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(...) While the enthusiasm is not only commendable but admirable, I fear that an 18th-C. pyrate going after a steel, steam- powered freighter would be sort of like going after the setting moon. On the other hand, the black bows from River Expedition (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Let's not forget the Naboo Fighter with its two Light Gray "cutter bows" and plates as well as one yellow...shoot now I don't know what to all it by it's the plat the rises 45* off the bow. Kinda a bow plat with the bottom cut out. It's used (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) I definitely hope that Brickfest 2001 will be in a 24hr venue. If not, I'm going to plead pretty strongly for a lockable room for the Pirate Game so we can set up and get started Friday night. I also hope we can find a way to do a Piratefest, (...) (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Although didn't early steamships sometimes go slower than a good trim sailing ship? (...) Those would of course do a very good job of keeping the pirates at bay. Much more accurate, much longer range, and much higher rate of fire. (...) I need (...) (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Yep--the paddle-wheelers, at any rate. However, until they were largely out of the 'overlap zone,' most steamers still carried a rig--the speed issue is why the Navy was very late in adopting steam propulsion as a standard, and even then only (...) (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) At the *very* least. And then, even if we stop for the evening, we can still play with pirate ships (always important). (...) Where is that held? People say the Silent Death rules are good, but alas, I have no experience with them. If you have (...) (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.gaming)
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(...) Oops, I had meant to mention where Trinocon is held... Sometimes I think faster than I type. Trinocon is (was) held in Durham North Carolina. (...) Definitely a signup before hand will be good. It will make things run much smoother if we know (...) (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.gaming)
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(...) Was? It's not annual? (...) You bet! I also managed to pick up a couple of 6543s today--so I have red cutter bows as well. I'd be happy to ref, but of course I do want to *kill* things. arrr, LFB (24 years ago, 28-Oct-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.gaming)
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(...) Well, it's not annual until the 2nd one happens.... (...) I need to process my (3) 6543s, build one for my town and a couple cutters for the pirate game (well, one pair of red bow bricks might get used with a pair of black bow bricks for my (...) (24 years ago, 28-Oct-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.gaming)
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