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(...) I built a bireme recently. I got some good information from the Trireme Trust web page (easy to find, hard to load.) They are the folks who crew the Olympias, shown in color on that page. But I had no access to anything like all those (...) (23 years ago, 8-Nov-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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Holy cow is this a good site! I entered "bireme pictures" in google and got my socks knocked off: (URL) was lookin' for pictures (and got 'em), and got buried under an avalanch of information about anything that resembled a boat from 2600 BC to 16 (...) (23 years ago, 8-Nov-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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Mr. Jackson, I believe I have an idea that may help. Bear in mind, this is a new face, first post, longtime lurker. My idea: when new players show up, give them command some of the GM (legitimate military-"soldiers," if you will-- EG Imperial (...) (23 years ago, 8-Nov-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) I'm sure Steve is delighted at 6290/6290--more hulls, even if they're not the good brown kind. And, of course, MORE PIRATE DUDES! (...) It seemed to work well, even when Larry was busy shooting at seagulls and guano (long story). The upgrade (...) (23 years ago, 7-Nov-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Well... (yea I know, I'm sure you're busy putting out all those nifty products which actually bring in the bucks to let you buy more LEGO...). (...) What neat stuff? I haven't checked your website lately... (...) One thing I haven't had to (...) (23 years ago, 6-Nov-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Hi Steve, Yes please do! :) I was just recently reading through all you have on your Pirate game site (actually still have a bit more to read through, which is why I haven't written yet). I'd love to host a game once I get a better (...) (23 years ago, 6-Nov-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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Yep, it still takes too long :-) Every time I play it I knock more corners off and it goes a bit faster, but it's been more than a year since I *wrote those changes down* . . . I have to do that . . . especially with some of what's coming up next (...) (23 years ago, 6-Nov-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Turns still took too long to process. The time to battle it out is also significant (perhaps for the campaign game, two shots should be taken per turn?). Going to port took too long. Running NPC ships took too long A 2nd GM would help a lot. (...) (23 years ago, 5-Nov-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) OK, so what have you been coming up with? Where does the problem lie? Is it just in the time it takes to battle it out? Or does the going to port and transacting cause much of the problem? (...) Agreed. It's even the more interesting part to (...) (23 years ago, 5-Nov-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) In Steve Jackson terms: Class 8 (wide, 4 midsections): 0 Class 7 (wide, 3 midsections): 3 Class 6 (wide, 2 midsections): 4 Class 5 (narrow, 3 midsections): 0 Class 4 (wide, 1 midsections): 1 Class 4 (narrow, 2 midsections): 2 Class 3 (narrow, (...) (23 years ago, 5-Nov-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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Hello Klaas, (...) Tons! :) (...) Whoops, I knew I said something stupid. I'll shut my scurvy lips up. (...) Where are those times, when Pirates' boxes were colorful and with that lovely "Legoland" stripe in the corner... :( I'm blessing myself I (...) (23 years ago, 5-Nov-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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I would be up for coming down to play, I drive down to DC area like once a month or more anyway... I haven't seen my own collection for a couple months now though :( i moved out of the house where it is... at last count i was up to something like 2 (...) (23 years ago, 5-Nov-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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Unavailable in Europe?? How many truckloads do you want me to send? At the recently held EuropeLegoWord2001 event/exhibition these ships where piled up high! At least, the first and second day. Greetings to all from Klaas(thegreenman) / The (...) (23 years ago, 5-Nov-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) No, I wasn't laughing at you, not at all. I was just making a pun--a highly developed lowbrow art form in English in particular, because we take our words from so many different languages. My favorite Polish term is "packzi." Mmmmmm! (Poles do (...) (23 years ago, 4-Nov-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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Hello Josiah, (...) Yep, I've checked in the dictionary... Well, Mr Braun, you shouldn't laugh at poor little guy, who don't speak English as good as you do ;) Bye, (23 years ago, 4-Nov-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) So far we've been playing the campaign game variant where folks start with a cutter. I've been doing some thinking about how to start with larger ships or get them into play faster. I like the additional role playing of the campaign game, but (...) (23 years ago, 4-Nov-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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No-- sadly I wasn't able to attend BrickFest. I've been lurking in the shadows for a few years now, but most of that time was spent overseas in Japan. While an excellent opportunity to build my collection, it was a bit of a drawback in terms of (...) (23 years ago, 4-Nov-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Well, we could try and find a place to play down here... If I didn't bring a lot of the other stuff, I could probably bring all the ships I would be likely to build. I've also thought about renting a minivan for the trip, especially if someone (...) (23 years ago, 4-Nov-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) But what good is building all those ships if you can't get them all into your car? :) (...) I'm game. I'm kind of glad we didn't do it this fall, because this is the semester from Hades too. I expect that spring will be a lot better--or even (...) (23 years ago, 4-Nov-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Yeah, well, the parrot tells it better, but he's busy doing shoe commercials. heh LFB (23 years ago, 4-Nov-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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