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Re: NELUG Brikwars
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Date: 
Thu, 5 Jul 2001 18:57:02 GMT
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In lugnet.org.us.nelug, Shaun Sullivan writes:
> Eric Kingsley wrote:
> > The proposal is to have a NELUG Brikwars Tournament where we have preset
> > teams of 2 or 3 people and have a round robin turnament over the course of
> > a few weekends (probably once a month for 2 or 3 months depending on the
> > number of teams involved).  We could make the teams randomly but I would
> > prefer to let people make their own teams. [snip] How do people feel about
> > this.  Is it something you might be interested in?
> 
> It probably goes without saying, but I'm very interested :)

Ditto-- it'd be pretty cool. And as further fodder (the unthinkable)-- what
if units stayed dead? Each game is 300 CP, let's say, and you have a total
of 500 CP for the game (Assuming 4 teams, and 2 battles per team). Hence,
what you field and what you save for next time becomes a trickier play. I
dunno. Thoughts?

> There was also much discussion at our last game about future Brikwars games
> and events.  I was thrilled to hear several people throw out ideas for games
> they'd like to see happen - and in some cases, were willing to take on the
> task of bringing them to fruition!  Among the mentioned games:
> 
> (1) Another Medieval game, but sans ninjas

Definitely-- although I'd probably like to make some adjustments (like the
ninja suggestion) since we'd assumedly be going for more realism (and less
sillyness, which isn't a bad thing :) )

I think the primary problem with ninjas is spider gymnastics-- I still like
stealth-- but climbing vertical walls and leaping 2 stories up is a bit
much, as evidenced...

Also, I'll admit I think chakrums are rather unbalanced (skill by -1's seems
*way* off), scouts seem a little silly at TL<4, short bows should be better
(as should crossbows), and even though I hate to do it, I think I'd restrict
power to a max of 2.

> (2) A Superheroes game ... The stuff Justice Leagues are made of.  Each
> person gets one or two superheroes that have a great deal of love and detail
> invested, and the good vs. evil battle begins!  [anxiously awaiting new SP
> rules]

Definitely a cool idea. Oh, and while I'm going around viciously suggesting
rules: stupendous feats-- In past games we never really had anything bad
happen after losing a stupendous feat roll, which made us a lot more
hesitant to do them. I kinda like the idea of: if the opponent's die comes
up 3 or more *higher* than your roll, you not only fail the feat, but
something bad happens. If it's 1 or 2 higher, you simply fail to do the
feat. Perhaps we could engineer a scale of badness... I dunno.

> (3) The upcoming steampunk game ... ooohhhh, ahhhhhh
> (4) Wild West - aka Cowboys and [Native Americans] - aka US Cavalry and
>    Baddies
> (5) Giant Spaceship Boarding battle - in which the ships interior layout is
>    designed ahead of time, and each person is responsible for bringing a
>    section (a large baseplate, perhaps?  with rooms, furniture, equipment,
>    etc, that can be linked up via technic pegs to the neighboring units?)
> (6) WWII (again).  Both side have been building their forces, and the next
>    skirmish will see Planes, Trains, and Automobiles writ large.

I'm definitely up for these, although admittedly #5 sounds the most
appealing to me... I also love the idea of making it modular so we can all
design parts for it and arrange the ship upon arrival.

DaveE



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(...) It probably goes without saying, but I'm very interested :) There was also much discussion at our last game about future Brikwars games and events. I was thrilled to hear several people throw out ideas for games they'd like to see happen - (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)

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