rec.games.board FAQ and intro
From: ahabig@bigbang.astro.indiana.edu
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Subject: rec.games.board FAQ and intro
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Date: 28 Jul 1997 13:24:43 GMT
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Summary: useful information for readers of rec.games.board
Keywords: faq, intro
Archive-name: games/board-games-faq
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rec.games.board FAQ and introduction
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Welcome to the rec.games.board newsgroup! This is a group in which
board games of all sorts are discussed (with the exceptions of certain
popular games which have their own groups, see below). This is a group
with unusually large scope, given the huge number of different board
games. Games that have popped up in the past seem to come from a few
distinct groups : 1) "Parlor" games like scrabble, monopoly, and risk;
2) Military and Historic simulations of all kinds; and 3) games that
don't fit into any of the above categories, but which are often played
by the same folks as play #2.
Following are different sections of information of interest to those
reading this group. They are moderately long, but are separated
by "=====" 's, so use the "g=====" command to skip to the next section
if you like. The topics are :
1) Specific game discussion areas (other newsgroups and mailing lists)
2) rec.games.board netiquitte
3) Network Resources of interest to readers of rec.games.board
4) Game FAQ's
5) Auctions
6) Where to get games and stuff?
7) The "Distribution: " line
8) Threaded News Readers
9) Killfiles and rec.games.board example killfile entries
1) Specific game discussion areas
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There are several games which have their own dedicated discussion
forums. If you have a question or want to discuss these games, you'll
get a much better response from the specific forum than you will from
rec.games.board. Also, in general, cross-posting is a waste of
bandwidth - try to avoid it. Here's a listing of games with their own
home :
Games which have their own newsgroups :
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Abstract games : rec.games.abstract
Backgammon : rec.games.backgammon
Battletech et al : rec.games.mecha
Chess : rec.games.chess
Cosmic Encounter : rec.games.board.ce
Diplomacy : rec.games.diplomacy
Games For Sale : rec.games.board.marketplace
General game design : rec.games.design
Go : rec.games.go
Magic: The Gathering : rec.games.trading-card....
Miniatures : rec.games.miniatures.misc
Historical Minis : rec.games.miniatures.historical
Warhammer Minis : rec.games.miniatures.warhammer
Play-by-Mail games : rec.games.pbm
Role-Playing Games : rec.games.frp....
Trivia games : rec.games.trivia
Mailing lists (and where to write to be included) :
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Note that many of these mailing lists are run by automated mailing
list programs, or "listservs". Those that are can sign you up with no
need for human intervention. Lists that can do this have a second line
below, with the string that you need to send in the message body to
sign up. For instance, if I was signing up for the Blood Bowl list,
I'd send a message (subject irrelevant) with the message body
subscribe bbowl-l Alec Habig
and everything would be taken care of.
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Advanced Squad Leader : majordomo@list.pitt.edu
listserv, "subscribe advanced-sl"
Advanced Third Reich : LISTSERV@SJUVM.STJOHNS.EDU
listserv, "subscribe A3R"
AH Impulse games : pieter2@geology.und.ac.za
send email message
Air Power : air.power-request@umich.edu
Blood Bowl : majordomo@cs.utk.edu
listserv, "subscribe bbowl-l YourName"
or "subscribe bbowl-digest your name here"
Car Wars : dbarton@racp.edu.au
Centurion : listserv, "subscribe centurion-l"
listserv@netcom.com
Command Decision : cdmailer-request@cwi.com
Conflict Simulation : LISTSERV@listserv.uni-c.dk
listserv, "sub consim-l YourName"
Empires in Arms PBEM : listproc@lists.pipex.com
