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Re: The Portable Lego Game (was Re: Portable Bot Factory)
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lugnet.space, lugnet.gaming
Date: 
Fri, 22 Nov 2002 11:19:03 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Steve Burge writes:
Hmmm, of course you could go for the idea of everyone builds one unit at the
start, stats it up and then you place your case (with it's remaining pieces)
on the board. You own this case. Each turn you can take 1D6 pieces from each
case you own and start building new units with them. You can also capture
other players cases.

Yes - I like this idea - equivalent to your deck in a CCG. Capturing pieces
might be a problem as it would be tough to remember exactly who owned what.

Your case could represent your base, or the remaining parts could be built
into a base. Instead of attacking other bots, you could directly attack the
base (perhaps you would first need to outmaneouvre the defending bots). If
you hit the base they lose pieces from it, and they are out of the game if
they run out. This would create an interesting game dynamic - if you spend
too many resources on bots, your base will be weak.

I like the idea of different colours representing different types of attacks
too, although getting hold of certain weapons in certain colours would be
tricky :)

True. This highlights one of the problems a lot of people have with CCGs -
the better cards are harder to get hold of, and give an unfair advantage to
those who spend more money. If the parts were grouped this would be less of
a problem if e.g. any sticky out part could represent a gun. I can see
problems with certain parts though, like chainsaw blades - I've only ever
seen them in grey and trans orange.

It would be good if the game could extend easily to multiple players. Games
to me are about socialising as much as anything else.

James



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  Re: The Portable Lego Game (was Re: Portable Bot Factory)
 
(...) Yeah, unless you introduced a ruling that a unit can only be built from pieces from a specific base - you could have a staging area by the base where your unit sits while it is being constructed. That way all you have to do is mark which unit (...) (22 years ago, 22-Nov-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.gaming)

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  Re: The Portable Lego Game (was Re: Portable Bot Factory)
 
Hmmm, of course you could go for the idea of everyone builds one unit at the start, stats it up and then you place your case (with it's remaining pieces) on the board. You own this case. Each turn you can take 1D6 pieces from each case you own and (...) (22 years ago, 22-Nov-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.gaming)

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