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Ok, I've uploaded my Pirate Game pictures to here:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=734
A brief description of each picture:
pgame-01:
Here we are on turn 2 I think. Around the room clockwise starting in the upper left are Stephen Roberts, Abe Friedman, Jameson,
Lindsay Braun, Tim Coutney, Shiri Dori, and Mike Shamus in the center. You can see part of Jacky Lynch and Chris Week's legs. Andy
Lynch and Jeff Stembel are out of the picture (but that's Jeff's ship in the lower left). Wanda and Colin are captaining (and 1st
mating in the case of Colin - no, not his first time with a woman you dirty minded person, Colin is the 1st Mate) the Rusty Bucket
which is just above Jeff's ship, also heading towards Skull Island.
You can see how nice the LEGO range sticks look in the pictures.
Just above Skull Island, you can see Weather Island, which utilized Chris's playground. In front of Stephen is Dino Island (island
also supplied by Chris, Dino's by myself). To the left of Stephen is the 6277 Imperial Trading Post. Between Stephen and Abe is the
pirate base (6279). Behind Jameson is a neutral port, with Shiri's inn. Right in front of Lindsay is 6276 Eldorado Fortress. Mike
and Tim are converging on a treasure island. Behind Mike is a native outpost. Between Mike and Skull Island is another treasure
island. Another neutral port is between Jackie and Jeff off the left side of the picture. Another pirate base is near Shiri, and
Stephen Cambel's Imperial base will show up in front (well in back of Hurricane Shiri).
Shiri's ship, the Helfarrr, captained by Cap'n Scarrrr, is trying to chase down the Imperial merchant ship, but due to a favorable
wind it will escape to the fog (I was also estimating distances so who knows if it got a slight extra tailwind or not).
pgame-02:
Now we pan to the left of the room a bit. From left to right are Nathan McDowell's legs (he will later take over Colin and Wanda),
Jeff Stembel, Jackie Lynch, Andy Lynch, Chris Weeks, Stephen Roberts, Abe, and Mike's legs. Now you can see the neutral port in
front of Andy. This picture is also at turn 2.
pgame-03:
Tim's ship has docked at the treasure island. Mike's ship is heading there also.
pgame-04:
Lindsay's ship, the good cutter Deadly Bumblebee, with Cap'n Quigon L'Effete at the helm, passes by Jameson's ship and they exchange
fire. Lindsay's ship is the blue and yellow cutter. Note a small island with an alter of some sort and a spider guarding it.
pgame-05:
The Rusty Bucket and Jeff's ship close on Skeleton Island. The Rusty Bucket is the ship on the right.
pgame-06:
Tim and Mike engage some islanders who came out to defend the treasure. The Helfarrr is still trying to catch the merchantman.
pgame-07:
The Deadly Bumblebee passes a native outpost.
pgame-08:
Cap'n Quigon surveys the seas over a rum and coke (well, the rum was a little weak, perhaps it was just a coke [whatever that is,
tastes like bilge water with a bit of sugar in it]....).
pgame-09:
Chris's, Stephen Roberts's, and Abe's ships close in on Dino Island. Note the emergency cutters made from two Belville rowboats back
to back with a mast, cannon, and a few bricks and plates. The one on the left is Chris's while the one on the right is Abe's.
Stephen supplied his own cutter. Abe's ship has just felled the mighty T-Rex.
pgame-10:
The crew of the Rusty Bucket fire for effect, dismantling 3 skeletons on the first volley. Marksman Colin (in the green suit and
blue cap) proved quite a good shot (he did after all get his start as a trapper up in the Canadian woods [I gave many of the players
bonuses which were in some way tied to who they were, one of the possible bonuses is American which gives a +2 with muskets]). Wanda
can be seen in the pirate hat in the back. Jeff's ship also fired a volley of personal fire, and every shot missed, or passed
harmlessly through the skeletons (it's hard hitting them bones).
pgame-11:
The crews jump out onto land. Note that Jeff's ship is captained by the forest wench. Two of her crew have been throttled by
skeletons. One of Wanda's crew has also been throttled. At this point, we are at turn 7 or so I think.
pgame-12:
A nice overhead shot of Skeleton Island. Note that a skeleton has boarded the Rusty Bucket and slain a crewman.
pgame-13:
Meanwhile, over at Dino Island, one of Chris's crew ventured onto land and discovered how nasty crocs are. Notice that the
Pterodactyls have taken wing. They were strafing ships and trying to capture crew. One of them eventually did capture a man off
Chris's ship.