listserv, "subscribe eia yourname"
Europa : europa-request@lysator.liu.se
Europa Universalis : list-request@feednet.com
"subscribe eu-list"
Flat Top : FLATTOP-request@aclcb.purdue.edu
listserv, "subscribe YourName"
The Gamers : majordomo@www.ee.washington.edu
listserv, "subscribe gamers-l"
Harpoon (naval mins.) : cz-admin@mbnet.mb.ca
Manowar : manowar-request@harte-lyne.ca
"subscribe"
Mechwar : gt7805b@prism.gatech.edu
listserv, "SUB MechWar YourAddress"
Microgames : microgame-request@dryland.mandarin.org
Modern Era Wargames : LISTSERV@VM1.SPCS.UMN.EDU
listserv, SUBSCRIBE MODMIL-L
ModmiL-L : listserv@tc.umn.edu
"subscribe modmiL-L yourname"
Ogre/GEV : hcobb@io.com
Pax Britannica : majordomo@elisium.com
"subscribe paxb-l"
PBM List : pbm-forum-info@tightbeam.com
send email message
Pre-gunpowder mins. : alr@hoqaa.att.com
Renju : tommy.maltell@lemes.se
Shogi : listserv@technion.technion.ac.il
listserv, "SUB SHOGI-L YourName"
Space Marine : Majordomo@ts.umu.se
listserv, "subscribe space-marine YourName"
Squad Leader : epass@nyx.net
Starfire : starfire-request@soda.berkeley.edu
Star Fleet Battles : burnside@macc.wisc.edu (*)
Strat-o-matic : majordomo@indiana.edu
listserv, "subscribe strat-misc"
Strat-o-matic baseball : majordomo@indiana.edu
listserv, "subscribe strat-bb"
Up Front : upfront-request@harte-lyne.ca
listserv, "subscribe"
Warhammer Fantasy Batt. : Majordomo@direwolf.com
listserv, "subscribe WarHammerFB"
World In Flames : listserv@list.digivis.com
listserv, "subscribe wif"
(*) For the SFB mailing lists, put SFU-SUBSCRIBE in the Subject:
header, and the name of one of the following sublists in the
body of the message : SFB-TACTICS, SFB-TOURNEY, SFB-Q+A,
F+E-GENERAL, or PD-GENERAL.
Of the above games, many have a strong PBEM (play By E-Mail) following.
Most notably Diplomacy, ASL, and EiA. Scrabble even has an internet
server for interactive games (telnet eel.st.usm.edu 7777, or look at the
URL http://elf.udw.ac.za/scrabble/), as do Othello (telnet telnet
faust.uni-paderborn.de 5000), Go (telnet imageek.york.cuny.edu 9696),
Trax (mail pbmserv@gamerz.net with a subject of help), and MahJong
(http://newmath.princeton.edu:5555/mj.html). The pbmserv address also
supports a wide range of other PBEM games - check out
http://gamerz.net/ for the whole scoop!
You can even play against Chinook, the world champion checkers program,
at http://web.cs.ualberta.ca/~chinook. If you are interested in joining
in in a PBEM game, try the respective group. Also, Eric Pass,
(epass@nyx.net) maintains a PBEM Gamers Directory, to help in finding
opponents. Contact him if you want to be included in this directory.
Also, http://www.irony.com/mailroll.html will roll dice for you, which
is a very handy thing to have for PBEM games, and a shareware PBEM aid
can be had from :
http://Ourworld.Compuserve.Com/Homepages/GDickinson/ELECRD.HTM
2) rec.games.board netiquitte
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Due to the fact that there are so many different games to talk about,
and few people are interested in every one of them, please keep a few
items of netiquitte in mind to make reading this group easier for all.
1) Put the name of the game in the "Subject :" line of your post. This
allows uninterested people to quickly skip over your posting to get to
the ones they want, and the interested parties to easily find your
post. Included below are quick introductions to kill files and
threaded news readers, the use of which can make your usenet life much
easier.
Here's a list of some common abbreviations for games or companies to
use in your subject lines :
A&A: = Axis and Allies
A3R: = Advanced Third Reich
ANNOUNCE= Announcement of a Con or new game
ASL: = Advanced Squad Leader
AUCTION:= This is a game auction posting (should go to .marketplace)
BB: = Blood Bowl
EiA: = Empires in Arms
SFB: = Star Fleet Battles
WiF: = World in Flames
GW: = Games Workshop
GDW: = Game Designers Workshop (a very different company than GW)
RR: = Robo Rally
STRAT: = Strat-o-matic sports games
Titan: = Titan
So, for example, an Axis and Allies post would have a subject line like
"Subject: A&A: - Yahtzee or Craps?"
