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Re: NEXT SYDNEY MEET: the Fest formerly known as STUDS: 9
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lugnet.loc.au
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Mon, 16 Jul 2001 06:42:46 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, James Howse writes:
> I'm serious about this, BRING STUFF TO BATTLE OVER, buildings,
Okay.
> raised baseplates,
Got one of those...
> BURP mountains,
Well, it's more a hill, but okay...
> forests,
How about a shrubbery?
> ruined castles,
Well if it's not before, it will be after...
> churches of various heretical demoninations (even megablockers)
Okay...
> doesn't even need to win modelling awards
No problems there...
> or be particularly big.
Not sure about that one...
> Basically the more scenery, the more fun the game,
The more innocent things to get caught in the crossfire!
> tabletops are very boring battlefields.
And scarier - nothing to hide behind except each other.
> And you don't even need to bother reading these either.
> http://www.lugnet.com/fun/gaming/~11/legowars
Okay.
> More second thoughts, Muskets and Pistols, yep.
Ooh, I've got some of those.
> Shooting cannons, big yep
And those too. Maybe time to experiment with a Leonard of Legoland's chain
cannon (two cannons, fired simultaneously, with a chain between the cannon
balls, unfortunately it requires slightly more synchronisation than is
usually possible with medieval technology. But no matter.)
> In fact, bring whatever you like to battle with, as long as you're
> comfortable with a medievil longbow being as deadly modern assult rifle.
It certainly is: a modern assault rifle makes you absolutely no deader than
an ancient longbow.
> James (who is keeping his longbows 'cause they look cooler than guns.)
Cheers
Richie Dulin
Patrician of Brick-Morpork
(Who favours ballistae, which do, in fact, look much cooler than longbows or
guns, and give you something decent to hide behind)
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| (...) I'm serious about this, BRING STUFF TO BATTLE OVER, buildings, raised baseplates, BURP mountains, forests, ruined castles, churches of various heretical demoninations (even megablockers) whatever you can scrounge up. It doesn't even need to (...) (23 years ago, 16-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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