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"Todd Lehman" <tsl@tsl.bu.edu> wrote in message news:HEEBpy.B7z@lugnet.com... (...) last (...) that) (...) play. (...) I live near Sacramento, CA. Not much happens here. So far I've only had one battle, and that was with my little brother. -- (...) (22 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.gaming.brikwars, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.org.glug, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.org.au, lugnet.general)
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I got to spend several hours on the road in California with Mike Rayhawk last weekend, for an informal interview of Mike about BrikWars. Except for the wind turbines and Mike refusing to pull over for me when nature called (which I *was* prepared to (...) (22 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.gaming.brikwars, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.org.glug, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.org.au, lugnet.general)
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| | Renaming Gaming group
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OK, whew, it's completed. The lugnet.fun.gaming group has been renamed to lugnet.gaming, and subgroups for BrikWars (URL) and Starship (URL) have now finally been created. If you run or participate in an RPG and would like a focused discussion (...) (22 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.announce)
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TERMS OF USE FOR LUGNET.COM OVERVIEW AND DEFINITIONS lugnet.com ("LUGNET") is a privately owned Internet site designed and run primarily for the benefit of those who enjoy building with, discussing, collecting, buying & selling, trading, and (...) (22 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.gaming.brikwars)
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Welcome to lugnet.gaming.brikwars, a LUGNET discussion group. CHARTER/PURPOSE: lugnet.gaming.brikwars (group): Focused discussion group for BrikWars: out-of-character and out-of-game discussion and information about rules, development, and status of (...) (22 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.gaming.brikwars)
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TERMS OF USE FOR LUGNET.COM OVERVIEW AND DEFINITIONS lugnet.com ("LUGNET") is a privately owned Internet site designed and run primarily for the benefit of those who enjoy building with, discussing, collecting, buying & selling, trading, and (...) (22 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.gaming.starship)
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Welcome to lugnet.gaming.starship, a LUGNET discussion group. CHARTER/PURPOSE: lugnet.gaming.starship (group): Focused discussion group for Starship: out-of-character and out-of-game discussion and information about rules, development, and status of (...) (22 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.gaming.starship)
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| | Re: Instructions for the Cathedral Board Game
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(...) Thanks! :) I am becoming more happy with my instructions as I go along. They are fun! (...) Hopefully! Lego & Gaming, my two favorite interests. If more people get insterested it can only be a good thing. (...) I agree. Although we have all (...) (22 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.gaming)
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| | Re: Instructions for the Cathedral Board Game
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(...) Thanks. I copied the piece design from Gary Thomas' version(1) with some creative changes. I believe he got his ideas from a wood version he owned. (...) I haven't had too much trouble with that when I have played (2). But then I haven't tried (...) (22 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.gaming)
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Earlier today, the groups lugnet.football and lugnet.publish.cinema were renamed to lugnet.sports and lugnet.animation, respectively. Assuming no further problems arising between now and a few hours from now[1], I'm going to also tackle renaming (...) (22 years ago, 4-May-03, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.gaming)
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| | Re: Instructions for the Cathedral Board Game
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(...) My only worry about your very efficient design is that there may now be a run on those 2 x 2 45 degree double slopes that you use for the roof pieces. ;) I have often wondered why more abstract board games aren't recreated (or created from (...) (22 years ago, 4-May-03, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.gaming)
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(...) first plastic version by Mattel)...are your pieces based on the current version's designs, or are they original? One thing I think is a possible downside to your version...the boxed game (at least, my version of it) has raised squares on the (...) (22 years ago, 4-May-03, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.gaming)
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(...) Thanks. I think I may revise the layout of the pictures a little, not so sure about load times, and I think it might be helpful to present it in a more usable manner. (...) The game is pretty good, if you like abstract board games. Not too (...) (22 years ago, 2-May-03, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.gaming)
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(...) My Bad! You already posted them in the "Various" section. (URL) love for the castle instructions section :) Thanks again! Ben (22 years ago, 2-May-03, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.gaming)
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(...) Hi Jason, These instructions are really good. The game looks like fun and I'll try it out with my family this summer. I think you should post a link to the instructions on Jake's site: (URL) (22 years ago, 2-May-03, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.gaming)
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| | Instructions for the Cathedral Board Game
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Well I got around to creating instructions for my version of the Cathedral board game. Here they are: (URL) Orginal thread about this game is here: (URL) Spears MichLUG - (URL) MOCpage - (URL) (22 years ago, 2-May-03, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.build, lugnet.cad, lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.org.glug) !!
