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Subject:	Re: November 18th Brikwars, Medieval Style
Newsgroups:	lugnet.org.us.nelug
Date:	Mon, 6 Nov 2000 16:55:12 GMT
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Gah. Slings. You'll note, if you read BW2000 carefully, that slings with stones are hands-down the best weapon in the game. Well, that is, if you're more concerned about point expenditure vs. effectiveness than you are about style, anyway... and of course, being a gamer, I am that occasionally. More to the point, my good friend Neil (you know, the guy who isn't *really* a LEGO guy who has been at the two previous BrikWars events) is a gamer, and he noticed this. Why, do you ask, are slings so good? Well, they do as much damage as a sword, at range. Not *just* at range, either- at throwing range. But not just throwing range! Oh, no! Slings effectively DOUBLE the 'fig's power for purposes of throwing... and there's a certain incident with a certain Ninja on top of a certain roof with a grenade that might give a decent example of throwing range... and that was without a sling. So. Neil sent some mail back and forth with the Great Sage, the Divine One, Mike Rayhawk, and suggested a fix- instead of *doubling* the 'fig's power, Slings add +1 to the 'fig's power for throwing. Mike gave it a nod (although apparently eventually hes looking to change around the Throwing rules) and Neil asked me to post here on Lugnet to ask that we all use this rule for the upcoming game, out of a sense of sanity. Does that sound good to everyone? Bad? Indifferent? eric

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		Re: November 18th Brikwars, Medieval Style
(...) I don't know if anyone is actually following my babbling about slings, but I have to correct the above. This is from email that went back and forth between Neil and Mike Rayhawk, and is the Final Word on what is going to happen with Throwing (...) (24 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)

		Re: November 18th Brikwars, Medieval Style
(...) Gah, slings! Neil is absolutely right of course, the slings (and the Throwing Things rules) are way unbalanced. Over e-mail he and I argued the matter back and forth and came up with the following revisions: Throwing Things: ---...--- The old (...) (24 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.gaming)

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		Re: November 18th Brikwars, Medieval Style
(...) Right. TL2 or lower, and this is as good a time as any to say that we kind revised the point totals down to about 225 per person. You don't have to have 225 points, but try not to exceed that amount by too much (and try to have your army (...) (24 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.gaming)

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