Re: What did we do before spielfrieks?

There used to a Usenet discussion board (news group, it was called) at
rec.games.board.  One of the earliest web sites was The Game Closet, which
had a bunch of rules translations.  Another was The Games Journal which was
kind of an online magazine.

On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 12:00 PM, Brent Mair [email protected]
[spielfrieks] <[email protected]> wrote:

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> I played Catan and El Grande in 1998 and found both BoardGameGeek and
> Spielfrieks soon after they were created in 2000, but I'm trying to
> remember what information was available on the web prior to 2000. What
> websites were used and what other places? I slightly remember
> rec.board.games or rec.games.board or something like that but I don't
> remember what it was.
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> Where did we find our translations?
>
> Also, if there is an article or info about when Jay first brought the
> games over for Mayfair, that would be interesting to me.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Brent Mair
> - Spielguy
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