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Re: The steampunk skiff 'Egregious'
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Sun, 1 Jul 2007 09:50:21 GMT
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In lugnet.gaming.brikwars, Shaun Sullivan wrote:
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Loosely inspired by some gorgeous SW Sail Barge MOCs on Brickshelf, NELUG’s
latest [1] Brikwars game featured a steampunk skiff battle set above the
desolate Kar’Zuba desert. Every skiff represented a Trading Guild, and upon
arrival at the outskirts of a potential market town each captain decided to
try and “thin the competition” a bit.
My contribution to the fight was the Egregious, a Dragonfly-Class Torpedo
Gunboat. Its steam powerplant (located in a protective cast-iron bathtub
within the hull) powers three heavy-lift main rotors, as well as a pair of
outboard steam-turbine-driven manuevering props.
The game, by the way, was great. We played for about 10 hours (!) and had a
pretty clear victor (Wayne) by the end. 6 skiffs entered the fray, and there
was every form of battle imaginable: gunfire, ramming, boarding actions,
hand-to-hand. Even the dreaded Sandworms of Kar’Zuba got into the action,
gorging on troopers abaonding their skiffs as they went down. Photos of the
game itself can be seen
here.
-Shaun
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Is there a article available describing the battle in detail? I am also
interested in this type of gaming, being a fan of Space:1889. I even did some
British troops and a mini-Aphid:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=43369
Now I want to expan my Aphid, any suggestions?
-- Don GtwLUG Lugnet#1239 St. Louis
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) Wow! that's an impressive army. I've never seen so many pith helmets in one place. ...and thanks for bringing Space: 1889 to my attention. I love anything like that - Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, Flash Gordon, etc. (17 years ago, 2-Jul-07, to lugnet.gaming.brikwars, FTX)
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| (...) I don't think anyone has done a detailed write-up yet, but I might be able to answer questions if you have any. I had the dubious honor of taking on the Egregious in battle with the (URL). For the game, we used the 2000(?) BrikWars rules, with (...) (17 years ago, 3-Jul-07, to lugnet.gaming.brikwars, FTX)
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