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I'll be there and better organized. "Christopher Weeks" <clweeks@eclipse.net> wrote in message news:H9n3Jx.2nw@lugnet.com... (...) who's up (...) games (...) of (...) I don't know if we can do a whole program track of games. We would need help. (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jan-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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Hi all, I'm wondering who's planning to go to Gen Con this summer in Indy and who's up for some LEGO gaming? More than that, I think it would be nifty to get an entire track of LEGO games going so that they could justify giving us a designated (...) (22 years ago, 1-Feb-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) Hmmm... I'd go, but the problem is getting out there. Otherwise, that sounds like a good idea. I don't know if they would give us a designated space, much of it is always consumed for the card games, Axis and Allies, Warhammer, RPGs, and then (...) (22 years ago, 2-Feb-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) Hmm, sounds like it would be fun, but I'm not sure I can afford to add another trip to my summer, or in general. Frank (22 years ago, 3-Feb-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) There's strong odds that I'll be at Gen Con this year, and the prospect of LEGO gaming just increases that to nearly guaranteed. (...) I'd be up for whatever was happening, and could even do something with "Lego Wars - the Simple Version"(1) (...) (22 years ago, 4-Feb-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) Cool! Well, even if we're not doing a formal track, we'll get together and make something happen. (...) It would be fun to set up two nearly identical battles on nearby tables and play through them with the two sets of rules. (...) And (...) (22 years ago, 5-Feb-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) I won't have a lot of stuff along with me as I'll be flying down, but I'll bring some things. (...) That's something I keep meaning to do, but never get around to. :) We've got a humongous-scale battle (~1100 attacking ~400 heavily fortified) (...) (22 years ago, 5-Feb-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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Hey Christopher, Do you have any Gencon info on Lego events? Should we apply as judges separately or as a group? I am driving to Indy so I should be able to bring whatever supplies and spare parts we need. Sorry Dylan, sorry Evan I can't drive to (...) (22 years ago, 17-Feb-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) Nothing very juicy. Without more serious interest, we're not going to get special space. I was encouraged by their directed of events to just register our events and then play them. Even so, at least that would get them in the catalog. I (...) (22 years ago, 20-Feb-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) I have confirmed, I will be at Gen Con. I can dedicate an 8-hour block for something (though I'm not experienced at Brikwars), but don't know if I can dedicate more; it depends on how many demos I'm needed for at Ad Astra. (...) What about (...) (22 years ago, 20-Feb-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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Is there anyone living near St. Louis going to GenCon? I need a ride and a room. I am able to pay my share of the gas and hotel expenses. I am interested in Lego gaming and would be willing to assist. Please contact me to work out the details. Don (...) (22 years ago, 20-Feb-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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"Christopher Weeks" <clweeks@eclipse.net> wrote in message news:HALvto.7nz@lugnet.com... (...) bring (...) I was hoping the move to Indy would open up more space. I was encouraged by their directed of events to just register (...) the (...) last (...) (22 years ago, 21-Feb-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) I am giving serious thought to this, but before I can commit, I need to be sure this doesn't conflict with BrickFest. I seem to have written down 2nd or 3rd weekend in August for BrickFest which would be ideal to mesh with July 24-27 for (...) (22 years ago, 21-Feb-03, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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"Frank Filz" <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:3E5A5A10.A3E720...ing.com... (...) (snip) (...) set... (...) see (...) an (...) the (...) Evil Stevie's game would take much longer than the normal four hour time slot for an event. Usually (...) (22 years ago, 21-Feb-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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"Frank Filz" <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:3E5AB251.FDB27B...ing.com... (...) on (...) Pirate (...) the (...) Thursday would be a good day for a short orientation game ( four hours or less, small demos) (...) 