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8296
... Oh. Okay. I didn't grasp that, or I'd have tackled the argument differently. Thanks for not taking offense. ... Looking at your comments in that light,...
Stven Carlberg
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Jan 1, 2003
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8297
... I ... I guess with me it's partly just a matter of too much getting to be too much. A few weeks ago I reached a point with it that I was telling people, ...
Stven Carlberg
estoote
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Jan 1, 2003
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8298
... Got a laugh there, too. Thanks! ... Oops... sorry about that, Mr. paene. It's a compliment, of course! [And then Angela said:] ... Leader of men,...
Stven Carlberg
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Jan 1, 2003
8:57 am
8299
[Odin's Ravens] ... But when that thread started out, I thought I had the Real Rules, and I was proposing a variant to make that one element more interesting. ...
Dave Eggleston <david...
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Jan 1, 2003
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8300
... Then I yield the point: You've cited an instance that demonstrates the value of players devising their own rules changes. ... No kidding! Wow, small...
Stven Carlberg
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Jan 1, 2003
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8301
... misguided "tweaks" and ... All of this coming from a man who "fixed" a perfectly good way to spell Steven. Where's the love?...
lohroffc <clohroff@...>
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Jan 1, 2003
9:46 pm
8302
What exactly is the origin of the word "meeple"? I just heard James Spader utter it in the Stargate movie..... fascinating. A...
Angela Gaalema, Plena...
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Jan 1, 2003
9:53 pm
8303
Stven, Search deja.com {group=rec.games.board; subject=Siesta} for the history lesson. - d...
Dave Eggleston <david...
ripcitygamer
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Jan 1, 2003
10:14 pm
8304
... The explanation I've heard is that the bits are made from maple, hence the figures are "maple people". The phrase then got monged into "meeple". I don't...
Phil Alberg <albergcl...
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Jan 1, 2003
11:59 pm
8305
Daniel Jackson (Mr. Spader) was interpreting the 7th, crucial symbol of the cartouche...and said it was a pyramid with the sun on top, with these two meeple...
Angela Gaalema, Plena...
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Jan 2, 2003
12:06 am
8306
OK ... here's the second list I've compiled. I published my first list yesterday: Last Chance Games. Those are games that I'm going to give one last chance...
gschloesser1
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Jan 2, 2003
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8307
... I must say, I'm getting a lot more laughs out of being cranky than I was getting out of trying to be nice! Good work, Chris. StvenC -- "Be naughty. Save...
Stven Carlberg
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Jan 2, 2003
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8308
In a message dated 1/1/03 3:53:52 PM Central Standard Time, ... I was under the impression that it originated from one of these game-related discussion groups...
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Jan 2, 2003
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8309
... And I thought it was a portmanteau word for "miniature people." StvenC...
Stven Carlberg
estoote
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Jan 2, 2003
4:09 am
8310
... fascinating. ... It's short for "My People." Iceman's wife is supposed to have invented the word. If it wasn't Jenn it was one of the other Boston women....
Dave Vander Ark <dva@...
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Jan 2, 2003
9:17 am
8311
... Dave is mostly correct. It is short for "My People" and was coined by fellow UGer Alison Hansel, who, quite incidentally, married a heck of a nice German...
Dave Bernazzani
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Jan 2, 2003
1:34 pm
8312
... anti-creativity rant> I responded to this a couple of days ago but apparently my email server is having problems. The gist of it was to hint that you were...
Mark J. Edwards <dang...
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Jan 2, 2003
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8313
In 1999, Steve Zanini sent this note to all of us lurking about on r.g.b... ... I found the posts that followed to be intriguing and compiled them to produce a...
Mark Jackson
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Jan 2, 2003
3:28 pm
8314
... And I think it's time to repost the link to "Meeples in Action" (or perhaps I should've made it "Meeples at War")... ...
Mark J. Edwards <dang...
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Jan 2, 2003
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8315
<Subject: 5 & 10 Lists (2002)> ... Thanks for the warning. I'll be sure to schedule a couple vacation days around that time. -- ò.ó Nick Danger...
Nick Danger
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Jan 2, 2003
3:37 pm
8316
I wander in from my extended vacation... ... Mmmm...Saturn Bomberman. Great game. It was the de facto standard when it came to 4+ player video gaming at my...
Jon Theys <anakinou@....
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Jan 2, 2003
3:43 pm
8317
As a wacky segue from meeple speak, comes this QP pertaining to Carcassonne: Hunters and Gatherers (why isn't hunterers? - no, that's not the QP) Anyone else...
Nick Danger
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Jan 2, 2003
3:46 pm
8318
might as well chime in with my "games played this week" list... I spent the week in a cabin in SE OK, with the in-laws, whom I've only recently introduced our...
Jon Theys <anakinou@....
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Jan 2, 2003
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8319
... FOUR years ... results is ... from those ... those!) ... Well I thought I had posted mine over in SF last night, but it still hasn't shown up yet, which...
windopaene <windopaen...
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Jan 2, 2003
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8320
... Um, did you instead mean "Grand Prix"? Or is this really a new AMNT variant? - P...
Phil Alberg <albergcl...
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Jan 2, 2003
6:12 pm
8321
<Subject: Frank'S Zoo Question> ... I smell a "I learned the game wrong and like it better that way" loaf in the oven! -- ò.ó Nick Danger...
Nick Danger
oicurnao
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Jan 2, 2003
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8322
I'm afraid your QP is in danger of being squashed by an avalanche of nickels and dimes. In a message dated 1/2/03 9:48:07 AM Central Standard Time, ... Yep. I...
simplyhappy48@...
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Jan 2, 2003
7:30 pm
8323
On 12/31/02, Nick wrote: Nick> Do you stay up for the big midnight hoopla, or phone it in and hit the Nick> sack before the new year drives by? Nick> Bonus on...
Michael Weston
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Jan 2, 2003
7:39 pm
8324
<Subject: Qp - Off Track Betting> ... Yeah, it was only a wacky attempt to see how many people were back from holiday anyway. Still, I realize that a lot of...
Nick Danger
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Jan 2, 2003
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8325
are these meeples in action fugitives from the lot of 12000 someone bought? That looks like SO much fun! ... From: Mark J. Edwards <danger.mouse@...> ...
Angela Gaalema, Plena...
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