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Re: Gaming at AFOL cons
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Tue, 26 Feb 2002 02:09:28 GMT
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James Seibert wrote:
> Set-up for any game I have run takes a hideous amount of time. Currently I
> am behind in building all of the elements for my pirate game even with
> Egyptian two months away. Participants must build and prep before they leave
> their house. We can log in to the newgroup and load update pictures of
> structures, boats, and armies we are building.
> Multiple game masters is a must or at least a room everyone can leave locked
> and undisturbed
If pre-build islands and such are available, Pirate Game setup can be
done in an hour. Player setup can be done in another hour or less.
> > I would also like to seriously suggest Brickfest change how the outlet
> > shopping runs. Having everyone trek out to the store Sunday morning
> > effectively kills Brickfest for Sunday.
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> This is why I would like to see Lego bring the bulk pieces and sets to a
> dealers room. I volunteer to spend the time to help load the truck.
That would be cool. I doubt TLC will go for it yet. If they do anything
of the sort, I would expect to see it first at a model railroad show
(where they could probably do a simple analysis and determine that they
would get real value to flying two people and shipping a few crates
worth of train sets).
> Most gaming conventions have tournaments for miniature events. Round robin
> format, one game covers a four hour slot, multiple slots spread over the
> whole weekend. Bring your own terrain and armies. List out armies and point
> values before the convention. Someone in this group came up with a program
> to compute point values for armies and since we are computer literate
> utilizing this tool should be no problem. I need to search to see who came
> up with this because it would be indispensible.
Unfortunately, BrickWars point values are somewhat subjective. The
Pirate Game won't benefit too much from pre-event setup of this nature.
> > > > It is worth encouraging some less structured gaming. I think all the
> > > > Brick Wars games at BrickFest have been less involved scenarios which
> > > > could be quickly set up.
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> Pick-up games. Spur of the moment.
Yes.
> Game visibility at small conventions would significantly increase the
> possibility of attendance at a brick gathering.
Something we need to start considering.
> > I would guess that expecting more than say 10% of the attendance in a
> > particular game is wishful thinking unless the event is game specific
> > (i.e. at PirateFest I think we could count on at least 50% participation
> > in the "big game").
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> I have written rules for one idea involving an ongoing pirate game in which
> players can leave and come back intermittantly. If a player leaves, his
> ships will be harbored in a safe port, pirate or imperial, then the player
> can come back later and play again. Score is kept with treasure and ships.
Evil Stevie's Pirate Game can support players coming an going in the
campaign game. No additional rules necessary. The battle game is a
different animal. Of course a long session time calls for the campaign
game.
> > Steve specifically
> > commented that he was bummed that the train free play was scheduled up
> > against the Pirate Game. He was also interested in trying out Brickwars
> > and he attended a variety of sessions. He doesn't talk much about his
> > LEGO collection, but it is clear that he is a true AFOL and not just a
> > gamer finding a neat set of props. I suspect that as he becomes more
> > involved with the AFOL community he will be drawn more out of his shell
> > (Hi Steve!). He's also clearly busy running his company and promoting
> > its products so we are competing for a limited amount of free time.
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> I think we should ask him to play and help us publish the rules to the
> BrickWars game.
I don't think Steve would want to publish BrickWars. The Pirate Game is
property of Steve Jackson the person, not Steve Jackson Games. He
mentioned this was very deliberate. He wants us to take the Pirate Game
and run with it. He doesn't want us to take Car Wars and re-publish it
(though I doubt he'd have a problem with someone printing up modified
rules to work with LEGO for use at a game con, just don't distribute
them).
Frank
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| (...) I would have liked to have suck to less-structured pick-up games at BricksWest, but since I was picking up players "cold" (ie who had little to no familiarity with the game and who were not bringing armies of their own) I figured a structured (...) (23 years ago, 28-Feb-02, to lugnet.gaming)
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| "Frank Filz" <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:3C795506.B9FB9E...ing.com... (...) I don't (...) games. (...) being too (...) thought needs (...) Set-up for any game I have run takes a hideous amount of time. Currently I am behind in (...) (23 years ago, 25-Feb-02, to lugnet.gaming)
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