First Write-Up: BrikWars

Drumroll, please! Here it is, the first game write up I’ve done!

BrikWars

http://www.brikwars.com/

It has to be the most insanly fun game I’ve ever played. You are not going to believe me, or will laugh wen I say that this is a LEGO Miniature Game. Think Warhammer 40k, but with LEGOs… and better. For two reasons. One, it’s cheapter. Think of it this way. You only need 1 (though 10 is a good amount) minifig per team, armed with only one weapon. That’s about $0.20, if that. Now, just read the rulebook (located here), grab a six-sided and a ten-sided die, and start maniacly killing minifigs! Well, OK, not maniacly killing. More like, ’sending to their utter yet funny doom(s)’… Two, it can support anything you do. Made a creature/vehicle? Great, here’s how to calculate the stats for it. Got a weapon? Great, here’s the stats for it. Everything and everything is considered in this game.

Anyway, it’s got great game mechanics. The average minfig (without any armor) will die after one attack of 4 damage or more. Close-Combat (CC) weapons deal anywhere from 1d6-2 (Random Junk/Improvised weapon, like the butt of a rifle or a rock) to 1d6+2 (Two-Handed weapon, like one of those old gigantic medieval axes). Heros can take 2d6 damage, and can do stuff like Indiana Jones or Arnold S. could on a whim. Ranged weapons deal anywhere from 1d6-2 (Random Junk/Improvised Thrown weapon, like a rock) to 1d6+1 (Long-Ranged weapon, like a modern rifle). Characters move from 4″ to 2′ in this game, generally about 5.5″ though.

There are unlimited possibilities, and is something everybody should try out. I mean, come on, A) it’s free and B) it’s LEGOs… what’s not to like?\

Overall*: 8.5
Mechanics: 9.4
Playability: 8.0
Time Taken: 8.3

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*Not an average

I Bring News

Once again, it’s been a while. So there’s a lot of stuff to update in this.

First off, the Texas Hold ‘Em tournament I mentioned…. made it to the 270s… no prize, but still a good ways in, especially with an initial count of about 2000 contestants. After losing so much money I was in the $200s, there was a beautiful hand where I got a Full House, Fours full Aces. It was nice, and got me onto a streak that left me at about $5000. But I lost it all over the next hour or so, and, well, that’s that.

Afterwards, I went on a camping trip with my uncle and family. It was a canoe trip, actually. Anyway, we headed up with all of our gear up to Cumberland, Maryland on Sunday and started the 60 mile trip down the Potomac, to end at Hancock. Sunday, due to the fact that we had a hard time finding the campsites along the way, we went about 9 miles instead of the 4 the two adults had planned. Along the way, we had some fun swimming, swatting deerflies, seeing deer, and (coolest of all) five bald eagles, one of which was actually mature with the white head & tail. On Friday we beached the canoes at Hancock, and headed home. Let me tell you, the carseats felt like a featherbed after sleeping on a blow-up pad that was either too deflated to protect you from the rocks and such, or it was so well blown up it was like sleeping on a rock.

So now we’re home again. After going on the computer again, this time to check up on stuff, I stumbled upon a Private Message on AAO Tracker… from this guy called {AO}Diablo. He offers me a position in his clan. I go and check out his forums. They’re pretty cool, so I’m like ‘yeah, sure. Sounds cool.’ And next thing I know, in AA I’m now {AO}kidko. It’s a good clan, with plenty of active members, a TS server, and a nice site. So if you need a clan, I beleive we are recruiting.

There you go. Total update. Also have a write up of a game coming up, but I’m not going to spoil the surprise…