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(...) Ok, works from work, I'll have to check again tonight from home. Looks cool! (24 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.gaming)
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(...) in (...) Wow! What a wonderful chronicle of carnage! You did a great job documenting this terriffic battle. Some thoughts on the game in general; 1) If you don't have enough fire power to take out one of the objectives, stay home. 2) If you (...) (24 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.gaming)
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Beautiful! :-) Looks like a lot of fun... Just curious, what software did you use to create the effects? And Who is the artist? I loved them! -Andy Lynch ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason" <jasonrowoldt@yahoo.com> To: (...) (24 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.gaming)
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(...) I don't know why you couldn't pull it up, it came through fine on my end - more than fine, it looked great! Those are some great photos, you guys did a good job on the photoshopped explosions and weapons fire. And of course congratulations are (...) (24 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.gaming)
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Jason wrote in message ... (...) Frank (24 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.gaming)
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Hello all, A few of us got together, drank some beer (and coke), and blew some stuff up in a BrikWars game Saturday. The results can be seen at: (URL) are welcome. Enjoy! Jason (24 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.gaming)
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| | Re: BrikWars 1942!
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(...) So in other words you really really want to see him buy the farm, eh? What's the average lifespan of a brikwars fig? .4 of a scenario??? ++Lar (24 years ago, 31-Jul-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) On his behalf, I accept. He's too busy chatting up the Princess from Knight's Kingdom and the girls from the Adventurers sets to make the ceremony. Actually, I was hoping that for the next game we might make him a Hero and include him again as (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jul-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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Please allow me to personally award that brave, American minifig the Conbricksional Medal of Honor. He certainly deserves it. Tony (24 years ago, 29-Jul-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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Check out my LEGO web pages at: (URL) updated some stuff here and there. The largest new content is in the pictures area, and all the pirate pages. Especially note my writeup of the Pirate Game at Brickfest 2000. In doing the game writeup, I've (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jul-00, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.announce)
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(...) I was thinking maybe we should try and use the lend-lease program as an excuse, and pretend that we were also lend-leasing some troops? ;) Ahh, naah, nobody will buy it. I s'pose we could either: (a) become inspired and re-type the title on (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jul-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) Ack! I knew something like that would come up. I have to admit I'm no big freak for actual historical WWII dates and such, so I knew this would come up. Uh, yeah, it's a commando raid. That's it! :D (...) Heh. That was probably my favorite (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jul-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) It looks stunning! I still love that armoured car, and the proxy bits used for the soldiers are excellent choices. One would almost think TLG had taken up making soldiers! <historian-nitpick> You probably ought to call it "BrikWars 1944," or (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jul-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) damned if you didn't beat me to it! I love the little bombed-out French town. The picture of the Allied private splattering huge amounts of gore with his hatchet attack got a big laugh from everybody here at the college library. - Mike. (24 years ago, 28-Jul-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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That setup is pretty cool. All kinds of little details here and there. Also, it's an inspiration for those who like building WW11 models. (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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Achtung! Shaun Sullivan and I got together last night and played a bit of BrikWars. Inspired by Shaun's awesome WWII models, we decided to go with a scenario set in 1942. We took a few pictures, and I prepared a little website for everyone's (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.gaming) !
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| | Re: Calling all pirates - I need to identify whose ships these are!
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(...) Captain Blargh of the Red Tail :-) ...you can go back to ignoring me now... wubwub stephen f roberts wamalug guy ((URL) Guide ((URL) the wildlink ((URL) #160 (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) Read about it all at the above link, ckick the text file. Jason (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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Hahahahahah. _Everything_ is destructible. The main towers are 4d10. The connecting bridges are 3d10. There are 3 towers, each on a 32x32 baseplate (the one with the ramp leading up to it). From here, there is a long ladder and then an elevator, (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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hey a few questions: how large are the doors into the building? how large the the briges (wide) are the bridges destructasble? if so ,how strong are they? (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) ya, i would! i was on vacation during the last one you guys held :( (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) What kind of features does the structure encorporate? Is there an "ojective" to be reached in the battle? eric (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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Yo BrikWars fans: We are playing a game this Saturday in DC, centered around this big, tall platform I built. You can see it at: (URL) write up the battle and let you know how it goes. It's gonna be a great pic when someone makes this monstrosity (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) No wonder they're such vengeful spirits! All this stabbing... (...) This begs the question: Why would the ghost of an imperialist be slower? All the plundered riches of benighted peoples dragging him down? Hm, now that I look at it again, do (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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Here's my stab a rules for the ghost in brikwars. Move: 3x1d6 studs (1d6" for imperialists) Armour: 1d6 Skill: 1d6 Special: Ghostly touch Range 1d6 Damage 1d6 poison points Ethereal any dice roll that come up 1, the ghost disappears. Cost: 15CP May (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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Ahoy, mateys! Here be some booty I plundered! This first photo shows me and Matthew Teets (thanks, again, Matthew, for all your help!) helping some players resolve cannon fire. Matthew is to the [viewer's] left of the little kid, in black T-shirt (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.org.us.dixielug, lugnet.loc.us.ga)
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| | Re: Calling all pirates - I need to identify whose ships these are!
