[ANNOUNCE] [F] Final Countdown to Bristol MEGameet 29-31st May
MEG
Those sketchy details are now becoming much clearer as we draw closer to
the event.
The meet starts at 2pm on 29th in the Mill House Restaurant in Emersons
Green,Bristol. Actually, I'm starting the meet on the evening of the
26th when I bag myself a Rocky Frisco somewhere near Birmingham. But the
official bit starts on Saturday, runs through the whole of Sunday and
tails off on the Monday.
Saturday is meet, chat, eat, play, (possibly) drink, go home, chat,
sing, sleep.
Sunday is breakfast, shopping, prepare picnic, go to park, play, race,
paint, cook, eat, raffle, sing, go home, chat, (possibly) drink, sleep.
Monday is wake, go to sleep, wake again, do something.
As hinted above, we are honoured by a visit from Rocky (all the way from
Oklahoma) who will be stopping over for the duration and bit more. He
would like to meet lots more Terry Pratchett fans and re-meet those he
already knows.
Mark Datko has mailed me a great song-sheet which might come in handy
over the weekend. There are some wonderful filks in there which have
been penned by the talented people on afp/abp. I have put a copy on the
web-site in case you'd like to get some practice in :o)
http://www.djelibeybi.free-online.co.uk/pratchett/meets/bristol_may.htm
I have updated the pages to reflect the latest details. Using the above
link will give you information about how to get there, accommodation,
the events on different days and details about the raffle. First prize
in the raffle will be Clarecraft's Teppic (retired). Elton has also
promised the donation of a prize from Clarecraft and proceeds will go to
the Orang-utan Foundation.
If anyone requires further details, or has difficulty accessing the
information via their browser, please mail me at
M...@djelibeybi.idps.co.uk
Finally, thank you to those people who pointed me in the direction of
Arachnophilia recently (you know who you are). I have spent many happy
hours over the last few days learning how to use it and I am now
completely cured of M$Word. I promise never to do it again. All I have
to do now is put some stuff on the "other" pages. Maybe I'll wait 'til
after Rocky leaves.
Be seeing you
- - MEG
- --
"Something's boding, just like I said. Bode, bode, bode."
"..the first son-of-a-bitch that says "hobbit" is a dead
man.." - Peter Trayne
"Lack of exclamation marks - the sure sign of a deceased mind."
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Karen Hanna Kruzycka
<Blac...@unseen.free-online.co.uk> wrote:
[stuff about the Whitsun meet]
*bounce* *frolic*
Eiter as a warning or an appetite-whetter (depending on your POV), I
will attempt to bring the following unless MEG, whose Word is Law,
tells me not to:
Twister
Trivial Pursuit
Ker-plunk!
Ultimate Jenga
Any other game which seems like a good idea
...and of course, a My Little Bursar (batteries not included).
See you there! :o)
Karen
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MEG
<37464258...@news.lspace.org>...
>On 19 May 1999 18:56:15 +0100, "MEG"
>[stuff about the Whitsun meet]
>*bounce* *frolic*
>Eiter as a warning or an appetite-whetter (depending on your POV), I
>will attempt to bring the following unless MEG, whose Word is Law,
>tells me not to:
>Twister
>Trivial Pursuit
>Ker-plunk!
>Ultimate Jenga
>Any other game which seems like a good idea
>...and of course, a My Little Bursar (batteries not included).
This is wonderful. One of those things that completely slipped my mind.
I have to wonder though... (why) is there no Discworld board game yet
available?
No party-type games? I would have thought that Discopoly would be easy
to create.
Mr Briggs? Where are you?
If anyone would like to add to this selection, please feel free. The
only thing to remember is that children will be present so "Strip Mr
Onion" will have to wait until they're tucked up <g>.
See you there.
- MEG
--
"Something's boding, just like I said. Bode, bode, bode."
"..the first son-of-a-bitch that says "hobbit" is a dead
man.." - Peter Trayne ôżô
Thomas Johnson
>I have to wonder though... (why) is there no Discworld board game yet
>available?
I think some-one should really get round to making an Ankh-Morpork Monopoly,
maybe when my exams are over I'll start thinking about it...
Thomas Johnson
Son of Pedro
wrote:
>
>I think some-one should really get round to making an Ankh-Morpork Monopoly,
>maybe when my exams are over I'll start thinking about it...
^^^^^
Aaarrrggghhhh!!!!!!!
