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In lugnet.loc.us.nc, Frank Filz writes:
> I haven't dealt with my pictures yet, but I thought I'd drop in some
> reflections on the past weekend.
I'll join in, if you don't mind.
(my pics should be on later tonight-- working on it).
> I'm really glad I marked off the weekend for Brickfest back when the
> date was first announced. I really had a great time, and it's nice to
> finally put a face to so many of my fellow Lugnetters.
Same here! I had an all-around fab time.
> We didn't end up doing much pirate set up (though we did get out many of
> the ships and ooh and aah over them). Lindsay Braun showed up a little
> later with his Gloire, and HUGE early steamship.
Ooooh, I must say that the _Gloire_ was truly awesome in size and features.
Lindsay did a great job on it!!
> When we got kicked out of the building, we retired to a bar, at which
> point I realized that I hadn't had food since lunch.
Hehe, on Sunday evening I realized that I had not eaten a thing since
breakfast, and then I went out and had two Wendy meals... lemme tell you, what
they say about "don't eat too fast" is all too true. Ouch.
> We learned a lot about running the game (like it was a mistake to
> only have one GM given the number of players Stephen had rounded up by
> the time we were ready to start). There was also some confusion caused
> by areas which the rules don't specify well (like dealing with aligators
> on shore).
Yeah, the pace got quite slow by the time we swung into action. Although there
were enough "Arrrrgh"s to satisfy Steve Jackson himself, I'm sure! ;-)
> I also only got out three merchant ships. Captain Scar (played by Shiri
> Dori) tried to capture the first ship, but was handicapped by a wind
> direction favorable to the merchant and her starting position and she
> never caught up with it.
Hey, I stand firm on my belief that that ship changed speed every turn! It was
quite hard to predict it's movement. Arrgh. <grin>
> A pair of people (at least one of which was an
> AFOL spouse, I didn't quite catch if they were a couple, or both spouses
> of other AFOLs) played captain Wanda and first mate Colin.
Andy Lynch and his SO, I think.
Personally, I thought the game was fun, albeit a bit slow. I'm glad you're
ttying to figure out how to make it go faster - that should make things much
more interesting!
> Sunday morning was spent at the store. A good time was had by many
> during the feeding frenzy over all the "scratch and dent" goods.
Ooooh, yes! Nothing beats standing under the doorway of the Store's stockroom
and getting all those lovely, half-off sets... Yoohoo!!
BTW, I thought the funniest thing was to see the writing right above that
door, it said... "unrestrained"... how appropriate. <grin, duck and run>
My parents weren't x-tremely happy with my big bags, but fitting seven sets
into the X-treme team box proved to be very handy. :-)
> I then started to pack up, which took a while (and on two
> separate "I'll check just one more time in case I missed something"
> trips which found things I had missed [almost left my BSB and RSB and my
> water tower]).
A few people thought that my checklist was a good idea. Knowing myself - the
absentminded person I am - I figured I should probably make one, so as not to
forget anything important. It worked quite well, the only thing I was missing
was my, ahem, wallet. (no, I didn't find it. Guess it *was* stolen. :-( )
Unfortunately, our flight was delayed by four hours, so I stumbled into my
house at around 2 AM. Needless to say, I slept quite a bit... thank goodness
school is over (for the *year*, just for the *year*).
Eh, well, I had a great time!! It was *really* nice to meet you guys in
person, and to, as Rich said, "have your creations appreciated for the things
that should be appreciated".
-Shiri
P.S. I must condemn certain people knocking down certain other people while
the other people are in certain nameless costuemes. Grrr!!!
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