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(...) Okay. I'm digging it. My friend, who I'll be playing against next Sunday asked me this question. If he builds covers over the joints of his mecha, will that prevent an attack against the joint until the cover is blasted away? It seems like it (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jun-04, to lugnet.gaming.brikwars)
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(...) It's more the difference between the attacker saying "I attack your mech" and "I attack the inner joint of your mech's left elbow." If he attacks a specific part, then he can use component damage. If he attacks the mech in general, then he (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jun-04, to lugnet.gaming.brikwars)
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(...) So, the attacker gets to choose which type they want to use? ~Clangador (20 years ago, 10-Jun-04, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.gaming.brikwars)
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(...) It looked like you'd answered your own question in the earlier post - any mixture of component, statistic, or platform damage will do. It all depends on which type of damage the attacker thinks is most effective or most appropriate to the type (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jun-04, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.gaming.brikwars)
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| | Re: BrikWars + ESPG game Meld
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(...) I've looked at that stuff. It looks promising, but there's not much there. ~Clangador (20 years ago, 9-Jun-04, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) I'd agree, the pacing of the two games is way too different. We've had a BrikWars nautical system in the works for the last couple of years, but nothing's really clicked yet. You can see the rough vaguely-worded outlines in the "NanoFleet (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jun-04, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) Yes. That's the main thing I'd use. And rigging rules. ~Clangador (20 years ago, 8-Jun-04, to lugnet.gaming)
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"Clangador" <clangador@comcast.net> wrote in message news:Hyz3o5.1DF9@lugnet.com... (...) use (...) found (...) complex (...) complexity. (...) I mean (...) Oh, ok, yea, the ESPG sailing rules could probably be used in BrikWars. You might want to (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jun-04, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) I agree, but BrikWars doesn't have detailed rules for sailing ships. What I mean is, there are no rules I've seen for sailing. ~Clangador (20 years ago, 8-Jun-04, to lugnet.gaming)
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Hello, I have a question. I guess my other post on this didn't get thru. I played a game of BrikWars Sunday. We played 10 troopers and a singel 'Mech each. I'm using the Robitic Vehicles rules. The damage rules for 'Mechs seems kind of unclear. How (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jun-04, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.gaming.brikwars)
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Hello all, I have been playing the X-Pod game (currently downloadable at (URL)) for a little over a month now, and it’s really fun. Unfortunately, there are a few errors in the game materials, some of which make gameplay quite confusing (and at (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jun-04, to lugnet.games, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.fun, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | NR Reply (Was Re: News Talk: Mercy mission given no quarter)
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-snipped- IC: :: Begin New Transmission :: :: Arbor 9, NR Capital :: :: Department of Diplomacy :: :: Commandant Melissa Tiera :: The New Republic would like to offer its fullest condolences for the heros that were known as the 8th Evac Task Force. (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jun-04, to lugnet.gaming.starship, FTX)
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"Clangador" <clangador@comcast.net> wrote in message news:HytHyo.24E7@lugnet.com... (...) I'd think the best way to do this would be to just use BrikWars for the whole thing. Unless you wanted to run a long campaign game, trying to use BrikWars to (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jun-04, to lugnet.gaming)
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(URL) Mercy mission given no quarter The Commonwealth of New Pacific 8th Evac Task Force, which had for months past been standing at the border of Arbor to assist refugees - a deluge which never materialised, has itself been the victim of a (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jun-04, to lugnet.gaming.starship, FTX)
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Hello - I played my second game of BrikWars today. A simple game of 10 troopers and a single mech on each side fighting over a field with some stonewalls and trees. It went well. Several questions came up. Almost all of them about how mecha take (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jun-04, to lugnet.gaming)
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...Begin Xmit... To: Open Hail From: T'gol N'arl, Military Director Begin Message: To all galatic citizens; The Dsibani Alliance Core has divided and a civil war has begun. Travel to this sector is prohibited. All DAC Ships in other sectors are to (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jun-04, to lugnet.gaming.starship)
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I know this may sound weird... Has anyone considered combining BrikWars and Evil Steve's Pirate game? ~Clangador (20 years ago, 5-Jun-04, to lugnet.gaming)
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| | Re: Give him some prize money! (was: My First ESPG)
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(...) That is a problem. But, if you were to develop multiple personalities, you could play a game by yourself and test the rule modifications. ~Clangador (20 years ago, 5-Jun-04, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.gaming)
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(...) I can't really say; not anytime in the immediate future - even if I drop everything and work full-time on the rulebook, it takes a couple months of labor to compile a full revision. I keep an updates.txt file in my brikwars-dev directory, (...) (20 years ago, 4-Jun-04, to lugnet.gaming.brikwars)
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"Clangador" <clangador@comcast.net> wrote in message news:HyrtE6.1Isu@lugnet.com... (...) some (...) shot, (...) the (...) are (...) be (...) seem that (...) I've been giving some thought to changing rules. The trouble is care must be taken (...) (20 years ago, 4-Jun-04, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.gaming)
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(...) Why don't you modify the rules you use when running a game? It doesn't seem that big of a deal. ~Clangador (20 years ago, 4-Jun-04, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.gaming)
