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(...) lol (...) I don't think I've ever declared anything inviolable, but it sounds like fun. It'd be like being the Pope. (...) I don't see anything wrong with SpaceHeroes piloting vehicles. Whenever you wonder about what a spacehero should and (...) (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.gaming)
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HA! lolololol - I kill me! This was supposed to go just to Mike, not to the whole newsgroup. Oh, woe is me and my pitiful little plans for miniworld domination! Might as well plaster my battle plans on a bulletin board before the next meeting ;) (...) (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.gaming)
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(...) the (...) Great minds think alike! I created on of these mosquito buggers yesterday and was thinking "man what if I could have a SpaceHero fly this instead of just a little old pilot. Not to mention the fact I wanted the SpaceHero carrying a (...) (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.gaming)
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(...) Argh! Little bastards. (...) I can actually answer this one for you, Shaun, because I asked Mike the same question (I wanted a SpaceHero in my Mech :D). Basically, anyone can start the game driving a vehicle (like my MEDIC! HA HA!) but only a (...) (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.gaming)
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(...) Hi Mike, As one of the NELUG Brikwars-Fanatics, I wanted to pose a question to you, as the keeper of all knowledge arcane and sacred regarding the game. Actually, I just wanted to get your thoughts on an interpretation of the rules. Here's the (...) (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.gaming)
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(...) Never failing to want to take credit, I'll jump in :) (Now if only I can find some way of taking credit for the wrecked church! :D ) Actually, those two 'round'-ish trees that you see on the green layout are my little (...) (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.general)
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(...) Is it something like the Space Marines Dreadnaught from Warhammer 40000? The many examples shown are incredible. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.general)
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(...) This is a pretty broad question although I don't think you meant it that way. First, Anyone can play Brikwars. There is no limitations set on who can and cannot play. Second (And I think the answer you are looking for), If it is a NELUG (...) (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.general)
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Are Brik Wars events limited to NELUG members? (IE, people 18+) And yes, I read all of the rules -- it doesn't mention this anywhere .. legomasterluke (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.general)
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(...) Agreed - the most spectacular actions of the game were indeed the destructions ... you may notice the armored car in the pictures has spouts of flame coming from the hatch - that was the handiwork of a spaceninja tossing grenades. Another (...) (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.gaming)
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(...) Yep. You can read the rules online at: (URL)2) Do you have to bring your own Lego .. collection .. to a Brik War event? Not your whole collection, only the vehicles and troops you intend to field. (...) Well, I've only played two games so far, (...) (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) You guys are too kind. BrikWars is just bits and pieces from a million other wargames. Anything original in there is just jokes and gags, and ideas that a couple dozen other people sent in e-mails. The only difference between BrikWars and all (...) (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.general)
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(...) idea (...) One trick I've found that works well in that regard is to pretend you "forgot" about the 200-pt. limit. I'll tell you what though, having a more balanced force will help you win and all that, but a month after the game is over (...) (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.gaming)
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I noticed a nice looking tree next to the yellow house with the blue roof. Do you have any close ups of the round tree? (...) (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.fun.gaming, Drew Lawrence writes: <snip> I have no idea 'bout the other question but... (...) Around Boston, MA. You'd be better off xposting this to .loc.ma.bos, but heck - I did it for ya :-) Now here's MY question... 5) Is playing (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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1) Do you have to build your own soldiers, vehicles, and other such weaponry? 2) Do you have to bring your own Lego .. collection .. to a Brik War event? 3) How long does a typical event last? 4) The next event is April 29th. Where? LegoMasterLuke (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) lugnet.org.us.nelug (...) Massachusetts. Ugh. "Mom, can I have $90 for a bus fare to Massachusetts to meet with some strangers I hardly even know?" What sort of event is Brikwars? Are you supposed to bring your own Lego models, or are Lego (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) next (...) Wow I almost missed this in .duplo. Followups set to lugnet.fun.gaming Well we just had our first NELUG Brikwars event last Saturday in Waltham Massachusetts so we are on the East Coast all-be-it the Northern end of the East Coast. (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.duplo, lugnet.gaming)
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(...) Well, the mechanics and rules can be found online at: (URL) a more general level, the game is a wargame played by two or more players. You build armies of minifigs and vehicles, and use the rules to have them blow each other up, and create (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.general)
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I keep hear talk about these kinds of games, but I guess I'm not "hip" enough to understand them. How do they work? jt Eric Kingsley wrote in message ... (...) fun (...) idea (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.general)
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Here are the first pic's from the NELUG Brikwars event. As Eric J. said fun was had by all and we have already begun discussions for a second Brikwars event where we are not as constrained on time. I personally had a great time and I am not much of (...) (25 years ago, 2-Apr-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.general) !
