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New fantasy battle rules....
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lugnet.gaming
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Thu, 3 May 2001 12:57:01 GMT
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Hello everyone,
I have been an avid pen-n-paper Dungeons and Dragons fan for many years,
as well as an AFOL for the past 3 years or so. I always wanted to leverage
my LEGO collection into the D&D realm, but with little success. The
BrikWars games I played (all 2 of them :) ) were mutually exclusive from my
D&D campaigns.
About 2 months ago I was surfing a Wizards of the Coast (WotC) message
board, and I came across the game 'Chainmail' that is going to be released
in October. This miniature 'skirmish rules' wargame is based directly on
the DnD 3rd Edition ruleset, or the D20 system, as it is being called now.
With these rules, one can take his or her party of adventurers from 'D20'
world and convert them to Chainmail relatively easily. These rules speed up
the combat rounds in DnD, and also make for a much more satisfying tactical
combat.
"What does this have to do with LEGOs?" you may ask. Well, I posted on
the message board and asked about using LEGOs as substitutes for the metal
miniatures that are typically used:
http://boards.wizards.com/dnd/Forum17/HTML/000031.html
To summarize, the creator of the game didn't perceive a problem with it,
so long as you didn't try to enter your LEGO army in a WotC-sanctioned
tournament.
Also, you don't _need_ to have a DnD character to convert to play
Chainmail. It comes w/ statistics for all kinds of units, from mundane to
fantastic. Granted, LEGO doesn't exactly have goblin minis or beholder
minis, but that's not the point. There will soon exist a set of miniature
rules, published by a respected (to most people) game manufacturer, that
will allow customization/substitution of miniatures with little-to-no effort.
Please don't take my exuberance for Chainmail as a slap in the face to
Brikwars or any other LEGO-centric wargame that we AFOLs use. I enjoy
Brikwars. However, I believe that the greater familiarity w/ the DnD D20
system will help me to recruit more folks to play Chainmail w/ LEGOs then I
ever could have hoped to get w/ Brikwars.
Well, that's about all I've got. Thanks for reading this rambling post!
Warm regards,
T.J. Mitchell
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Message has 3 Replies:
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| I noticed several folks posting about D&D history, etc. For the best history on the web of D&D products including Chainmail, manuals, and a BUNCH of other stuff, visit The Acaeum, "Dungeons & Dragons Knowledge Compendium": (URL) lugnet.fun.gaming, (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.gaming)
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