<fx: run away screaming>
Gareth
--
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need wages." - Wyrd Sisters
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Paul E. Jamison
>
> I think some-one should really get round to making an Ankh-Morpork Monopoly,
> maybe when my exams are over I'll start thinking about it...
>
Sounds like an interesting idea. One would have to do some fundamental changes
to the traditional rules, tho. A monetary transaction in Monopoly usually tends
to be an *honest* one. And you'd have to integrate arson into the usual buying
and selling and renting of hotels and the like.
Still, it could probably be done.
Paul E. Jamison, Esq.
--
"So this Vorlon says to me, 'Never ask that question!' And I go, I says,
'IT'S THE ONLY QUESTION I'VE GOT, BABY!!"
- The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs Space Stations at Midnight
Sorcha
>
> Thomas Johnson wrote:
>
> >
> > I think some-one should really get round to making an Ankh-Morpork Monopoly,
> > maybe when my exams are over I'll start thinking about it...
> >
>
> Sounds like an interesting idea. One would have to do some fundamental changes
> to the traditional rules, tho. A monetary transaction in Monopoly usually tends
> to be an *honest* one. And you'd have to integrate arson into the usual buying
> and selling and renting of hotels and the like.
>
> Still, it could probably be done.
>
Now there's a good idea for my Director project. Hmmn, what would the
stance of the Men with Thin Watches be on something like this? Strictly
non-profit of course... unless they want to give me a job doing it...
Sorcha
--
'There's no such thing as autobiography there's only art and lies.'
Jeanette Winterson
Gid Holyoake
generously decided to share with us..
> Thomas Johnson wrote:
>
> >
> > I think some-one should really get round to making an Ankh-Morpork Monopoly,
> > maybe when my exams are over I'll start thinking about it...
> >
>
> Sounds like an interesting idea. One would have to do some fundamental changes
> to the traditional rules, tho. A monetary transaction in Monopoly usually tends
> to be an *honest* one. And you'd have to integrate arson into the usual buying
> and selling and renting of hotels and the like.
>
> Still, it could probably be done.
It's been done.. try a Deja search for "Exclusive Possession" with a
poster of Barry R (The Official Sad Ba*d)..
Gid
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Richard Eney
Sorcha <sorcha...@esatclear.ie> wrote:
>"Paul E. Jamison" wrote:
>> Thomas Johnson wrote:
>> > I think some-one should really get round to making an Ankh-Morpork
>> > Monopoly,
>> changes to the traditional rules, tho. A monetary transaction in
>> Monopoly usually tends to be an *honest* one. And you'd have to
>> integrate arson into the usual buying and selling and renting of hotels
>> and the like.
>Now there's a good idea for my Director project. Hmmn, what would the
>stance of the Men with Thin Watches be on something like this? Strictly
>non-profit of course... unless they want to give me a job doing it...
Too late. First, when approached, the Monopoly company said "we have too
many spin-offs now". Second, the DW name for it is Exclusion Possession,
and Death was the boot. Third, on afp the names of the squares, rules,
what to use for figures (have to have the Boot, but the rest are
variable), etc were gone into at great length fairly recently (less than 2
years I'm sure), and it may be posted somewhere on the web. Fourth, there
is a computer program on the market for making your own Monopoly version
(no doubt the real reason the company that owns Monopoly didn't want to
license a DW version).
Of course, if you choose to make up your own set for home use, who's to
know? Just don't try to make any money from it.
I do like the idea of adding a few 'arson' cards to the mix of
possibilities.
=Tamar
Smee
>
> Thomas Johnson wrote:
>
> >
> > I think some-one should really get round to making an Ankh-Morpork Monopoly,
> >
>
> to the traditional rules, tho. A monetary transaction in Monopoly usually tends
> to be an *honest* one. And you'd have to integrate arson into the usual buying
> and selling and renting of hotels and the like.
>
>
>
> --
>
> "So this Vorlon says to me, 'Never ask that question!' And I go, I says,
> 'IT'S THE ONLY QUESTION I'VE GOT, BABY!!"
> - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs Space Stations at Midnight
When my brothers and I played that game (many moons ago) we got so good
at it that it was boring, so we institued our own rules. One of which
was that if you could cheat and get away with it, you could. You were
almost morally obligated to cheat whenever possible, thus making the
position of banker an envious one indeed. We used to flip a coin for
that one, till I caught my eldest brother with a 2 headed coin.
Smee
James Green
Son of Pedro wrote in message <37484aaa...@news.lspace.org>...
