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Message no. 1
From: Bull <chaos@*****.COM>
Subject: SR Card game
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 18:47:47 -0500
Ok, I remember a while back seeing something about a Shadowrun Collectible
Card game slated for release this past summer...

Well, I haven't heard anything about it in quite some time, so I was
wondering if maybe anyone else here knew anything about this.

If there isn't one coming out, Steven Tinner and I have been kicking around
some idea on how to create one...:) I could probably find my notes and post
them if anyone is interested...

_bull-the-card-playing-decker-turned-GM


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Message no. 2
From: Pete <Pete@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: SR Card game
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 00:03:46 +0000
In article <199611192347.SAA24128@***.ncweb.com>, Bull <chaos@*****.COM>
writes
>Ok, I remember a while back seeing something about a Shadowrun Collectible
>Card game slated for release this past summer...
>
>Well, I haven't heard anything about it in quite some time, so I was
>wondering if maybe anyone else here knew anything about this.
>
>If there isn't one coming out, Steven Tinner and I have been kicking around
>some idea on how to create one...:) I could probably find my notes and post
>them if anyone is interested...
>
>_bull-the-card-playing-decker-turned-GM

Card Game???

Card Game!!!!

CARD GAME!!!!!!!

Are you trying to reduce Shadowrun to a glorified version of bloody
SNAP!!!! Take you damn CCG concepts and stuff 'em where the sun don't
shine, afore I come over their and turn that Orkish butt of yours into a
pair of earrings for ya....

<snip rabid slavvering rant>


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Pete Sims
Civilisation advances by extending the number of important operations which we
can perform without thinking about them.
Message no. 3
From: olafur gunnarsson <olafurg@******.IS>
Subject: Re: SR Card game
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 02:39:23 GMT
>In article <199611192347.SAA24128@***.ncweb.com>, Bull <chaos@*****.COM>
>writes
>>Ok, I remember a while back seeing something about a Shadowrun Collectible
>>Card game slated for release this past summer...
>>
>>Well, I haven't heard anything about it in quite some time, so I was
>>wondering if maybe anyone else here knew anything about this.
>>
>>If there isn't one coming out, Steven Tinner and I have been kicking around
>>some idea on how to create one...:) I could probably find my notes and post
>>them if anyone is interested...
>>
>>_bull-the-card-playing-decker-turned-GM

Be warned any attempt to do so will imeadietly force me to retaliate with
the worst flame i can imagine. the thought of changing the ewer holy
Shadowrun in a card game
makes me shiver with horror:)
In other words no thanks.
-Olafur G
Message no. 4
From: BulletShower <nmatausc@****.CIP.FAK14.UNI-MUENCHEN.DE>
Subject: Re: SR Card game
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 13:25:40 +1000
Pete <Pete@********.DEMON.CO.UK> said on the subject of a SR card
game:

> CARD GAME!!!!!!!
>
> Are you trying to reduce Shadowrun to a glorified version of bloody
> SNAP!!!! Take you damn CCG concepts and stuff 'em where the sun don't
> shine, afore I come over their and turn that Orkish butt of yours into a
> pair of earrings for ya....

Yeahhhhh! Kick this bulldrek outa here! We don't want no stinkin'
SR card game! We don't want no collectible sh*t here! We wanna play
the real thing! Yeeaaaaaaahhhhh!

Um ... sorry. I don't want to see SR reduced to a card game. SR is
one of the best (if not *the* best) roleplaying games I know (and I
think I know quite a lot, since I collect them). Making it into a
goddamn personal computer game or card game is nearly blasphemy to
me.

