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(...) Copied from my reply by email: Hi Michael, Yes you certainly can use Digital Designer, so long as it allows you (or you have the means to) take images from it and post them online (either on a personal site of yours or on bricklink.com). This (...) (20 years ago, 4-Dec-04, to lugnet.gaming.starship, FTX)
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| | Fwd: Starship Questions
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Asked by email from Michael G. Barford: I am an inexpirienced builder without many bricks. I do not have CAD, but I do have LEGO Digital Designer. Will this work? I am also confused about minifigs. Do you have to have them in a set, because Digital (...) (20 years ago, 4-Dec-04, to lugnet.gaming.starship, FTX)
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| | Re: BrickQuest first questions
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(...) Right... he could still move in and attack, or could position himself for a charge next turn. (...) I'll think about this... but it hasn't been a problem thus far. I might be reworking the combat mechanism to something more like it was (...) (20 years ago, 23-Nov-04, to lugnet.gaming, FTX)
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| | Our first wargame (QuikWars)
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MOCs and snapshots of IndyLUG's first foray into wargaming with ABS plastic. (URL) folder may not yet be public). (20 years ago, 22-Nov-04, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | Re: BrickQuest first questions
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(...) Nice tips. Thanks. (...) Good rule. (...) OK, so for a line of movement to be in a straight line, it must be in one of the four cardinal directions or along one of the four primary diagonals? So in the diagram, if there were a creature (...) (20 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.gaming, FTX)
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| | Re: BrickQuest first questions
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Questions are great... thanks for asking! (...) Well, it is about game balance and resource management... he can't be significantly more powerful than other characters. However, when I run a game I always start all characters out with one healing (...) (20 years ago, 17-Nov-04, to lugnet.gaming, FTX)
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| | Re: BrickQuest first questions
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Hi Brian. I've played the game once at GenCon, so I'll answer what I can. (...) Look in the Swag page on the website. There's a Mana Potion that restores a dice roll's worth of spell points. (...) I believe that's the case. (...) It's like the 2x16 (...) (20 years ago, 17-Nov-04, to lugnet.gaming, FTX)
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| | BrickQuest first questions
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I just read through the BrickQuest rules, and I'm quite impressed. I have a number of questions I hope Peter can answer, though. I haven't played a game yet, so please forgive the more ignorant questions. 1) Although the Wizard has powerful spells, (...) (20 years ago, 16-Nov-04, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.org.us.indylug, FTX)
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| | Pictures of Gaming at Foundation Con - BrickQuest, ESPG, & More
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(4 URLs) MichLUG (in participation with GameLUG) ran a track of games at the Foundation Gaming Convention in Okemos, MI the weekend of September 25&26. Peter Guenther ran BrickQuest and BrickMech, while Larry Pieniazek ran ESPG and Brick Battles. (...) (20 years ago, 15-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.org.glug, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.events, lugnet.gaming, FTX)
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| | Re: BW666: The Brikington Manor Horrors
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(...) Thanks! We were working on the entire project for a long time. Not all of the ideas and details are completely original (refer to the in-progress credits file), but I hope to post further information about some of the elements I'm most proud (...) (20 years ago, 3-Nov-04, to lugnet.gaming.brikwars, FTX)
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| | Re: BW666: The Brikington Manor Horrors
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(...) Jason Spears spotted one of the BrickShelf galleries last week and posted to MichLUG--as a huge fan of Lovecraft, of gaming, and of Lego, I love the idea and the number of details you were able to pack into the house is just amazing!! Great (...) (20 years ago, 2-Nov-04, to lugnet.gaming.brikwars, FTX)
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| | BW666: The Brikington Manor Horrors
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Hello All, On 23 October 1926, 6 party guests were invited to the home of Harrison L'Godt, a reclusive eccentric on the outskirts of town. (URL) By midnight, the assembled guests were fighting to regain possession of their very souls, and the most (...) (20 years ago, 1-Nov-04, to lugnet.gaming.brikwars, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Starship registry offline for a little bit
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(...) Hmm, a shame. Ozbricks was a great host. If you want, I can get you (URL), the people who host my site, for their reduced, old-members-only price. I'm a reseller, but for a friend like you I need not make a commission for providing something (...) (20 years ago, 31-Oct-04, to lugnet.gaming.starship, FTX)