><fx: run away screaming>
But then you'd miss your exams. Without youre GCSEs, A-level won't be an
option, and many doors will slam in your face (They can rebuild noses, these
days [1]) Of course, having just sat my English Lit. GCSE I too feel like
running away. [4] Maybe Geography will cure this. Maybe not.
aaaaaaaaaaaargh
[1] Not doors, y'understand, doctor typoe [2] people.
[2] Deliberate, OK!
[3] Completely irrelevant, but: is freeserve mail working again? I got a
message, but its fromfreeserve,and appears to be telling me that i've just
set up a website or joined freeserve. If anyone thinks they can help, I'll
forward them the message (unless they're on freeserve, and also got it!)
[4] On the plus side, I'll never have to read anything by George "gloomy
ba't'rd, anren't ya" Orwell. 1984 was good, but Animal Farm, eugh. Give me
Pterry any day of the week. [5]
[5] Note that this footnote is out of order (still works, just not in order)
I tend to write footnotes as I put the reference in, as opposed to the
alternative method of writing all footnotes at th'end. [6]
[6] Now that's the Yorkshireman in me speaking. [7]
[7] Or is it? Please correct me if I'm wrong! [8]
[8] At this rate I'll have more footnote than body text! [9]
[9] Oh, I already have. [10]
[10] My first (and last) double figures footnote! [11]
[11] That is, a footnote which is refered to with 2 or more figures [12]
[12] Icould do this all day.
<fx: angry AFPers leaping from behind 'puter with -insert weapon of choice
here- [13]>
[13] No, not in me, just here in the message!
TTFN
James Green
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Ta
Thomas Johnson
James Green wrote in message <7if09o$6te$2...@news8.svr.pol.co.uk>...
>
>Son of Pedro wrote in message <37484aaa...@news.lspace.org>...
>
>><fx: run away screaming>
>
>
>But then you'd miss your exams. Without youre GCSEs, A-level won't be an
>option, and many doors will slam in your face (They can rebuild noses,
these
>days [1]) Of course, having just sat my English Lit. GCSE I too feel like
>running away. [4] Maybe Geography will cure this. Maybe not.
>aaaaaaaaaaaargh
Running away is probably my only option, whoever decided that Veterinay
exams at Cambridge should be so hard ought to be.. well, I think you get the
idea. I suppose it's my own fault for spending too much time in the bar.
Thomas Johnson
Paul Wilkins
> ... Of course, having just sat my English Lit. GCSE I too feel like
>running away. [4] Maybe Geography will cure this. Maybe not.
>aaaaaaaaaaaargh
Yup, geography's the answer. Lots of it, between you 'n it...
>[4] On the plus side, I'll never have to read anything by George
>"gloomy ba't'rd, anren't ya" Orwell. 1984 was good, but Animal Farm,
>eugh. Give me Pterry any day of the week.
Speaking of Works such as those by Orwell - have you had a chance yet to
read the Brave New World by Huxley and The Hidden Persueder by Vance
Packard?
Both very interesting (and enlightening) reads.
Paul Wilkins
Mark Datko
<off track dicussion gently snipped>
For those of you travelling to the Bristol meet by "Prescott Ponies" and
arriving at Bristol *Parkway* station between 11:00 and 11:15 on *Saturday*
morning
and would like to share an onward taxi with me and my menagerie [1]
please email me at my *home* address by 19:00 on *Friday* .
DMark
[1] It *doesn't* include a half-bee [2]
[2] Oh, bother,. there goes another 20p <ching>
--
Mark Datko
"How did they know he was British, was it the cut of his suit, his bearing,
or
was it the eight-foot floodlight Union flag tied around his head"
Shim
<tej22@**REMOVE*THIS*BIT**cam.ac.uk> expounded:
>Running away is probably my only option, whoever decided that Veterinay
>exams at Cambridge should be so hard ought to be.. well, I think you get the
>idea. I suppose it's my own fault for spending too much time in the bar.
No, no, you're *helping* yourself!
From my file of "odd USENET theories"; original author unknown.
:Imagine a herd of prey animals on the savannah. Natural selection
:preserves the genetic strength of the herd. Predators kill the old,
:weak, and injured animals, thereby saving the stronger ones from
:destruction while simultaneously preventing any undesirable genes from
:being passed on.
:
:Now, take the same image and make a few substitutions. Instead of prey
:animals, we have neurons. Instead of predators, we have alcohol.
