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padumavati
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6/1/07 6:19am
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Alliance and Empire ~ SW Minis
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Hi, my name is Lauren. I just joined the theforce.net boards because I finally want to talk to other people besides my boyfriend about Star Wars. We live in Tucson, although my profile apparently hates my zip code so it won't show. We play Star Wars Minis pretty frequently, and have a decent collection of minis. We're currently waiting for 2 cases of minis to get here (it's the most minis we've ever got at once... total craziness) today. We're hoping for no repeat rares (that's happened to us before and really, how many Baron Fels do you need?) and to get close to 60/60 on this one. We don't have any complete sets yet, but maybe soon.
We've thought about playing at Heroes & Villains, but I'm sort of nervous about meeting other people who play because from what I've seen (at H&V, Hat's Games, and Amazing Discoveries) it's mostly teenage boys who from my experience are not very accepting. Although I do like to go to H&V when I get a booster or a book because the people that work there are always very nice to me. Also we've never been really strict on rules so I'm not sure I know all of them.
Anyways, does anyone else play SWMinis? Are you starting your Alliance and Empire set yet? 
Also, a little bit about me: I'm almost 25, I'm an EE (not for Raytheon!), I have a tiny dachshund, Obi Wan is hands down my favorite but I have a crush on Quinlan Vos, and if you can make it with yarn chances are I'm obsessed with it.
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hal9k1
Title: Tucson FF
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Date Posted:
6/1/07 8:31am
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padumavati posted:
Hi, my name is Lauren. I just joined the theforce.net boards because I finally want to talk to other people besides my boyfriend about Star Wars. We live in Tucson, although my profile apparently hates my zip code so it won't show. We play Star Wars Minis pretty frequently, and have a decent collection of minis. We're currently waiting for 2 cases of minis to get here (it's the most minis we've ever got at once... total craziness) today. We're hoping for no repeat rares (that's happened to us before and really, how many Baron Fels do you need?) and to get close to 60/60 on this one. We don't have any complete sets yet, but maybe soon.
We've thought about playing at Heroes & Villains, but I'm sort of nervous about meeting other people who play because from what I've seen (at H&V, Hat's Games, and Amazing Discoveries) it's mostly teenage boys who from my experience are not very accepting. Although I do like to go to H&V when I get a booster or a book because the people that work there are always very nice to me. Also we've never been really strict on rules so I'm not sure I know all of them.
Anyways, does anyone else play SWMinis? Are you starting your Alliance and Empire set yet?
Also, a little bit about me: I'm almost 25, I'm an EE (not for Raytheon!), I have a tiny dachshund, Obi Wan is hands down my favorite but I have a crush on Quinlan Vos, and if you can make it with yarn chances are I'm obsessed with it.
Sorry for not saying this be before but Welcome Padumavati.
Unfortunately I know very little about Minis. I saw it being played at C4 but could not afford the time to stop and watch. We do play RPG and are always talking about doing other stuff so Minis are something some of us might want to do.
We have a game of RPG set tonight and a meeting set for tomorrow (both have threads on each re-occurring get together) if you have any interest in joining in, please do.
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firstsonofsolo
Title: TFF President
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6/1/07 10:20am
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Welcome to the Tucson FAn Force Lauren!!!!
My apologies for not introducing ourselves to you. It is great that you found us and may I ask how you heard about us? Was it just from joining TFN? Anyhow we would love to meet you and your boyfriend and bring some minis so we can possibly intrigue some other members into a new experience. If you have not already read the thread we will be having our next meeting at Bookmans on Grant and Campbell on the SE corner. The meeting room is in the far back right of the building in the kids section. I hope you can make it!
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_Anakin_Vader_
Title: Tucson FanForce Keeper of the Library
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6/2/07 10:46am
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A while ago, I was into SW Minis, but I only had one friend that was into it, and it was before I joined the FF. So that kinda died. But I enjoyed it a lot, and would be totally willing to start up again. Definitely try to come to the meeting today.
