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Grr... I'll probably respond to all the comments tonight. I have one post on it's way, but something in our firewall at work is making it take a minute or two to open an NNTP connection, and I hate editing messages in the web poster (no spell check (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.pirates)
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Thanks for the fast writeup, Frank! And thanks again for running such a great game. I think having a few people around who could handle the "normal" activities of movement and combat meant that when one of us was near contentious happenings, we (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) really....that was interesting. I asked Frank when he was taking a bit of time for you guys to plot your moves.... I should have used the key words .... "went bad" I guess.... ;) Ben (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) I agree, but I think that this is in spite of some things that you may feel it is because of. (...) Very important! It would be even better if we could coordinate the game ahead of time, and get more participation in island provision and (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) That would be putting it mildly! (...) I was unaware that you asked to use imperials. I played imperials last year (who promptly "went bad")... (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) <beaucoup de snippage...> :) It looked like Larry didn't have a lot of luck this year... ;) The game looked very fun from what I saw of it. I was tempted to join but was "rebuffed" when I was told that I couldn't use Imperials or use (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.pirates)
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| | The Pirate Game at BrickFest 2002
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Well, I didn't take many pictures, and I don't think we had a web cam in the room, so I won't be able to do a turn by turn re-cap of the game, so I'll just free associate about the game... First off, as has been mentioned before, this was absolutely (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: My Thoughts on BrickFest 2002
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(...) They were a Japanese promo. They've been mentioned a few times here and there. (...) Unfortunately, I didn't take any notes (I should have, or had someone record the roundtable). I think we did hit on some things which we didn't get into at (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.gaming)
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<snippage> (...) I thought you had to buy a certain amount of coke products to send away for certain sets. (mail-in promotional) Ben (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) Because they were only available in Japan (maybe other East Asian countries, too, not sure) as a promotion for the World Cup. Japan gets all the cool little promotions now. ;_; Jeff P.S. Does anyone know how they were sold? was it in stores, (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) (URL) latter is Soccer / Promotional / Coca-Cola, part of a wide range of related sets available in Japan---Brickset might have more info (URL) Masahiro Sekiguchi has pictures (URL) Garrison Remove spamblock for direct reply. . . (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.promo, lugnet.admin.database)
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| | Re: Help! Brikwarz Questions, need person who knows their Brik stuff!
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(...) Richard Parsons scored one up for the Brikwars at the national meet in Brisbane this year. I don't have the numbers handy, try emailing him for details, though your approach may vary. IIRC it came in at around 500ish points (ie. a lot) so you (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jul-02, to lugnet.gaming)
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| | Re: Lego gamer interviews at MilitaryGaming.com
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This is neat! Copied to mediawatch as an FYI... but I left the FUT to fun.gaming. (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jul-02, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Well it's not for Lego Wars, and it wasn't me - I think I'd remember being interviewed. :) I believe you're right about it being LFW. BTW, a more current link for Lego Wars: (URL) (22 years ago, 18-Jul-02, to lugnet.gaming)
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I just saw a couple of Lego gaming links go up at MilitaryGaming.com, thought I'd mention them here. The first is an interview I did several months ago: (URL) there's a second one for Lego Wars: (URL) not sure who the interviewee was for the Lego (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.gaming)
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| | Re: Help! Brikwarz Questions, need person who knows their Brik stuff!
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(...) I don't have a Gunship handy so I can't really say, but it would really depend on exactly how powerful you wanted to make it. Depending on how much armor, engine power, and speed you wanted it would have completely different stats. (...) (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.gaming)
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| | Help! Brikwarz Questions, need person who knows their Brik stuff!
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Hello all. Um, I have a question for someone who knows his or her's Brikwarz. Does anyone know what a generic right out of the box Republic Gunship Brikwarz stats are? If not, is there an online vehicle scorer, because the downloadable one doesn't (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.gaming)
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"Evan Butzlaff" <mad_genius123@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Gz8zzK.Kuv@lugnet.com... (...) I'm (...) for (...) Good Luck, and I hope to see you there. Just look for the pirate flag in the miniatures hall, several of them, small, large. James (22 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.gaming)
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Hi all Gencon veterans, newbies, and just plain passing by gawkers, I am writing out info on meeting arrangements to avoid confusion for people trying to find the game. If you have suggestions let me know and add to the thread. Since BrikWars is a (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.gaming)
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| | Re: Gencon
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(...) I will be there, but I won't be able to participate in an event, because I'm not able to mobilize any of my creations. I'm there to play in the Continental Tournament for the Lord of The Rings CCG ( www.deciper.com ) for a day or two, (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jul-02, to lugnet.gaming)
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