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(...) If pre-build islands and such are available, Pirate Game setup can be done in an hour. Player setup can be done in another hour or less. (...) That would be cool. I doubt TLC will go for it yet. If they do anything of the sort, I would expect (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.gaming)
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Ok, just read seven messages and decided that each justifies some response. As a result, I may repeat comments others have already made... (...) I'm really not worried about having enough stuff for a game. The only time we've ever been short on (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) When you're talking about a room, you mean one of the small rooms at MWEC on the second floor where they traditionally have ~14 RPGs running? Or a small ballroom at one of the hotels? Or what? A corner of the big room might work quite nicely. (...) (23 years ago, 25-Feb-02, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Christopher Weeks" <clweeks@eclipse.net> wrote in message news:Gs3C8x.2wJ@lugnet.com... (...) to (...) There (...) times (...) was (...) timeslots. I don't know if we could set aside a single room, but I know we could set up a semi-permanent (...) (23 years ago, 25-Feb-02, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) ...Just a note on this. I'm reading the thread (and passing along things to BrickFest :-) I don't have much time to respond to things at the moment (damn customers want me to _work!_ go figure). But I can say a couple things: ...Scheduling: (...) (23 years ago, 25-Feb-02, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) I was specifically refering to a relationship in which a LEGO gaming area was set aside for the whole con and games were kept running in all 14 timeslots. I know I could just register as a judge and run anything (I've done it many times), but (...) (23 years ago, 25-Feb-02, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) Oh good! I was wondering what we were going to do. (...) They could bring any special sale stuff and a cash register out to the con site and people could otherwise go whenever they wanted. I too would volunteer to (un)load the truck. (...) (...) (23 years ago, 25-Feb-02, to lugnet.gaming)
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"Frank Filz" <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:3C795506.B9FB9E...ing.com... (...) I don't (...) games. (...) being too (...) thought needs (...) Set-up for any game I have run takes a hideous amount of time. Currently I am behind in (...) (23 years ago, 25-Feb-02, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) That's definitely true. If we'd had more cargo space, maybe I could have brought some useable ships--but in the event our islands and MOCs took up the available space. I wouldn't be surprised if the fleet provision falls to me this coming (...) (23 years ago, 25-Feb-02, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) Definitely. Of course we had intended a longer play time but my awful work schedule conspired against us. Clearly one thing to do is to not rely on a single person for the game. Even if folks wanted to wait for me to actually run the game, the (...) (23 years ago, 24-Feb-02, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) Definitely. (...) Yes, a fixed yearly schedule helps. I rarely think about this because my vacation time tends to be pretty flexible, and inflexibility occurs on short notice. (...) BricksWest had a "professional" two-track (with appropriate (...) (23 years ago, 24-Feb-02, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) I've been thinking about this since last summer's Brickfest, actually. I don't want to miss out on the other stuff, but I'm really there to play LEGO games. I think that the length of time that we played was on the border of being too little (...) (23 years ago, 24-Feb-02, to lugnet.gaming)
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"Frank Filz" <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:3C77FBB9.FA7EC7...ing.com... (...) Yes, but noting your overview of BricksWest in "Frank's Big BricksWest Adventure" the gathering may need to be longer. (...) Planning for events will be (...) (23 years ago, 24-Feb-02, to lugnet.gaming)
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At BricksWest, Steve and I had some discussions about the game rules. One thing Steve has been trying to come up with is a way to eliminate plotting moves since this slows down the game the most. The problem I would have with eliminating this is the (...) (23 years ago, 24-Feb-02, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.pirates)
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We had a nice roundtable on gaming at BricksWest, but I thought I'd open some of the discussion here. One thing Steve Jackson asked was based on the response to the Pirate Game at BricksWest, was it even appropriate to have gaming at an AFOL con. Of (...) (23 years ago, 23-Feb-02, to lugnet.gaming)
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For anyone who's looking forward to those "BrikWars session (tentative)" slots on Saturday and Sunday nights, here's the plan as it currently stands: I'll be hosting games both nights for anyone who wants to get involved. I'll take care of keeping (...) (23 years ago, 11-Feb-02, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.events.brickswest)
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(...) "Doctor, what do you suppose it could be??" "I've seen this kind of condition before. The man has contracted buccaneer fever! Get me 5 ml of de-swashbuckler syrum NOW!" :p (...) Sounds good :) We'll have to do something soon then. Zac (who (...) (23 years ago, 10-Feb-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) hahaha, and I thought I *was* mad ;P (...) Mel (weee...eee) (23 years ago, 10-Feb-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Better than having pirates running through your veins - "Doctor, listen to his pulse!" **BaDOOM!**Arrr, Jimlad!**BaDOOM**Shiver me timbers!**BaDOOM** :) (...) Looks great! *Microfig* Battlecruisers I can do :) (...) Say, if we were planning to (...) (23 years ago, 10-Feb-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.loc.au)
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Ahoy there all those with a touch of space running through their veins (heh that's kind of a funny thought), With another update added to my growing site, I have also added a new section under the name of Fleet Command. FC is a wargame I wrote for (...) (23 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.loc.au)
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