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Re: New Game
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Fri, 14 Apr 2000 06:08:08 GMT
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In lugnet.fun.gaming, Richard Franks writes:
> Exactly! There will be many predecessors to 'Brik Wars', but that makes no
> difference - each system is judged on it's own merits - and having a
> non-anoraky alternative (low dice, no lookup) is especially welcome when all
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I've never heard of 'non-anoraky' before, but it sounds like a useful
adjective. Where did it come from?
> Btw, who called it 'Brik' rather than 'Brick'? At least it wasn't called
> 'Brik Warz', that would be a bit too passé :)
That was my fault, sorry about that. It was meant as a nod to Lego Wars,
which had units like the "Medik" and "Mechanik." Waaaaay back last
millennium, roundabout the end of 1995 or so, they were talking about doing a
sequel to Lego Wars II, except that Lego's legal department had sent a nasty
letter about the unauthorized use of the word 'Lego' so they had to think of a
new name. They were talking about 'PBB Wars' for awhile, although that wasn't
very catchy, although I distinctly remember one of the authors suggesting
'Butthead Toy Company Wars' at one point. Eventually, they just decided to
abandon the project, so I (like a half-dozen other guys around that same
time), being a young punk and having no sense of propriety, decided to take
the project on myself without any approval from anyone with any sense. I came
up with the name 'BrikWars' off the top of my head as a working title, and the
name stuck; the end.
- Mike Rayhawk.
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Check out the Official BrikWars Home Page at
http://www.teleport.com/~rayhawks/brikwars.htm
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| (...) I'm not sure that 'non-anoraky' came from anywhere really! But it makes more sense when you understand the term 'anorak', which I'm not sure has much alternative usage outside the UK.. so I'll describe *that* as best I can. Essentially it (...) (24 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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| (...) Exactly! There will be many predecessors to 'Brik Wars', but that makes no difference - each system is judged on it's own merits - and having a non-anoraky alternative (low dice, no lookup) is especially welcome when all you want is a quick (...) (24 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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