:)
BulletShower
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Message no. 5
From: Mike Elkins <MikeE@*********.COM>
Subject: Re: SR Card Game
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 10:27:54 -0500
<snip cries of heresy and abomination>
Oh get over it you guys.
Its clear from the way FASA has been putting out Shadowrun material that they
aren't about to abandon the line in favor of putting out lots of silly cards.
If they do come out with a card game, well, if it is fun, maybe I'll try it a bit, and if
its not, it will sink into oblivion, but as far as I can tell IT POSES NO
CONCEIVABLE THREAT to how you play Shadowrun. IMHO its probably a bad
business move for FASA to put one out, but that is their call.
To repeat, get over it. SR is not a religion, CCGs are not horror constructs... :)

Double-Domed Mike
Message no. 6
From: BulletShower <nmatausc@****.CIP.FAK14.UNI-MUENCHEN.DE>
Subject: Re: SR Card Game
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 17:14:44 +1000
Also sprach Mike Elkins <MikeE@*********.COM>:

> [...] but as far as I can tell IT POSES NO
> CONCEIVABLE THREAT to how you play Shadowrun. IMHO its probably a bad
> business move for FASA to put one out, but that is their call.

Of course it is. Nobody howls in pain when this drek should ever see
the face of our earth. The thing is, rdecuing SR to something like


> To repeat, get over it. SR is not a religion, CCGs are not horror constructs... :)

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Message no. 7
From: BulletShower <nmatausc@****.CIP.FAK14.UNI-MUENCHEN.DE>
Subject: Re: SR Card Game
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 17:21:10 +1000
Oh, sorry, got the wrong button ...

> To repeat, get over it. SR is not a religion, CCGs are not horror constructs... :)

Thanks for the hint, Mike. But this is a discussion list (or at
least, it should be), and there are indeed some people here who
dislike nothing more than CCGs. And if you visited any roleplaying
convention over here in Germany, you'd *hate* these card games, too:
wherever you look, young kids, "playing" CCGs - at this years
Spielemesse Essen, all tables were blocked by the card players.
Horrible.

:(
BulletShower
______________________________________________________________________
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Message no. 8
From: Mark McLaughlin <mmclaugh@*******.EENG.DCU.IE>
Subject: Re: SR Card game
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 16:33:24 -0800
Pete wrote:
>
> In article <199611192347.SAA24128@***.ncweb.com>, Bull <chaos@*****.COM>
> writes
> >Ok, I remember a while back seeing something about a Shadowrun Collectible
> >Card game slated for release this past summer...
> >
> >Well, I haven't heard anything about it in quite some time, so I was
> >wondering if maybe anyone else here knew anything about this.
> >
> >If there isn't one coming out, Steven Tinner and I have been kicking around
> >some idea on how to create one...:) I could probably find my notes and post
> >them if anyone is interested...
> >
> >_bull-the-card-playing-decker-turned-GM
>
> Card Game???
>
> Card Game!!!!
>
> CARD GAME!!!!!!!
>
> Are you trying to reduce Shadowrun to a glorified version of bloody
> SNAP!!!! Take you damn CCG concepts and stuff 'em where the sun don't
> shine, afore I come over their and turn that Orkish butt of yours into a
> pair of earrings for ya....
>
> <snip rabid slavvering rant>
>
> --
> Pete Sims
> Civilisation advances by extending the number of important operations which we
> can perform without thinking about them.

Jesus calm down his ideas might be pretty good... However it could never
match up to or take away from the excellent "RPG" that is Shadowrun.
Message no. 9
From: Steffen Lassahn <sl@*******.HANSE.DE>
Subject: Re: SR Card game
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 11:35:10 GMT
On Tue, 19 Nov 1996 23:47:47 GMT, Bull <chaos@*****.COM> wrote:

>Ok, I remember a while back seeing something about a Shadowrun =
Collectible
>Card game slated for release this past summer...
>
>Well, I haven't heard anything about it in quite some time, so I was
>wondering if maybe anyone else here knew anything about this.

It is supposed to be released next year.

Steffen


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Message no. 10
From: Bull <chaos@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: SR Card game
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 17:01:26 -0500
<sigh>

Guys, I'm sorry I wever brought the topic up...

Personally, i don't mind playing a card game evry now and then, as it's a
nice diversion when you don't have enough people to play a role-playing
game, or whatever... and it could possibly even help get non-RPers into te
genre... I know we've got several guys who play with us regularly that we
met through playing cards.

I would never suggest abandoning RPG's fro CCGs, heaven forbid... i enjoy
my creativity far toomuch... But occasionally, when half your group is out,
and you're stuck in the middle of an adventure, sometimes you need to find
something else to do other than play Shadowrun... and I think a Card game
could be done taht captuires most of the flavor of the game...

