Re: What did we do before spielfrieks?

"Mark Johnson [email protected] [spielfrieks]" <[email protected]> Mon, 23 Jul 2018 13:20:56 -0700
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The sites I used all the time back then were

The Game Cabinet (Tidwell)
rec.games.board
The Game Report Online (Sarrett)
Brett 'n' Board (Svellov)
The Gaming Dumpster (Branham)
Kulkmann's G@mebox
DIGers mailing list
SOS' Gameviews
KMW's Spielplatz


On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 1:13 PM, Mark Jackson [email protected]
[spielfrieks] <[email protected]> wrote:

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> I feel bad about forgetting BGN... and so many other sites. (I even ran
> one for 4-5 years.)
>
> Games Magazine was occasionally helpful - but it was hit or miss on their
> coverage of Euros.
>
> On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 3:04 PM Jonathan Franklin
> [email protected] [spielfrieks] <[email protected]>
> wrote:
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>> Gotta mention Rick Thornquist's time at the helm as well.
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>> On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 12:28 PM Jacob Lee [email protected]
>> [spielfrieks] <[email protected]> wrote:
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>>> 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:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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> mark jackson
> http://akapastorguy.blogspot.com
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