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(...) This one ^ was mine before I had to abandon him and his crew to take over The Rusty Bucket. =) ~Nathan McD. (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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I'm starting to collect all the postmortem and all from the Pirate Game at Brickfest 2000, and I'd like to get as many peoples ship names as possible. I have the following ships names (with player name if known): Captain Bad Jim the Funny Hat of the (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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In lugnet.loc.us.oh.col, Gino A. Melone writes: *snip!* (...) repetition (...) Hehe... how BLOK-HEAD? :) JJ "Don't ask me. I've been up all night and it made sense at the time." (24 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh.col, lugnet.general, lugnet.gaming)
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(...) I've got the following: 3x BSB/SES Hull (16W 3-ctr-section) 1x RBR Hull (complete RBR MISB--haven't opened it yet) 4x AF Hull (6280) 2x IF Hull (6271) 3x TC Hull (6493?) A million little cutter hull pieces and 5 sets of 10-wide bows All told, (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.gaming)
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(...) Sure am. Look in lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade to see how close. Note that I am shooting for a little bit more than pirate complete, I'm actually trying to collect all the side stuff (as far as I know right now, I'm only missing two books). (24 years ago, 24-Jul-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.gaming)
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(...) Yea, fleet transportation will be a problem. So will shelf space. If I get everything built, I may star to decide to thin out my collection. I suspect I may end up dispensing with many of the lines on the larger ships as it would be a lot (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jul-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.gaming)
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I think I'm somewhere around 100 "hull classes" (if this sounds like Greek to onlookers, we are talking in terms of Steve Jackson's Pirate Game). Almost all of it built at one point, but much lying in ruins (son and friends) at the moment. I suppose (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jul-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.gaming)
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WOW frank. You must be really close to the holy grail for lego pirate fans, being pirate complete! (24 years ago, 23-Jul-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.gaming)
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| | Pirate fleet [DAT]
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After seeing a request for pirate ship parts in buy-sell-trade, I decided I'd inventory my pirate parts, so here is what I have: Built ships: 1 narrow cutter 4 6277 cutters 3 like 6277 cutters 1 black brig 1 6250 1 modified 6250 1 modified 6493 3 (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jul-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.gaming)
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| | Ohio BrikWars battle July 15, 2000 writeup completed
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Well, I finally was able to complete the writeup for this battle. It went on, including setup and teardown, for close to 15 hours. The writeup can be found here: (URL) didn't use all the pictures (I barely used a 4th of them) The rest can be found (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: The next Ohio BrikWar meeting
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(...) Well, that seems to push us to Labor Day weekend (9/2-9/4) or 9/9-9/10 (The Soccer gig is that weekend). I really want to get fighting again. I hope we can start getting these more often in the fall. (...) Blech. I've never been fond of the (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh.col, lugnet.general, lugnet.gaming)
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(...) Erg. Turns out my wife is probably throwing a party for all her high-school friends August 26th, and since it'll be at my house, i'll probably be playing host again. Jeez, weekends in the summer are tough to come by, aren't they... We may have (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh.col, lugnet.general, lugnet.gaming)
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Myself or someone else has listed the following as BAD: July 29th, 30th August 4th, 5th, 6th August 12th, 13th August 18th, 19th, 20th Up in the air: August 26th, 27th These might be bad, they might be great for me. My college roommate is going to (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh.col, lugnet.general, lugnet.gaming)
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