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Re: Weekend of LEGO Pirate Games!
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lugnet.pirates, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug, lugnet.loc.us.nj, lugnet.games, lugnet.events
Date: 
Fri, 9 Mar 2001 00:52:44 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am in the process of organizing a weekend of playing with LEGO pirate ships
> in June.  I need to gauge interest and begin to collect commitments.  I don't
> have all the details (like a firm date) worked out yet, but here is what I do
> have.  The details contained herein are all subject to change, but I don't
> think they will change much.
> 
> Steve Jackson and Frank Filz will most likely be running games on Friday,
> Saturday, and Sunday.  There will be a great deal pirate festing going on.  The
> schedule of games is looking like: Friday evening, a battle game will be run by
> Steve to get everyone familiar with mechanics and to have a good time.
> Saturday, Frank will run a scenario campaign from morning through completion
> that evening.  Sunday, Steve will run a scenario campaign that might start
> Saturday night depending on how things go.  The games are flexible in that
> people can come and go to some extent.
> 
> It appears that we will have to charge a playing fee to pay for fun prizes and
> the acquisition of Steve Jackson from Austin, Texas.  I am looking to raise
> enough to pull this off and not charge so much that anyone who wants to play
> would have to not because of cost.  Keeping that in mind, some payment schema
> that we have discussed include: $1 per hour of play, $5 per four hour block of
> play, some per day of play fee, etc.  Please let me know how you feel about
> this.
> 
> The weekend that I'm leaning toward is 8-10 June.  This is completely flexible.
> Please send me a note if you want to participate with June weekends that are
> good and bad.  I hope to settle on a date, confirm with all the organizational
> parties, and begin taking reservations.  If you are local, that's great, and if
> not, I can help you put together travel and sleeping accommodations.  For those
> of you interested but broke, people have been known to spend the entire night
> at these parties, so if you wash well ahead of time, you might be able to
> squeak by without a real room.  I might also be able to get people who want
> room mates together to cut costs.
> 
> The location of the event is slated to take place in an empty store in a strip
> mall near my favorite local game shop in the greater Princeton, New Jersey
> area.  The game shop will be hosting a game party in the same shop, but we (and
> Steve Jackson's presence) will be the central event.  The game party includes
> lots of games, a door raffle, a never-ending supply of free pizza, and for the
> first time, a major LEGO event.
> 
> Frank will be supplying much of the fleet and all of the crew.  Each player is
> invited to bring a minifig captain for their ship.
> 
> If there are any further questions, please drop me a note and I'll try to
> answer them.  If there is anything in my current plans that you think would
> prevent you from attending, please let me know and maybe we can work something
> out.
> 
> Christopher Weeks

Is there any age limit of who can come and play, because i am 15 and i want
to come. If we have our own fleet can we bring it? Thanks.



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  Weekend of LEGO Pirate Games!
 
Hi all, I am in the process of organizing a weekend of playing with LEGO pirate ships in June. I need to gauge interest and begin to collect commitments. I don't have all the details (like a firm date) worked out yet, but here is what I do have. The (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug, lugnet.loc.us.nj, lugnet.games, lugnet.events)  

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