16 hours divided into (...) (22 years ago, 22-Feb-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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"Frank Filz" <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:3E5AA9B6.4475D4...ing.com... (...) soon) (...) fire (...) That is an excellent idea. (...) donate (...) and (...) crowd (...) is (...) I am not familiar with K-8, I assume it is basic sets (...) (22 years ago, 22-Feb-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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"Christopher Weeks" <clweeks@eclipse.net> wrote in message news:HAuDwA.9wJ@lugnet.com... (...) can (...) have (...) are we (...) driving (...) BrikFest (...) I am driving my truck, so I can bring nearly two dozen standard Lego ships, islands, (...) (22 years ago, 22-Feb-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) Hmm, I guess we need to sell it as a "brick gaming track." Which we would probably have to do for trademark reasons anyway. I doubt TLC will "sponsor" the event, though we might be able to get some prizes out of them. (...) I'm becoming (...) (22 years ago, 24-Feb-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) It's starting to sound like we can at least staff a partial track; you might want to revisit it with the organizers. At the very least, let's try and get all the games in the same place and maybe try for a consistent time slot. (Room X from (...) (22 years ago, 24-Feb-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) 16+ hours (...) I could fire Steve Jackson an e-mail. He expects to get paid to run the Pirate Game though. I'm not sure how that would run with GenCon. There's also the fact that presumably he's pretty tied up with SJG business at GenCon. (...) (22 years ago, 24-Feb-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) An into battle game could be run in 4 hours. That might be good the day before the big campaign game. It would be cool to run the campaign game over two days. The other option is to run it longer than 8 hours all at once, but experience from (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) That's fair. I had been thinking more along the lines of "Are you already" rather than "Would you consider?" since I figured he was already fairly booked - but I know that sometimes what he's booked for is the Pirate Game. (...) If we had a (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) When I first approached the event coordinator, I wrote something like "we have run a number of LEGO-related events in the past...." and she took that to mean that I was a LEGO rep and responded with more detail to me than she should have. I (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) I shall enquire again. (...) I'm probably game (get it?) for 24 hours of various LEGO events -- organizing/playing/r.../whatever. (...) Sure, but he won't come. Gen Con already told me that they won't cover his room (and he expects travel, (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) I would suggest that we develop a web page with our updates so that people can stay up to date on us. And if all the events listed the same URL, we'd have cross-over enthusiasm. But do we really want multiple boat owners? How are we all going (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) Four, four-hour timeslots each day, but events can take any multiple of 1/2 slots. (...) It could be run as three (or four) successive time slots each as a seperate event, and people woudl be free to register for mutiple adjacent ones or not. (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) Well, I guess that closes that deal. Of course if we have a firm plan, Steve will be happy to post about the game, which will attract folks. Perhaps we can even get him to donate something for a prize or do something to put his official (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) I think we will need multiple boat owners, but I think it would be best to limit it to boats supplied by the organizers so we can keep track easily. (...) Hmm, I'm not sure how well that would work. Such a thing might be best handled by using (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) It makes sense for the "most local" person to contact him, so that if K8's are in order, they aren't going to the hinterlands of Canada, say. (...) I've had very positive response from kids and parents about Lego Wars: TSV, and would be (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) Sounds easy. (...) Are you refering to people joining in the middle as "picking up" or cleaning up the game in the middle because there's a gap in the sessions. (...) Yes. I suspected you at least might have an interest. I'm not sure it should (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) A Good Idea. IndyLUG would also be a good candidate for contacting LD, as logic dictates leftover K8 goes to the "localest" LUG. (...) To the same end (and just 'cause it would be fun), I'd like to run a comparison game between Brik Wars and (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) I'm thinking about coming... can't commit yet but if I did I could run a Mechaton session for 4 hours if there was interest. Fun beer and pretzels game. Possibly combine it with the jumping frog game to fill out the track? (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) For anyone interested, I've been running this game, and have put some stuff up on my web page: (URL) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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I am trying to make arrangements to attend GenCon. My Van is acting up and I'm not sure if it will make the drive. So I am seeking to share a ride from someone who lives close to St. Louis. I am on fixed income, so I would like to share a room and (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) I've often thought that something like this would be cool, but I can't figure out a way to make it work unless you can rely on all the players being already familiar with both games. If you have to stop the action in the middle of a battle to (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) Add me to the list of people saying "This is a Good Idea." Initially, at least, it doesn't need to be much more than a mailing list and a name. Does someone in this have the capability of setting up a list, or should we go to Yahoo or (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) One thing we need for the Pirate Game is a bunch of cutters, but we'll also need larger ships, mostly lots of class 2 and class 3 ships. Of course cutters are easy to pack, I can get 11 cutters and a few extra bits into two shoe boxes. Frank (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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