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In lugnet.pirates, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> Hi all,
>
> I am in the process of organizing a weekend of playing with LEGO pirate ships
> in June. I need to gauge interest and begin to collect commitments. I don't
> have all the details (like a firm date) worked out yet, but here is what I do
> have. The details contained herein are all subject to change, but I don't
> think they will change much.
Neat!
> Steve Jackson and Frank Filz will most likely be running games on Friday,
> Saturday, and Sunday. There will be a great deal pirate festing going on. • The
> schedule of games is looking like: Friday evening, a battle game will be run • by
> Steve to get everyone familiar with mechanics and to have a good time.
> Saturday, Frank will run a scenario campaign from morning through completion
> that evening. Sunday, Steve will run a scenario campaign that might start
> Saturday night depending on how things go. The games are flexible in that
> people can come and go to some extent.
Some extent? I think that people coming and going is fine, but
of course it's always difficult when you have to acclimate new
players throughout the course of the game. :)
> It appears that we will have to charge a playing fee to pay for fun prizes and
> the acquisition of Steve Jackson from Austin, Texas. I am looking to raise
> enough to pull this off and not charge so much that anyone who wants to play
> would have to not because of cost. Keeping that in mind, some payment schema
> that we have discussed include: $1 per hour of play, $5 per four hour block of
> play, some per day of play fee, etc. Please let me know how you feel about
> this.
Ack, I was hoping to make a full weekend of it! :) You know,
hang around far too long, cause trouble, shirk my lecture writing...
Perhaps we can have a weekend registration, with different costs
for single days?
I can definitely confirm that I am *not* in any position to
spend lots of money. It's bad enough that I have to pass on
my gf's friend's wedding in South Carolina because I can't
afford it (it's the same weekend, 8-10 June). However, I can
swing $30 or so for a weekend, plus the cost of victualling.
If it's any other weekend, I can probably also manage it. I'll
check the University's summer schedule to be sure--although I
don't have to teach weekends, I don't want to spend the weekend
before the first lecture engaged in the pursuit of fun. It
sets a bad example! ;)
> The weekend that I'm leaning toward is 8-10 June. This is completely • flexible.
> Please send me a note if you want to participate with June weekends that are
> good and bad. I hope to settle on a date, confirm with all the organizational
> parties, and begin taking reservations. If you are local, that's great, and • if
> not, I can help you put together travel and sleeping accommodations. For • those
> of you interested but broke, people have been known to spend the entire night
> at these parties, so if you wash well ahead of time, you might be able to
> squeak by without a real room. I might also be able to get people who want
> room mates together to cut costs.
Theoretically I might be able to put up one person, the big
problem being there's not much room in my apartment. I mean,
NO ROOM--it's a side room about 4' x 9' and there is no sleep-
furniture, though I have a sleeping bag. Oh, and the little
room isn't air-conditioned (always a catch, isn't there?).
The catch, of course, is that any crasher would have to provide
me with a bit o' pizza during the battles...arrrr. And they may
very well be at the mercy of me sled o' pain, the little blue
Geo, for transport.
> The location of the event is slated to take place in an empty store in a strip
> mall near my favorite local game shop in the greater Princeton, New Jersey
> area. The game shop will be hosting a game party in the same shop, but we • (and
> Steve Jackson's presence) will be the central event. The game party includes
> lots of games, a door raffle, a never-ending supply of free pizza, and for the
> first time, a major LEGO event.
Keen!
> Frank will be supplying much of the fleet and all of the crew. Each player is
> invited to bring a minifig captain for their ship.
OK. I assume by 'much of the fleet' that Steve isn't bringing
any ships, so who is the 'rest of the fleet' coming from? I
won't have time between my return to NJ on 2 June and this event
to build any ships--it'll take that long just to get my life out
of storage.
On the other hand, getting a hold of my dread Cap'n Snotch is
going to be rather easy; he's sitting on an island baseplate
in deserted Detroit.
> If there are any further questions, please drop me a note and I'll try to
> answer them. If there is anything in my current plans that you think would
> prevent you from attending, please let me know and maybe we can work something
> out.
Nothing at all is preventitive. Keep me posted on the evolution.
I'll have to decide whether to bring my two special 'children' for
viewing...all in good time, as we figure out the security issues
and so forth.
all best
Lindsay
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Mr L F Braun wrote:
> > It appears that we will have to charge a playing fee to pay for fun prizes and
> > the acquisition of Steve Jackson from Austin, Texas. I am looking to raise
> > enough to pull this off and not charge so much that anyone who wants to play
> > would have to not because of cost. Keeping that in mind, some payment schema
> > that we have discussed include: $1 per hour of play, $5 per four hour block of
> > play, some per day of play fee, etc. Please let me know how you feel about
> > this.
