I have not been part of this community very long, or been very active,
but a big thanks for keeping this alive nonetheless!
/andreas
On 2024-02-02 16:13, Joe Hartley wrote:
> It's with a sad heart that I announce that it's time to close down the TFT
> mailing list. The current brainiac server has been good to me, but it's
> getting old and some components are showing their age, especially the SSDs.
> Rather than replace them, I've purchased a new server and put a modern Linux
> on it, only to find that the sofware that manages the list refuses to work
> properly. I've spent a lot of time (too much, according to some) in trying
> to get it to work, but the software has been abandoned for some time now.
> I could spend more time installing a new package, but the learning curve is
> steep, especially trying to port the archives, and the reality is that things
> have moved on. There have only been eight posts in the last two years, and
> it's not enough to justify further effort, so the list will be going dark
> over the weekend of Feb. 3rd, 2024.
>
> It's been a great run!
>
> The first message was posted on June 28, 1998 - over a quarter-century ago! -
> back when dialup was far and away the most prevalent way of getting online.
> The whereabouts of Howard Thompson were a mystery and the Metagaming games,
> especially Melee, Wizard, and TFT, languished in obscurity.
>
> Today TFT is more popular than it ever was. Steve Jackson was finally able
> to recover the rights to his games and the forums at SJGames.com is a
> thriving community.
>
> The archives will remain online at https://tft.brainiac.com.
>
> I'm grateful to you all for being such a big part of my life! I had
> no idea when I started the list that it would be such a long-running
> project, but as the say, "All good things..." and this has been a very
> good thing indeed.
>
> Thank you.
>
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