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Re: How many studs in an inch? How many posts in a thread?
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lugnet.pirates, lugnet.gaming
Date: 
Wed, 21 Apr 2004 22:09:42 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Bill Blackmer wrote:
They were using his rules and their own ships and scenery. The ships cost
$100's of dollars to purchase and have to assembled and painted.

Heh.  A couple of the large LEGO Pirate ships cost about as much these days.

The scenery was very detailed also.

I've seen varying degrees of quality in minatures gaming scenery, but most of
what I saw being used at GenCon definitely leaned towards the better end of the
spectrum (people might feel robbed if they paid to play with miniatures that
look like they were decorated with paintball guns).  It's been about ten years
since I went, and I don't recall ever seeing any pirate miniatures.

I wonder if anyone has ever played the game with paper markers...

I am sure they were using some modified rules.

Probably, especially if the scale was significantly different from mini-figs.
I'm kinda curious about what they used to represent the various beasties.



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  RE: How many studs in an inch? How many posts in a thread?
 
Hello, The ships are NOT miniature. The ships are from Mamoli or Artesania Latina. The big wood ship models from overseas. They cost hundreds of dollars to buy and when completed would sell for much more. The ships are very beautiful and very (...) (20 years ago, 22-Apr-04, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.gaming)

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  RE: How many studs in an inch? How many posts in a thread?
 
Hello, No, Steve Jackson was NOT running the Pirate game. They were using his rules and their own ships and scenery. The ships cost $100's of dollars to purchase and have to assembled and painted. The scenery was very detailed also. I am sure they (...) (20 years ago, 21-Apr-04, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.gaming)

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