  |    | Re: How many studs in an inch? How many posts in a thread?
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 "Clangador" <clangador@comcast.net> wrote in message news:Hwx77u.1Fy1@lugnet.com... (...) Hard to kill and the leader always has a magic staff (I don't want to spill too many beans - of course as we have more and more games where people have played (...)   (22 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.gaming)   
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Several responses on this thread... As far as draft: As Larry mentions, at least in the games I run, the seas are crowded with islands, so having shallow water extend out several inches would really be a hassle. Also, without actually marking the (...)   (22 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.gaming)   
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(...) This would interfere with movement something fierce, as typical game areas have a LOT of islands. Worse, it would interfere with landing at islands and searching for treasure, picking up castaways, getting jumped by mummies, etc. because (...)   (22 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.gaming)   
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  |    | Re: How many studs in an inch? How many posts in a thread?
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(...) What's so bad about the mummies?!? ~Clangador    (22 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.gaming)   
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(...) One possible way to deal with this would be to allow each ship to "advance" a class or two by adding more guns, but limiting the number of times a ship can do this. Once you add another cannon, your ship counts as the next higher class for (...)   (22 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.gaming)   
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(...) The ships don't seem to be truly representative of their real-world counterparts. I doubt a cutter would be manned by a 6-person crew any more than it would be carrying only one cannon. The rules really should be somewhat pirate-centric, given (...)   (22 years ago, 28-Apr-04, to lugnet.gaming)   
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  |    | Re: The new movie "TROY" and MOCs
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(...) Well, Brad Pitt was so dedicated to his role as Achilles that he even went and tore his left achilles tendon! But seriously, I expect it to rank right up there with Gladiator. Fun popcorn movie, overhyped, probably get some Oscars...but still (...)   (22 years ago, 26-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming)   
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(...) Another nice one! I'll put the spyglass on it soon. Perhaps you could add a couple of orange slopes to the skull at the stern, to go for the maximum penquin effect. Adieu Richie Dulin (URL)    (22 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.gaming, FTX)   
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(...) their (...) to (...) that (...) break (...) also (...) Adding additional cannon to a ship would definitely change the balance of the rules. It would make it much easier to outgun someone. Adding draft would probably overcomplicate the game. If (...)   (22 years ago, 28-Apr-04, to lugnet.gaming)   
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(...) Thanks. I'm trying to build one ship a week. ~Chris    (22 years ago, 28-Apr-04, to lugnet.gaming)   
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(...) Looks good Chris, you have made some great ships. the Hugh    (22 years ago, 28-Apr-04, to lugnet.gaming)   
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  |    | Re: The new movie "TROY" and MOCs
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Hi there, Do tell more about what city you worked on! I just constructed 3 small Mycenaean houses based on Peter Connolly's illustration of Agamemnon's citadel in _The Greek World of Odysseus_. I had not realized how rich this book was, having read (...)   (22 years ago, 28-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming)   
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Well, I do not know much about the movie, heard about it first here. Yes, thousands of remakes, on big screen and little stupid box. Scrounging up somewhat authentic minifigs will be kind of hard, the closest I can think of are the knights with the (...)   (22 years ago, 26-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming)    
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About Troy... I'm not sure about the movie -- I hope it doesn't suck -- but I have been following the comic _Age of Bronze_ for some years and prefer that for references for MOCs. Eric Shanower uses every real detail he can get, while trying to (...)   (22 years ago, 26-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming)    
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Just wondering if any of you guys would be up to making some dioramas of figs, as well as buildings and best of all.... BATTLE SCENES from the movie? I have my Greeks, but they're not all ready nor fully equipped and I've just added the Phagians (...)   (22 years ago, 24-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming)    
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  |    | Re: The Vikings meet Medieval Cogs
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 "Don Cox" <the1hugh@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:HwMsqz.9t2@lugnet.com... (...) many (...) actions. I (...) ship to (...) (URL)   (22 years ago, 23-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.gaming.brikwars, lugnet.pirates)   
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  |    | Re: The Vikings meet Medieval Cogs
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(...) All well done. I know a guy who did the exact set of rules that you are looking for that were specifically medieval. They were for resin ships and metal minatures, but they should work for Lego (and I'll warn you that low Viking ships facing (...)   (22 years ago, 23-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.gaming.brikwars, lugnet.pirates)   
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  |    | The Vikings meet Medieval Cogs
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Sometime back I did 3 Viking Longboats: (URL) wanted to do some Castle, shore raiding and I have seen "The Vikings" many times and thought it would make a great BrikWars game. Recently I was watching the film again and thought about doing naval (...)   (22 years ago, 23-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.gaming.brikwars, lugnet.pirates)   
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  |    | Re: Fan Site focusing on Lego Military
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(...) OK, I think I've gotten a good enough cenus from here and other places. Im gonna go ahead with this project starting this summer. Its definite now. :-) GO LEGO MILITARY!!!    (22 years ago, 23-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.gaming)   
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  |    | Re: How many studs in an inch? How many posts in a thread?
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(...) I hereby petition that those damn mummies be henceforth removed from the game forever and ever. Grumble. (...) Uh. I can't even begin to process how very totally awful that would be to deal with. best LFB    (22 years ago, 23-Apr-04, to lugnet.gaming)   
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