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Re: Steve Jackson's Lego Pirate Game (was "Re: KBKIDS 6441 Deep Reef Refuge for $18!")
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lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.pirates
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Fri, 5 Nov 1999 14:52:31 GMT
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Mr L F Braun wrote:
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> Ha-HA! Dodge! Turn! Parry! Ha!
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> "Franklin W. Cain" wrote:
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> > 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).
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> 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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