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hal9k1
Title: Tucson FF
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6/2/07 11:05am
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_Anakin_Vader_ posted:
A while ago, I was into SW Minis, but I only had one friend that was into it, and it was before I joined the FF. So that kinda died. But I enjoyed it a lot, and would be totally willing to start up again. Definitely try to come to the meeting today.
Is it a strategy game, kind of like chess? Empire at war? Stratigo? I’m still kind of unclear as to what it is exactly.
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dialswiftjustice
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6/2/07 2:16pm
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That would be awesome if you educated us sometime and we had a quick game! mind bringing some to a meeting sometime to show us?
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padumavati
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Date Posted:
6/2/07 7:52pm
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I wouldn't mind bringing minis to a meeting sometime. Obviously, I wasn't able to make tonight's meeting. But maybe if there is more notice for the next meeting?
Minis is a strategy game. There are many levels to the strategy. First you have to build a squad, based on a set number of points (each character has a point cost). Once you have a squad you like, you place your characters on a map, as does your opponent (or opponents). From there, it's pretty much mayhem - what your squad does is up to you. Each character has hit points, attack modifiers, defense points, and special abilities. You can use anything and everything, and the goal is total destruction of your opponent's squad. Here's a demo from the Wizards site: http://mi.wizards.com/swminis/demo/SW_MinisDemo.html
We opened both our cases. We got all the commons and uncommons and some pretty sweet rares and very rares. No Vader, Boba or Quinlan, though.  But I'm pretty happy with our Aurra Sing, Obi-Wan Force Spirit and Rampaging Wampa. So all in all, they were good pulls. Although we somehow got 3 Landos. Stupid Lando. I'd trade 100 Landos for a Quinlan Vos. 
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firstsonofsolo
Title: TFF President
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6/3/07 12:24am
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Sounds alot like warhammer. I played 40k, necromunda and mordheim back in the day but we also used terrain.
I would not mind building a squad/army but I am sure Amber would...
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dialswiftjustice
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6/3/07 9:21pm
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firstsonofsolo posted:
Sounds alot like warhammer. I played 40k, necromunda and mordheim back in the day but we also used terrain.
I would not mind building a squad/army but I am sure Amber would...
not want it in her house?
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hal9k1
Title: Tucson FF
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Date Posted:
6/3/07 9:23pm
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firstsonofsolo posted:
Sounds alot like warhammer. I played 40k, necromunda and mordheim back in the day but we also used terrain.
I would not mind building a squad/army but I am sure Amber would...
Want to play herself?
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6/4/07 6:53pm
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I play the minis.I have about 50 or 60, mostly from Revenge of the Sith.
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dialswiftjustice
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Cool, what days work for you Lauren? That tutorial rocked!
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dialswiftjustice posted:
That tutorial rocked!
Yes, I have to admis, that look like alot of fun. If we do it (schedule permits) I'm all in.
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There is a reason I only paint the mini figurines and do not play any of the D&D, Warhammer, Reaper, and Star Wars Minis games. Until now, I've kept this deep, dark secret to myself, afraid to reveal the truth and face the disgust and revoltion of my friends. But today I break this self-imposed taboo. Here is my shameful secret
Dice hate me. I suck at boardgames where I have to use dice.
Please, please don't hate me because of my secret.
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thatsMISTERwookiee posted:
There is a reason I only paint the mini figurines and do not play any of the D&D, Warhammer, Reaper, and Star Wars Minis games. Until now, I've kept this deep, dark secret to myself, afraid to reveal the truth and face the disgust and revoltion of my friends. But today I break this self-imposed taboo. Here is my shameful secret
Dice hate me. I suck at boardgames where I have to use dice.
Please, please don't hate me because of my secret.
Yea, well women tend to feel the same way about me, hence being single for 3 years. So believe me you got a better "secret" to deal with.  
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padumavati
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6/5/07 6:33pm
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Weekends are good... this weekend not so much but the Friday and Saturday after that could work. If enough people want to play we can shoot for the early evening on one of those days. Probably Bookman's or H&V would be a good spot to play, though I don't know what the rules are for playing at H&V. Suggestions? Or maybe if someone wanted to hold a general get together, the people who want to play minis can have their own table while everyone else watches movies or something.
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