Re: What did we do before spielfrieks?
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Frank Branham ran The Gaming Dumpster - which transferred most of its content to the Geek. Pre-spielfrieks, the primary sources of information were: - private email lists - rec.games.board (a Usenet group) - looking at the pictures in the AdamSpielt catalog - oddball resources like the Boulder Games Newsletter - zines like Sumo Mark On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 12:18 PM Ted Cheatham [email protected] [spielfrieks] <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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: > > > > 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: > >> >> >> 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. >> >> 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 >> >> >> > > > -- > Clay Blankenship [email protected] > "Life is either a daring adventure or nothing." --Helen Keller > > > > > -- mark jackson http://akapastorguy.blogspot.com