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(...) Here's a few I didn't see on your list: Lew Therin Telamon's "Lego Wars III" at (URL) and D.R. Radford's "The Ultimate Space Lego Combat Sim" at (URL) Vollmer's "Lego Fantasy Battle" at (URL) Gyugyi's "Renegade Bricks" at (URL) also keep a (...) (25 years ago, 19-Mar-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) The original reason we did that was this: you might spend hours and hours building your really cool vehicles (and bases), but even the most heavily customized SpaceMan rarely takes more than half a minute. So we figured, any players who put (...) (25 years ago, 19-Mar-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) And just let me say, we are still planning on mentioning that action to the UN, you black-hearted villian. Ooooh! <shakes fist angrily> eric (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.gaming)
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(...) There is a Tetris thing on the KEN-TUCKEY Works site. Alan (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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Okay, now that you have your pentominoes, combine them to make a 3x4x5 solid... 8) Rob ---...--- (...) (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) Wow, that's pretty cool! I can imagine Tetris like that too! :) --Todd (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.gaming)
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Hi! I need your help. :-) I'm trying to get the people who run Dragon*Con [1] here in Atlanta to invite Steve Jackson [2] to the 'con this July, *specifically* to have him run his Lego Pirate Game [3]. In order to improve my chances of accomplishing (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ga, lugnet.org.us.dixielug, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.gaming)
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(...) Agreed :) What would be nice is to have a series of look-up cards graded by completeness level. For example, when attacking a figure on horseback, does the attacker attack the horse, or the rider? (Lev 1) Assune that you are attacking the (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) rules, (...) I like the rules you made up, Richard, especially the HP idea. Seems like Tony's ideas (they appear briefly on his magic users page) are gonna turn out cool as well. (...) CW is in planning now. The point of it (check out (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.castle)
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(...) You found everything. I haven't posted any of the actual rule set. While designing, I've been making a bunch of creations and mostly wanted to show some off. =] (...) When designing a game, there is always the dilemma of 'rule simplicity' vs. (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) I couldn't find any of the rules! Only two pages of cool magic info.. love those staffs though! The rules that we made up were very simple, mainly because that made it easier to remember them, as we thought of them as we went along.. but I'd (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) You mean (URL)? Yeah, maybe a little link from that page to /lugnet/fun/gaming/ would make sense? Certainly as 'gaming' seems to suggest all forms of gaming, not just computer games. Richard (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) That is true, but "human" mini-figs have a maximum of 4 hits in my game rules, so one piece/hit would be fine. Just yesterday, I updated my web page that gives a sort of "sneak peek" into my game rules (I'm afraid it's a bit too long to fit (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) Glad to help! But in all fairness, it was my friends idea - not mine, so I can't claim credit for it :) If you want more than just a few HP per figure, you could use different colours - black equals five red etc. Or something more intuitive, (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) This is great! I have been working on a Lego wargame of my own, and one of my stumbling blocks (no pun intended) was how to keep track of hit points for figures. I had been placing my soldiers on plates to keep them in formation (and to keep (...) (25 years ago, 14-Feb-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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Franklin W. Cain wrote in message ... (...) or (...) Just follow the link to my gaming links page from (URL) just go straight to my page: (URL) there are any sites dealing with gaming with LEGO toys that I have missed, please let me know so I can (...) (25 years ago, 12-Feb-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) The Pirate Game created by Steve Jackson is at "(URL) don't recall the URL of the Pirate Game created by Stephen W. Gabriel, but I believe that there's a link to it from one of Steve Jackson's pages (click on the URL above and look around). (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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Im fairly new around here, but I have been hearing bits and pieces about a couple of games people have been playing with legos. Im interested in learning more but havent been able to find much on either the pirate game or brickwars. can anyone point (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) Mmmm, put me down for a set too ;-) The next Sydney AFOLs (tentatively called Studs) get together is set for 2 April, and we might have a go at a game Richard Parsons Still baldly going..... (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.pirates)
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