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(...) I'm no expert, but I think that scouts were used, but not as targeting agents - just to scout out enemy movements etc. :) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) Well one other flaw to last game (heres my chance to be a sore winner?) was the use of scouts to target catapults. This gave their catapults such accuracy that they could target individual soldiers with them and hit almost every time. While (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) I didn't. Shaun's just a wimp :) In our last game, they had a tree fort on top of a nearly vertical rock, which we would have to scale with regular troops. However, we decided that this could be overcome because ninjas could scale vertical (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) ROFL! you know... some of those cyber slam sets have big one piece scorpions in them... :) ps: why would you ever have anything "sans ninja"?! (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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Yah what Dave said. We were actually 2 different meetings at once. One for end of July (the 31st is official) and one for the end of August when Dan and Jen are in town (No decision yet). So Shaun, you are confused, Jen is confused, I am confused, (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) T3: Willamy (...) Must resist! Temptation too strong!... Losing conjugational capabilities... Must... not... buy... crap... DaveE (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) You're doomed. We even found uses for the Belville fairies in Brickwars... Dan wants a "troll" army. Just have to rip their wings off :) (URL) not forget the Dino riders from Duplo too :) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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Alright, I know we said we wanted more quasi-serious Brikwars games of TL2 (I.E. sans ninjas, magic rules, etc), but I have to admit, I've decided I really love technic figs. I want to use them. I got two <set:8300 8300's (Tech Team)> at Brickfest, (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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nope, sorry the 31st is one of the 2 important dates i need to be on cape for. My Folk's anniversary *and* my stepfather's 40th birthday (same day, the other thing is a wedding reception, the wedding was 2 weeks ago, you figure it out) so, no... but (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) Umm... which 31st? :) I think originally we were talking about a July 31st/Aug 1st meeting, and then Jen & Dan said they'd be up towards the end of August-- meaning that I actually screwed up when suggesting the 26th, 30th, 1st, and 2nd as (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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Sooo...ooo, Did we ever come to a consensus (oh, those work-related meetings do rub off, don't they?) on what date we'll be next meeting? Eric had mentioned the 31st, as it was the best date for Jorge, which is fine for me ... but if I remember (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) Just wait 'til your close-up vision goes and you are no longer willing to expend what's left on painting figs. :-) Bruce (alas, been there, done that) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) Heh. (...) Well, those are decent reasons. I mean, we might get *some* new members as a result of demo'ing BrikWars at a gaming convention- but I think the result that most gamers would walk away with would be "BrikWars is a cool game, and (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) see (...) (after (...) Thinking about what you said, I think I agreee. I've been thinking about gaming at cons from the perspective of the Pirate Game which is a different animal from Brikwars. Brikwars can be enjoyed by two people using a (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) I had a mind to say it but now you did so I don't have to :-). (...) I do. (...) Yah I can't see a gaming store letting us take up time and space for something they can't sell people (well maybe some flashy dice but I doubt many hard core (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) combined :D (...) Yeah. It's just that a gaming convention isn't the best place to do it. I've been to gaming conventions... trust me on this one. Slightly better would be something Neil brought up a while back, which is the possibility of (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) at a (...) You are so unfriendly... I am so hurt ;-( (NOT!). Thats fine I don't mind keeping it to ourselves. I think that Eric J. probably knows more about gaming than most of the rest of us and he didn't think it was a great idea either so (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) yeah, I hate to sound unfriendly, but I kinda like it being us heavy-duty LEGO-heads. I still think of BW as an excuse to build with LEGO more than a game that uses LEGO.. glad you thought of it though. -Suz (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) I guess it really depends on how much we want to get BrikWars publicity. I sincerely doubt it would do much for NELUG in general. In all honesty, I would say it would most likely be a waste of time. eric (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) a (...) I think it would be a good idea. I've thought about trying to do the Pirate Game at our local SF con (I actually asked about it last year). Frank (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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