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Ha-HA! Dodge! Turn! Parry! Ha!
"Franklin W. Cain" wrote:
> In lugnet.market.shopping, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> > ... (And is he still doing that Pirate game?
> > It sounded like a heck of a lot of fun.)
>
> Yup. He is. :-)
>
> This past March, in Biloxi, MS, I attended Coast Con,
> where Steve was one of the guests.
>
> I, in costume, assisted Steve in running his Pirate Game.
>
> (As a member of the SCA, as well as being a regular attendee
> of several sci-fi cons, I've got a supply of costume shirts
> and props, etc. Also, as Biloxi is now "home" to several casinos,
> one of which is called "Tresure Island", and has a gift shop
> with -- you guessed it -- kiddie "pirate" props, one of the players
> brought some "props" -- an eyepatch, pirate captain's hat, and "hook" --
> she got some extra pirate people as a reward for being "in costume".)
That sounds wonderful--is SJ still just "fiddling around" or is he finally
entertaining the idea of making this thing into a set of standard rules? I
really wanted to have a chance at it someday. That's what I get for being in
the Northeast. *sigh*
> In fact, I had set up a truly diabolical "trap"
> for unwary players -- when setting up the game,
> I had dumped _ALL_ of the snakes one just one island.
> To be "fair", I also put some of the juicier treasures
> on "Snake Island" (the "magic scroll" was in the treasure chest,
> and one of the super-valuable silver bricks was on the island
> also, IIRC).
You mean, to be "evil" you added "bait." ;) I almost fell out of my chair
reading the story, and when you got to the refrain I half wanted to sing
along. My life is poorer for not having been in Biloxi. (I never EVER thought
I would have said that. Ever. EVER.)
Isn't Guam covered with snakes, too? I think we have a precedent for
snake-coated islands, although at least yours had something more valuable than
guano on it.
> About midway through this second turn, once I started rolling
> for the snakes' attacks, I started suffering from
> an uncontrollable fit of maniacal laughter, punctuated by the refrain
> "Beware Snake Island!"
Arrr. Arrr. ARRR! I think I've just regressed 15 years. That's marvelous.
> (Why, yes, I am a Game Master for a local group of PRGers...
> How could you guess? :-P :-)
The frothing mouth, the maniacal laughter, the power-mad sadism...brings back
memories (pine!)...
LFB.
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Mr L F Braun wrote:
>
> Ha-HA! Dodge! Turn! Parry! Ha!
>
> "Franklin W. Cain" wrote:
>
> > In lugnet.market.shopping, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> > > ... (And is he still doing that Pirate game?
> > > It sounded like a heck of a lot of fun.)
> >
> > Yup. He is. :-)
We really need to get the pirate master himself here...
> That sounds wonderful--is SJ still just "fiddling around" or is he finally
> entertaining the idea of making this thing into a set of standard rules? I
> really wanted to have a chance at it someday. That's what I get for being in
> the Northeast. *sigh*
Well, much of the rules are posted on his web page. All we're really
waiting for is the charts and tables. I don't expect that it will get
beyond the shareware state, though if it becomes popular enough, I could
see Steve figuring out a way to more formally publish it.
> > In fact, I had set up a truly diabolical "trap"
> > for unwary players -- when setting up the game,
> > I had dumped _ALL_ of the snakes one just one island.
> > To be "fair", I also put some of the juicier treasures
> > on "Snake Island" (the "magic scroll" was in the treasure chest,
> > and one of the super-valuable silver bricks was on the island
> > also, IIRC).
>
> You mean, to be "evil" you added "bait." ;) I almost fell out of my chair
> reading the story, and when you got to the refrain I half wanted to sing
> along. My life is poorer for not having been in Biloxi. (I never EVER thought
> I would have said that. Ever. EVER.)
Please, more stories (and pictures) of the pirate game!
--
Frank Filz
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Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com (business only please)
Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
>
> "Franklin W. Cain" wrote:
>
> > . . . To be "fair", I also put some of the juicier treasures
> > on "Snake Island" (the "magic scroll" was in the treasure chest,
> > and one of the super-valuable silver bricks was on the island
> > also, IIRC).
>
> You mean, to be "evil" you added "bait." ;)
Picky, picky, picky... :-)
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