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(...) ka-snip (...) We don't really bother with the board game version at all anymore - 1830 straight off the computer. It plays *much* faster that way. (...) 53(?...Imperial (...) We've 18xxed out in general (except on the computer). Perhaps those (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) <snipped synopsis> (...) Perused them. Seems to have a bit of Acquire-ish thinking, in how stuff merges. Well, I'll give it a go if I see it. (...) Ya, it's simple. Good mundanes game. I tend to buy every railroad game I encounter, so I did. (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Not quite, I think Bram has a 2x2 clear tile on the copier's surface. But it's very close indeed! Fredrik (26 years ago, 15-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) hey, y'all ~ LOTF is one of my faves! mostly because of the connection i find in it to my all-time favourite book. the LOTF characters remind me of the lost boys in peter pan! both books explore the the angst, isolation, and frustration of (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) junk(y) gunk(y) bunk(y) crud(dy) cruft(y) filth(y) garbage crummy stoopit --Todd (26 years ago, 15-Apr-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Yes, a number of times. Jury's still out on this one. I'll definitely play it again, but the scoring system tends to be completely incomprehensible to beginners, and what you need to emphasize seems to change dependant upon number of players (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) LOL! (...) Same here. We watched the movie in pshycology class, I got very close to PEWCing... Uch. (...) Um, well, I actually *didn't* see the ending... can you email me and tell me what happened? :-) -Shiri (26 years ago, 15-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Just in case you still haven't figured this out. (...) That is Lord of the Flies. Big Difference. (...) Ha Ha. Lord of the Rings is so ingrained into pop-culture you don't even know it. It basicly invented the current day idea of wizards, dragons, (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) but (...) OK. Knizia's games (the ones that I know at least) seem to have a fairly small ruleset by which the players manipulate stuff within a fixed space. These game/rule/logic systems have a veneer of theme pasted on. Often, even the best (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Sounds good. Can you tell more about it? For example, I consider 1830 more "abstract" than eurorails. One of the reasons I like 1830 is the stock market manipulation. What do you mean by abstract.. For flat out beer and pretzels, it's tough to (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I got a copy of the original from ebay for $2, on the grounds that I remember spending hours with it years ago. To my great dismay, it seems to _require_ a numeric keypad -- something my Libretto subnotebook lacks. :( (26 years ago, 15-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Board. It is of German origin. It's by Reiner Knizia and distributed in English in the US by Rio Grande Games. It's a fairly abstract board game, but is very very challenging. I most highly reccommend it. (...) I've played a few hundred hours (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) What, pray tell, is this? By the title, I'd adjudge it to do with railroads, but is it a PC game, a board game, or what? My faves in the RR genre: PC: Railroad Tycoon (original, strangely enough) Board: 1830 when serious, Eurorails or Iron (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Have you played Stephenson's Rocket? I can't get enough of it. Chris (26 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I didn't know trains used boogerplates... Or were you talking about Humphry Bogartplates? :) Jeff (26 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Hey, talk about bogieplates in the .trains group. ;-) --Todd (26 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I heard an NPR report about this test yesterday. They interviewed a 10th-grader who was organizing a protest against the test by having around 40 students write about a different topic than the one that was prompted in the test. The guy (...) (26 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.people)
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(...) Sheesh. I had a Mass-ACHU experience yesterday evening, but I don't know if yall want it described or not... -Tim (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 (26 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) You forgot: wet, slimey, and green :) Richard (26 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Is that where everyone sneezes at the same time? That must be gross...and loud... eww. -Tim (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 (26 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.people)
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