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Greg J. Schloesser | 21 May 2013 17:56
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Rattus Cartus - review

I have posted my review of Rattus Cartus to our East Tennessee Gamers
website.  Check it out at:

www.easttennesseegamers.com

As always, your comments are welcome.

-- 
Greg J. Schloesser
"Love talked about is easily turned aside; love demonstrated is
irresistible." -- Stan Mooneyham

"And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such
sacrifices God is pleased."
- Hebrews 13: 16

"True respect starts with the way you treat others, and it is earned over a
lifetime of acting with kindness, honor, and dignity."
- Tony Dungy

"God wants us to do more than intellectually agree with the words of
Scripture:  He wants us to live in light of them."
- Francis Chan

"The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have
sought and found how to serve."
- Albert Schweitzer

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Greg J. Schloesser | 13 May 2013 22:49
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Review - Reverse Charades

I have posted my review of Reverse Charades on the East Tennessee Gamers
website.  Check it out at:

www.easttennesseegamers.com

As always, your thoughts and comments are welcome.

-- 
Greg J. Schloesser
"Love talked about is easily turned aside; love demonstrated is
irresistible." -- Stan Mooneyham

"And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such
sacrifices God is pleased."
- Hebrews 13: 16

"True respect starts with the way you treat others, and it is earned over a
lifetime of acting with kindness, honor, and dignity."
- Tony Dungy

"God wants us to do more than intellectually agree with the words of
Scripture:  He wants us to live in light of them."
- Francis Chan

"The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have
sought and found how to serve."
- Albert Schweitzer

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spielfrieks | 12 May 2013 09:22
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Spielfrieks Etiquette

The Spielfrieks list is one of the largest forums for the discussion of German-style (aka designer) games.
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subject starts to drift, please change the subject line to reflect the new topic. This makes it much easier
for those reading to filter on the subjects that interest them most.

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spielfrieks | 1 May 2013 09:20
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Spielfrieks "For sale" Posting Guidelines

A For Sale ("[FS]") post is any message that is primarily meant to advertise games for direct sale or to draw
attention to an eBay auction or a "Games For Sale" web page.

First, let us point out that there is a separate mailing list at Yahoo Groups, Spielfrieks Marketplace,
which was established in April 2002 to serve as the "classified ads" of the Spielfrieks community.
Spielfrieks Marketplace can be found here:
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For Sale [FS] posts on Spielfrieks must follow these guidelines:

1. For Sale [FS] posts must be limited to one message per person per week.

2. No game should be advertised for sale more than once by the same seller. That is, if you say "I have Password
available for $50" then you shouldn't come back a week later and say "I have Password available for $5."

3. No posts should be made to remind everyone that a previously-announced eBay auction is soon ending.

4. Any For Sale [FS] posts (to either list) should be for Spielfrieky games -- not war games, not roleplaying
games, not CCGs, etc. Spielfrieky games are "sophisticated board and card games, with an emphasis on
German or European titles."

5. The [FS] tag must be used in the subject line so that those who do not want to read such posts can easily
delete them.

6. For Trade [FT] posts are subject to the same restrictions as For Sale [FS] posts.

Members who do not follow these guidelines on Spielfrieks will receive a warning, followed by more drastic
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Shannon Appelcline | 29 Apr 2013 19:31
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Interview with Matt Leacock

Today on Mechanics & Meeples, I posted a new interview with Matt Leacock,
all about cooperative design:
http://www.mechanics-and-meeples.com/2013/04/29/co-op-interviews-matt-leacock-pandemic/

Shannon

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spielfrieks | 28 Apr 2013 09:21
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Spielfrieks Etiquette

The Spielfrieks list is one of the largest forums for the discussion of German-style (aka designer) games.
Here are a few tips and some general guidelines designed to keep Spielfrieks an enjoyable and useful forum.

1. Try to keep the subject line in tune with the content of your message. If you reply to one email but the
subject starts to drift, please change the subject line to reflect the new topic. This makes it much easier
for those reading to filter on the subjects that interest them most.

2. Cut down on unnecessary quoted text (text from the person you are replying to). This is especially true of
the boiler-plate Spielfrieks material that is appended to every posted message. It's hard to read these
messages with lots of extra quoted text - especially in digest mode. The number of messages is so great that
not everyone can keep up - so please be judicious in cutting out text in replies.

3. Please use www.tinyurl.com or another URL-shortening service when posting long links. Many email
programs will split long URLs, making the links unworkable without some annoying cut-and-paste work.

4. If the number of messages is too large for you, go into digest mode where you receive one message a couple
times each day containing a digest of all posts. You get the same information, but slightly delayed. There
is also web-based browsing of the group where you can read the messages online (and get no emails). You can
configure this at the Spielfrieks homepage (see below - use the Edit My Membership option from the
Spielfrieks homepage).