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Thanks for the info. Any idea when an update to the rulebook might happen? ~Clangador (20 years ago, 3-Jun-04, to lugnet.gaming.brikwars)
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| | Re: Give him some prize money! (was: My First ESPG)
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(...) ship (...) do (...) close (...) could (...) were (...) Within (...) do (...) Most of the debate I had heard in the past was that grape wasn't really worth using in the game. In the past couple games I've run, I have seen some use of grape. (...) (20 years ago, 1-Jun-04, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.gaming)
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(...) Well, no. Dismasting a ship was probably the easiest way - the opposing ship couldn't manuever to make an effective broadside while you can. You don't do that with grapeshot. Further, grapeshot was only really effective from close range, and (...) (20 years ago, 1-Jun-04, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.gaming, FTX)
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(...) But that's braodly historically accurate. For most countries' fleets/ships/captains the whole point of shooting at an opposing ship was to disable it, board it and force the crew (or what was left of them) to surrender. For example, for the (...) (20 years ago, 1-Jun-04, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.gaming, FTX)
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(...) I think it is too effective. I'll be giving it a range of 6" and -2 per 6” thereafter. I want cannon fire to be about ship-to-ship combat and not slaughtering the crew while leaving the ship intact. From what I saw, GS is easily the most (...) (20 years ago, 1-Jun-04, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.gaming, FTX)
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(...) Whether grape is "too effective" or not as currently written is the subject of much discussion in ESPG circles. I don't think there has been any firm conclusion drawn as of yet. (20 years ago, 1-Jun-04, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.gaming, FTX)
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Yesterday I ran a small pirate game for a couple of my friends. It went pretty good. Each started with a class 2 ship. There were 3 large islands and half a dozen small islands. An imperial base and a neutral base. During the game, each captain (...) (20 years ago, 31-May-04, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.gaming, FTX)
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(...) Ah, you may have found that thing that'll finally get me off my butt to do another update. For one thing, the chapter section on Platform Size is wrong, I forgot to update it in the downloadable file after we rewrote the propulsion rules. The (...) (20 years ago, 31-May-04, to lugnet.gaming.brikwars)
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| | Re: Is BrikWars Dead?
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(...) Lugnet and Yahoo are fine, but gamelug is the one that's actually costing me money! But seriously, I was trying to make a joke, posting to a thread that was supposed to be about what a bad job I'm doing keeping my own website updated. - Mike. (20 years ago, 29-May-04, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) Many factors are contributing to that, Christopher is moving, I am working and taking training classes in the evenings. I have posted to lugnet.gaming and LEGO_Warfare@yahoogroups.com recruiting players and GM's. We will endeavor to do better, (...) (20 years ago, 29-May-04, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) No, I admit nothing. Deny everything. Demand proof. Rats, I’m in the program. Oh well. The game breaks out as follows Real-time playing is limited. Four hours for a session puts limits on the size and complexity of the scenario. Squads are (...) (20 years ago, 29-May-04, to lugnet.gaming, FTX)
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(...) Wow! So how come none of this is posted on gamelug.org? I can't believe you guys are doing such a bad job of keeping the website updated. - Mike. (20 years ago, 29-May-04, to lugnet.gaming)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <larry.(mylastname)@...areDOTcom> wrote in message news:HyFt07.x31@lugnet.com... (...) apparently (...) curious (...) the (...) up to (...) might be (...) weekend (...) a (...) If you download the miniatures games lists in Excel (...) (20 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) I've asked on the GameLUG list for clarification. I have a suspicion it might be James S. GameLUG will have a big presence at GenCon again this year with a full weekend of LEGO based gaming. This year GameLUG will also be at Origins, also with (...) (20 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.gaming, FTX)
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(...) I take it you are you the Shaun Sullivan whose quotations are immortalized in the BrikWars rulebook. Thanks for the links, I’ll check them out. Glad to hear BrikWars is alive and well. (...) Perhaps is was the plasma flame. -Clangador Another (...) (20 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.gaming, FTX)
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(...) GenCON, a gaming convention held in the summer in Columbus, Ohio, apparently has 3 or 4 BrikWars sessions running during the weekend. I'm sort of curious who's running them, as a friend of mine is heading down there to go to the Con and he's (...) (20 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.gaming, FTX)
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| | Re: Is BrikWars Dead?
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(...) I cannot speak for Mick Royhook, for I know not who he is. But I can say this, I beleive Mike Rayhook is not dead(1). He just may not be updating the site as often as one would like. 1 - In fact he's my friend on Orkut, so I know he's either (...) (20 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.gaming)
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| | Re: Is BrikWars Dead?
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(...) Brikwars was, Brikwars is, and Brikwars ever shall be. Like Lar said, not all games are written up. NELUG has played 4 additional games in the time since the last one depicted on the Brikwars website: Sword of AGOT II (TL2 w/ Magic) (URL) (...) (20 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.gaming)
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| | Motorcycle
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I'm working on making stats for a LEGO motorcycle in BrikWars. But, when I work it all out, it comes up with 0.5 inch for a movement rate. I'm either doing something wrong, or the stats in the game break down at some points. Or, I may not know what (...) (20 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.gaming.brikwars)
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