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    Re: CO BrikWars get together —Mike Rayhawk
   (...) Even if you don't buy bases or bunkers for your armies, you're going to want to build a lot of 'scenery' buildings (which cost 0 CP since they don't really belong to anybody) or some other kind of cover, or the minifigs aren't going to last (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh)
   
        Re: CO BrikWars get together —Drew Lawrence
   (...) below.) (...) Well, yeah -- I thought that was a "given." I generally meant that I will have no defensive buildings, as they are essentially a huge waste of points. (...) Alas, there is a HUGE argument over this -- what does the energy (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh)
   
        Re: CO BrikWars get together —Jeff Christner
     On Mon, 10 Apr 2000 14:56:37 GMT, "LegoMasterLuke" <drew@netpluscom.com> wrote: <snip> (...) Chaff does not work against ANY missile, namely heat seeking ones. Missiles that remember your radar or thermal signature are unlikely to be duped by chaff. (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh)
    
         Re: CO BrikWars get together —Drew Lawrence
      I guess my information is incorrect. I stand corrected. (...) 1) A large flyer can carry no more then 4 weapons. Is this 4 points worth of weapons? (1 MK 1 explosive is 4 points.) Or is it 4 weapons period? 2) Do cannons, machine guns, and lasers (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh)
    
         Re: CO BrikWars get together —Bram Lambrecht
     (...) That's at least four people who live in Cleveland: Me (Cleveland Heights) Adrian (Westlake) Jeff Troy?? Maybe we should get together some time (but not necessarily to play Brikwars) --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.loc.us.oh.cle)
    
         Re: CO BrikWars get together —Gino A. Melone
      (...) I'm in Cleveland fairly often. Let me know if you do something. Later, Gino A... (24 years ago, 10-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.loc.us.oh.cle)
    
         Re: CO BrikWars get together —Troy Cefaratti
     I am in cleveland also, actually Garfield Heights. I'd be up for a get-together, but my work schedule is currently an abysmal mess. 3:00am-8:30am @ UPS mon-fri 5:00pm-9:00pm @ US Census mon-fri 8:30am-5:00pm @ US Census Sat 12:00pm-8:30pm @ US (...) (24 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.loc.us.oh.cle)
    
         Re: CO BrikWars get together —Bram Lambrecht
     (...) How do you function with such odd hours? I can hardly get up an hour earlier for school this week (AP review), let alone get up at 2:00! (...) Sounds good. By then I'd better know what college I'm going to, which is what I should be figuring (...) (24 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.loc.us.oh.cle)
    
         Re: CO BrikWars get together —Troy Cefaratti
     (...) I never said that I functioned at those hours, just that it was when I was AT work! :) Troy (24 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.loc.us.oh.cle)
   
        Re: CO BrikWars get together —Mike Rayhawk
   (...) They're only a huge waste of points if you try to build something so strong it can't be blown up. We did that on purpose. To put something on the field that can't be blown up is a huge waste of everybody's time. It's fine in real life of (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh)
   
        Re: CO BrikWars get together —Drew Lawrence
     (...) Heh, if there is no radar, a stealth aircraft is pointless. :) (...) If stuff can go down with one lucky shot, the best building tactic would be to have a huge army of spread out [armed] minifigures. Question .... do minifigures have to be in (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh)
    
         Re: CO BrikWars get together —Mike Rayhawk
     (...) Not really, minifigs get splattered pretty quick whether the shots are lucky or not, and they're also relatively slow. (...) The rules aren't very strict in that regard, they're only so you can tell different troop types apart (i.e., the only (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh)
    
         Re: CO BrikWars get together —Drew Lawrence
     (...) to (...) I am going to try my luck with a minifigure horde .... and learn from my mistakes, I suppose. (...) Good. I might go for a "mercenary" horde, as all my armed minifigures come from just about every different version of space there is. (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh)
   
        Re: CO BrikWars get together —Gino A. Melone
   Mike, As the guy with only a handful of space guys, I have some questions about costing. If looked at practically, Castle-era guys are a lot weaker than TL4-5, like most of the field will be. As far as I can tell, the rules assume that all armies (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh)
   
        Re: CO BrikWars get together —Mike Rayhawk
   (...) You know, I got this same question in e-mail yesterday. I swear I wrote rules to handle cross-TL battles, but for the life of me I can't figure out where I put them in the rules. I'm going to feel like an idiot if it turns out I forgot to (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh)
   
        Re: CO BrikWars get together —Gino A. Melone
   mjr22@cornell.edu (Mike Rayhawk) wrote in <FstJnx.1yF@lugnet.com>: (...) [bunch o' snipping in that] I saw this somewhere in the rules. It seemed too cheap the way I read it. Although, I really don't have any grasp on how much things cost. I also (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh)
   
        Re: CO BrikWars get together —Mike Rayhawk
   (...) Yeah, those rules really need some fixing up, sorry about that. It wouldn't really work to use these rules in your current situation, because everybody has to do a lot of extra work adding points for you to field a TL3 army. The best solution, (...) (24 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh)
   