Besides, it couldn't be any worse than nintendo's SR Video Game...

Steve (Bull)
Message no. 11
From: Justin Pinnow <jpinnow@*****.EDU>
Subject: Re: SR Card game
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 17:08:02 -0500
Bull wrote:

<Snip>
>
> I would never suggest abandoning RPG's fro CCGs, heaven forbid... i enjoy
> my creativity far toomuch... But occasionally, when half your group is out,
> and you're stuck in the middle of an adventure, sometimes you need to find
> something else to do other than play Shadowrun... and I think a Card game
> could be done taht captuires most of the flavor of the game...
>
> Besides, it couldn't be any worse than nintendo's SR Video Game...

Sure it could...it could be SEGA's SR video game... ;)

> Steve (Bull)

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jpinnow@*****.edu
Message no. 12
From: Peter Coxon <coxoff@***.COM>
Subject: Re: SR Card Game
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 21:25:51 UT
----------
From: Shadowrun Discussion on behalf of Mike Elkins
Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 1996 3:27 PM
To: SHADOWRN@********.ITRIBE.NET
Subject: Re: SR Card Game

><snip cries of heresy and abomination>
>Oh get over it you guys.
>Its clear from the way FASA has been putting out Shadowrun material >that
they
>aren't about to abandon the line in favor of putting out lots of silly cards.
>If they do come out with a card game, well, if it is fun, maybe I'll try it a
>bit, and if
>its not, it will sink into oblivion, but as far as I can tell IT POSES NO
>CONCEIVABLE THREAT to how you play Shadowrun. IMHO its >probably a bad
>business move for FASA to put one out, but that is their call.
>To repeat, get over it. SR is not a religion, CCGs are not horror
>constructs... :)
>
>Double-Domed Mike
Just to back Mike up on this in the Uk there is a Magazine called Arcane from
futurnet publising who have a nice little forum on their web and this thread
has been followed when the cthulhu card game came out, basically the general
consensus (after a few weeks) was that although the CCG were not that good
they did get potential rp'er into rp'ing. :-) How ever How can you judge a
card game that you haven't played before? It is like writing a review for a
car you haven't seen or driven....
Tim (not the other one)
Message no. 13
From: Droopy <droopy@*******.NB.NET>
Subject: Re: SR Card game
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 18:10:55 +0000
Pete Sims wrote:

> CARD GAME!!!!!!!
> Are you trying to reduce Shadowrun to a glorified version of bloody
> SNAP!!!! Take you damn CCG concepts and stuff 'em where the sun don't
> shine, afore I come over their and turn that Orkish butt of yours into a
> pair of earrings for ya....

Well, I'm sure that Mike can confirm the card game info. It was
anounced at Origins the the card game was back on track.


--Droopy
droopy@**.net
Message no. 14
From: Droopy <droopy@*******.NB.NET>
Subject: Re: SR Card Game
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 18:10:55 +0000
Bulletshower wrote:

> dislike nothing more than CCGs. And if you visited any roleplaying
> convention over here in Germany, you'd *hate* these card games, too:
> wherever you look, young kids, "playing" CCGs - at this years
> Spielemesse Essen, all tables were blocked by the card players.
> Horrible.

That is the case at virtually every convention anymore. It doesn't
make card games any less important or fun that any other games,
though.


--Droopy
Who will try any game once, and the fun ones twice.
droopy@**.net
Message no. 15
From: Pete <Pete@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: SR Card Game
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 22:56:46 +0000
In article <s292dbf1.008@********.dragonsys.com>, Mike Elkins
<MikeE@*********.COM> writes

[snip pleas for sanity]

>business move for FASA to put one out, but that is their call.
>To repeat, get over it.

Well... If you insist but... <snarl grrrrr> , uhum!..

>SR is not a religion,

Its NOT!!!!! Damn, all these years wasted :(

>CCGs are not horror constructs...

