Sets

Post by **ColourSchemer** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 10:37 pm

OneEye589 wrote: I have been thinking about a neat thing that they could do at LUGs. They sometimes have events where everyone buys the same set and has to build something out of it. They could take that and make it into a kind of "booster draft" idea like they have with card games and collectible miniature games. There's a stockpile of impulse sets and $10 sets, everyone pays $30 or so and they get two $10 sets and a few impulse sets to make an army out of. Then they play Quikwars.

Clearly you've never heard of LEGO set drafts, which LUGS and AFOLs do quite often.

Basically, everybody brings the same set, pops them open, sorts them into same-piece lots, and then everyone takes turns selecting a lot. Not everyone gets the same quantity of pieces, but usually everyone gets more out of it than with one set. Multiples of the same part are usually more useful.

Post by **ColourSchemer** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 10:42 pm

I thought of an interesting way to build up armies. Here's how it would go:

A group of folks would agree to participate, and post an image of a trooper they would like multiples of. This would work best if participants all use a different color armies. Everyone would try to build one of each person's trooper. Then everybody would mail a trooper to the appropriate participant.

Basically, I'll trade you one of your troops for one of mine. And so will Jim and Fred. So that each person only has to be able to make one of each type of trooper, but the army general would get 4-10 more of his army's trooper.

There's the cost of shipping a minifig to 4-10 other people, but if US only, wouldn't be too expensive.

Post by **OneEye589** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 10:47 pm

ColourSchemer wrote:
OneEye589 wrote: I have been thinking about a neat thing that they could do at LUGs. They sometimes have events where everyone buys the same set and has to build something out of it. They could take that and make it into a kind of "booster draft" idea like they have with card games and collectible miniature games. There's a stockpile of impulse sets and $10 sets, everyone pays $30 or so and they get two $10 sets and a few impulse sets to make an army out of. Then they play Quikwars.
Clearly you've never heard of LEGO set drafts, which LUGS and AFOLs do quite often.

Yes I have. Clearly you didn't know that after doing these drafts they do not play Brikwars.

The entire reason this thread was made was about the best way of making Brikwars armies. Using battlepacks in a booster-draft type way would allow plenty of people to play Brikwars together and build up everyone's army in equal shares.

Post by **dilanski** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 8:58 am

OneEye589 wrote:For building a big army quick battle packs and impulse sets are the way to go. Just get a few battle packs and a few impulse sets and you should be ready to go. Then just get a large vehicle set and there's your main unit (and it usually comes with a special character which would then be your hero).

Also, any $10 non-battlepack usually comes with good guys and bad guys (Indiana Jones, pirates, Power Miners) which would let you build up two armies.

I have been thinking about a neat thing that they could do at LUGs. They sometimes have events where everyone buys the same set and has to build something out of it. They could take that and make it into a kind of "booster draft" idea like they have with card games and collectible miniature games. There's a stockpile of impulse sets and $10 sets, everyone pays $30 or so and they get two $10 sets and a few impulse sets to make an army out of. Then they play Quikwars.

do you mean like yu-gi-oh starter decks but instesd armies for brickwar

Post by **OneEye589** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 9:29 am

I don't know how they do it with Yu-Gi-Oh, but I did a couple booster drafts with Magic: The Gathering. They gave you 3 booster packs and you opened the first one and took out one card. Then you'd pass it to your left and take another from the one that was handed to you from your neighbor. Continue to do this with all the booster packs and then get the mana you need and you have a tournament right there with your new deck.

For Legos you wouldn't have to pass it though, you just choose some things out of a pile and you get what you get.

Post by **ColourSchemer** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 3:02 pm

OneEye589 wrote: Yes I have. Clearly you didn't know that after doing these drafts they do not play Brikwars.

Who says? I've seen that done at least once. They were two separate activities...

OneEye589 wrote: The entire reason this thread was made was about the best way of making Brikwars armies. Using battlepacks in a booster-draft type way would allow plenty of people to play Brikwars together and build up everyone's army in equal shares.

Despite your snark, I did indeed miss the point, being completely ignorant of how booster-pack drafts tie DIRECTLY into the playing of the game.

The inclusion of good guys and bad guys in one set (Castle, Agents, Space Police) makes the possibility of building armies via set draft much better.

Post by **OneEye589** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 4:48 pm

Yea, that was my point. The drafts I have seen in LUGs were the ones where you receive all of one piece. It would suck to make an army full of slope pieces.

Post by **Almighty Benny** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 7:13 pm

lol