Recent
News
Recent events of interest to the fighting BrikWarrior, including site
updates, events staged, and new developments in BrikWars technology.
Upcoming
Events
Information about BrikWars-related events in the near future, especially
upcoming gaming club battles or convention events..
BrikWars
2000
The Summer 2000 edition of the main rulebook in illustrated and dynamically
cross-referenced HTML.
Supplement
RV: Robotic Vehicles
Supplement your armies with fighting robots and deadly battle meks!
BrikWars
2001
The main texts of the 2001 edition are available here in .txt format.
Supplement
SP: Supernatural Powers
Grant your units powers beyond the scope of natural science, whether
by magik, psionix, mutant abilities, super powers, or the use of the
Farce.
Version
Archives
Old and obsolete versions of BrikWars are archived here for the curious
and the nostalgic.
Under
Construction
Visit here to take a look at new rules and supplements in progress.
BrikWars
Fan Sites
Brick clubs from all around the world show amazing ingenuity and astounding
constructions in the course of playing BrikWars, and the resulting websites
are often nothing short of phenomenal.
Other
Brick Wargames
If BrikWars isn't your style, there are plenty of other free brick wargames
available on the internet. Check here for a list of links.
Bricks
on the Web
The Internet is full of amazing resources for brick enthusiasts. Check
here for links to some of our favorites.
Downloads
A clearinghouse for BrikWars-related files. Check here for downloadable
versions of the rulebook, fan-created utilities, and cool images.
JawJaw
versus Dimmy
Simulate battles between the BrikWars universe's two most despised villains,
Jaw-Jaw and Dimmy, right in your browser.
Requires
browser version 4.0 or higher and JavaScript enabled.
Frequently
Asked Questions
New to BrikWars? Having trouble figuring out the point of all this mayhem?
Check our list of Frequently Asked Questions and you may find yourself
even more confused than before.
The
Fine Print
BrikWars needs all kinds of disclaimers to get away with being so much
fun. Besides our long Legal Disclaimer, you'll also find our Fair Use
and Linking to BrikWars policies here.
News
Archives
Old news events are archived here to appease anyone who's curious about
BrikWars history.
Site
Map
Having trouble finding what you're looking for? Check our Site Map.
Credits
BrikWars in its current state would never have been possible without
the generous help and support of dozens of fans, well-wishers, and unwitting
'contributors.' Here's a few of the big ones.
Contact
Us
Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Angry outbursts? We love to hear from
fellow brick enthusiasts.
OTHER
BRICK WARGAMES
November 23rd,
2002 - Two New Games
Links
to two new brick games are up on the Other Brick Wargames
page.
The
first, by Vincent Baker of Lumpley Games, is "MechaTon."
This small-tactics mech wargame is both awesome and
easy-to-learn, achieving an awesomeness-to-complexity
efficiency rating that BrikWars could never hope to
match. (Another game on the Lumpley site is "kill
puppies for satan," which has nothing to do with
bricks or wargames but is otherwise brilliant.)
The
second game is Matt Hein's "DraKen," which
appears to be some kind of castle-based role-playing
game.
BRIKWARS
FANS
November 7th, 2002
- Shaun is a Traitor
Shaun
Sullivan's repeated sabotage of NELUG's SuperHeroes
game has led many to question his loyalties. He
claims to have nothing but schedule conflicts, although
they didn't stop him from assembling, staging, and running
a BrikWars battle of his own for Halloween (as well
as reading the entire 6-volume history of WWII by Winston
Churchill). Pictures from his frightening H.P.
Lovecraft-themed BrikWars battle are up in his BrickShelf
gallery.
BrikWars
is in the offing at AdeLUG's #5 on Sunday, it's just
been announced. Since AdeLUG is in Australia and
Shaun is in Boston, it remains to be seen whether he
can extend his evil influence far enough to disrupt
their event as well.
image:
The collective sanity of the townspeople is put under
significant strain when nameless horrors start shredding
several of them into bite-sized peopleburgers.