I will not comment... I will not comment... I will *not* comment...
<grits teeth in desperation>


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Pete Sims
Civilisation advances by extending the number of important operations which we
can perform without thinking about them.
Message no. 16
From: The Crucible <crucible@******.MUR.CSU.EDU.AU>
Subject: Re: SR Card game
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 19:11:50 +1100
> <sigh>
>
> Guys, I'm sorry I wever brought the topic up...
>
> Personally, i don't mind playing a card game evry now and then, as it's a
> nice diversion when you don't have enough people to play a role-playing
> game, or whatever... and it could possibly even help get non-RPers into te
> genre... I know we've got several guys who play with us regularly that we
> met through playing cards.
>
> I would never suggest abandoning RPG's fro CCGs, heaven forbid... i enjoy
> my creativity far toomuch... But occasionally, when half your group is out,
> and you're stuck in the middle of an adventure, sometimes you need to find
> something else to do other than play Shadowrun... and I think a Card game
> could be done taht captuires most of the flavor of the game...
>
> Besides, it couldn't be any worse than nintendo's SR Video Game...
>
> Steve (Bull)
>
Dont worry Bull... you're far from alone... as I have said before you
need something to give the GMs a rest here and their and it also helps
loosen the players up for a game.... mtg rocks and so does Star Trek....
although I would prefer my rpgs....

So I agree totally with you... only one question remains... is that a
good thing for you? =P

Crucible

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Message no. 17
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: SR Card Game
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 12:00:26 +0100
Peter Coxon said on 21:25/19 Nov 96...

> Just to back Mike up on this in the Uk there is a Magazine called Arcane from
> futurnet publising who have a nice little forum on their web and this thread
> has been followed when the cthulhu card game came out, basically the general
> consensus (after a few weeks) was that although the CCG were not that good
> they did get potential rp'er into rp'ing. :-)

Is this the same Arcane in which I read an article about how CCGs threaten
to take gamers away from RPGs?

> How ever How can you judge a card game that you haven't played before?
> It is like writing a review for a car you haven't seen or driven....

I have to agree with this one, but I do think that most of the claims of
"This CCG can be used as a substitute for [some part of the RPG rules]" is
utter crap -- not that I've played many CCGs, but I do think it's highly
unlikely anyone will play a CCG to replace the decking or astral space
bits of Shadowrun (would such a game come out, of course). I say this from
having played both CP2020 and Netrunner, and in one preview I read of NR,
someone at Talsorian (Lisa Pondsmith, I think) claimed it could be used
instead of the normal netrunning rules from the CP2020 rules. No way.

What a good CCG based on an RPG could do, however, is get players to try
out the RPG as well, instead of trying to complement the RPG system with a
card game (which, if you ask me, won't work).

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Message no. 18
From: Timothy P Cooper <tpcooper@***.CSUPOMONA.EDU>
Subject: Re: SR Card game
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 10:11:33 -0800
> > <sigh>
> >
> > Guys, I'm sorry I wever brought the topic up...
> >
> > Personally, i don't mind playing a card game evry now and then, as it's a
> > nice diversion when you don't have enough people to play a role-playing
> > game, or whatever... and it could possibly even help get non-RPers into te
> > genre... I know we've got several guys who play with us regularly that we
> > met through playing cards.
> >
> > I would never suggest abandoning RPG's fro CCGs, heaven forbid... i enjoy
> > my creativity far toomuch... But occasionally, when half your group is out,
> > and you're stuck in the middle of an adventure, sometimes you need to find
> > something else to do other than play Shadowrun... and I think a Card game
> > could be done taht captuires most of the flavor of the game...
> >
> > Besides, it couldn't be any worse than nintendo's SR Video Game...
> >
> > Steve (Bull)
> >
> Dont worry Bull... you're far from alone... as I have said before you
> need something to give the GMs a rest here and their and it also helps
> loosen the players up for a game.... mtg rocks and so does Star Trek....
> although I would prefer my rpgs....
>
> So I agree totally with you... only one question remains... is that a
> good thing for you? =P
>
> Crucible
>

HERE! HERE! for the GM rest thing! During the Summer, when we played about 3
nights a week and every weekend..., we'd periodically take a break and just play
massive 5 player-every-man-for-him-self and team MTG games...the best ones were
the ones he had to stop because, well frankly the guy whose house we were at had
to get some sleep so he gould get up for work in a few hours.

