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Re: BirkWars, BrickFest, Some Questions
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lugnet.gaming
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Mon, 5 Jun 2000 15:23:38 GMT
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wubwub@wildlink.com(StopSpammers)
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"Mike Rayhawk" <rayhawk@artcenter.edu> wrote:
> In lugnet.fun.gaming, Shiri Dori writes:
> > > Actually they are all about equally effective, except for brooms of course,
> > > which you can use to beat a fig into unconsciousness but it takes a long
> > > time. Pitchforks can be used as Tridents and do as much damage as swords but
> > > take two hands. They can be used to disarm opponents. Pickaxes do a little
> > > more damage than swords but also take two hands. Both pickaxes and tridents
> > > may get stuck in an opponent and will slow you down on the following turn as
> > > you try to pull them back out.
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> What I forgot to say is, what is going to make them less effective is the fact
> that they are in the hands of peasants rather than soldiers. Peasants are
> kind of inept.
...but lots of fun as they flail randomly and get mowed down by nearly-as-inept first rank
soldiers :-)
> > So it's not such a bad idea? <sigh> well, too late now - they're all half-
> > packed... maybe if i have time this week.
>
> Of course, having fewer different kinds of weapons to keep track of never
> hurts. When you have to keep looking up stats for every different kind the
> game can start to bog down. When you only have a couple you can just remember
> them all and everything goes a lot more smoothly.
...Hmmmm that sounds like a great idea for a slimmed down game!!! Oh wait! I already did
that on MiniFig Death! http://wildlink.com/lego/minifigdeath :-)
> > > I'd love to go, but I can't free up enough time from college to drive
> > > out from Los Angeles and back.
> >
> > LOL! Too bad...
>
> You laugh, but I'd do it if I had a spare week - I used to commute between New
> York and Portland three or four times a year, it's a great drive and I have a
> lot of friends on the east coast I'd like to drop in on unexpectedly.
...You are letting college get in the way of a good time??? :-)
...you can go back to ignoring me now...
wubwub
stephen f roberts
wamalug guy (http://wamalug.org)
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| (...) What I forgot to say is, what is going to make them less effective is the fact that they are in the hands of peasants rather than soldiers. Peasants are kind of inept. (...) Of course, having fewer different kinds of weapons to keep track of (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jun-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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