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Re: It's here!



Congratulations. Sincerely.

Was there a shipping notice (and of so, who was it)?

> On Mar 22, 2019, at 2:27 PM, Joe Hartley <jh@brainiac.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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