Java Fiend Posted November 8, 2004 Share Posted November 8, 2004 Has anyone tried using Lincoln Logs to make buildings in their games? I read on another forum that someone was going to run the old AD&D module G1, the Steading of the Hill Giant Chief, and wanted to make the steading out of Lincoln Logs. Has anyone tried this? It sounds like it might work, except that you'd probably want to build everything in advance. I remember Lincoln Logs taking forever to put together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastman Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 What're Lincoln Logs? Tommy. Click HERE to find the answer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzyIzmit Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 i havent seen lincoln logs in years! I dont remember them being hard to use, even in kindergarden. You just stack them on top of eachother, parallel sides alternating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dargrin Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 What're Lincoln Logs? Tommy. God I feel old now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Tam Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 You feel old! I had Lincoln logs! O.k. they were my brother's but he gave them to me. You want to really feel old? Go through an antique place and see how many toys you remember playing with! But, a lincoln log fort...does sound interesting....Be interested in seeig how it works out. LT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Java Fiend Posted November 9, 2004 Author Share Posted November 9, 2004 I dredged out my kid's old Lincoln Logs and played with them for a while last night. They are definitely too large to use for 25mm human-scale buildings, but when I put a couple of giants next to them, they looked just right. The problem, as I mentioned earlier, is that they take a long time to put together, and they are susceptible to being easily knocked over and scattered. If I were to try this I think I'd go modular. I'd assemble a bunch of corner pieces and freestanding wall pieces, and glue the logs together to make each piece more solid. So it could work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dargrin Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 If you want the log feel you might just want to try sticks a litttle less then the size of your pinky. Or even wooden dowels from the hardware store. Depends what you are looking for. (realisim or ease of building.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Java Fiend Posted November 9, 2004 Author Share Posted November 9, 2004 Ease of building, definitely ease of building. I just want to have something to play with that looks decent. If I wanted realism, I'd do the things you mentioned. And I'd also be casting Hirst Arts bricks for my custom-made dungeons instead of paying the big bucks for Dwarven Forge's marvelous ready-out-of-the-box sets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enchantra Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 Lincoln logs? Heavens I remember playing with those as a kid. LT, I'm with you, I'm feeling old now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgmaranda Posted November 10, 2004 Share Posted November 10, 2004 I played wtih them as a kid and I'm only 21. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastman Posted November 10, 2004 Share Posted November 10, 2004 Considering that they originated back in 1916, Lincoln Logs were old long before any of us were born. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital M@ Posted November 23, 2004 Share Posted November 23, 2004 With a router lincoln logs are easy as all get out to make. You could make hundreds in one nights time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Java Fiend Posted November 24, 2004 Author Share Posted November 24, 2004 With a router lincoln logs are easy as all get out to make. You could make hundreds in one nights time. If I had a router. And a workshop. And the patience. No thanks, I'll go buy a box of Lincoln Logs from Kaybee Toys instead, and spend the time saved working on my adventure instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hexxenhammer Posted November 25, 2004 Share Posted November 25, 2004 Click HERE to find the answer Oh wow! I used to have these when I was little! I made farms and forts for my cowboys and army men! Tommy. Are they still called "Lincoln Logs" in Aussie Land? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital M@ Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 Lincoln Logs were fun. We would make forts and set up our soldiers or cowboys and indians and then make a catapult out of the roof shingles and launch the joint pieces as bombs. Last team standing won. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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