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

[Rick <rick_ww@lightspeed.ca>]

LOL!



> On 2019Mar 22,, at 13:10, raito@raito.com wrote:
> 
> 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!
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> ======================================================================
>>        Joe Hartley -
>> UNIX/network Consultant - jh@brainiac.com
>> Without deviation from the norm,
>> "progress" is not possible. - FZappa
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