Note the colons. Adding the colons makes searching for the strings
easier. For instance, someone searching for Blood Bowl articles using
the string "BB" will pick up all threads containing two B's in the
subject - searching for "BB:" avoids this.
2) Make use of the "Distribution: " line with your posts.
Announcements of conventions, games for sale, opponents wanted, or
questions about directions to gaming stores are of only limited use to
people outside of a certain geographical area. The distribution line
prevents, for instance, an announcement of "CAPCON XIX, a gaming
convention at Ohio State University" from tantalizing those in Sweden
who couldn't possibly attend. See below for a quick description of how
to use this feature.
3) If you make a dumb mistake in a posting, accidentally cross post it,
or accidentally post two copies, cancel the bad/extraneous ones. Do
this by hitting "C" while reading your own post (in rn/trn - other news
programs have different commands - read your manuals).
3) Network Resources of interest to readers of rec.games.board
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ftp sites :
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ftp.indirect.com:/pub/rpg/miniatures - minis related stuff.
bigbang.astro.indiana.edu - EiA stuff
ftp.cwi.com - Command Decision archive
ecn.purdue.edu:stuff/ - WH40k archives, painting tips
sara.cc.utu.fi:A3R - Advanced Third Reich archive
carlo.phys.uva.nl:/pub/bas/asl - Advanced Squad Leader archive
ftp.pi.se:/pub/pc/games/renju - Renju, other 5-in-a-row games
ftp.cdrom.com:/pub/misc/bg - Bone Games (Public Domain games)
tetrad.stanford.edu:/pub/DBM_stuff/ - DBM stuff
ftp.indirect.com:/pub/rpg/axis+allies - Axis and Allies
ftp.cs.colorado.edu:/users/seidl/starfire - Starfire
WWW pages :
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http://ftp.cwi.com/cdmailer/.www/cdmailer.html (CD page)
http://www.cabm.rutgers.edu/~hooper/miniatures/miniatures.html (minis)
http://access.digex.net/~jappel/ASL.html (ASL page)
http://www.cabm.rutgers.edu/~hooper/miniatures/bill/bludbowl.html (Blood
Bowl)
http://www.gamecabinet.com (non-Wargames)
http://www.gamesdomain.co.uk/ (FAQs)
http://www.cis.ufl.edu/~thoth/magic/ (MtG)
http://www-leland.stanford.edu/~dove/jyhad/jyhad.html (Jyhad)
http://ntia.its.bldrdoc.gov/~bing/mayfair.html (Railroad games)
http://www.vt.edu:10021/cns/mage/ce.html (Cosmic Encounter)
http://www.teleport.com/~stevena/scrabble/faq.html (Scrabble)
http://www.nyx.net/~epass/home.html#PBEMDIR (PBEM gamer's list)
http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/org/gc00/gc00 (CMU Gaming Club)
http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/~d2patrik/bb.html (Blood Bowl)
http://www.pi.se/renju/renhome.html (Renju,Gomoku,Pente)
http://gwis.circ.gwu.edu/~gwugs/civilization/ (Civilization)
http://www.qucis.queensu.ca/home/dalamb/Talisman/ (Talisman)
http://world.std.com/~ctate/strategy.html (Strategic Gaming)
http://world.std.com/~ctate/eia/eia.html (Empires in Arms)
http://grognard.com/ (Wargames)
http://www.access.digex.net/~rshipley/bp.html (Beer & Pretzels)
http://grognard.com/titledk.html (Europa)
http://www.halcyon.com/stouten/shogi.html (Shogi)
http://www.kdcol.com/~val/games/RR/RoboRally-FAQ.html (RoboRally)
http://www-e815.fnal.gov/~jhkim/fun/sfb.html (Star Fleet Battles)
http://world.std.com/~notelrac/sfb.dir/ (Star Fleet Battles)
http://www.uwm.edu/~cthulhu/thrust.html (Full Thrust)
http://pease1.sr.unh.edu/1/bluemax (Blue Max)
http://iquest.com/~jwalbea/plateau.shtml (Plateau)
http://members.aol.com/chrmcd/aaclub/aahome.htm (Axis and Allies)
http://tetrad.stanford.edu/DBM.html (DBM)
http://www.abs.net/~anomaly/upfront/upfront.html (Up Front)
http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~ad090/HomePage.race_car_games_hp.html
(Race Car Games)
http://www.ionet.net/~skip/ (Skip's Wargame Conn.)
