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... face it ... novels. I ... themed, but ... way maybe ... I am intrigued by this comment. I would have thought it was one of the strongest themed games out...
Jonathan McCarthy
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Sep 1, 2007
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1669
Dune the Books are about personal intrigue and manipulation, not about military power. While military power is important, it is some what of a side line to the...
Colin Hunter
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Sep 2, 2007
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ok. I don't feel so bad. I never played TI. Don't even think I know anyone who has it.. I live a bit north of the boonies.. I will got to my FLGS and see if...
Howard
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Sep 2, 2007
3:55 pm
1671
Hi Colin, The Republic of Rome idea is intriguing, though you can see that ROR is essentially a nitch game. Some very good ideas but with some much chrome on...
Tom Swider
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Sep 2, 2007
4:07 pm
1672
... military power. While military power is important, it is some what of a side line to the personal conflicts. :: Just one comment. I agreed with some of...
RF
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Sep 2, 2007
4:13 pm
1673
I'd like to participate in a PBEM game of Dune. Rather than ask someone (or volunteer myself) to be a GM, it seems to me that it should be possible to write...
jaybsachs
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Sep 2, 2007
7:29 pm
1674
I'm still kicking myself, I had a chance to buy up a entire collection of someone's Dune CCG, it looked like a couple thousand cards, along with unopened...
sitko
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Sep 2, 2007
7:45 pm
1675
Jonthan Mccartney developed something like that...unsure of its latest version, check out our links pages for the Dune Emulator. ... From: jaybsachs...
sitko
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Sep 2, 2007
7:48 pm
1676
I have my friend's collection of Dune CCG cards, but I still haven't played (oh the shame ;) ). Looks pretty good. I still like the board game, but I haven't...
Colin Hunter
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Sep 2, 2007
9:10 pm
1677
I understand where you're coming from on the Puerto Rico comparison. However, I think Dune is the type of game that INVITES intrigue, manipulation, bluffing,...
RF
superfloyd24
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Sep 2, 2007
11:17 pm
1678
Russ, Birds of a feather flock together. A lot of people who prefer the Euro puzzle games like PR don't like games where you have to directly break somebody...
Tom Swider
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Sep 2, 2007
11:25 pm
1679
... Colin [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Colin Hunter
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Sep 3, 2007
2:01 am
1680
The Dune Emulator allows hotseat games or games over the internet. There is some support for PBEM but this is limited to being able to feed in a text file of...
Jonathan McCarthy
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Sep 3, 2007
8:47 am
1681
Well I think the mechanics for the BG prediction and coexistence give endless possibilities for generating intrigue. ... talking ... talking about ... all and...
Jonathan McCarthy
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Sep 3, 2007
8:52 am
1682
... I must share this quote, from the teenaged son of a gamer friend of mine. (Supply voice dripping with disdain): "Oh yes, Puerto Rico. That's the game...
Bruce Glassco
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Sep 3, 2007
5:35 pm
1683
Resource management based games often deal only with that as the mechanic with which to harm the chances of winning by other players. Denial of resources. ......
curufea
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Sep 4, 2007
3:20 pm
1684
... Heck, I'm surprised I was THAT close...I guess I always thought of your Emulator as an artistic work of equal to the White Album. ... From: Jonathan...
sitko
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Sep 4, 2007
3:21 pm
1685
I'm a member at one of the web's oldest Dune PBEM's, nd I highly recommend it. Our forum: http://www.dunepbem.com/forum/ Main Site: http://www.dunepbem.com/ ...
J. Wallick
xsyberia
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Sep 4, 2007
4:18 pm
1686
Unless of course your playing Borderlands!! ... mechanic with which to harm the chances of winning by other players. Denial of resources. ... directly ... ...
Connie Coleman
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Sep 4, 2007
5:36 pm
1687
And of course my Mechabots or "Clank Wars" game too that I'm working on :) Connie Coleman <conchadoatman@...> wrote: Unless of course your playing...
curufea
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Sep 5, 2007
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1688
Is it based on "Robo Rally" perchance? Have you seen the board game by that name? If not check it out. Pretty cool. SKeller Curufea <curufea@...> wrote:...
Stephen Keller
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Sep 5, 2007
7:00 pm
1689
I have the first edition and made 3D counters for it :) Also painted a friends 2nd ed version. However - no, it isn't really. Programing is only a minor part...
curufea
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Sep 6, 2007
1:01 pm
1690
Looks like you have a lot of work to do. I had hopes of one day finding someone who could convert Roborally into a PC game from the board game. Many hours...
Stephen Keller
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Sep 6, 2007
5:27 pm
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... I can think of at least five implementations off the top of my head. I like http://www.eyeplaygames.com the best so far, but there are a bunch of worthy ...
Jeffrey Brent McBeth
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Sep 6, 2007
8:05 pm
1692
Nice adaptation. But I am a cheap old guy and a slow internet connection. Would rather have a version that I can play solo against PC players. But I should...
Stephen Keller
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Sep 7, 2007
1:51 am
1693
All, I know we shouldn't look some "gift-posting" in the mouth, but we should attempt to get this discussion back focused on Dune, and the AH Dune Board game. ...
sitko
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Sep 7, 2007
1:53 am
1694
Such as "Bots n' Scouts" - there have been various licensing issues and with the handover to the new distributor, various amateur programs were given notice to...
curufea
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Sep 7, 2007
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1695
City should offer easier terrain, being somewhat symmetrical in nature. But Country Side allows wider verity in type. Still all in all, nice concept. SKeller ...
Stephen Keller
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Sep 7, 2007
1:56 pm
1696
Brad Johnston has kept records from the WBC since 2001 on all 70 games played there. I thought the group might be interested in some of the faction statistics....
glennmcma
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Sep 8, 2007
6:30 pm
1697
Forgive my ignorance, but I thought this was a Dune group, talking about Dune related topics...what's all this stuff about Mechabots doing here?!?! Especially,...
Connie Coleman
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