:Excess alcohol will kill off the old, weak, and injured neurons, thereby
:allowing the surviving healthy ones to do their work that much more
:effectively. In short, it's not alcohol abuse -- it's self
:improvement. I, with the help of my good friend Stolichnaya (gotta love
:them Russians), am committed to doing my part to make sure my brain is
:operating at peak efficiency.
:
:Join the cause. Drink up. A mind's a terrible thing to waste.
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Mail: sh...@shimgray.freeserve.co.uk ICQ: 30055622 URL: Nonexistent.
Naomi
<dic...@Radix.Net> writes
>Of course, if you choose to make up your own set for home use, who's to
>know? Just don't try to make any money from it.
The tactile version of Monopoly is 24.00ukp and you can only get the
London varient. It's much cheaper and more fun to make your own. A round
board and different textures for the different bits. You can have lots
of fun making your own cards up too.
Working out the utilities can be fun and the alternatives to stations
too.
They're about to do a Yorkshire version, I can't wait to see how they're
going to put a hotel on the Humber Bridge ;0)
--
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Rule 46, Oxford Union Society: Any member introducing a dog into the Society's
premises shall be liable to a fine of one pound. Any animal leading a blind
person shall be deemed to be a cat.
Kjetil Aavik
> >
> >>
> >> I think some-one should really get round to making an Ankh-Morpork Monopoly,
> >> maybe when my exams are over I'll start thinking about it...
I know alt.games.civ2 has been challenged to do a Discworld scenario..
-Kjetil
Shim
expounded:
There is one floating around; I saw it on a PC coverdisk a while back. Can't
remember any details, unfortunately.
frogjuice
Naomi wrote
>The tactile version of Monopoly is 24.00ukp and you can only get the
>London varient.
I believe that the Edinburgh version is available. I also had to
buy the Star Wars special edition for a friend last year.
Goodness, that just seems to crop up everywhere, no?
> It's much cheaper and more fun to make your own. A round
>board and different textures for the different bits. You can have lots
>of fun making your own cards up too.
>
>Working out the utilities can be fun and the alternatives to stations
>too.
I recall having to make jesusopoly in RE class at school....
(I dont have to explain that any further, do i? bunch of irreverant
insolent, bored and genreally cruel 12 yr olds?)
>They're about to do a Yorkshire version, I can't wait to see how they're
>going to put a hotel on the Humber Bridge ;0)
Sam(antha)
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John Warden
Naomi wrote in message <4f+N7CAf...@chloe.karoo.co.uk>...
>The tactile version of Monopoly is 24.00ukp and you can only get the
>board and different textures for the different bits. You can have lots
>of fun making your own cards up too.
>
>Working out the utilities can be fun and the alternatives to stations
>too.
>
>They're about to do a Yorkshire version, I can't wait to see how they're
>going to put a hotel on the Humber Bridge ;0)
>--
Well, at least someone (no names, no slap in the face with a wet haddock)
should be able to place all the pubs in the correct locations. Let's see, Ye
Olde White Harte between Silver Street and The Land of Green Ginger, Ye Olde
Black Boy in High Street, The Mission in Posterngate
<http://www.arachnid.co.uk/hullpub/index.html> .
John
Flying chef and inventor of the infamous Banananananas Ailbhe, and the even
more infamous Pineapple Naomi
Jennie Lees
> >I know alt.games.civ2 has been challenged to do a Discworld scenario..
>
> There is one floating around; I saw it on a PC coverdisk a while back. Can't
> remember any details, unfortunately.
And I've got a half-finished one lurking on my hard drive somewhere
(accomplished with a lot of help from Leo Baaa), which sadly has been
pushed aside for the moment, due to lack of image files... Anyone care
to find a Civ II unit picture for 'Troll'? <g>
Jennie
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Chris Ahchay
Jennie Lees <afpu...@lineone.net> wrote in message
news:MPG.11b8f83d3...@news.lspace.org...
> Shim appears to have posted to that gathering of souls, afp:
> > On Thu, 27 May 1999 18:52:14 +0200, Kjetil Aavik <pba...@online.no>
> > expounded:
> <snip>
> > >I know alt.games.civ2 has been challenged to do a Discworld scenario..
> >
> > There is one floating around; I saw it on a PC coverdisk a while back.
Can't
> > remember any details, unfortunately.
>
> And I've got a half-finished one lurking on my hard drive somewhere
> (accomplished with a lot of help from Leo Baaa), which sadly has been
> pushed aside for the moment, due to lack of image files... Anyone care
> to find a Civ II unit picture for 'Troll'? <g>
Don't know about pictures, but you can imagine the special abilities...