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| | Re: Brikwars at OurCon 04
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(...) I always appreciate other options, because they let me see things that I might have over looked. In the end I usually take all the feedback I get and modify the game to try and meet as many of them as possible. I agree that losing troops is a (...) (22 years ago, 1-May-03, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.gaming)
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(...) I agree, especially for a Gaming Con where non-AFOLs will be invited to join, that it would be nice to have the players be allies versus NPC opponents. Having NELUG play the NPCs would work nicely. This creates a nice scenario where teamwork (...) (22 years ago, 1-May-03, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.gaming)
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I think the three hour time slots would work well for the game I have in mind. What I've come up with so far is a TL2 game for mulitple players broken up into three stages each consisting of three missions. Each of these missions can be done at the (...) (22 years ago, 1-May-03, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.gaming)
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(...) Sweet! FYI to all, according to Jeff Lawrence (the man to-be-in-charge), here are the kinds of time slots to expect if planning a BW (or QW) game at OurCon '04: "That is yet unclear. What *I'm* pushing for is the option for 3,4 and 5 hour (...) (22 years ago, 30-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.gaming)
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(...) It was originally planned to be small-scale, but I ended up way overbuilding, the game ended up taking about 8 hours. (...) I agree, a three-hour time slot is a lot more realistic. I did set aside a section at the beginning of the 2001 to (...) (22 years ago, 30-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.gaming)
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| | Fwd: Brikwars at OurCon 04
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Hi .fun.gaming and GLUG! A colleague over at NELUG suggested I alert you all to a gaming related thread I started: (URL) free to join the discussion! :) -Hendo (22 years ago, 30-Apr-03, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.org.glug)
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I have played and GMed Full Thrust games for years. I have about 30 of the metal ships and hundreds of the Star Trek micro-machines. You can use a few ships, or many. My friends and I have played fleet-sized battles. If you have played or have seen (...) (22 years ago, 30-Apr-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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This is sort of O.T., but I was wondering if anyone plays "Full Thrust" and what they think about it. I'm sort of leaning towards miniature games and it looks pretty groovy, but it's hard to tell. Plus -for anyone's who has played - could the rules (...) (22 years ago, 30-Apr-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) That's probably your best option, BrikWars isn't very well optimized for such stealth-intensive combat. The main fun of this game is that the terrorists and anti-terrorists don't know each other's positions; that's also the trickiest part to (...) (22 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) I am planning on writing my own rules from scratch. I was thinking along the line of each game consisting of a number of rounds, and the players can buy weapons and ammo between the rounds. The game will probably be quite paper intensive (...) (22 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) I have three words that could describe this. Lego Counter Strike. :) It sounds cool. I'd love to play CT (Counter-terrorsists)when Mr. Blasterman makes his MP5 and M-16 and AK47. ~Evan Butzlaff (22 years ago, 20-Apr-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) This could probably be done with brikwars rules, with a few additions. The hostage with terrorists and the incursion team (picturing the museum level in my head right now), the choppers and apc's could all be done with brikwars rules.The (...) (22 years ago, 20-Apr-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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Hi, I was woundering if anyone would be interested in helping me to create a new lego turn-based game (like BrikWars), based (very losely) upon Rainbow 6? The basic idea is a hostage rescue type game where one team is the terrorists, and has a (...) (22 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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| | Re: vehicle mounted Gatling/Vulcan/Chain gun?
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(...) Lasers are the generic category for any gun that fires in a straight line (not a Ballistik), doesn't have to be loaded with shells (not a Cannon), and doesn't have explosive rounds (not a Blaster). So large-scale machine guns fall under the (...) (22 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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How would one spec out the gun mentioned above? It isn't a laser or a blaster, and it's certainly not a ballistix. What would it be? Adrian -- (URL) (22 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) I had sort of implicitly assumed that movement=5*(blox/power). Most objects conform to this already. So, in any case where movement is not otherwise defined, use this. Also, make it a "sanity check" rule. Don't bother with it unless something (...) (22 years ago, 14-Apr-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) Hey Chris, do you need some help? I could get a crew together that knows basic programming and some advanced. Drop me an e-mail if you need any help. ~Evan Butzlaff (22 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) Sure. I actually have much of a game designed in scraps and snippets that I will theoretically do some coding for put up on a web site. It will be a human/computer moderated play-by-web turn-based game that combines a civilization-building (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) Speed being a factor of power would be more realistic, but that would mean the players had to stop and do long-division to do Movement effects. I felt that it this case the added hassle wasn't worth it. (22 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) I was just looking, and I don't see anything in the rules about speed being a factor of power. Hmm. Mike? (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) Curses! (...) But what would Freud say? All right, I admit it, you've got me dead to rights on this one. I don't know why I never gave any thought to animating giant objects, it seems so obvious in hindsight. (...) This seems like a good (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) I haven't read the SP rules in a couple years, but it seems to me that the 1 SP animation should only impart 1 power to the new "fig". Thus, the 900' pencil would be VERY slow. (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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Ooo! Ooo! We thought of another one: What's the deal with animating larger versus smaller objects? IE if I wanted to animate a standard #2 pencil, and make it do my bidding, it seems to cost the same amount of SP as if I wanted to animate a 900-foot (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) Yeah, I've been thinking about this with BrickQuest. LDraw, exactly as you said. Rather than PBEM, I'd rather do something in Flash or Java for realtime gaming, although I was thinking of a computer opponent rather than multiplayer. Peter (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.glug, lugnet.gaming)
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