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Re: Pirate Game Question
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lugnet.pirates
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Fri, 8 Jun 2001 03:44:04 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Roy Riggs writes:
> I have a question for you fellow pirate game players. When building
> custom ships, do you let everyone just make whatever they want,
> irregardless of reality? Case in point, my friend likes to put all of
> his cannons mounted onto those swivel bases. So while at any given
> time you only have half your guns pointed towards him, he's swivelled
> all his cannons to bear on you..
It's definitely governed by the rules of the Game. Frank
(who's already chimed in) is the one to ask, as he's had
it clarified by the Great Evil Creator. But to be honest,
I really think swivel cannon ought to be done away with, save
for small culverins or murderers. I'm not aware of too
many cases where full-size cannon were put on swivels before
the mid-1800s.
Ah, and you must be from the northeastern US, the only
place where people seem to believe that "irregardless" is a
word. ;) </grammarcop>
best
LFB
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| (...) Although I should point out that I may handle the broadsides cannon differently. But then I've never been shy about changing rules (my game design hobby started only slightly after my gaming hobby - I remember designing alternate boards for (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jun-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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| I have a question for you fellow pirate game players. When building custom ships, do you let everyone just make whatever they want, irregardless of reality? Case in point, my friend likes to put all of his cannons mounted onto those swivel bases. So (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jun-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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