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> Ha ha! I love all the trash talking!
It's only trash if it's coming from them, Sun. *WE* just hold up a mirror to
them.
> Anyways, I'd really like to come to this game as well. I'll definitely be
> an observer at first since I haven't been to a Brikwars game yet and i
> have't read the entire rules. I'm not too familar with turn based strategy
> games either so i have a lot of learning to do.
Ahhh, you don't even have to worry about being an observer. The basics are
pretty intuitive, and there are some real BW addicts there who can tiptoe
through the intricate stuff with you. We always make sure that any newcomer has
at least one experienced player on their team to walk them through and answer
any questions, but it really doesn't take long at all.
> I can bring lots of ninja themed troops(150+), another 20 traditional castle
> type troops, one decent size building(52x22 studs, no roof though) and three
> XL gray baseplates. I haven't really developed specialized characters like
> heros and champions and such so my army is pretty much a legion of
> clones(cannon fodder).
Great! If you have any characters that you'd like to personalize or
differentiate, just loko over the "Military Men" section of the Brikwars manual
... by focusing on trooper modifications and heros, you can probably manage to
make the minifig characteristic of the ideal you're looking for.
By the way, Dave Eaton's troop calculator (posted somehwere in this thread)
should be a great help to you ... especially if you have lots of troops who are
basically identical, you only really ned to print out one sheet for each "type".
The scenery sounds good too ...
> So like i said before, I'd like to come to this game but transportation is a
> problem for me since I'm a city dweller. Is there a way to get to Jorge's
> house by train or some other means? And if so, could somebody pick me up?
> If not, i'll try to figure out some other way of getting out there.
Is there anybody coming from in or around the city? At the worst, maybe you
could take the T to someone's house on the outskirts and catch a ride with
them? Hopefully someone will be able to help out here ...
Finally (and this is directed to both teams, Team Assumethepostion (aka Team A)
and Team Baskinginthegloryofyourimpendingdoom (aka Team B)), whose team is Sun
going to be on? Team Besmirkingatthyfate is busily laying strategy out, and
would like to include Sun if he is to be added to our roster. Eric, perhaps
you'd like to feed your swollen decision-making ego and make the call? One team
gets Sun, the other team gets whosoever else may next join the fray ....
It really wouldn't be fair to let the newcomers choose which side they want
anyway. I mean, really, who would choose to be part of Team Apoplectic? Team
Beatific would be gorged with volunteers, and while we would certainly laugh at
you, I'd hate to see you guys not even show up to the battle in sullen protest
...
-s
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Just a few questions:
How many factions are involved in each battle?
(It sounds like there at least three sides with two people per side)
How many troops per side?
Where in New England are you?
Mayhap I may visit you this summer… If I bring just 500 Castle minifigs,
would it be too much?
So many questions,
--==Richard==--
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In lugnet.org.us.nelug, Richard Noeckel writes:
> Just a few questions:
>
> How many factions are involved in each battle?
> (It sounds like there at least three sides with two people per side)
There are 2 sides with 3 people per side so far, waiting for more people to
join.
> How many troops per side?
As many troops as 300 CP's per person can buy (Is this correct English?)
> Where in New England are you?
We're mostly in Massachusetts, but we have people from New Hampshire coming too.
> Mayhap I may visit you this summer… If I bring just 500 Castle minifigs,
> would it be too much?
Let's see... 500 Troops, all of them with short swords, no modifications:
5CPs each ===> 5 x 500 = 2500 CPs
Hmmm... I think we will need a bigger house to play this game :)
> So many questions,
>
> --==Richard==--
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In lugnet.org.us.nelug, Richard Noeckel writes:
> Just a few questions:
[just to repeat Jorge...]
> How many factions are involved in each battle?
> (It sounds like there at least three sides with two people per side)
We've done between 2 and 4 teams, and between 5? and 8 people.
> How many troops per side?
Here's where time gets to be the issue. As Jorge said, we've got (for the
present game) between 200 and 300 points per participant, which boils down
to probably 20-30 soldiers per person, give or take some extras. Sure, that
may sound like a little bit, but when you have to move and attack with
dozens of figs every turn, keep track of which ones have moved, which ones
have what stats, etc, it can take a while. That's one of the reasons we
more typically do 2 teams-- people on the same team can move, etc, at the
same time and speed up the round. Actually, I don't think we've ever done
more than like 6 rounds? Maybe only 5, I dunno. 25 per person would mean an
8 person game consists of 200 soldiers total on the board, just to give you
an idea...
> Where in New England are you?
Near Boston, though we've had one game just across the border in NH.
> Mayhap I may visit you this summer… If I bring just 500 Castle minifigs,
> would it be too much?
Yes. I've got a roughly 2500 point army already assembled (intended to aid
those with not enough points, and to give myself a nice selection)
consisting of about 275 figs and various other weapons-- and I can only
field a very small amount of them. My avg. fig came out to like 8 or 9 pts
per. So figure 500 figs would turn into roughly 4,000 points, not to mention
any additional weaponry you decide to bring. A little much for a 250 pt game :)
Personally, I made troopers with all the "popular" weapon types out there
(nobody armed with bolos or torches or whatever), and made squads of 12--
about 2 or 3 for each weapon type. Then I gave some (most) squads attribute
bonuses & extras (shields, extra speed, skill, armor, etc) just to make them
a little more unique. If you're making a long haul you may wish to do
something similar so you can be "assured" that you can modify what you field
according to what you see-- nothing like winding up with a bunch of spearmen
when your enemy fields only archers :) Or of course you can try as best as
you can to round out strengths and weaknesses-- it certainly makes for
faster gameplay when you know ahead of time what you'll be doing!
DaveE
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