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Re: Studfest [lots, probably 18. Hey that's quite a few for an Australian club!]
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lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.gaming.brikwars
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Wed, 3 Mar 2004 13:17:19 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Richie Dulin wrote:
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In lugnet.loc.au, Richard Parsons wrote:
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Dudes and dudettes,
The Sydney and surrounds gang got their blocks in a row today for the first
time in eight months, at James’ place in Dee Why (thanks James).
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Thanks from me, too.
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Welcome, and thanks for showing up. Blocks in a row is a team game.
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They chatted, inspected mocs, agreed upon the range of Lego issues in the
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way that one might expect the generally laid back Studs to agree, and then
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played BrikWars for a little over 4 hours.
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It didn’t seem like 4 hours. But then, I was winning ;-)
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Kudos must go to Pete and Dave who bravely watched the entire thing without
falling asleep! Brikwars can be very absorbing, particularly when one has
whittled once’s force down to a handful of troops.
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I have over 70 pictures (including about 45 good ones ;-) and will try to
post some later on this week.
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Ooo pics! Can’t wait!
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For BrikWars afficionados, I note that we played a combination of TL2 and
TL3 based around the Napoleonic Wars. My 300CP Prussians and James’ 500CP
Austrians against Richie’s 800CP French (with, I think, some Belgians).
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Unfortunately, due to an error in timing the Belgians arrived about half an
hour after the fighting ceased.
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But still looked very spiffy nonetheless!
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After suitably chaotic and ferocious festivities,
2 Prussians made it away with their lives and little else (one pushing the
other unconscious on a hand cart)
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It is to be noted that Tiberius Flint may have been around, and if so, certainly
survived.
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about 2 Austrians made it away, to join
up with three Austrian gun crews outside the town (who had been taking tea
for most of the afternoon)
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This goes to show if you want cannon that are more than emplacements you need to
spring for horse and cart to tow them around (i.e. less points for cannon) on
the other hand, if you do have emplacements, have some temptation for the enemy
to come to you.
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Actually, that was 3 infantrymen and one artilleryman in the town. The other
artillerymen had cunningly disguised himself as a Prussian, and was taking
tea with the Austrian Artillery. (Heck, they’re all Greek to me).
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At some point I assume he overpowered the crew, commandeered the loaded cannon
and took aim at one of the other crews.
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We may have stumbled onto a handy balance of size, detail and fun. I
think 300 - 500CP might become a feature of future BrikWars. As usual,
James did a fabulous job as GM.
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Indeed. The army size was manageable (but the armies remained diverse and
interesting - who would have thought that the katana featured prominently in
the standard equipment of a Prussian cavalier?).
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thankfully Brikwars is the sort of game that relies on a lot of handwaving and
guesses and a non-adherence to the letter of the law (and a healthy respect for
the spirit of the game). That said having players that had some familarity with
the system helps.
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We agreed that the next meet, in 2008 if not before, will be at James’
place, wherever that may be then.
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Having moved alternatly East then West over the last three 4-year periods a
further 4 years will probably see me somewhere in the middle of NSW. But people
are still welcome.
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I have a suspicion that we may get together before then. Maybe in
June of 2004, unless the etherial national fest gets a lot less
etherial some time soon :-)
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Writing after the whole MegaOzConvetionThingy posts, etherial seems to be where
it is staying. That said, if there’s no national fest in June perhaps STUDS
might have a meet and throw it open to interstaters if they wants to be bothered
traveling. Not doing anything extra or special mind you, no competions, no
organised group builds, just making room for a few extra bods.
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I shall be preparing a lecture based on this battle for the Brickwars session
at LUG’OZ 2005 - Defending a Small Town with an 800(ish) Point Napoleonic
French Army While Waiting for the Belgians to Arrive.
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I will happily sit through this, provided there are both pictures and
re-enactments featuring Milla Jovovitch as the French and Scarlet Johannson as
the Belgians (substitute with simlar or better quality as appropriate).
James (who is off to give his black coats musket practice and maybe a skill
bonus)
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