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| | | Hi all, Springing from the discussion about this summer's Gen Con on lugnet.fun.gaming, several people have expressed interest in a non-regional gaming-with-LEGO organization. The initial reason we want to form this group is to have a unified body (...) (21 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.org)
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| | | | | Re: A national (global?) gaming-themed LUG! —James Brown
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| | | | | (...) The last is neat; the first is the defacto standard these days. I like World LEGO Gamers, but not the acronym it forms. ILGO - International LEGO Gaming Organzition (follows the form of ILTCO) GWB - Gamers with Bricks That last makes me wonder (...) (21 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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| | | | | | | Re: A national (global?) gaming-themed LUG! —John P. Henderson
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| | | | | | (...) Sounds like a great idea. Although I will not be attending Gen Con this year, I would be happy to be a part of the proposed organization. (...) Some more name ideas... LGC - Lego Gamers Club (like LTC, perhaps it would be a more general term) (...) (21 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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| | | | | Re: A national (global?) gaming-themed LUG! —Frank Filz
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| | | | Hmm, I haven't seen any names that really inspire yet. Some things to consider though: - does it just cover the war type games, or does it cover any brick based game - does it cover official games (such as LEGO Creator) - does it cover computer (...) (21 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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| | | | | | Re: A national (global?) gaming-themed LUG! —John P. Henderson
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| | | | | (...) IMHO... (...) I think any fan developed brick-based or brick-inspired game would be approriate to include. It would give us more options on what to bring to events, and also attract a bigger group (which I know may or may not be good). (...) (...) (21 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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| | | | | | | Re: A national (global?) gaming-themed LUG! —Mike Rayhawk
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| | | | | | (...) I for one would avoid putting 'world' or 'global' in the title, as some people were discussing. If the group isn't localized then just don't put a location. You might as well put 'galaxy-wide.' How about "LEGO-Using Gamers' Network," or (...) (21 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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| | | | | | Game LUG at GenCon '03 (was: A national (global?) gaming-themed LUG!) —Christopher L. Weeks
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| | | | ---GameLUG: Game LUG is an organization for people everywhere who are both gamers and fans of LEGO. The specific focus of Game LUG is on games based on the use LEGO elements. This focus is meant to be inclusive of anyone who thinks the description (...) (21 years ago, 28-Feb-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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| | | | | | Re: Game LUG at GenCon '03 (was: A national (global?) gaming-themed LUG!) —James Seibert
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| | | | | "Christopher Weeks" <clweeks@eclipse.net> wrote in message news:HB1F1s.MqD@lugnet.com... (...) fans (...) something (...) GLUG sounds good.. snip (...) hours) (...) last (...) now) (...) that (...) Chris, what arrangements will we need to make for (...) (21 years ago, 24-Feb-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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| | | | | | | Re: Game LUG at GenCon '03 (was: A national (global?) gaming-themed LUG!) —James Brown
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| | | | | | (...) GLUG is OK by me. James (21 years ago, 1-Mar-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Game LUG at GenCon '03 (was: A national (global?) gaming-themed LUG!) —Frank Filz
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| | | | | | (...) And we can all cheer glug glug glug when a pirate ship is sunk :-) We could probably safely use Play Well as a motto. Frank (21 years ago, 2-Mar-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Game LUG at GenCon '03 (was: A national (global?) gaming-themed LUG!) —Frank Filz
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| | | | | | (...) In the spirit of mottos and such, we should also make a "Don't Tread on Me" battle flag... :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) I'm picturing an image of someone dancing around with a 2x4 stuck in their foot. Or maybe we could just print up a bunch of signs (...) (21 years ago, 2-Mar-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Game LUG at GenCon '03 (was: A national (global?) gaming-themed LUG!) —Christopher L. Weeks
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| | | | | | (...) Not just 2x4s either, but 4-sided dice too! Chris (21 years ago, 2-Mar-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Game LUG at GenCon '03 (was: A national (global?) gaming-themed LUG!) —Don Cox
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| | | | | | How about: "If You Build It, They Will Play" for a motto. Hugh (...) (21 years ago, 2-Mar-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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| | | | | | Re: Game LUG at GenCon '03 (was: A national (global?) gaming-themed LUG!) —James Brown
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| | | | | (...) I think it would be cool to have the latin phrase in there. I see a typical round seal-style logo with "GWB" in the middle. the latin phrase and translation around the rim. (...) It is a motto; I don't know if it's otherwise held, but given (...) (21 years ago, 1-Mar-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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| | | | | | | Re: Game LUG at GenCon '03 (was: A national (global?) gaming-themed LUG!) —James Brown
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| | | | | | (...) In the long-standing tradition of avoiding work by doing other things, I created a Yahoo! group this evening, when I ought to be doing other things. At present, I've only invited the people who have said they can be at GenCon and run events. (...) (21 years ago, 1-Mar-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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| | | | | | Re: Game LUG at GenCon '03 (was: A national (global?) gaming-themed LUG!) —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | (...) It's driven by other events and their dates... when BrickFest dates are finalized and MichLTC participation in the NMRA Toronto show is known, and negotiations with Josete are completed (we're talking potentially 3 weekends in a row being (...) (21 years ago, 1-Mar-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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| | | | | | | Re: Game LUG at GenCon '03 (was: A national (global?) gaming-themed LUG!) —James Brown
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| | | | | | (...) Unfortunately, GenCon has an event registration deadline of March 7. James (21 years ago, 1-Mar-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Game LUG at GenCon '03 (was: A national (global?) gaming-themed LUG!) —Frank Filz
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| | | | | | (...) The mech game (sorry, too lazy to look up the name right now) would be a fine pick up game. I assume (hmm, seen any donkeys lately...) we can supply the list of GMs for our events later so we could probably still slot Larry in as a GM (...) (21 years ago, 2-Mar-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Game LUG at GenCon '03 (was: A national (global?) gaming-themed LUG!) —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) I'm willing to do more than pretend... :-) I could see myself easily doing sutler duty in ESPG with a little coaching, and that struck me as being something that was time consuming and distracting to the main GM. Given the deadline for event (...) (21 years ago, 2-Mar-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Game LUG at GenCon '03 (was: A national (global?) gaming-themed LUG!) —Christopher L. Weeks
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| | | | | | | (...) It is not expressly stated in the literature that I have. I have that very question outstanding with them. Hopefully I'll hear back from them tomorrow. Chris (21 years ago, 2-Mar-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Game LUG at GenCon '03 (was: A national (global?) gaming-themed LUG!) —James Brown
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| | | | | | (...) If all our events are being run by "GLUG" judges instead of specific people, you don't need to get your badge yet. James (21 years ago, 2-Mar-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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| | | | | | Re: Game LUG at GenCon '03 (was: A national (global?) gaming-themed LUG!) —Frank Filz
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| | | | (...) I'd love to see a Brick RPG. While it wouldn't be a brick RPG, I'm considering using LEGO to run my college friend's RPG. If I go with that, I'll probably need some help putting together dungeon modules. At this point though, that will be a (...) (21 years ago, 2-Mar-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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