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(...) My army numbered 121 figs. So not counting Dave Low's forces that's really 300+ 'figs. Oh. James (who needs to work on his estimation skills) (25 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Studfest: Part the Fifth - Brikwars (was Re: LegOz 2000.8 - BrikWars)
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(...) Hiya... Well I had 50 foot soldiers....25 knights....10 archers.....10 crossbow men....25 norse men.....Joan de Ark....an amazonian babe....and a catapult So around 120...plus some pesents Kev... : ) Richard....do you like the pics....??? and (...) (25 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Studfest: Part the Fifth - Brikwars (was Re: LegOz 2000.8 - BrikWars)
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(...) Hiya... Well I had 50 foot soldiers....25 knights....10 archers.....10 crossbow men....25 norse men.....Joan de Ark....an amazonian babe....and a catapult So around 120...pulss some pesents Kev... : ) Richard....do you like the pics....??? and (...) (25 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Studfest: Part the Fifth - Brikwars (was Re: LegOz 2000.8 - BrikWars)
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(...) Maybe it only felt like 250 ;-) Although we should probably do a bit of mathematics: I had 23 heavy horse, 10 musketeers, 15 archers, 4 infantry, 6 sailors, 4 babes, four siege weapon operators (the ones who fled into the forest after the (...) (25 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Dining downunder (was Re: Pricing on Lego Sets)
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Dear Larry - although there are a few places around that serve native fauna - to you, it's probably not as Australian as Thai, Italian etc. Apparently Australia's best eating experiences are what's being referred to as "nouveau cuisine," and it's (...) (25 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) Posssibly a bit of exaggeration, more like 200 figs, hmm that's still lots isn't it? Firstly, the game took about 7 hours to play. Second, as you know mortality is very high in the game, though there were around 50 figs left at the end. (...) (25 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Studfest: Part the Fifth (Re: LegOz 2000.8 - BrikWars)
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(...) Bugg..bother. I'll have a word with myself about specks and planks in eyes later. I did mean medieval, i.e. TL 2. IIRC that's what everyone's got quite a bit of, and can do some scenery (with cool barred windows) for. Some exceptions might be (...) (25 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd)
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| | Studfest: Part the Fifth (Re: LegOz 2000.8 - BrikWars)
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(...) I'm with you. For me the glorious heroic stupidity and utter incongruity is the fun. (...) TL3 is a bit more Rennaissance than Medieval (see, I've been reading my books again.....), but lack of food or religious enlightenment are perennials, (...) (25 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd)
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| | Re: Dining downunder (was Re: Pricing on Lego Sets)
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Well, be sure not to step on or too close to any sharks, crocodiles (a.k.a. crocs), snakes, box jellyfish, rabid dogs, cane toads, funnelweb spiders, redback spiders, black widow spiders, and visiting or local politicians. ;-) That last species are (...) (25 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) Whew! the first time I read that I thought it said "How about we feed Larry **TO** some local fauna?" and I was getting worried. ++Lar (25 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) I scoped those and they both sound good to me. Thai is a favorite of mine (and of any programmer worth anything, according to the Jargon Dictionary) as is Italian. But I was hoping for something more Oz, Paul Hogan personally kills a croc for (...) (25 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) 250+ figs? You guys don't mess around! I've never tried a battle of that scale, it seems like it could get out of hand real fast. If you came up with any tricks to streamline a game with such large forces, I'd love to hear about them. (...) I (...) (25 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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I hate to ruin your day, but if you look at 1993 large in-box catalogue 115585/115685 you'll find on page 17: 6271 Admiral Woodhouse's ship "Sea lion" and in 1991 large in-box catalogue 830578/830678 Page 3: 6274 Governor's ship "Sea Hawk" [The (...) (25 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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"David Drew" <david@hydrowash.com.au> wrote in message news:Fywz81.C8E@lugnet.com... (...) Scrolling also through sidewalk, one jumped to mind... (URL) about we feed Larry some local fauna? later, David Drew. (25 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) Hilarity is fairly important in my fun factor. I think grossly uneven (or at least very different) forces, surprises in the scenery and great big SNAFU siege weapons add a lot to the game. Otherwise, I'm happy with these suggestions. Rationale (...) (25 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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"Dave Low" <stinglessbee@hotSPA...Email.com> wrote in message news:Fywy87.AJJ@lugnet.com... (...) or (...) (URL). (...) How about Tetsua's? :) Beppi's sounds pretty good though, if it's within everyone's budget. We should really go for something (...) (25 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) Sounds good to me. (...) Sounds like work, but emminently reasonable ;-) (...) Have to think about the catapults. It seems to me if I bring one, I should probably be allowed 350 points, not 300, to account for the losses I will inevitably (...) (25 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Dining downunder (was Re: Pricing on Lego Sets)
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(...) Paraphrased from the dictionary at www.culinarycafe.com: "In Australia Chicken Maryland refers to chicken leg with both thigh and drumstick attached, crumbed, browned in hot fat, and baked. Sometimes served with cream gravy." If you go to an (...) (25 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) Thanks. I had to have a lie down after (2+ dice roll to achieve horizontality, 7+ to sleep). (...) Much as I hate accounting and budgeting, There is a difference in quality issue here too. 30 nicely kitted heavy knights will go through 30 (...) (25 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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