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"Todd Lehman" <tsl@tsl.bu.edu> wrote in message news:HEEBpy.B7z@lugnet.com... (...) last (...) that) (...) play. (...) I live near Sacramento, CA. Not much happens here. So far I've only had one battle, and that was with my little brother. -- (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.gaming.brikwars, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.org.glug, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.org.au, lugnet.general)
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"Todd Lehman" <tsl@tsl.bu.edu> wrote in message news:HEEBpy.B7z@lugnet.com... (...) last (...) that) (...) play. (...) I live near Sacramento, CA. Not much happens here. So far I've only had one battle, and that was with my little brother. -- (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.gaming.brikwars, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.org.glug, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.org.au, lugnet.general)
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I got to spend several hours on the road in California with Mike Rayhawk last weekend, for an informal interview of Mike about BrikWars. Except for the wind turbines and Mike refusing to pull over for me when nature called (which I *was* prepared to (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.gaming.brikwars, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.org.glug, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.org.au, lugnet.general)
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Quoting Shaun Sullivan <shaun_sullivan@irco.com>: (...) We're busy Memorial Day weekend, and June 1st weekend is some NELUG event thingy, just to keep that in mind. (...) Hmm... Well, you should certainly spec out your troops pre-game, that's for (...) (21 years ago, 1-May-03, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) I could possibly do the 10th or 11th - though I'll have to get my army back for reworking. After that, I'm out of commission for the following two weekends, and won't be available again until the last weekend in May. I hope that I'd be able to (...) (21 years ago, 1-May-03, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) Actually, I kinda think it might be fun to try, personally-- you'd get free reign for creating the "magic items" (in this game), you'd get to control neutral troops (like the goblins, etc), and other game elements like the Sword of Agot, team (...) (21 years ago, 1-May-03, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) but that requires someone who knows the rules well enough, and is willing not to play. Unless we decide to go with the "What I Say Goes" rule, which basiclly picks someone (not always the same someone, I think) to resolve conflicts... So, (...) (21 years ago, 1-May-03, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) Shaun would've been cackling in triumph-- oh the sheer joy he would've had to see that happen to a fig dressed as a Ninja :) (...) Oh, my point was basically that if you lit the flame with 12d6 damage, the *rest* of the flame isn't at the same (...) (21 years ago, 1-May-03, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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"David Eaton" <deaton@intdata.com> wrote in message news:HE68oC.123n@lugnet.com... (...) Just for the record, that was my *fig's* masculinity that was compromised... (...) they (...) works, too: (...) (miniscule (...) story. Actually, the Dragon (...) (21 years ago, 1-May-03, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) I always appreciate other options, because they let me see things that I might have over looked. In the end I usually take all the feedback I get and modify the game to try and meet as many of them as possible. I agree that losing troops is a (...) (21 years ago, 1-May-03, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.gaming)
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(...) I agree, especially for a Gaming Con where non-AFOLs will be invited to join, that it would be nice to have the players be allies versus NPC opponents. Having NELUG play the NPCs would work nicely. This creates a nice scenario where teamwork (...) (21 years ago, 1-May-03, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.gaming)
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I think the three hour time slots would work well for the game I have in mind. What I've come up with so far is a TL2 game for mulitple players broken up into three stages each consisting of three missions. Each of these missions can be done at the (...) (21 years ago, 1-May-03, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.gaming)
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(...) Well, the problem is that if you've got that same acre of oil that you're igniting with a 5000-degree blow-torch, the far corner of the acre that you're igniting (when it finally catches) isn't going to be at the same 5000-degree temperature. (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) Well the first turn of burning oil damage would be more than the rest because the oil is causing the flame to be hotter, lets say a 2d6. Then rest of the turns could just have normal 1d6 fire damage on the areas that have something to burn. We (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) Oh, I meant the magic spear that Joe picked up. The one that severely encumbered his masculinity :) (...) Yeah, we had throngs of troops waiting for that flame to go out before they were gonna make a move. Actually I think I'd retool how (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) Sweet! FYI to all, according to Jeff Lawrence (the man to-be-in-charge), here are the kinds of time slots to expect if planning a BW (or QW) game at OurCon '04: "That is yet unclear. What *I'm* pushing for is the option for 3,4 and 5 hour (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.gaming)
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(...) I'm not sure if Joe actually got anything. I picked up the spear and Dave got the scimitar, but there should still be one more special item left for the next game. (...) I should be free any weekend in May. Do we want to do it on a Saturday (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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"David Eaton" <deaton@intdata.com> wrote in message news:HE63I2.E8F@lugnet.com... <snip> (...) Actually, that's very funny. I scored him at 59 CP (which was reasonable), but he didn't have any magic. Once I saw Shaun's stats, I cave him 10 SP (30 (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) Woohoo! Can't wait to see the writeup :) [I just want to see mention of the spear that Joe managed to grab] (...) I think I'm pretty free... I have to find out what's going on for the last weekend in May (I may be busy), but otherwise I don't (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) It was originally planned to be small-scale, but I ended up way overbuilding, the game ended up taking about 8 hours. (...) I agree, a three-hour time slot is a lot more realistic. I did set aside a section at the beginning of the 2001 to (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.gaming)
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