Unfortunately, that's the last picture I took. I'll have to collect other's pictures. I hope someone got a picture of Stephen's
treasure (a huge PINK! chest of silks). I know there's a couple pictures of Shiri's little sister Inbal who eventually took over
Abe's ship. There are also pictures of Captain Quigon capturing a merchant vessel.
Frank
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Ok, I'm going to follow up with comments on other folks pictures, so
we'll start with Abe Friedman's pictures:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=649
image01:
Dino Island is visited by three ships. That's Chris Weeks's ship in the
upper left (and I think those are Chris's legs), Stephen Roberts's ship
is in the upper right, and Abe's ship is lower center. I think this shot
is from before the T-Rex was killed.
image02:
Looking over towards the Southern part of the ocean. Lindsay's ship is
in the foreground center. Jameson's is behind and to the left. Dino
Island is at the lower right corner. Starting from the left, going
clockwise, we have Tim Courtney showing off the great Brickfest 2000
T-Shirt. I'm helping Tim and Mike Shamus deal with a treasure island and
some natives. You can see the merchant that Shiri was chasing just
peeking above Tim, with the Helfarrr sailing out from behind Mike. I'm
not sure who the spectator sitting in the chair is. Stephen Campbell is
just starting to sail into the game. That's his fort that suffered from
Hurricane Shiri in front of him. Jeff Stembell and Jackie Lynch are
attacking Skeleton Island. Beside Jackie is Weather Island. Mike Shamus
is coming to Tim's aid in dealing with the natives. That's another
treasure island off Mike's knee.
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The following pictures aren't of the game, but show some of the pirate
stuff present:
image22 and image23:
Lindsay Braun's Gloire. We didn't use this in the game (though I might
have brought it out if the pirates needed a severe spanking...
image24:
Lindsay's bomb ketch with seige mortar.
image28:
Some of the many pirate ships. My Black Seas Barracuda is in the front,
with the Red Seas Barracuda to the left. You can see the pink sailed
ship of mine. The Carribbean Clipper, Cutter, and Red Beard's Runner in
the background are all Stephen Roberts's. The rest of the ships are mine
(and this is only about 1/3 of what I brought).
image34:
We moved the pirate ships into the train and historical sets room for
safekeeping overnight.
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Frank Filz
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Frank Filz wrote:
>
> The following pictures aren't of the game, but show some of the pirate
> stuff present:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=648
> image22 and image23:
>
> Lindsay Braun's Gloire. We didn't use this in the game (though I might
> have brought it out if the pirates needed a severe spanking...
>
> image24:
>
> Lindsay's bomb ketch with seige mortar.
>
> image28:
>
> Some of the many pirate ships. My Black Seas Barracuda is in the front,
> with the Red Seas Barracuda to the left. You can see the pink sailed
> ship of mine. The Carribbean Clipper, Cutter, and Red Beard's Runner in
> the background are all Stephen Roberts's. The rest of the ships are mine
> (and this is only about 1/3 of what I brought).
>
> image34:
>
> We moved the pirate ships into the train and historical sets room for
> safekeeping overnight.
>
> --
> Frank Filz
>
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> Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com (business only please)
> Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com
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Here's Jason's pictures:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=642
fest05:
This looks like turn 1. People clockwise from the left are Jackie Lynch,
Chris Weeks, Stephen Roberts, Abe Friedman, Jameson, someone's legs, the
back of Shiri's head, Andy Lynch's legs. This is a nice picture of the
overall layout of the high seas. You can see most of the bases and
islands (the only things not visible are Stephen Campbell's fort and a
pirate base which would be off the bottom of the picture.
fest06:
Here's a nice overhead shot of Lindsay Braun's Gloire and bomb ketch.
