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And Frank branham took over one of those, created a new site which go rolled into the geek as I recall.
Ted Cheatham
> On Jul 23, 2018, at 1:12 PM, Clay Blankenship [email protected] [spielfrieks] <[email protected]> wrote:
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> 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.
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>> 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?
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>> Also, if there is an article or info about when Jay first brought the games over for Mayfair, that would be interesting to me.
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>> Thanks!
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>> Brent Mair
>> - Spielguy
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