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Re: StudWars presents : .castle vs. .space !!!
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lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general
Date: 
Wed, 3 Mar 2004 04:41:32 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Paul Baulch wrote:

   Well, the main problem I find is that the Castle-related elements in my collection (prefab walls/roofs, bows, flags, barrels, flames) are so much less versatile than the Space-related ones (e.g. wings, laser guns, windscreens, radar dishes) for building across themes.

I’d grant the point on the prefab walls (though Allister has a great use in the thread below), but personally I never use those for castles. My structures tend to be all about basic bricks and plates, add in some slopes and arches and a few speciallized elements (windows and doors).

Oh, on the third leg of this tripod, I wouldn’t say “town” so much as “trains” (though these are obviously related). It’s the train guys who are more organized than any of us--all our moonbases and classic castle city layouts look puny next to some of those LTC setups. Of course they can’t play Brickwars. :P

Bruce



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  Re: StudWars presents : .castle vs. .space !!!
 
(...) Can you imagine a StuWars between .train and... hmmm.... ? That's the thing here. There's a rivalry between .space and .castle that I can't explain, that I don't fully understand, but it's there. People laugh about it, people make jokes, etc. (...) (20 years ago, 3-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
  Re: StudWars presents : .castle vs. .space !!!
 
(...) Not true. Choose not to, most of the time, perhaps, but "can't"??? I don't THINK so! Ask Shaun Sullivan about use of his German rail mounted BFG in a Brickwars scenario... Or ask me, I played with some of the BLOC at Adrian Drake's house and (...) (20 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)

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  Re: StudWars presents : .castle vs. .space !!!
 
(...) Well, the main problem I find is that the Castle-related elements in my collection (prefab walls/roofs, bows, flags, barrels, flames) are so much less versatile than the Space-related ones (e.g. wings, laser guns, windscreens, radar dishes) (...) (20 years ago, 2-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)

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