Re: What did we do before spielfrieks?

I used to subscribe to Boardgamenews (BGN) run by Eric W. Martin before he
came over to BGG.  I loved it.  I think Eric was a one man show operating
that website and the quality of writing there was the best among all the
board game sites I frequented.

Jacob

On 23 July 2018 at 10:00, 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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