http://www.webspace.com/~tanker/ (Tank Games)
http://www.netlink.co.uk/users/redshift/assist.html (PBEM Gamers Aid)
http://www.irony.com/mailroll.html (Die rolling)
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bradb/silentdeath.html (Silent Death)
http://elf.udw.ac.za/scrabble (On line Scrabble)
http://mailer.fsu.edu/~grobinso (Wargaming Page)
http://www.virtual-cafe.com/~tdewey/diesiedler.html (Die Siedler)
http://newmath.princeton.edu:5555/mj.html (Mahjong)
http://web.cs.ualberta.ca/~chinook (Checkers)
http://weblifac.ens-cachan.fr/~O.MARCE/WarshipGames.html (Naval wargames)
http://www.massey.ac.nz/~DBailey/trax/trax.html (Trax)
http://www.frontiernet.net/~crokinol (Crokinole)
http://www.cistron.nl/~amzweg/geneatw.htm (Europe at War)
http://www.luding.com (Luding Games page)
http://www.interchg.ubc.ca/brucel/avro.html (AVRO Car Wars)
http://www.rtis.com/nat/user/18xx/ (18xx Railroad games)
http://members.aol.com/cgwalan/krieg-hp.htm (Kreig!)
http://www.manzana.com/webx (Consim discussion)
http://www.ccnet.com/~johnson/microgame.html (Microgames)
http://gamerz.net/ (Play-by-EMail games)
http://www.cs.ruu.nl/~hansb/d.chessvar/index.html (Chess variants)
http://www.nyx.net/~epass/home.html#SLMAIL (Squad Leader)
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Alley/3133/lnk.html (Car Wars)
A wais database of rec.games.miniatures -
http://server.wais.com/directory-of-servers.html
(type in "miniatures")
A mail server with ~100 game reviews (in German) :
INFORM@NAD-MEER.gun.de
Send the message HELP and/or DIR SPIELE:
More game reviews : http://www.wolfe.net/~peter/tgr/ (The Game Report)
4) Game FAQ's
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There are too many games of really wide variety discussed here to try
to answer FAQ's about specific games in this document. Some games
(notably Axis and Allies, Diplomacy, and Scrabble) have their own
regularly posted FAQ's. These FAQs can be found in the same places as
this FAQ (news.answers, rec.answers, and via ftp from rtfm.mit.edu).
Just spout out your questions, and they'll get answered!
Here's how to reach some other ones :
Axis & Allies : ftp://wais.com/pub/games/axis+allies/
Blood Bowl : http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/~d2patrik/bb_faq.html
Crokinole : http://www.frontiernet.net/~crokinol/faq_crok.htm
Magic Realm : ftp://bigbang.astro.indiana.edu:/pub/magic_realm.faq
or email daniel_t@mailhost.gate.net
Microgames : http://www.ccnet.com/~johnson/microgame/faq.html
Pirateer : http://www.mcn.org/mgc/piratenewsfaq.html
Rec.games.* : http://www.gamesdomain.co.uk/
Risk : http://www.rdg.ac.uk/~sxslyne/riskfaq.html
or email O.D.Lyne@reading.ac.uk
RoboRally : http://www.kdcol.com/~val/games/RR/RoboRally-FAQ.html
Starfire : http://www.task-force-games.com/stf_faq.html
Scrabble : http://www.teleport.com/~stevena/scrabble/faq.html
Squares : http://www.getnet.com/~dvgc/
Talisman : http://www.qucis.queensu.ca/home/dalamb/Talisman/
A list of gaming companies who are reachable via email is maintained by
Skip Franklin. Look at:
http://grognard.com/skip/twceal.html.
Also you might try: http://www.cqs.washington.edu/~surge/gaming/companies.
A list of upcoming gaming conventions is kept by Coyt Watters. Finger
him at cwatters@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu to see a copy of this list.
5) Auctions
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This is a popular forum for people who want to buy and sell old games.
Please use the group "rec.games.board.marketplace" for this purpose.