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| | Starship registry offline for a little bit
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Hey there starshippers, My webspace (ozBricks) has gone offline, and probably for the last time. Michael, who has provided the space for free for years, has been through quite a lot in last 2 years, but has kept the site going for me and a few (...) (20 years ago, 31-Oct-04, to lugnet.gaming.starship)
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| | Re: Vehicle Scorer
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(...) Dave's blatant consumption of oxygen implies - nay, DEMANDS - that he owes the world a great many things. Chief among these are vehicle scoring programs, Brikwars write-ups, and chicken-flavored garlic. .s (20 years ago, 29-Oct-04, to lugnet.gaming.brikwars, FTX)
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(...) big snip (see previous post for Dave's in depth excuse) (...) Per usual, Dave chimes in late but with enough bluster to make up for tardiness. You were my unwitting target when I wrote this email months ago. I'm all for using the new vehicle (...) (20 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.gaming.brikwars, FTX)
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| | Re: ExoJeep: A space wheels contest entry
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(...) Clone brick constructions go here: (URL) -Grand Admiral .space Curator (URL) (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.gaming.starship, FTX)
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(...) That would be a no. My unsincere apologies to all those Lego purists out there. We see now the beginning of the rise of the clones, the war has begun! (chuckling inside) Avery (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.gaming.starship)
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Hi, one question: Is there at least _one_ part from Lego in this jeep? Ronald (20 years ago, 26-Oct-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.gaming.starship)
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| | Re: Vehicle Scorer
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(...) Heh, I finally caught wind of this thread :) Like Mike, I'd really like to see an updated-for-2001 rules scorer... Which is sorta what started stopping me. The difficulty came when I started adapting the scorer for the 2001 rulebook, and tried (...) (20 years ago, 26-Oct-04, to lugnet.gaming.brikwars)
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| | ExoJeep: A space wheels contest entry
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Check it here:(URL) ExoJeep> This is my second entry to the space wheels contest. A little bit more rugged than the Moon Buggy, and better inspired by landscape scenes of Mars and my Jeep. -Avery (20 years ago, 26-Oct-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.gaming.starship, FTX)
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| | Re: I AM ALIVE (Was Re: Starship Roll Call: Q4 2004)
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(...) Speaking of being alive, Helix is running, just not a lot of players in-sector. Maybe your space liners would profit by taking tourists to see the race. Otherwise, the inter-adventure lull may hold clues to the next adventure... Shamelessly (...) (20 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.gaming.starship)
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| | Re: A Starship Post from Dan? (Hendo/Richard--Please Read)
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(...) I did, but they both quit. Mark Nelson and Curt Tigges. They're very busy, most of the time, though, so I can't hold it against them ;) (...) :) -Dan (20 years ago, 20-Oct-04, to lugnet.gaming.starship, FTX)
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| | I AM ALIVE (Was Re: Starship Roll Call: Q4 2004)
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Jeff--just getting a wedge in while you're communicado, and also saying I AM ALIVE, SO HERE'S MY ROLL CALL THINGYDOO. I'm prepping to hopefully start up Sector X again; I am not dead nor am I crazy. Well, OK, I might be crazy, hanging out at the (...) (20 years ago, 20-Oct-04, to lugnet.gaming.starship)
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| | Re: A Starship Post from Dan? (Hendo/Richard--Please Read)
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Glad everything is going good, don't want to lose you or arbitrarily lose two good sectors. (...) Have you thought about recruiting amongst those there gamers? -Avery P.S. Lookin forward to some cool new stuff. (20 years ago, 20-Oct-04, to lugnet.gaming.starship, FTX)
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| | Re: A Starship Post from Dan? (Hendo/Richard--Please Read)
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(...) Well, they've just taken another turn for the worst, but I'm not letting it pass me by this time. But thanks for the hoping; it'll all work out soon, I know. (...) Yes, say they returned home. Arbor's gonna drop out from the universal (...) (20 years ago, 20-Oct-04, to lugnet.gaming.starship, FTX)
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| | Re: A Starship Post from Dan? (Hendo/Richard--Please Read)
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(...) Not a problem. I'm glad to know you are okay, and hope things improve. (...) Wowzers. I guess I can't blame you if simplifying things will help you out. IC, shall we say they returned to home? Or shall they disembark in whatever sector they (...) (20 years ago, 20-Oct-04, to lugnet.gaming.starship, FTX)
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| | Re: Question about quality of Best Lock...
