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(...) The best thing about bags of pretzels is the big pile of salt that's always left after the pretzels are gone. :) The only purpose of pretzels is to hold up the salt. Steve (26 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Scott, you know what it is for? it is to skewer the parent who _sells_ the lego that the kid has 'outgrown' :) (just thinking of all the horror stories of D&D from when I was a kid...) James P (26 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I do too. And I agree that 18xx is fully an economic game. (...) Have you seen the new version? I just picked it up Saturday morning. It's pretty. The game doesn't need to be pretty, but it is nicer. Chris (26 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Iron Dragon (was: Re: Stephenson's Rocket)
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(...) This may be old news, but I just discovered that Iron Dragon is being created as a PC game. See (URL) for a few details. Chris (26 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Floppies are cool! (was: Re: Finding a useful digital camera)
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(...) Blyeachh, I hate mustard! Big fan of melted cheese over pretzels, though. :) (...) I can understand it, 'cause my salt needs differ from day to day, but I always want at least a leeeetle bit of big rocksalt on my pretzels. At my last job, we'd (...) (26 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Floppies are cool! (was: Re: Finding a useful digital camera)
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(...) You must mean minus mustard also, right? I heard about that again last night. I thought you were on my side of that issue. How quickly they turn! eric (26 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) This coming from a guy who eats soft pretzels sans salt. Yagh! :-) --Todd (26 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Interestingly, the computer version of 1830 sold me on the real board game. I had played 1829, but when 1830 first came out, I passed on it because I thought the smaller board would make the game less interesting. Definitely not so. (...) I (...) (26 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) That settles it. You're completely insane. eric (26 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: How does one become a "Guild of Bricksmiths(tm)" member?
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(...) Are you sure that's L3P? I don't think so. Look at the control stick on the top, for example. An L3P'd version of this would have visible polygons, I think. Or is the scale too small for the polygons to be visible? And what about that small (...) (26 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: PCisms (was :Re: Yet Another Episode 1 Question)
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(...) seeing (...) Point taken, that isn't the greatest construct, is it? Can you offer a rewrite that conveys the desired meaning (there may be things that you find offensive out there, and if you encounter them, you might indeed be offended by (...) (26 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: A good use for Jar Jar figs.
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(...) Is it not nifty? BTW, Sproat, thanks for exposing me to Sluggy. My life has never been the same. :) Steve (26 years ago, 16-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: How does one become a "Guild of Bricksmiths(tm)" member?
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(...) Similar, but not quite. The again, some details on mine were inspired by another that I saw, I think... The other models are pretty nice. This render was especially nice: (URL) James Ernest is not only a fan of LEGO, but a fan of L3P too. (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Mike, you have a copy to sell cheap? (...) Your review in general, and this paragraph in specific makes it sound like it's worth a try. <Lionel Trans Con PC game> (...) Yeah! I hate the teaching of incorrect stuff. That's really irresponsible (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Well, actually 8 studs wide and 24 studs long :) (URL)I have a Caddy at: (...) --Bram (26 years ago, 15-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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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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| | Re: How does one become a "Guild of Bricksmiths(tm)" member?
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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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| | newsgroup-friendly pejoratives (was: Re: A LEGO Movie?)
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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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