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Frank Filz
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The island Chuck Rex shows in this picture:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=646
will be featured in a later pirate game...
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Frank Filz
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Tim Courtney's Pictures:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=6800
p6100074:
Stephen Roberts
p6100075:
Lindsay Braun and the assembled fleet. Lindsay's ship is by his foot and
the Eldorado Fortress is beside him.
p6100076:
Jeff Stembel, Andy Lynch, Jackie Lynch, Chris Weeks, and Stephen
Roberts's legs. This picture is of the starting positions. From the left
you see Skeleton Island and an island with a small ruined temple, next
are the whales, then Weather Island. Just in front of the players you
can see a neutral port on the left and the Imperial Trading Post on the
right. Sabre Island provides an additional guard for the trading post.
p6100077:
Shark, unknown spectator, Jeff's ship in starting position, Jeff
Stembel, Skeleton Island and the temple, the neutral port, and Andy's
legs.
p6100078:
Me, Shiri, unknown spectator.
p6100079:
Stephen Roberts and Abe Friedman (starting to move his ship on the first
turn). You can see Skull Island (the pirate base) and several smaller
islands.
p6100080:
In the background is the neutral port which had Shiri's inn. Coming
forward is Jameson's legs and his ship, Lindsay's ship, and the Eldorado
Fortress. That's Abe to the left.
p6100081:
Stephen Campbell standing, Shiri Dori sitting, and myself directing
people to start their first turn. To the left of Shiri is a smaller
pirate base. Stephen's fort isn't out yet. The Helfarrr is in front of
Shiri.
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Frank Filz
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Shiri Dori's Pictures:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=534
pirates1_tim:
Tim Courtney is getting psyched for the game.
pirates2:
I'm confused about something (standing). Jeff Stembel, Andy Lynch, Chris
Weeks, Jameson, Lindsay Braun.
pirates3_mike:
Mike Shamu in the center. Stephen Roberts is visible at the back.
pirates4_mike_lindsay:
Lindsay and Mike take their first turn.
pirates5_jameson:
Jameson looks over the ocean. There's the neutral port with Shiri's inn.
pirates6_dino-base:
Dino Island and Skull Island. Stephen Roberts's legs.
pirates7_tim_mike_jameson:
Left to right: Jameson, Mike, and Tim.
pirates8:
Stephen Roberts explains something about the rules while Lindsay stalks
across the ocean. Abe is in the background.
pirates9:
Jameson, Lindsay, Mike, and Tim after the first turn.
pirates10:
Left to right: Nathan McDowell, Jeff Stembel, Andy Lynch, and Jackie
Lynch. Nathan will later take over Wanda and Colin's ship currently
being played by Andy and Jackie.
pirates11_scar_attacks:
Cap'n Scarrr of the Helfarrr closes on the merchant ship and attacks
(note that I had forgotten to move the merchant ship for this turn which
caused some of the confusion.
pirates12_mike_tim:
Mike and Tim close in on the treasure island. Jameson and Lindsay are in
the background.
pirates13_the_helfarrrgh:
A nice shot of Shiri's ship captained by Scar (that's her on the poop
deck).
pirates14:
Andy Lynch, Jacki Lynch, Chris Weeks, Stephen Roberts. Jeff's ship and
the Rusty Bucket (captained by Wanda, Colin as 1st mate) approach
Skeleton Island.
pirates15:
Jameson and Lindsay resolve cannon fire.
pirates16_evasion:
The merchant ship starts to get away from the Helfarrr.
pirates17_dino_base:
An aerial shot of Dino Island after Abe has killed the T-Rex and the
croc has gotten one of Chris's men.
pirates18_chris-weeks:
Chris goes arrrgh for the camera!
pirates19_arrgh:
Jameson goes arrgh for the camera, Mike scowls, and Tim looks on with
bemusement.
pirates20:
Jeff and Nathan are attacking Skeleton Island. Mike sails over to the
temple island with his captured islander boat.
pirates21_lindsay_merchant:
Lindsay takes over a merchant vessel in front of the neutral port.
pirates22_take_over:
A close up. Note the casualties in the water - shark bait!
pirates23_inbal_frank:
Shiri's younger sister Inbal took over Abe's ship and is attacking an
islander hut to capture some treasure.