        Re: CO BrikWars get together —Gino A. Melone
     mjr22@cornell.edu (Mike Rayhawk) wrote in <Fsu8vq.D7D@lugnet.com>: (...) [snipped to, well, somewhere] I don't plan on being very strict on comparing points before we start. However, I'd like to have a good set of records so that post-battle (...) (24 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh)
    
         Re: CO BrikWars get together —Mike Rayhawk
     (...) That's probably the best plan. I'm starting to feel that the whole point ratio thing will never be a perfect fit; no amount of CaveMan troops would ever be able to defeat an X-Wing for instance, no matter how many extra points you gave the (...) (24 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh)
    
         Re: CO BrikWars get together —David Eaton
     (...) Ooo! Ooo! Take in a DAT file as an argument, query the user for gun-size/type and calculate the points!! :) But seriously, that sounds very cool! Will it do anything else other than cost calculations? I.E. Calculate its move rate, damage, (...) (24 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh)
   
        Re: CO BrikWars get together —Drew Lawrence
   (...) 1) Yes. Don't increase the cost of TL5 units -- I'd have to completely start over with my army. 2) Instead, decrease the cost of TL3 units! (Or, give Gino more points to build his army with.) 3) That is a good idea! Diplomacy! ("Say pretty (...) (24 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh)
   
        Re: CO BrikWars get together —Adrian Drake
     (...) That would be me. I will likely host the pictures too. Just as long as we take good enough notes. I should have enough web space to store a nice epic. I don't think we'll take pictures after every turn, but we'll see. Adrian (24 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh)
    
         Re: CO BrikWars get together —Drew Lawrence
     (...) A digital camera uses floppy discs for its film, right? (I've never used one before..) Should I bring a few extra [empty] floppy discs? LegoMasterLuke (24 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh)
    
         Re: CO BrikWars get together —Adrian Drake
     (...) Depends on the brand. Sony Mavica cameras use floppy disks. Mine is not, unfortunately, a Sony Mavica. The camera I do have has storage capacity for 120 or so images. Any more than that, and I'll need someone to bring a laptop so that I can (...) (24 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh)
    
         Re: CO BrikWars get together —Gino A. Melone
     tremor@apk.net (Adrian Drake) wrote in <Fsv84G.9xG@lugnet.com>: (...) I can bring a laptop (and was thinking to load the rules and such on it), but it has no CDROM. It also runs no MS software. Hmm. do you know if your camera supports Linux? Or (...) (24 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh)
    
         Re: CO BrikWars get together —Adrian Drake
     (...) I have no idea. It's Kodak DC210+. You're welcome to see if you can find any driver information for it. Adrian (24 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh)
   
        Re: CO BrikWars get together —Gino A. Melone
   drew@netpluscom.com (LegoMasterLuke) wrote in <Fsv026.5v@lugnet.com>: (...) I'm hoping not to even look at points before we play. Everyone should present their armies. We all scratch out beards (so to speak) and, hopefully, agree that the armies are (...) (24 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh)
   
        Re: CO BrikWars get together —Drew Lawrence
     (...) "Give me freedom or give me death!" The quote seems fits in perfectly. :) (I know that the original quote is 'give me liberty.') (...) Yes, I know what you mean. I hinted that if you said pretty please, I would be your ally, and back up your (...) (24 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh)
    
         Re: CO BrikWars get together —Gino A. Melone
     drew@netpluscom.com (LegoMasterLuke) wrote in <Fsv6qM.4vs@lugnet.com>: (...) My bad. I thought you meant 'support', as in, my knights support firing a gyro. (...) Very high UR. A wizard who could cast it would be very expensive. A wizard who could (...) (24 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh)
    
         Re: CO BrikWars get together —Drew Lawrence
     (...) Nope. (...) Heh.... your entire army would probably consist of like 5 of those. (...) My smiley is a boxer. LegoMasterLuke (24 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh)
    
         Re: CO BrikWars get together —Gino A. Melone
     drew@netpluscom.com (LegoMasterLuke) wrote in <FsvAz8.LtH@lugnet.com>: (...) Actually. I'd expect a truely powerful wizrd to run 300-500CP. One would be an entire army. Classically, Wizards have virtually no armor. Any attack that gets past his (...) (24 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh)
    
         Re: CO BrikWars get together —Drew Lawrence
     (...) What sort of defensive magic are wizards equipped with? On average, magic does little against physical objects (such as a bullet, or a laser blast.) There is levitate, but not much else....(and your wizard would probably be dead by the time he (...) (24 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh)
    
         Re: CO BrikWars get together —Mike Rayhawk
     (...) That may or may not be true, we weren't actually able to do a lot of real- world testing in that regard like we did with the chainsaw fighting and other stuff. How magik works may change depending on the battle and the players involved. (...) (24 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh)
   
        Re: CO BrikWars get together —Mike Rayhawk
   (...) This is usually the way to go - it doesn't even matter that much if they aren't well matched, if you have more than two players. Weaker players will always tend to gang up on stronger ones, even if they don't declare official alliances. (...) (...) (24 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh)
 

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