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Re: Some silly uses for all those extra treasure chests
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Date: 
Tue, 7 Mar 2000 02:55:55 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Shiri Dori writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Jeff Johnston writes:
> > The LEGO purist in me has risen up on occasion and lamented that the gold
> > coins even exist...what was wrong with using yellow 1x1 rounds like they
> > used to? Not only are they close enough to be gold coins, but they could
> > be used for other things as well.
> 
> Yep, that's true...
> When I was little (well, littler :-) I used the yellow transparent 1x1 rounds
> (dots) - my cousin and I had a currency system we used for our games. 2 red
> trans. dots - rubies - were equal to one clear dot (a diamond). Trans yellow
> dots were gold (OK, we didn't think about *solid* gold ;-), trans greens were
> emeralds, trans blue were sapphires, and so forth...

I always (and still do) use the trans-yellow as topaz.  :)  Now that there are
cut gems, I use them as uncut, or rough, gems.  :)

> > This is not to say that I'll be trading away my hoard of gold...8)
> 
> Too bad :-)

Darn, I need a lot to cover the floor of my Dragon's lair...

> > If you wanted treasure chests full of stuff I'd add some of the yellow
> > goblets (I know *I* have a bunch of these), maybe chrome knives if you
> > have any, 1x1 rounds or faceted gems as has been suggested...there's
> > always the Adventurers 'Golden Bedpan' too...
> 
> A bedpan... so THAT'S what it is... ;-)

Yup, that face on it is the maker's seal.  :)

Jeff



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  Re: Some silly uses for all those extra treasure chests
 
(...) Yep, that's true... When I was little (well, littler :-) I used the yellow transparent 1x1 rounds (dots) - my cousin and I had a currency system we used for our games. 2 red trans. dots - rubies - were equal to one clear dot (a diamond). Trans (...) (27 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)

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