Mercenary Campain

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Mercenary Campain

Post by Gorchek » Tue Jan 01, 2008 1:25 pm

A while ago, I discovered a group on solo wargaming. Since I work every evenings, and I'm compleatly anti-social anyway, I found that it was perfect for me. So, I started a (slow progessing) solo campain, centered on the adventures of a small mercenary band on a world where magic and science battle one another.

You can find the images I took on my brickshelf page here:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=Gorchek

If you want to find more, I stored the battle report on the old brikwar yahoo group, in the file section. Just ignore the message, or you'll get a spam overdose.

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Post by Moronstudios » Tue Jan 01, 2008 1:58 pm

Very nice, another battle reporter
Looking for Vancouver Island players: http://www.brikwars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1194

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Post by __Nero__ » Tue Jan 01, 2008 11:59 pm

awwww I saw these while browsing brickshelf for army ideas. Very cool

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Post by picklesniffer » Wed Jan 09, 2008 10:05 pm

Not bad, I kinda like the "solo" idea.
Destruction is bliss.

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Post by piltogg » Wed Jan 09, 2008 10:23 pm

it being solo kind of ruins the ideals of the brikwars universe but it is still pretty cool.

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Post by IVhorseman » Thu Jan 10, 2008 12:26 am

solo battles are fine. in fact, they're very helpful in some regards: since the player always wins since he is both sides, he can focus on making deaths as violent as possible through teamwork! such as, army A forces all it's men into a giant tower, and then army B knocks tower over (on top of themselves), killing EVERYONE. remember: brikwars is about violence, not winning.

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Post by DarkWolf » Thu Jan 10, 2008 8:09 pm

piltogg wrote:it being solo kind of ruins the ideals of the brikwars universe but it is still pretty cool.
It doesn't kill the Brikwars mood if the nearest opponate is over two hours drive away. Which, for me, it is. I really need to make some bloody terrain, the RAA's and BBE's trigger fingers are getting itchy.
"For every battle honour, a thousand heros die alone, unsung and unremembered"
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"When in doubt, empty the magazine!"
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Post by Gorchek » Fri Jan 11, 2008 11:08 am

Also, when playing solo, you can try any rule variation you want. You also don't have to worry about the battle being cut short because your opposition needs to leave before the end.

Of course, it's not something everyone enjoys. But if anyone want to try it, I recommend looking up the "introduction to solo wargaming", by Bob "Seur d'Armadilleaux", on the solowargaming yahoo group.

http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/SoloWarGame

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Post by doodstormer » Fri Jan 11, 2008 11:22 am

piltogg wrote:it being solo kind of ruins the ideals of the brikwars universe but it is still pretty cool.
Ideals? BrikWars has IDEALS? THAT'S something new.

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Post by Rayhawk » Fri Jan 11, 2008 12:40 pm

doodstormer wrote:
piltogg wrote:it being solo kind of ruins the ideals of the brikwars universe but it is still pretty cool.
Ideals? BrikWars has IDEALS? THAT'S something new.
Of course it has ideals! ... so that the players can CRUSH THEM.

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Post by picklesniffer » Fri Jan 11, 2008 3:17 pm

IVhorseman wrote: remember: brikwars is about violence, not winning.
HAHA!
isn't it great? Its so easy to play, no complicated decisions.

"Do I flank the opposing army or charge them while leaving half my forces behind to defend...

aw, screw it I'm just gonna blow everyone up!"
Destruction is bliss.

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Post by Bonn-o-Tron » Fri Jan 11, 2008 4:14 pm

Damn, I should consider conducting my own solo campaign, seeing as how I have no one to play with T_T
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Post by doodstormer » Sat Jan 12, 2008 12:49 am

Bonn-o-Tron wrote:Damn, I should consider conducting my own solo campaign, seeing as how I have no one to play with T_T
I always have... no one. no one but steve...
Steve is evil. He kills people but no one can see him... bad steve.
At least he plays BrikWars. :)

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YEH

Post by samuel » Sun Jan 27, 2008 9:03 am

i don't th ink playing solo isn't as fun. but yeh a very cool idea i may try it. :D

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Post by ninkybob » Sun Jan 27, 2008 6:27 pm

If nothing else, solo helps one learn and remember the rules.
nd by the way, nice reports.

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