Some suggestions about good conventions for auction related posts :
- Put AUCTION in the subject
- Information on the game for sales version, condition, etc.
are useful to include.
- the newsgroup rec.games.frp.marketplace may be more
appropriate for somethings, or a crosspost might be useful.
- Please conduct as much of the auction as possible via email,
although a post once a week or so to r.g.b. is useful for
attracting new bidders, and informing the rest of us
about what games are worth what.
6) Where to get games and stuff?
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Eric Pass has set up a 'Counter Exchange & Swap Shop', to make it easier
for people to exchange game parts. Email him at epass@nyx.net
or check out http://www.nyx.net/~epass/home.html for more info.
>From Brian Bankler (bankler@rtp.ericsson.se) :
> I think that the FAQ should have a section on
>"Where can I get European games in the US?" For now,
>here is a quick answer:
> Games People Play is nice, but (since they operate a store,
>have multiple employees) have to mark their games up a bit more.
>GPP is located in Boston.
> Games by Email has some French stuff, notably Formule De.
> (While I got my FD set from them 1.5 years ago, I've
>also been very impressed with Mr. McGartlin, who specializes
>in auto racing games. (804-465-0534, but only car racing inquiries,
>to the best of my knowledge).
> Just Games, in London, is highly recommended if you want
>to put together a big order. But that is probably beyond the
>scope of this question.
> A full list of names and addresses of the above (except Mr.
>McGartlin) can be found in Ken Tidwell's Amazing Game Cabinet,
>http://www.gamecabinet.com.
> Put a bookmark there, it's well worth it.
>
>(Ed. note - translations of many German games' rules can also
> be found at this site).
An update from Brian :
>Sender: bankler@rtp.ericsson.se
>Date: Wed, 09 Oct 1996 07:23:42 -0400
>
> I believe R&D games may be slowing down. There is a new
>distributor. The European Game Source can be reached at
>1-888-EUROGAME or EuroGS@aol.com. They are pretty bad
>about returning email, but they have always returned phone calls
>within 24 hours that I know of.
Aforandy@aol.com provides info on a place to order stuff direct
from Germany, if you want to take that route :
Adam spielt OHG
Konigsberger Str. 10
D-61169
Friedberg
GERMANY
tel: 06031-5029
FAX: 06031-63761
email: adam_spielt@t-online.de
Or, email Abacus games at : abacusspiele@t-online.de, or Peter Wolfgang
at 101621.727@compuserve.com. Both do german game orders via email.
Gaming company URLS :
http://grognard.com/skip/twceal.html (A list of addresses)
http://www.winning-moves.com (Winning Moves)
http://www.eskimo.com/~graham/the-gamers.html (The Gamers)
http://www.duke.edu/~kuhlmann/warhorse.html (Warhorse Sims.)
http://www.jumbo.com/ (Free/Shareware games)
http://www.bonegames.com (Bone Games)
http://io.com/sjgames/ (Steve Jackson Games)
http://www.columbiagames.com (Columbia Games)
http://www.demon.co.uk/the-net-effect/tfg/ (Task Force Games)
http://www.flyingbuffalo.com/ (Flying Buffalo)
http://www.grdgames.com (GRD - Europa)
http://www.games-workshop.com/ (Games Workshop)
http://www.frontiernet.net/~crokinol/tcb_fnci.htm (Filip&Carom Inc)
http://www.getnet.com/~dvgc/ (Deer Valley G.C.)
http://www.tru.com/ (Toys-R-Us)
http://www.coolgames.com/ (Mayfair Games)
http://www.io.com/~wasson/fmg.html (Fat Messaih Games)
http://www.ionet.net/~skip/BoulderG/ (Boulder Games)
http://www.teleport.com/~finegms/ (Fine Games)
http://www.wizards.com/ (Wizards of the Coast)
http://users.aol.com/froggod (Crunchy Frog)
http://www.hooked.net/~wingnut (Wingnut Games)
http://Ourworld.Compuserve.Com/Homepages/GDickinson/ELECRD.HTM
(Elec. Cardboard)
http://www.gyugyi.com/wham/wham.html (Tom Wham games)
http://www.imaginet.fr/~faidutti/games.html (Bruno Faidutti games)
http://www.fyi.net/~winsome (Winsome Games)
7) How to use the "Distribution :" feature
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From: spaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford)
