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(...) 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)
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(...) 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)
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(...) 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)
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(...) 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)
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(...) 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)
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(...) Hey, talk about bogieplates in the .trains group. ;-) --Todd (26 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) 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)
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(...) 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)
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(...) You forgot: wet, slimey, and green :) Richard (26 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) 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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Hi SW fans! This was the front story on msn.com for today (4/13/2000): (URL) (26 years ago, 13-Apr-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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If you need something to do, my house needs painting. ~Mark (...) (26 years ago, 13-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) My sister knows how much I loved these books, but how little time i had to reread them when i was constantly on the road, driving all over creation for business, so she found 2 sets of cds at amaozon.com (I believe) that are from a BBC (...) (26 years ago, 13-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Yah, but they're too long. :-, I've described _The Hobbit_ to her many times, and in some depth, and so I suspect that some time in her life, she'll end up reading at least that one. (...) Any good storyteller will tell you that the idea's (...) (26 years ago, 13-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) lol!!! That's a good one! :) (...) Have you convinced her to try them? :) (...) Didn't he have the entire story (not to mention tons of the history) complete in his head long before he wrote them down? Lucas sure doesn't... (...) Yes, I do... (...) (26 years ago, 13-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) No, that's Gilligan's Island. At least, the episode I wanted to see but they never aired. :-, LotF is such a psycho book. I was about to throw it away at the end, until the very last bit where the guy looks at the ship...then it all clicked. (...) (26 years ago, 13-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) While designing manipulators articulated The engineer's brain got pickle-ated And began to soften From his glueing too often In a room that was poorly ventilated :-D Cheers, - jsproat (26 years ago, 13-Apr-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) think (...) broke (...) Don't forget your target audience: the under 10 set. LOTR may be cool to us, but don't hang your hopes on it being embraced by your average 6 year old or his/her parents, if the parents would even let their wee ones (...) (26 years ago, 13-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Yup, I was the one who mentioned it, here: (URL) It had 60% more downloads. If you're gonna break a record, break it in a big way, huh? :) Jeff (26 years ago, 13-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Wasn't it when Gary thought Larry had made a misteak? Steve (26 years ago, 13-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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