We'd also play Rage or Netrunner (which is pretty cool and semi-shadowrun like
to boot).

~Tim
Message no. 19
From: BulletShower <nmatausc@****.CIP.FAK14.UNI-MUENCHEN.DE>
Subject: Re: SR Card Game
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 09:12:28 +1000
Peter Coxon <coxoff@***.COM> wrote:

> How ever How can you judge a
> card game that you haven't played before? It is like writing a review for a
> car you haven't seen or driven....

Hm ... that's easy: I've seen what all the other commercial
collectable card game bulls**t has done to almost *every* game con I
attended :(

:)
BulletShower
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Message no. 20
From: Czar Eggbert <czregbrt@*********.EDU>
Subject: Re: SR Card Game
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 14:52:49 -0600
On Tue, 26 Nov 1996, BulletShower wrote:

> Peter Coxon <coxoff@***.COM> wrote:
>
> > How ever How can you judge a
> > card game that you haven't played before? It is like writing a review for a
> > car you haven't seen or driven....
>
> Hm ... that's easy: I've seen what all the other commercial
> collectable card game bulls**t has done to almost *every* game con I
> attended :(
>
> :)
> BulletShower
> ______________________________________________________________________
> "Gott wuerfelt nicht" (A. Einstein)
> For More information on diceless roleplaying and own Shadowrun stuff,
> jack into http://www.cip.fak14.uni-muenchen.de/~nmatausc
>
Can some one send me the back log on this topic... I seem to remember a
simaler topic on the 'Land
Message no. 21
From: Droopy <droopy@*******.NB.NET>
Subject: Re: SR Card Game
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 02:04:10 +0000
Bulletshower wrote:

> > How ever How can you judge a
> > card game that you haven't played before? It is like writing a review for a
> > car you haven't seen or driven....
>
> Hm ... that's easy: I've seen what all the other commercial
> collectable card game bulls**t has done to almost *every* game con I
> attended :(

You aren't an older wargamer are you? You sure do cry like they did
way back when some crappy upstart non-game craze started to take over
their conventions. Good thing everyone quickly realised that it
wasn't a true game and quit ROLE-PLAYING so that gaming conventions
didn't have to put up with it anymore.

Sheesh, they are games....at <gasp> gaming conventions. You're
right, this shouldn't be allowed. Geez, next you'll want Monopoly
yanked from the games area at the local toy store because it's not
Nintendo.

I happen to find all gaming to be enjoyable. I play RPG's, Wargames,
Card Games (that Millie Bornes has to go, too) video games, and board
games, along with anything else that looks interesting. No one form
of game is more 'gamey' than any other.


--Droopy
droopy@**.net
Message no. 22
From: BulletShower <nmatausc@****.CIP.FAK14.UNI-MUENCHEN.DE>
Subject: Re: SR Card Game
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 17:14:28 +1000
Said Droopy <droopy@*******.NB.NET>:

> Sheesh, they are games....at <gasp> gaming conventions. You're
> right, this shouldn't be allowed.

Oh, oh, getting funny, ain't we? I didn't say *ban* these CCGs from
the public. What I meant was "limit the area the players need for
their card games". I wrote (maybe you didn't read that) that at all
conventions, the card players occupied all tables. Do you understand
what I want to say? Give us roleplayers half of the tables back, and
that's it. Understand? Sure you do.


> Geez, next you'll want Monopoly
> yanked from the games area at the local toy store because it's not
> Nintendo.

Correct! CORRECT! Join the Federation For Burning All Crap That's Not
Roleplaying. Haha. Very funny, Droopy, very funny, I must say.


> I happen to find all gaming to be enjoyable.

This is *your* opinion, not mine.


> No one form
> of game is more 'gamey' than any other.

I'm getting the impression you *want* to misunderstand me. I *never*
saif something about the "gaming value" of certain kinds of games.