BRIKWARS
NEWS
October 11th, 2002 -
Site Update
Aaron Sneary's BrikWars Scenarios got a link on the
Brick Wargames page. How did it take us so long
to put that there?
The Frequently
Asked Questions page is up with a couple of entries,
although we plan to add more later. Mostly we're
just proud of the funny little illustrations.
BRIKWARS
NEWS
October 4th, 2002 -
Site Redesign
Once again the site's gotten a total face-lift with a
couple of nifty new features, including the Featured Link
box to the right and the Featured Creation box at the
bottom of the page. Unfortunately, while we have
lots of good pictures of BrikWars creations, we don't
have stats for more than a couple of them. Do you
have a pretty-looking construction you'd like to see in
the Featured Creation box? If so, e-mail
us with its name, stats, and an URL where we can find
pictures of it (no file attachments please!).
OTHER
BRICK WARGAMES
September 9th,
2002 - The Ultimate LEGO®
Vehicle Contest
All right, so technically it's not
a wargame (except possibly for the last event).
It's still cool. Notorious Internet celebrity
The Reverend Brendan Powell Smith has documented the
hilarity and destruction of his annual The Ultimate
LEGO® Vehicle Contest.
image:
the horrifying J-VEQ can barely restrain the urge to
eat his vehicle.
OTHER
BRICK WARGAMES
August
17th, 2002 - Starship RPG
Begins
Andrew Engstrom and Dan Mattia's bold
attempt to combine brick gaming and play-by-email roleplaying
launches today, and we're all watching with rapt fascination
to see whether it can be pulled off. All the players
are assembled and all the ships have been built; today
the Starship crews embark on their quest for ultimate
knowledge and the mysterious Artifact of Spraw in this
enterprising play-by-email space exploration game.
BRIKWARS
FANS
August
11th, 2002 - NELUG's Quest
For the Alien, Part II
Coalition and Faction troops return to
the derelict Research Vessel 0.937 in an attempt to track
down and capture the deadly alien lifeforms hidden therein.
Sadly, they were no match for the wily bartender droid
and his irresistible beer.
image:
Falling under the psychik influence of a group of 'pre-kegs,'
soldiers were compelled to head for the ship's tavern
and start quaffing Guinness.
BRIKWARS
FANS
August
11th, 2002 - Studfest XV
The Studs headed to Mittagong and staged
a "BrikWars of truly biblical proportions,"
with the intention of setting the world's record for Biggest
Medieval BrikWars Battle Ever Staged, despite already
holding all previous records in that category. The
game was in fact truly enormous, and we're eagerly hoping
for a write-up. In the meantime, however, there's
lots of pictures to gape at.
OTHER
BRICK WARGAMES
August
10th, 2002 - Fleet Command
3.0
Fleet Command is a brick spacefleet combat
game by Zac Soden, set in his Battlespace universe, and
version 3.0 marks a major new update. Unlike most
of the brick games on the web, Fleet Command seems to
be set up to make a profit somehow - can it be done?
We'll have to wait and see.
image:
An Annihilator-class Warcruiser patrols an asteroid field.
BRIKWARS
FANS
August
10th, 2002 - BrikWars at
GenCon: The Cypress Tree Massacre
James Seibert and Chris Weeks ran a medieval
Japanese battle at GenCon which was almost too large for
the table.
BRIKWARS
FANS
July
20-22, 2002 - BrikWars at
Brickfest
The third annual Brickfest in Arlington,
Virginia featured an all-out, everybody vs. everybody
battle. If anyone has photos or stories from this
event, please let us know.
OTHER
BRICK WARGAMES
July 19th, 2002 -
The Ultimate Space LEGO® Combat Sim
Fans of USLCS will be glad to hear that
it's been resurrected, updated, and rereleased to the
public. Visitors to the USLCS site can also check
out the in-progress version of the USLCS: Space Edition
module.
