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Re: Weekend of LEGO Pirate Games!
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lugnet.pirates, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug, lugnet.loc.us.nj, lugnet.games, lugnet.events
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Fri, 9 Mar 2001 00:52:19 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am in the process of organizing a weekend of playing with LEGO pirate ships
> in June.  I need to gauge interest and begin to collect commitments.  I don't
> have all the details (like a firm date) worked out yet, but here is what I do
> have.  The details contained herein are all subject to change, but I don't
> think they will change much.
> 
> Steve Jackson and Frank Filz will most likely be running games on Friday,
> Saturday, and Sunday.  There will be a great deal pirate festing going on.  The
> schedule of games is looking like: Friday evening, a battle game will be run by
> Steve to get everyone familiar with mechanics and to have a good time.
> Saturday, Frank will run a scenario campaign from morning through completion
> that evening.  Sunday, Steve will run a scenario campaign that might start
> Saturday night depending on how things go.  The games are flexible in that
> people can come and go to some extent.
> 
> It appears that we will have to charge a playing fee to pay for fun prizes and
> the acquisition of Steve Jackson from Austin, Texas.  I am looking to raise
> enough to pull this off and not charge so much that anyone who wants to play
> would have to not because of cost.  Keeping that in mind, some payment schema
> that we have discussed include: $1 per hour of play, $5 per four hour block of
> play, some per day of play fee, etc.  Please let me know how you feel about
> this.
> 
> The weekend that I'm leaning toward is 8-10 June.  This is completely flexible.
> Please send me a note if you want to participate with June weekends that are
> good and bad.  I hope to settle on a date, confirm with all the organizational
> parties, and begin taking reservations.  If you are local, that's great, and if
> not, I can help you put together travel and sleeping accommodations.  For those
> of you interested but broke, people have been known to spend the entire night
> at these parties, so if you wash well ahead of time, you might be able to
> squeak by without a real room.  I might also be able to get people who want
> room mates together to cut costs.
> 
> The location of the event is slated to take place in an empty store in a strip
> mall near my favorite local game shop in the greater Princeton, New Jersey
> area.  The game shop will be hosting a game party in the same shop, but we (and
> Steve Jackson's presence) will be the central event.  The game party includes
> lots of games, a door raffle, a never-ending supply of free pizza, and for the
> first time, a major LEGO event.
> 
> Frank will be supplying much of the fleet and all of the crew.  Each player is
> invited to bring a minifig captain for their ship.
> 
> If there are any further questions, please drop me a note and I'll try to
> answer them.  If there is anything in my current plans that you think would
> prevent you from attending, please let me know and maybe we can work something
> out.
> 
> Christopher Weeks

Is there any age limit of how can come and play, because i am fifteen and i
want to come. If we have our own fleet can we bring it? Thanks.



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  Re: Weekend of LEGO Pirate Games!
 
(...) Chris Weeks will have to answer if there are any age requirements for the event in general. For the game itself, all that is required is that players be sufficiently mature to play the game. I expect most 15 year olds would fit the bill (we (...) (26 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug, lugnet.loc.us.nj, lugnet.games, lugnet.events)

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  Weekend of LEGO Pirate Games!
 
Hi all, I am in the process of organizing a weekend of playing with LEGO pirate ships in June. I need to gauge interest and begin to collect commitments. I don't have all the details (like a firm date) worked out yet, but here is what I do have. The (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug, lugnet.loc.us.nj, lugnet.games, lugnet.events)  

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