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Re: Brikwars in different scales
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lugnet.gaming
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Wed, 27 Jun 2001 14:28:10 GMT
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wubwub@STOPSPAMwildlink.com
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"Sproaticus" <jsproat@io.com> wrote:
> Hey weekend Brickwarriors,
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> Has anyone experimented with playing Brikwars in scales other than minifig?
> e.g. using microfig-scale mecha (1) or nanofig-scale starships, etc. Think
> Warhammer 40,000 Epic, Battlefleet Gothic, Renegade Legion, Battletech, etc.
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> I was thinking of this as I was reading the rules, and it seems that the
> biggest issue would be for the players to agree upon distances for movement
> and ranged combat. Not that big of an issue, really. Then, of course,
> there would be special rules, e.g. for carriers and fighters, boarding
> parties, etc., but these would really be unit-specific rules, right? And as
> far as special mecha rules go, well, mecha tend to have roughly the same
> attributes as a person anyhow, just on a different scale...
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> I'd love to hear if anyone's played with anything like this with Brikwars or
> any other brick-based wargame rules, and how any scale-specific nuances were
> handled.
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> Cheers,
> - jsproat
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> 1. I can see a battlefield scattered with 2x4 plates carrying squads of
> homocidal stickfig (2) warriors, ready to smash into each other... :-,
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> 2. And yes, this might be interpreted as a shameless plug for my
> stickfig-scale mecha, so I'll refrain from posting the obligatory URL... :-,
...Its funny you should mention this :-) I had been off and on thinking of and
working on revising Minifig Death to include "Epic Scale" battles using your
stickfig/microfig designs as the base trooper :-) I was going to use 2x4 plates
to hold squads with 4x4 for heavy equipment and lots of references to your
stickfig/microfig scale mecha for big guns :-)
...Well, damn.. now I've got it in my head again... looks like doing real work
today has been tossed out :-)
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| (...) It's funny you were going to do this, since I had initially come up with the stickfigs as an answer to Epic 40k. :-, I've also been playing with the idea of trying to cram my minifig Ogre model into this scale for wargaming purposes, but I'm (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jun-01, to lugnet.gaming)
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| Hey weekend Brickwarriors, Has anyone experimented with playing Brikwars in scales other than minifig? e.g. using microfig-scale mecha (1) or nanofig-scale starships, etc. Think Warhammer 40,000 Epic, Battlefleet Gothic, Renegade Legion, Battletech, (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jun-01, to lugnet.gaming)
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