Newsgroups: news.announce.newusers,news.answers
Subject: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
16. How do I use the "Distribution" feature?
When your posting software (e.g., Pnews or postnews) prompts you
for a distribution, it's asking how widely distributed you want
your article. The set of possible replies is different,
depending on where you are, but at Bell Labs in Murray Hill, New
Jersey, possibilities include (for example):
local local to this machine
mh Bell Labs, Murray Hill Branch
nj all sites in New Jersey
btl All Bell Labs machines
att All AT&T machines
usa Everywhere in the USA
na Everywhere in North America
world Everywhere on USENET in the world
Many of the posting programs will provide a list of
distributions, if your site admin has kept the files up-to-date.
If you hit return, you'll get the default, which is usually
"world.". This default is often not appropriate -- PLEASE take a
moment to think about how far away people are likely to be
interested in what you have to say. Used car ads, housing wanted
ads, and things for sale other than specialized equipment like
computers certainly shouldn't be distributed to Europe and Korea,
or even to the next state.
It is generally not possible to post an article to a distribution
that your own machine does not receive. For instance, if you
live in Indiana, you can't post an article for distribution only
in New Jersey or Germany unless your site happens to exchange
those particular distributions with another site. Try mailing
the article to someone in the appropriate area and asking them to
post it for you.
If you cannot determine what distributions are valid for your
site, ask someone locally rather than posting a query to the
whole network!
8) Threaded News Readers
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Threaded news readers are news readers which track down all articles
that are part of the same discussion, making it easier to a) follow the
logical flow of conversation; and b) kill a whole topic ("thread") which
does not interest you. Try to use and understand one, it makes life
much easier! An example of this kind of software is "trn" - see your
man pages for more info. Anyone who wants to write a blurb for this
space describing these suckers please do so - I (the FAQ maintainer)
don't have time at the moment.
9) How to use a Killfile
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From: phillips@syrinx.umd.edu (Leanne Phillips)
(Trimmed down for brevity by Alec Habig, see news.answers for the full
article).
Subject: rn KILL file FAQ
Rn and trn, and other varieties of rn, have a very useful feature called
the KILL file, which allows you to kill (skip over) articles that you
don't want to see. There is some support for killfiles in xrn, but the
support is limited; nothing in here is guaranteed to work for xrn. See
the xrn man page.
KILL files come in two forms:
Global: In your News directory, you will have the file KILL.
Local: In your News directory, the killfile for group foo.bar
will be foo/bar/KILL.
The difference between the two is that there can be one killfile for
each group (the local killfile), and that killfile affects only the
particular newsgroup (foo/bar/KILL affects only foo.bar; baz/quex/KILL
affects only baz.quex, etc). The global killfile affects all
newsgroups. (There's a way to change the default names of the killfiles,
but it's more complicated than I want to get into here. See the rn(1)
man page.)
Killfiles allow you to kill articles based on a number of criteria: a
subject line, a general subject, articles from one poster, articles from
one site, articles cross-posted from any other group, or from one other
group in particular, and articles that are follow-ups to anything at all
(that is, anything with the Re: in the subject line). You can also kill
articles with a particular string anywhere in the article.
For a complete story on killfiles, look in the group news.answers. For
the purposes of this newsgroup, the most important thing to know is that
if you don't want to hear about a particular game, you can put it in
your kill file and not worry about it anymore. In rn/trn, hit <ctrl>k
to edit the killfile for the group you are reading, and add lines
similar to those below.
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Some example Rec.Games.Board killfile entries and what they kill :
/1830/:=:j /* 1830 railroad game */
/a3r/:=:j /* Advanced 3rd Reich */
/civ/:=:j /* Civilization */
/diplomacy/:=:j /* Diplomacy */
/rec.games.strategic/:=:j/* the group split argument */
/space/:=:j /* anything with "space" */
/wif/:=:j /* World in Flames */
See where those handy-dandy standard game subject abbreviations listed
above come in handy?
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http://www.astro.indiana.edu/home/ahabig/
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