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(...) Without going into such nautical stuff as Knots, chains and fathoms, a sailing ship might reach around 20km/h in good conditions (more or less depending on lots of stuff). A square is around 45km, so it's about 2hrs across by boat. It's about (...) (23 years ago, 30-Oct-01, to lugnet.castle.org.cw)
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(...) I see I'm not the only person that had that idea, I see it as though it could be new inhabitants coming to the island as others left or it could just be the ships returning with more provisions to the Isle. I was also wondering how long does (...) (23 years ago, 30-Oct-01, to lugnet.castle.org.cw)
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(...) They can go back and forth as much as you would like. In FACT, if someone wanted to ferry passangers from their kingdoms to the Isle, that would be a pretty cool thing to do :) But also remember that if a ship was to go back (via water) to (...) (23 years ago, 30-Oct-01, to lugnet.castle.org.cw)
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I have a question. Can ships go back and get more people? Or is it a one-way trip for now? (23 years ago, 30-Oct-01, to lugnet.castle.org.cw)
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(...) I'm pleased that you were able to glean that from the camp layout (as it's all true) even though I haven't studied much military strategy. In fact, I just laid out my camp in what seemed like a logical, tight grouping, so that it's easy to (...) (23 years ago, 29-Oct-01, to lugnet.castle.org.cw, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Isn't that "billiard" in European languages? it is in hebrew... (...) Well maybe, but not in the current situation because people have limited places to land on. To answer Lenny's question, that *is* part (only part though) of the point of (...) (23 years ago, 29-Oct-01, to lugnet.castle.org.cw)
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(...) studied Sun Tsu's "The Art of War", I was very impressed by the set-up of your campground and the laying of the perimeter. It is obvious that your soldiers are a battle hardened group and very disciplined on top of that. -- Pawel (23 years ago, 29-Oct-01, to lugnet.castle.org.cw, lugnet.castle)
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(...) I haven't thought about that, but I wouldn't rule it out right away. As far as the wind blowing, the Mist is more of a magical wall - independent of the elements. No one really knows what makes it move ... -- Pawel (URL) (23 years ago, 29-Oct-01, to lugnet.castle.org.cw)
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(...) Thanks - I'm not sure yet :) (...) Yes, the island is created. Craig Hamilton has the master copy, but I have seen it when I was at his house back during the summer. What will be created though are the pieces of land that I'm taking from his (...) (23 years ago, 29-Oct-01, to lugnet.castle.org.cw)
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(...) eep! Rule one, never do these calculations at night. ---here begins the discussion--- The island isn't only 8,000,000 baseplates big. I made a mistake in calculating and underestimated by a factor of 512. The real size of the map shown on the (...) (23 years ago, 29-Oct-01, to lugnet.castle.org.cw)
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could there be air pockets in the mist? ex. bill was stubling throught the mist it was hard to breath when all of a suddun he found himself in a small area he could see right and breath right. and if the wind was blowing really hard could mist blow (...) (23 years ago, 27-Oct-01, to lugnet.castle.org.cw)
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(...) Dude, that's cool. I only have one problem. I WANT MORE! :) Where's the rest of the story? <shrug> I want it now! <shrug> oh well, at least it distracts me from my own story <shrug> hehehehe...... --Anthony (23 years ago, 29-Oct-01, to lugnet.castle.org.cw)
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I've written another installment of the Kobayashi Chronicles. It actually takes place right before my previous installment (it's the day of "The First Night) and chronicles the arrival and setup of temporary camp. It's called, unsurprisingly enough, (...) (23 years ago, 29-Oct-01, to lugnet.castle.org.cw, lugnet.castle)
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dude i like it.. especially how you just reference blut'ader without having to really talk in depth. are you planning on doing this for the rest of your voyage on/to IOM? id be cool if you were. -lenny ps. how were the characteristics of IOM decided (...) (23 years ago, 29-Oct-01, to lugnet.castle.org.cw)
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(...) i know im not involved at all.. but doesn't this seem kinda excessive? i mean, with 40,000 baseplates per balladeer (or something like that), it could be possible to build an entire world, society, etc without really ever having to see anyone (...) (23 years ago, 29-Oct-01, to lugnet.castle.org.cw)
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Dude, that's sweet! I love the editing in it, especially in the forest and the last shot! Great way to introduce characters and give a little teaser as to what's going to happen along the way. And *GASP* Blut'Ader got sacked!? I can't wait to see (...) (23 years ago, 28-Oct-01, to lugnet.castle.org.cw)
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I've updated my site with a short story: (URL) finally able to give my characters some context :) More to come in 2-3 weeks ... -- Pawel (23 years ago, 28-Oct-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.castle.org.cw) !
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(...) Bigger? If one were to grab baseplates and make tIoM in real life it'd be over sixteen and a half kilometers across! Even a acre is pretty large, clocking up 32 metres across. (For the series, a realm is around a kilometre and a bit)(1) Even (...) (23 years ago, 27-Oct-01, to lugnet.castle.org.cw)
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(...) Hmm, wow, that's quite large, but actually I thought it was bigger! Hmm. Interesting. (...) Well.... do you even know that Castle World is round? Who knows? It may be flat... in fact I think it would even be fair to assume it is, since it has (...) (23 years ago, 27-Oct-01, to lugnet.castle.org.cw)
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(...) And the isle, (assuming most of the bits under fog are isle) is somewhere around 550 km across. Which makes it compareable to New Zealand's South island. (Except South island isn't round, more a diagonal line, tIoM has a larger area). Or to (...) (23 years ago, 27-Oct-01, to lugnet.castle.org.cw)
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