>
> Ack, I was hoping to make a full weekend of it! :) You know,
> hang around far too long, cause trouble, shirk my lecture writing...
> Perhaps we can have a weekend registration, with different costs
> for single days?
>
> I can definitely confirm that I am *not* in any position to
> spend lots of money. It's bad enough that I have to pass on
> my gf's friend's wedding in South Carolina because I can't
> afford it (it's the same weekend, 8-10 June). However, I can
> swing $30 or so for a weekend, plus the cost of victualling.
> If it's any other weekend, I can probably also manage it. I'll
> check the University's summer schedule to be sure--although I
> don't have to teach weekends, I don't want to spend the weekend
> before the first lecture engaged in the pursuit of fun. It
> sets a bad example! ;)
Well, I think our schedule provided about 30 hours of gaming, so if the
price was a buck an hour, total cost for the weekend would be $30. I did
suggest we have a "bulk" discount (like $25 for the whole weekend). If
the store owner really is providing free pizza, that will really help
the budget conscious.
> > Frank will be supplying much of the fleet and all of the crew. Each player is
> > invited to bring a minifig captain for their ship.
>
> OK. I assume by 'much of the fleet' that Steve isn't bringing
> any ships, so who is the 'rest of the fleet' coming from? I
> won't have time between my return to NJ on 2 June and this event
> to build any ships--it'll take that long just to get my life out
> of storage.
>
> On the other hand, getting a hold of my dread Cap'n Snotch is
> going to be rather easy; he's sitting on an island baseplate
> in deserted Detroit.
At some point in the next couple months, I'm going to do another session
of cutter building. With the other ships I have built, I think I can
supply a pretty good game, and I can still build some more. I also
suspect a few folks will be able to bring a few more ships. My fleet is
not that far off from Steve's (and I don't even have everything built).
--
Frank Filz
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Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com (business only please)
Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com
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Based on Steve Bliss' comment, I've set FUT lugnet.fun.gaming
In lugnet.pirates, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> In lugnet.pirates, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> Some extent? I think that people coming and going is fine, but
> of course it's always difficult when you have to acclimate new
> players throughout the course of the game. :)
It would suck if people were ducking in and out all the time. But I agree that
hte game is better than virtually any other at allowing this kind of play.
> > It appears that we will have to charge a playing fee to pay for fun prizes
> Ack, I was hoping to make a full weekend of it! :)
As Frank mentioned, the whole weekend would be ~$30. It is possible that as
long as only a few people wanted to do this, we could accept donations to the
prize pool in lieu of cash payment. You might find that a satisfactory
solution Mr. Walmart_Pirate_of_the_Year!
> You know,
> hang around far too long, cause trouble, shirk my lecture writing...
Isn't historical re-enactment called research?
> I can definitely confirm that I am *not* in any position to
> spend lots of money. It's bad enough that I have to pass on
> my gf's friend's wedding in South Carolina because I can't
> afford it (it's the same weekend, 8-10 June).
Sweet! While the cat's away the mice will play. ;-)
> However, I can
> swing $30 or so for a weekend, plus the cost of victualling.
> If it's any other weekend, I can probably also manage it. I'll
But it's less certain? If you get a taker on the rooming offer, you might get
them to fill your gas tank or something in exchange.
> Theoretically I might be able to put up one person, the big
> problem being there's not much room in my apartment. I mean,
> NO ROOM--it's a side room about 4' x 9' and there is no sleep-
> furniture, though I have a sleeping bag. Oh, and the little
> room isn't air-conditioned (always a catch, isn't there?).
I would possibly be able to put up guests too, I have a real house with futon
couch beds, and lots of floor space. And AC. The catch for me is that I also
have a family and they might not be as generous as I would. And you couldn't
be smelly or offensive. :-)
> > Frank will be supplying much of the fleet and all of the crew. Each player • is
> > invited to bring a minifig captain for their ship.
>
> OK. I assume by 'much of the fleet' that Steve isn't bringing
> any ships, so who is the 'rest of the fleet' coming from? I
Erm...well...actually, I was thinking that you might. :-) I have a small
fleet (does four boats count as a fleet?) that I can muster, but really Frank
will be the main source. I haven't heard from any of the other GardenSLUGers
about this yet, so I'm not sure if they're in or have fleets of their own. If
it were train wars, we'd be set.
> Nothing at all is preventitive. Keep me posted on the evolution.
> I'll have to decide whether to bring my two special 'children' for
> viewing...all in good time, as we figure out the security issues
> and so forth.
This is a concern that I have as yet addressed poorly. I would love to get
some good LEGO display material out, but in the past, the place has been open
all day and night and we'd have to take watches or something.
Chris
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