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Re: THX Joe! [Re: It's here!]



I opened mine. I do kinda miss Olde Englishe and bell bottoms.

And no, my wife doesn't understand why I bought games 'I already have'. I
mumbled something about updated Explosive Gem rules...

Neil Gilmore
raito@raito.com

On Fri, March 22, 2019 2:43 pm, EA Press wrote:
> Joe:
> Truly a FANTASY come true!
> My TFT box arrived today in Los Angeles.
> Stunned just to see it exist... I have not opened it yet.
>
>
> Thanks Joe, for keeping the TFT faith and us all in the loop, all these
> years. Keep on Trippin'!
> - Eric Andrew Press
>
>
> --------------------------------------------
> On Fri, 3/22/19, Joe Hartley <jh@brainiac.com> wrote:
>
>
> Subject: It's here!
> To: tft@brainiac.com
> Date: Friday, March 22, 2019, 12:27 PM
>
>
> Got back from a business trip to find a
> honkin' big box from Steve Jackson Games - the "I Want It All" package!
>
>
> I really never thought I'd see
> this.  I started this list over 20 years ago when the Internet was brand
> spanking new and I was running a dialup ISP. I was trying out this
> new-fangled thing called a search engine (AltaVista) and wanted to try a
> fairly obscure thing to search on.  Above my computer was a shelf with all
> my old Metagaming games, so I tried searching on Metagaming and The Fantasy
> Trip. 
> I found a small Yahoo mailing list, but
> there wasn't much, so I started my own mailing list.
>
> Over the decades, I've learned so much
> about the history of Metagaming, the Microgame series, and especially TFT. 
> I found a small but fervent
> group of folks who were as passionate about these old games as I was, and
> I've had decades of enjoyment talking
> to them (you!) about these games.
>
> And now...  wow.
>
>
> This is beautiful.  Everything
> about this is stunning.  The playmats, the books (hardcover!), the
> counters, they're all so nice!
>
> Now to get a game together!
>
>
> --
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>        Joe Hartley -
> UNIX/network Consultant - jh@brainiac.com
> Without deviation from the norm,
> "progress" is not possible. - FZappa
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