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Did I miss anyone's pictures besides:
Dan and Jennifer Boger's
Chris Weeks (not posted yet)
Web Cam (lots of work, a couple hundred pictures were taken)
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Frank,
I just wanted to say thanks for posting all of these comments about the
pictures from the Pirate game at BrickFest. I'm sure it took quite a bit of
time to do, and I wanted to let you know that it was appreciated. :-)
-Andy Lynch
----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Filz" <ffilz@mindspring.com>
To: <lugnet.fun.gaming@lugnet.com>
Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 1:48 PM
Subject: Re: My Brickfest Pirate Game Pictures
> Did I miss anyone's pictures besides:
>
> Dan and Jennifer Boger's
> Chris Weeks (not posted yet)
> Web Cam (lots of work, a couple hundred pictures were taken)
>
> --
> Frank Filz
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Here's another thanks to Frank for posting all the pictures. There are some
great islands there . . . and I like what I can see here of the bomb ketch
design!
ROFL at Timmy and Jar Jar marooned . . .
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Steve Jackson wrote:
> Here's another thanks to Frank for posting all the pictures. There are some
> great islands there . . . and I like what I can see here of the bomb ketch
> design!
Hm, ask and ye shall receive, I guess. ;) Since I haven't taken the ketch
apart (yet), I set it up for a few quick pictures while I had the digital
camera set up. The ketch is a pretty simple design, based on the idea that it
had to be the smallest possible hull to carry both that monster siege mortar
*and* a mast located in a reasonable place (e.g., not on the fantail). The
other constraint was that the mortar needed to be able to spin around for
loading, which it can when it's in the locked "train" position.
Otherwise, it's a pretty simple ship; the covered area is where shot and the
like are stored, and not much else; the black railing does help the overall
feel of the ship, as does the little miniature-galley stern. It's not a
comfortable vessel; its handlers realise that if a piece of ordnance lands on
the deck in anger, their lives are very likely a write-off.
Images follow:
http://www.msu.edu/user/braunli1/ketch-1.jpg
http://www.msu.edu/user/braunli1/ketch-2.jpg
http://www.msu.edu/user/braunli1/ketch-3.jpg
http://www.msu.edu/user/braunli1/ketch-4.jpg
I can take more if some design elements aren't discernable.
best
Lindsay
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Steve Jackson wrote in message ...
> Here's another thanks to Frank for posting all the pictures. There are some
> great islands there . . .
Of course all the people who posted their pictures must also be thanked, I just searched them out and added commentary.
I still need to finish processing the web cam pictures, I'll be referencing a bunch of them.
> ROFL at Timmy and Jar Jar marooned . . .
This island didn't actually occur in the game, it was a picture posted on the wall in the train/play room, though when I saw it, I
wanted to re-create it for the game...
Frank
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"Frank Filz" <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote:
> Ok, I've uploaded my Pirate Game pictures to here:
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=734
>
> A brief description of each picture:
...Woohoo! Great pics and walk thru! It was almost as if I was there... oh wait, I was
there (at least mostly :-)
...Thanks for the write up, and thanks again for running it (cant wait till next year!)
> pgame-09:
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> Chris's, Stephen Roberts's, and Abe's ships close in on Dino Island. Note the emergency cutters made from two Belville rowboats back
> to back with a mast, cannon, and a few bricks and plates.
...Those emergency cutters were great! Steve should mention them in the 'official rules'
for emergency use :-)
...you can go back to ignoring me now...
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