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(...) Do we have a count of how may will be there for the meeting Monday? Do we have enough to require calling and getting the room first? I only know of about 7 that I expect will be there. We do have several things to do and talk about so I am (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| | Re: NELUG Paraphenalia Ready for Mondays meeting.
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OK I got the shirts. For those that can't wait here are pictures of each. Sorry the Polo pic is a little blurry but they all look great. Henley: (URL) those that didn't get in on this order but think they might like one now let me know because we (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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In lugnet.org.us.nelug, Joe Comeau writes: <snip> (...) I think this is close to what I was thinking. Obviously team A knows something about team B but not everything and while they know some of their weapons team B obviously isn't going to leave (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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"Eric Kingsley" <kingsley@nelug.org> wrote in message news:GFCqq1.KFs@lugnet.com... (...) to (...) the (...) pages (...) them? (...) have (...) rescue (...) attack (...) forest". (...) see, or (...) the (...) would (...) of (...) get (...) in (...) (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) OK how about this... Lets say that Team A has captured our ravishingly beautiful princes and have brought them to their stonghold. Their goal is to hold her, Team B must rescue her. Now in reality Team B would be able to see the fortress and (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) Not really. Does anyone else from Team B think it's terribly wrong of us to reveal what we've got? I don't particularly care. It makes for good planning, I suppose. But then again, I suppose I wasn't really planning to bring anything to the (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) We on Team A have a pretty solid idea of troop / fortification type. I think what we've built and the style of it are relevant to this discussion. If everyone will see our stuff on Monday anyway, and we're building a storyline now, is there (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) Well-- really what it means is like Eric J. said (and I recall saying in the past), wherein if one team is defending, the attacking team gets a bit of a bonus becuase defending a good position/item has slight advantages. My thought on (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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Hi, Richard Again. You guys sound so very technical about everything! Therefore, the best technical wargame out there is WARHAMMER(R) Check out their section on Senerion, and capturing an objective. Every thing in their games is completely balanced (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) Possibly. Part of the problem is that we've never really planned ahead in quite this much detail (picking sides, etc). A good rule of thumb for wargames like this is that an army defending a well-fortified position should get somewhere between (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) (define 'fluctuate' here?) This sounds like what I was hoping for. though it would seem that you ought not to know where *all* our men are. what if each team started with duplicate maps of the environment and some indication of important (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) I'm certainly up for it... of course I'll also take that to mean that we'll fluctuate what troops & weapons we field depending on your inital positioning. (...) It's certainly different than most of the games we've had in the past-- I've often (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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Message also posted to the NELUG mailing list. For those that ordered NELUG shirts I will be picking them up either tomorrow on on Monday depending on my schedule so I will have them for the meeting on Monday. So if you ordered and are on the fence (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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"David Eaton" <deaton@intdata.com> wrote in message news:GFACM0.3L1@lugnet.com... (...) If (...) showing (...) be (...) but if (...) Kind (...) Damn, Suz, you win. They AREN'T as slow as I thought. (...) talking (...) capture? (...) Of course, we (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) [just to repeat Jorge...] (...) We've done between 2 and 4 teams, and between 5? and 8 people. (...) Here's where time gets to be the issue. As Jorge said, we've got (for the present game) between 200 and 300 points per participant, which (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) There are 2 sides with 3 people per side so far, waiting for more people to join. (...) As many troops as 300 CP's per person can buy (Is this correct English?) (...) We're mostly in Massachusetts, but we have people from New Hampshire coming (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) Yeah, I like the idea-- however just to make the distinction, are we talking about a 1-sided capture the flag, or will each team have a prize to capture? I guess the problem being that it adds definite advantages to the team protecting the (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) Are you asking yourself? I could have sworn that you were Team A and we were Team B... Lets see... Ahhh here it is. Yes you are on Team A (URL) tried to make this as simple as possible knowing the limited intellect of Team A but obviously I (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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"Joe Comeau" <jcomea@ctp.com> wrote in message news:GF0ynJ.JC8@lugnet.com... (...) Hey Team A, you know what would make this game even more interesteing? If you guys needed to take something from us, like a grail or parchment showing that you really (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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Just a few questions: How many factions are involved in each battle? (It sounds like there at least three sides with two people per side) How many troops per side? Where in New England are you? Mayhap I may visit you this summer… If I bring just 500 (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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