If you are in email mode, most good email clients allow you to filter your incoming messages and file them
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Herb Levy | 25 Apr 2013 06:12
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Gamers Alliance Report - Free Issue!

Hello Friends,

   Gamers Alliance is the international gaming network. Since 1986, we have 
been featuring the newest and best games on the market today in our
quarterly publication, Gamers Alliance Report. Since the current issue 
(Spring 2013) is now available to our members, we are making last year's 
issue (Spring 2012) available free for everyone on our web site.

   The Spring 2012 issue is filled with more of the top quality game reviews 
our readership has come to expect from some of the best writers on games in 
the world. Lots of other fun stuff to explore on the site too.

   If you think you might be interested in taking a look, simply go to 
www.gamersalliance.com and click on "Sample Past GA REPORTS". When you get 
to the sample page, click on the 2012 Spring link.

   Enjoy your visit!
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Herb Levy
Gamers Alliance
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Tom Vasel | 17 Apr 2013 13:07
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Dice Tower Award Nominees for the year 2012 Announced!

*Press Release, April 17, 2013*

*The Dice Tower Network is proud to present the slate of Dice Tower Gaming
Awards for games released in the year 2012.  A committee made up of over 40
prominent podcasters, reviewers, and bloggers has come up with the lists of
the best tabletop games of the year 2012.  *

*The committee congratulates all the nominees, and we look forward to
announcing the winners the first week of July, at the Dice Tower Convention.
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*A list of the nominations, along with designers and English publishers.*

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*Game of the Year:*

   - *Android: Netrunner: *by Richard Garfield and Lukas Lizsinger -
   Fantasy Flight Games
   - *CO2: *by Vital Lacerda - Stronghold Games
   - *Descent, 2nd Edition*: by Adam Sadler, Daniel Clark I, Corey
   Konieczka, and Kevin Wilson - Fantasy Flight Games
   - *Lords of Waterdeep: *by Peter Lee and Rodney Thompson - Wizards of
   the Coast
   - *Mage Wars: *by Bryan and Benjamin Pope - Arcane Wonders
   - *Mice and Mystics: *by Jerry Hawthorne - Plaid Hat Games
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Shannon Appelcline | 15 Apr 2013 20:09
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3012 Deckbuilding Article

I've got a new deckbuilding article out today on 3012 from Cryptozoic:
http://www.mechanics-and-meeples.com/2013/04/15/a-deckbuilding-look-at-3012/

As usual, it talks about what this game adds to the field, and all that
jazz.

Shannon

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spielfrieks | 14 Apr 2013 09:18
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Spielfrieks Etiquette

The Spielfrieks list is one of the largest forums for the discussion of German-style (aka designer) games.
Here are a few tips and some general guidelines designed to keep Spielfrieks an enjoyable and useful forum.

1. Try to keep the subject line in tune with the content of your message. If you reply to one email but the
subject starts to drift, please change the subject line to reflect the new topic. This makes it much easier
for those reading to filter on the subjects that interest them most.

2. Cut down on unnecessary quoted text (text from the person you are replying to). This is especially true of
the boiler-plate Spielfrieks material that is appended to every posted message. It's hard to read these
messages with lots of extra quoted text - especially in digest mode. The number of messages is so great that
not everyone can keep up - so please be judicious in cutting out text in replies.

3. Please use www.tinyurl.com or another URL-shortening service when posting long links. Many email
programs will split long URLs, making the links unworkable without some annoying cut-and-paste work.

4. If the number of messages is too large for you, go into digest mode where you receive one message a couple
times each day containing a digest of all posts. You get the same information, but slightly delayed. There
is also web-based browsing of the group where you can read the messages online (and get no emails). You can
configure this at the Spielfrieks homepage (see below - use the Edit My Membership option from the
Spielfrieks homepage).

If you are in email mode, most good email clients allow you to filter your incoming messages and file them
away in a folder different from your inbox. You can easily search on the word [spielfrieks] which appears
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Greg J. Schloesser | 3 Apr 2013 20:37
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Milestones - review

I have published my review of Milestones on the East Tennessee Gamers
website.  Check it out at:

www.easttennesseegamers.com

As always, your comments and thoughts are welcome.

-- 
Greg J. Schloesser
"Love talked about is easily turned aside; love demonstrated is
irresistible." -- Stan Mooneyham

"And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such
sacrifices God is pleased."
- Hebrews 13: 16

"True respect starts with the way you treat others, and it is earned over a
lifetime of acting with kindness, honor, and dignity."
- Tony Dungy

"God wants us to do more than intellectually agree with the words of
Scripture:  He wants us to live in light of them."
- Francis Chan

"The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have
sought and found how to serve."
- Albert Schweitzer

International Gamers Awards:  www.internationalgamersawards.net
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