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  Re: Stephenson's Rocket
 
(...) I got a copy of the original from ebay for $2, on the grounds that I remember spending hours with it years ago. To my great dismay, it seems to _require_ a numeric keypad -- something my Libretto subnotebook lacks. :( (26 years ago, 15-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Re: Stephenson's Rocket
 
(...) Board. It is of German origin. It's by Reiner Knizia and distributed in English in the US by Rio Grande Games. It's a fairly abstract board game, but is very very challenging. I most highly reccommend it. (...) I've played a few hundred hours (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Stephenson's Rocket
 
(...) What, pray tell, is this? By the title, I'd adjudge it to do with railroads, but is it a PC game, a board game, or what? My faves in the RR genre: PC: Railroad Tycoon (original, strangely enough) Board: 1830 when serious, Eurorails or Iron (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Games, not Re: How does one become a "Guild of Bricksmiths(tm)" member?
 
(...) Have you played Stephenson's Rocket? I can't get enough of it. Chris (26 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Re: Idle Ramblings
 
(...) I didn't know trains used boogerplates... Or were you talking about Humphry Bogartplates? :) Jeff (26 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Re: Idle Ramblings
 
(...) Hey, talk about bogieplates in the .trains group. ;-) --Todd (26 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Re: Idle Ramblings
 
(...) I heard an NPR report about this test yesterday. They interviewed a 10th-grader who was organizing a protest against the test by having around 40 students write about a different topic than the one that was prompted in the test. The guy (...) (26 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.people)
 
  Re: Idle Ramblings
 
(...) Sheesh. I had a Mass-ACHU experience yesterday evening, but I don't know if yall want it described or not... -Tim (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 (26 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Re: Idle Ramblings
 
(...) You forgot: wet, slimey, and green :) Richard (26 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Re: Idle Ramblings
 
(...) Is that where everyone sneezes at the same time? That must be gross...and loud... eww. -Tim (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 (26 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.people)


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