Plus 50% attack on novice units, with -50% on experienced? No defensive
capabilites at all?
Love
Chris
hefri...@swipnet.se
On 1999-05-27 na...@chloe.karoo.co.uk said:
>In article <7ia8ha$n8$1...@saltmine.radix.net>, Richard Eney
><dic...@Radix.Net> writes
>>Of course, if you choose to make up your own set for home use,
>>who's to know? Just don't try to make any money from it.
>The tactile version of Monopoly is 24.00ukp and you can only get the
>London varient. It's much cheaper and more fun to make your own. A
>round board and different textures for the different bits. You can
[snip]
24.00 UKp! Right, here it is cheaper, I think! <g>
Maybe about ... hmm, let me see (ooops! I can't really do that, can I?) ...
I think it would be about 20 or maybe 21 ukp! Not much of a difference, and
I'm not sure if the price is correct, but still... IT IS CHEAPER! But here
you can of course only get the Stockholm variant. And our board is a square
one.
But what reason do I have to be malicious like this?! I know that in UK you
have a tactile version of the game scrabble. mumblemumblemumble not fair
mumblemumblemumble
>Naomi & Garner the Wonder Dog - (Guide Cat ;0)
>Rule 46, Oxford Union Society: Any member introducing a dog into
>the Society's premises shall be liable to a fine of one pound. Any
>animal leading a blind person shall be deemed to be a cat.
Say hello to your guide cat from me!
Helena
"Love is not blind (but rather short-sighted)"
Net-Tamer V 1.11 - Registered
Naomi
<John....@btinternet.com> writes
>How much tactile is involved ? Inquiring minds want to know <G>
I don't think I have to answer that ;0)
I thought I'd put this on my original comment but (I'm going to get
horribly flamed for this!) would Mrs Cakes count as a Utility?
Another idea is that as well as being able to buy a 'get out of jail
free' card you could also get a 'thieves guild' card. The player in
possession would be able to pilfer funds from either the bank or fellow
players providing they could get away with it (G).
There are also 4 gates in A-M which could be counted as stations or
someone did suggest the various watchouses could. The tanty needless to
say is the prison although you could replace jail with the scorpion pit
if you were feeling really cruel.
I thought that rather than having the traditional style of squares you
could have pubs or guilds as well as streets and instead of hotels and
houses you could have a star system for those properties. That's maybe
getting a little complicated though but then again monopoly is sooo easy
a few extra's wouldn't go amiss.
--
Robin Halligan
<na...@chloe.karoo.co.uk>
and they spake thus :
>There are also 4 gates in A-M which could be counted as stations or
>someone did suggest the various watchouses could. The tanty needless to
>say is the prison although you could replace jail with the scorpion pit
>if you were feeling really cruel.
If that where the case then the "Go directly to jail do not pass
go, do not collect $200" would have to be changed to something like
"You have been caught doing MIME in A-M and are sentenced to be hung
over this scorpion pit till you learn the words And no you cannot have
your A-M$200" and the get out of jail card could read "I have learned
the words"
WHAT CAN THE HARVEST HOPE FOR, IF NOT
FOR THE CARE OF THE REAPER MAN
Terry Pratchett Reaper Man
Mark A. Cooper
frogjuice <frog....@virgin.net> wrote in message
news:7ilg01$e8u$1...@nclient1-gui.server.virgin.net...
> I recall having to make jesusopoly in RE class at school....
> (I dont have to explain that any further, do i? bunch of irreverant
> insolent, bored and genreally cruel 12 yr olds?)
You don't have to be 12, or even in RE class... Back in the earlier part of
the 1990s (when I was about 19-20), my friend Yvette and I had a discussion
about the possibilities of religious Monopoly, buying synagogues instead of
hotels, and that sort of thing ("Go to hell. Go directly to hell. Do not
pass Go. Do not collect 200 souls."
You just have to have a warped imagination, that's all :)
Mark
Naomi
<markc...@tinyonline.co.uk> writes
>("Go to hell. Go directly to hell. Do not
>pass Go. Do not collect 200 souls."
Don't know if anyone here listens to 'Old Harry's Game' (BBC R4, UK) but
it's a cross between 'Drop the Dead Donkey' (well it's written by the
same guy) and Eric. It'd fit right in with that.
The community chest and Chance cards would be witty and extremely
satirical.
--
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Rule 46, Oxford Union Society: Any member introducing a dog into the Society's
premises shall be liable to a fine of one pound. Any animal leading a blind
person shall be deemed to be a cat.