Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2019 at 1:08 AM
From: "Rick" <rick_ww@lightspeed.ca>
To: "tft@brainiac.com" <tft@brainiac.com>
Subject: Re: It's here! --> Thank you Joe.
Congratulations Joe.
You site was part of what kept the spark alive. In a small way, I believe you
helped contribute to the success of the relaunch.
You are welcome to join into The Slope pbem game if you want of course.
Warm regards, Rick.
> On 2019Mar 22,, at 12:27, 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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