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(...) I use a number of creatures that aren't statted up by Steve Jackson. Mummies, ghosts, skeletons, all the various dinosaurs, elephants, etc. In fact, mostly I don't use the creatures that Steve Jackson statted up... Frank (20 years ago, 15-Oct-04, to lugnet.gaming)
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| | Re: Question about quality of Best Lock...
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(...) Not as long as you don't mind having to adjust dimensions and ranges according to whatever scale vessels/crewmembers you're using. The official scale wouldn't make much sense if you were playing with 4" action figures, as you might end up in a (...) (20 years ago, 14-Oct-04, to lugnet.gaming)
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| | A Starship Post from Dan? (Hendo/Richard--Please Read)
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Hi all, Yeah, I finally get to make a post about Starship-related stuff. But first a bit about how I'm able to post this. If you don't care, skip this section. My math problem has not been fixed, but it has not worsened. My teacher, noting that half (...) (20 years ago, 14-Oct-04, to lugnet.gaming.starship, FTX)
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| | Rebellion against the Jimbonian Empire
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I just added this to the BrikWars frontpage, but thought I'd crosspost here since it was funny - James Bailey sent me a link to his crazy battle report awhile back that captures the BrikWars spirit better than anything I've seen in quite awhile: (...) (20 years ago, 14-Oct-04, to lugnet.gaming.brikwars, FTX)
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(...) True, but nothing that is critical to the game is dependant on LEGO, other than perhaps the definition of ship classes, and even those aren't critical. Of course lots of LEGO creatures have been released since the rules have been written and (...) (20 years ago, 14-Oct-04, to lugnet.gaming)
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| | Re: ESPG rules considerations (was Re: Question about quality of Best Lock...
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(...) Mostly true. It is possible for a fleet of small ships to not be able to bring all guns to bear because they block each other, or they are blocked by islands in a busy sea. Correct about the partial damage issue (this also helps damage (...) (20 years ago, 14-Oct-04, to lugnet.gaming)
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| | Re: Question about quality of Best Lock...
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(...) He may be trying to say that, but the rules are pretty clearly tailor-fit to the LEGO System. Every LEGO beastie that would be appropriate to use in this sort of game has been statted out, and every statted beastie exists in LEGO form. All of (...) (20 years ago, 7-Oct-04, to lugnet.gaming)
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| | Re: ESPG rules considerations (was Re: Question about quality of Best Lock...
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(...) They'd also benefit from the fact that they should always be able to aim all cannon at the larger ship, but the larger ship wouldn't always be able to target all of them at the same time. Theoretically the larger ship should benefit from the (...) (20 years ago, 7-Oct-04, to lugnet.gaming)
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| | How can we take advantage of the brick?
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(...) I tend to agree. We tried a couple of things to make BrikWars more brick-centric: a system for minifigures to construct things mid-battle, the Mechanix who can recombine blasted-apart vehicle fragments in new ways, etc. - none of them ever (...) (20 years ago, 9-Oct-04, to lugnet.gaming)
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| | Re: ESPG rules considerations (was Re: Question about quality of Best Lock...
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(...) BrikWars would not be my system of choice. Actually, I've mostly decided that the AFOL created systems aren't really worth it. None of them really take advantage of the brick (BrikWars does to a minor extent, but then you can disassemble (...) (20 years ago, 8-Oct-04, to lugnet.gaming)
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| | Re: ESPG rules considerations (was Re: Question about quality of Best Lock...
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(...) I'll probably end up with RuneQuest since it is at least published. I do dislike the high level I hit he parries problem (though I point out GURPS actually has this problem also). I have found RuneQuest characters to be fairly different, it's (...) (20 years ago, 8-Oct-04, to lugnet.gaming)
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| | Registration Change Information for Player Jeff
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Greetings. Now that our Separation War has ended, The DAC is taking this opportunity to reorganize its fleet. We are announcing the Decommissioning of 2 of our ships and the launch of a new ship of the line. The DAC Arrakis, despite being only a few (...) (20 years ago, 8-Oct-04, to lugnet.gaming.starship)
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| | Re: ESPG rules considerations (was Re: Question about quality of Best Lock...
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(...) The Western theme could be a good game to break the ESPG for a bit. Using my pic from BF2004: (URL) attacking a wagon train or Indians doing a buffalo run, maybe the bad guys doing a bit of rustling: (URL) of these ideas might make a good (...) (20 years ago, 8-Oct-04, to lugnet.gaming)
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