Thanks Too, I’ve noticed with game board’s and piece’s that some really are better than other’s. I wonder how many different companies are making the game and the difference between them ?
Fussy aren’t I.
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Robbie @ 1:31am, 9 Sep 2006…
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‘in an infinite universe everything that can be imagined must exist somewhere’
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pat @ 11:29am, 9 Sep 2006…
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Bernard Pearson made the original ones – and then later, I think, they’ve become mass produced.
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molokov @ 11:55am, 9 Sep 2006…
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Bernard designed them all.
There’s a few different styles available (check the Thud! website ) but the only version I’ve seen in Australian shops is the mass produced ‘cheapest’ version (which is still quite nice).
The original release is the one that is cheap at Games World. There was a newer release just after the novel Thud! was out, which used Paul Kidby’s Thud! novel cover, but I think the contents of the set were the same… except
the rules to Koom Valley Thud were included. (You can find these on the website in case you have the older set like me)You can’t kill me because I’ve got magic aarrghh!
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Too little time @ 12:22am, 12 Sep 2006…
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The Games World in Marion SA has Thud! on special – $29-95 + p&h. Mine’s already in the mail…
Why do it tomorrow when it can be put off indenfinetly?
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ben @ 4:00pm, 3 Oct 2006…
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there doesn’t happen to be anyone who knows where i can get one in W.A. is there?
I took down the numbers for those shops in S.A. so hopefully they are still able to get one.
is it the very original set that has the pieces that look like the ones on the book’s cover?“I might contradict myself, but at least i don’t contradict myself.”
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pat @ 4:07pm, 3 Oct 2006…
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Nope, very original sets were out a few years before the book, so they have a different cover.
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Suzpol @ 10:28pm, 3 Oct 2006…
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Could maybe get you one here if the prices are to your liking and send it up to you.
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ben @ 12:20pm, 11 Oct 2006…
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thank you for the kind offer, but i stumbled across a set in geraldton!
although a little confused about a few of the rules, its quite fun.
of course at the moment I’m just playing with myself (ha ha) but apparently a few people here play, so its all good. thanks again.“I might contradict myself, but at least i don’t contradict myself.”
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Robbie @ 1:28pm, 11 Oct 2006…
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Id like to get a game and was thinking the same thing. Who am I going to play it with ?
I’ll probably still get a game when I find one I like. I thought Id wait until I find one that has the right looking Troll’s and Dwarf’s.
Who know’s. Maybe one day it will be an Olympic sport ?
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Littleowl @ 4:06pm, 11 Oct 2006…
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I might actually watch the Olympics if they played Thud. Of course it would only be worthwhile if they had live pieces. Use those heavy weight types, as trolls it’d would be rather interesting to watch.
Noah’s Ark is a problem. We’ll have to call it early quantum-state phenomenon.
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Suzpol @ 9:42pm, 12 Oct 2006…
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That’s great Ben. Enjoy!!
Maybe you could play longdistance. The Duck has it and might be interested.
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The Duck @ 2:27pm, 15 Oct 2006…
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By email, maybe? I know you’ve got everyone’s addresses, Suz.
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pat @ 3:07pm, 15 Oct 2006…
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everyone in the whole wide world?
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Suzpol @ 4:51pm, 15 Oct 2006…
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Yeah, lots of power!!! big evil grin, but I can’t do an emoticon
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TheOtherDibbler @ 3:53pm, 19 Oct 2006…
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I’ve played longdistance Thud with one of my fellow Room 3ber’s (I’ll post a link if anyone’s interested in wandering over there). It was pretty good, until we both ran out of time to play and the game sort of halted mid-battle. We eventually decided to call it quits (by this time my board was covered in dust and starting to warp). He won, but only be default – I reckon if we’d kept playing I could have beaten him in about three more moves. Or I might not have.
I’m up for playing via email or something if someone wants to.
‘If there were more morals about we wouldn’t be crashing into stars’