are saying it. Usually you, the designer, will be able to
fix any problems much better than they will, but you might never spot those
problems if they didnt point them out.
Accept that some games just dont work and cant be saved; be prepared to let
them go and move on.
CEPHAS HOWARD
Cephas suggests that most game designs are unpublishable, principally because,
in his opinion, the game designer designed the game that he wanted to play and
did not give enough thought to what others would enjoy. Dont design it for
yourself, design it for others to enjoy. This might actually mean you no longer
really enjoy playing the game you designed, but as long as everyone else does
then you have succeeded. Remember, if you are publishing it then it is work, it
is a business; it is no longer about you nor about trying to design the perfect
game for you.
From the second you decide to publish a game it is no longer truly yours.
CEPHAS HOWARD
Cephas highlights that the purpose of the playtesting sessions was never to
simply rubber stamp an already established game idea but to allow those ideas
to evolve and improve as much as possible before they were made available to the
public. Which, of course, is not intended to be the end of a process, but just
the beginning.
We believe it is truly bringing the LEGO experience to games in a way weve
never done before, says Cephas, whose personal wish is to see the games
continue to evolve in the hands of everyone who buys them. I am just trying to
give them a solid starting point. Designing, refining and experimenting with
games should be every bit as much fun as playing them. And from everything
Cephas has told me, it sounds as if he has indeed had a great deal of fun. Lucky
him!
As for LEGO the die may now be well and truly cast, but given the care and
creativity with which these games have been designed success seems assured;
luck, I think, wont come into it.
(There are images on the website)
LEGO Board Games: Interview with Cephas Howard
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I had been working on a project for MegaCon... Ive had the idea to do a
table-sized version of Battleship. I wanted it to be sort of microscale, but
at the same time, I wanted a players board to be half a table. As I was
building the boards, I included islands and with the redish-brown border, it
started to look like a treasure map. During one of our planning meetings for
MegaCon, Simon suggested doing a pirate
themed version of Battleship.
Since a 1x4 (squares) ship would look too big, I decided to do 2 2x2 (squares)
fortresses and the largest should would be around a 1x3 (squares). There were
also 2 1x1 (squares) boats... to be honest, the game could have used another 1x3
(squares) ship, but I was crunched for time.
The 2x2 round bricks indicated hits or misses by your opponent (on the main
board), the 1x1 bricks and 1/4 baseplate was used to track your shots... next
time I think Id build the 1/4 baseplate into the main board & not have it as a
separate score sheet.
For the most part, the game was functional, but took a little longer to find
those last 2 1x2 boats. Had to use the Medieval Market Village box as a screen
between the two sides (didnt have time to build one out of LEGO). And many of
the kids who sat down to play didnt understand the rules, or didnt have the
attention-span to play. But for the most part, people liked the idea and it was
fun to play despite all the craziness going on all around us.
Enjoy,
--Mike.
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Looks like the Dark Knight will be the next LEGO video game from TT Games,
according to this
article I just ran across. Speculation was the next game would be Indiana
Jones, but apparently not. Im looking forward to Batman - should be fun,
given the quality of the companys other games, including LEGO Star Wars (I
and II) and Bionicle Heroes.
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More info here.
ROSCO
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...with LEGO Island the game. (Ill pass on the comments that I need help
personally. Thats another post in another place.) This is not to be confused
with LEGO Island 2, or LEGO Island Extreme stunts.
Specifically, I need a set of directions on how to play the game. I have a disc,
rescued from oblivion, but with no ideas on how to move I am slowly thinking of
returning the disc to a fate worse than death. (Well, okay. Ill keep it as a
curiosity, if nothing else.)
If anyone out there can lend a hand, please post here and Ill contact you.
Play Well and Prosper!
Matthew
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Welcome to the LEGO Star Wars II Christmas Hack!
Play LEGO Star Wars II in Santa mode with these cheat codes:
Santa Hat and red clothes: CL4U5H
White beard: TYH319
(Click for gallery when moderated)
From the publisher:
Happy Christmas from TT Games. To all the fans of LEGO Star Wars II, here is a
seasonal gift to bring some of the holiday spirit to your Christmas gaming!
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Hello all.
I would like to introduce you to my strategic game for the Exo-Force line.
The game includes stat templates for the Battlemachines, full set of rules, game
demo and the web-site includes a small MOC page. The game is free-ware.
Check it out: http://www.123hjemmeside.dk/EXO-DICE
Enjoy.
Regards
Exo-Champ
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In lugnet.games, Kelly McKiernan wrote:
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this one is certainly worth it.
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Especially the bits like Lukes new hand jumping around with a mind of its own
during a cut scene. My son and I have been enjoying it quite a bit (gameplay and
humor). We havent finished the storyline yet, and its clear that the
free-play option will present a lot more interesting aspects.
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Brian Davis
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In lugnet.games, Jordan Bradford wrote:
Yes, and its well-deserved... I got it the day it came out, and have spent an
inordinate number of hours with a PS2 controller in hand. I dont play a ton of
video games these days (due to my addictive nature), but this one is certainly
worth it.
Kelly
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