BRIKWARS
NEWS
July 17th, 2002 -
MilitaryGaming.com Interviews
Brick Wargame Authors
MilitaryGaming.com, the sister site to MilitaryHistoryOnline.com,
has included interviews with two brick-wargame authors
in its initial launch. The interviewees are
Mike Rayhawk, author of BrikWars, and Patrick Franklin,
author of The LEGO® Fantasy Wargame.
BRIKWARS
FANS
June 15th, 2002 -
NELUG's Invasion of Coalition Research Vessel 0.937
The Factions take on the Coalition in
a race to track down a high-tech Ugly Hat and some porn,
in a derelict research vessel in which the development
of a new biological superweapon has gone horribly, hilariously
wrong.
image:
A deadly alien gets the drop on an unsuspecting Coalition
troop, who, unsurprisingly, smells so filthy that the
alien loses its appetite completely and heads elsewhere.
BRIKWARS
FANS
June 8th, 2002 -
Studfest XIV
The Studs crew headed out to meet the
AFOLs in Brisbane and once again BrikWars was waged.
No write-up this time, but a good stash of pictures.
image:
Zac Soden's Thunderer and Locust take some futile shots
at the menacing RCX-controlled Land Raider.
OTHER
BRICK WARGAMES
May 26th, 2002 -
All Brick Stories
Following intense discussion in lugnet.fun.gaming
about how to create a LEGO®-specific role-playing game,
Chris Weeks has posted his ideas for a system called All
Brick Stories.
BRIKWARS
NEWS
April 6th, 2002 - BrikWars
in PDF
Wayne McCaul's .pdf version of the Spring
2000 rules has been added to the Version
Archives. Hats off to Wayne, who put the whole
thing together in secret during his lunch breaks at Artech
House Publishers!
BRIKWARS
FANS
March 21st, 2002 - Fan-Created
Supplements
Unofficial supplements by Wayne McCaul
("Large
Scale Rules") and Andrew Engstrom ("Colony")
have been added to the Other Brick
Wargames page.
BRIKWARS
NEWS
November 5th, 2001
- The New SpaceMan
We added a new SpaceMan
painting to the home page.
BRIKWARS
NEWS
October 10th, 2001
- Design Shift
Not much to tell except that the whole
site has been redesigned, including the addition
of this News Archives
page.
One of the earliest guys to make custom-molded minifig weapons available to the general public, Jeff Byrd's awesome set of space weapons met with immediate popular acclaim. The chrome edition of the original Space Weapons set is still available, and he's followed up with a set of medieval weapons, armor, and a scabbard compatible both with his own sword and, coincidentally, with the Lego broadsword.
Formerly found at LittleArmory.com, the new storefront for Little Armory has moved to Sith35's Toy Box over on BrickLink.com. Don't be fooled by imitators!
disclaimer:
neither BrikWars nor any of the sites or resources linked to on
this page are affiliated with or sponsored, authorized, or approved
by any producer of plastic building bricks, and especially not
by the LEGO Company. For more details regarding the wide
array of corporations by whom we're not sponsored, please refer
to our legal disclaimer page.
All material on this site, except
as otherwise noted, is copyright (c) 1995 - 2003 Mike Rayhawk.
All Rights Reserved.
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LUGNET™ and the LUGNET™ logo are trademarks of Todd S. Lehman
and Suzanne D. Rich.
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The word LEGO® is a registered trademark of the LEGO Group.
Recent
News 
Upcoming
Events 
BrikWars
2000
Supplement
RV: Robotic Vehicles
BrikWars
2001 
Supplement
SP: Supernatural Powers
Version
Archives 
Under
Construction
BrikWars
Fan Sites
Other
Brick Wargames
Bricks
on the Web
Downloads
JawJaw
versus Dimmy
Frequently
Asked Questions
The
Fine Print
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Archives
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Map 
Credits
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