On Mon, 31 Dec 2001, Joe Hartley wrote: --]Tom <tomwhore@...> wrote: --]> (note to self and others, does acrobat have an embeded font feature? this ...
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Steven Woodcock
theferretman
Jan 1, 2002 5:41 pm
And in a totally unrelated question...did Jackson buy the Melee copyright? Just out of curiosity, you understand. It'd be better if he *did*, of course, but I...
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Joe Hartley
joehartley2000
Jan 1, 2002 6:24 pm
... No. I've been in touch with the Thompson family, and all the Metagaming rights (except for Ogre and GEV) are still HT's. He's not particularly interested...
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Jeff Morris
jmorris@...
Jan 1, 2002 6:29 pm
Sounds like Steve Jackson. Jeff ... From: "Joe Hartley" <jh@...> To: <microgame@yahoogroups.com> Cc: <microgame@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday,...
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Tom
tom_wsmf
Jan 1, 2002 6:34 pm
On Tue, 1 Jan 2002, Joe Hartley wrote: --]He's not particularly interested in selling, but if a sufficiently --]large sum of cash were offered to him, he'd...
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Steven Woodcock
theferretman
Jan 1, 2002 11:20 pm
That's pretty much what I've heard from everybody who's talked to HT over the past few years about it. Pity to let a great gaming system like that one die but...
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Tom
tom_wsmf
Jan 2, 2002 12:37 am
On Tue, 1 Jan 2002, Steven Woodcock wrote: --] That's pretty much what I've heard from everybody who's talked to HT over the past few years about it. Pity...
On Wed, 2 Jan 2002, stephan beal wrote: --]On Tuesday 01 January 2002 23:34, you wrote: --]> Make it , spread it round, and you never know what will come of...
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Steven Woodcock
theferretman
Jan 2, 2002 1:24 am
Agreed that the mechanics are the clay to create with, but in the case of TFT I'd take the position that that was *precisely* the part that was copyrighted....
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Tom
tom_wsmf
Jan 2, 2002 1:51 am
On Tue, 1 Jan 2002, Steven Woodcock wrote: --] Agreed that the mechanics are the clay to create with, but in the case of TFT I'd take the position that that...
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Guy McLimore
guymc
Jan 2, 2002 5:36 pm
... Might I less-than-humbly suggest a MELEE alternative that some might enjoy... http://www.microtactix.com/new/ccmain.html Guy McLimore /...
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Troy Holaday
taholaday
Jan 2, 2002 7:56 pm
What made the game cool, then, is not the same thing that makes it cool now. Then, it was a nifty, cheap way to play a game that had the role-playing flavor,...
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stephan beal
sgbeal
Jan 2, 2002 8:38 pm
... As a "satisfied user" of this product, i would like to say that Compact Combat _is_ a nice, simple system for playing out man-to-man combat in any genre....
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stephan beal
sgbeal
Jan 2, 2002 11:09 pm
... oh, and of course very much worth the few bucks (er... Euro) it costs....
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Steven Woodcock
theferretman
Jan 3, 2002 2:24 am
Hey Guy, you did a great module there. We wasted much time with it. That *does* look like a neat little game. I shall have to check it out more closely... ...
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Steven Woodcock
theferretman
Jan 3, 2002 2:29 am
By the way, posting the rules and artwork on the web IS a copyright infringement. I wouldn't be surprise if (assuming SJ ever looks at the site) whoever...
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The Maverick
the_maverick0
Jan 3, 2002 4:53 am
... Steve did create Melee after all, and he was seeking to purchase it at one time, so I figured he would be interested to know that someone was distributing...
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Tom
tom_wsmf
Jan 3, 2002 5:27 am
On Wed, 2 Jan 2002, The Maverick wrote: --]I am told that Steve was successful in having the Warp War rules removed --]from a web site on which they were...
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Steven Woodcock
theferretman
Jan 3, 2002 5:34 am
Hehehe.....maybe he *is* SJ! <grin> ============================= Steven Woodcock From the High, Cold, Snowy Mountains of Colorado ... From: The Maverick To:...
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The Maverick
the_maverick0
Jan 3, 2002 6:19 am
... Perhaps great topics for a copyright discussion group, but definitely not (as past experience has shown) great topics for a microgame discussion group......
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Tom
tom_wsmf
Jan 3, 2002 2:13 pm
On Wed, 2 Jan 2002, The Maverick wrote: --]Perhaps great topics for a copyright discussion group, but definitely --]not (as past experience has shown) great...
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Robert A. Knop Jr.
rbrtknop
Jan 3, 2002 2:56 pm
... Definitely give "Compact Combat!" a look. It's very much in that spirit (so much as I can understand, never having seen "Melee!" first hand!), and it's a...
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Steven Woodcock
theferretman
Jan 4, 2002 3:18 am
I agree too...though I point out that Mav is the one who started the copyright discussion. Personally I don't think there's boomer nostalgia over the TFT...
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The Maverick
the_maverick0
Jan 4, 2002 3:46 pm
... LOL! Just to set the record straight on who started (and continued) the copyright discussion: ... Circular copyright arguments have no place here as they...
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njs@...
njsauer
Jan 4, 2002 4:28 pm
... For a lawyer you sure have a short memory. You started the whole discussion ... You didn't need to send this to the entire list unless you intended to...
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Robert Struble
rwstruble2001
Jan 4, 2002 4:58 pm
FWIW: One of my fondest wargame memories is the huge miniatures battles we'd put together using Melee + Wizards and the city map from SPI's Sniper! ... ...
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The Maverick
the_maverick0
Jan 4, 2002 8:17 pm
... Well, seeing as you sent this to the entire list, what discussion did you "intend" to start and on what topic? ;-) My relevant message was intended to...
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stephan beal
sgbeal
Jan 4, 2002 8:27 pm
Can i ask that we move any "increased rhetoric" off of the list? i know we've all destroyed our fair share of paper armies, but i sure hate to see us have ...
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The Maverick
the_maverick0
Jan 4, 2002 8:36 pm
... Well phrased. ;-) the Mav -- "Never give up -- never surrender!" Commander Peter Quincy Taggart...