>:-(

BulleShower
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Message no. 23
From: Timothy P Cooper <tpcooper@***.CSUPOMONA.EDU>
Subject: Re: SR Card Game
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 11:39:17 -0800
[snip , snip]

> I happen to find all gaming to be enjoyable. I play RPG's, Wargames,
> Card Games (that Millie Bornes has to go, too) video games, and board

No way! Out of all the computer games that I own, the one that more of my
friends want to borrow is Millie Bornes for windows...It's great for the
mindless killing of time (that an the computer sucks...so you win most of the
time.)

> games, along with anything else that looks interesting. No one form
> of game is more 'gamey' than any other.
>
>
> --Droopy
> droopy@**.net

~Tim
Message no. 24
From: Droopy <droopy@*******.NB.NET>
Subject: Re: SR Card Game
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 00:52:23 +0000
Bulletshower said,

> Oh, oh, getting funny, ain't we? I didn't say *ban* these CCGs from

Sorry, the sarcasm creeps in cause I go through this stuff right
after Kesmai's online SVGA mechwarrior newsgroups. I sometimes
forget to drop the character.

> the public. What I meant was "limit the area the players need for
> their card games". I wrote (maybe you didn't read that) that at all
> conventions, the card players occupied all tables. Do you understand

This is a problem on the convention organizer's end. Most of the
conventions here had specific space allocated to different types of
games. The solution is prolly to flood them with complaints.


--Droopy


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Message no. 25
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: SR Card Game
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 12:15:31 +0100
Timothy P Cooper said on 11:39/27 Nov 96...

> No way! Out of all the computer games that I own, the one that more of my
> friends want to borrow is Millie Bornes for windows...It's great for the
> mindless killing of time (that an the computer sucks...so you win most of the
> time.)

What is this Millie Bornes?

Oh, and if you're looking for a game to kill time with (not to mention
indulge in some mindless violence), try Worms...

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Message no. 26
From: Benjamin <benjamin@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: SR Card Game
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 10:46:45 PST
>What is this Millie Bornes?

Umm... I think it's a (really old) card game where you're trying to
get a certain number of miles or something... I haven't played it in a
LONG time.

>Oh, and if you're looking for a game to kill time with (not to mention
>indulge in some mindless violence), try Worms...

Yeah! Worms is neat! Now if only you could aim worth a damn...
Message no. 27
From: Tim Cooper <tpcooper@***.CSUPOMONA.EDU>
Subject: Re: SR Card Game
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 1996 10:19:36 -0800
On Thu, 28 Nov 1996, Gurth wrote:

> Timothy P Cooper said on 11:39/27 Nov 96...
>
> > No way! Out of all the computer games that I own, the one that more of my
> > friends want to borrow is Millie Bornes for windows...It's great for the
> > mindless killing of time (that an the computer sucks...so you win most of the
> > time.)
>
> What is this Millie Bornes?

Sorry, when dialing in to the University network and then telnetting to
the server where my account is, the keyboard-to-screen response is just
enough behind my typing speed to make typos that I don't catch in time
prevalent (that, and I forgot the exact name) "Mile Bones" (if you
actually didn't know what it was..) is a card game simulating a road race
where you have to accumulate 700(or 1000) miles by playing mile stone
cards, while at the same time, watching out for hazards played on you by
your opponant (you can do it back of course..). Cool, simple, mindless
time waster for situations where your bored of solitair.

>
> Oh, and if you're looking for a game to kill time with (not to mention
> indulge in some mindless violence), try Worms...
>
> --
> Gurth@******.nl - http://www.xs4all.nl/~gurth/index.html
> Attach it to the leg of the long-distance duck.
> -> NERPS Project Leader & Unofficial Shadowrun Guru <-
> -> The Plastic Warriors Page: http://www.xs4all.nl/~gurth/plastic.html <-
>
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~Tim
Message no. 28
From: "Robert Pendergrast (Tom)" <3011_3@***.EDU>
Subject: Re: SR Card Game
Date: Sun, 1 Dec 1996 16:39:07 -0700
> >What is this Millie Bornes?
>
> Umm... I think it's a (really old) card game where you're trying to
> get a certain number of miles or something... I haven't played it in a
> LONG time.

Its Mille Bornes, not 'millie'. Its French for 'thousand miles', shich
is the object of the game; to get a thousand miles.

-Tom

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