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From: mmj7455@ultb.isc.rit.edu (M.M. Jacyszyn )
Subject: Milton Bradley Address?
Originator: mmj7455@ultb
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 18:20:30 GMT

Can someone please tell me the address for Milton Bradley?  For what its
worth... I made a game that I would like them to consider.  In addition,
has anyone here ever successfully sold a game of their own to a game
publishing company?  Please E-mail any info you think may help.  

Thanks!

Mark Jacyszyn
mmj7455@ultb.isc.rit.edu   <----- E-mail address

Newsgroups: rec.games.board
From: c9106225@cc.newcastle.edu.au (Matt McLeod)
Subject: Re: Machiavelli (was: A&A vs Dip.)
Organization: Dept of Management, Uni of Newcastle, AUSTRALIA
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 09:30:30 GMT

In article <1992Aug19.071513.18942@nntp.hut.fi>, gvbraun@vipunen.hut.fi (Toni Kotinurmi) writes:
> In article <1992Aug18.175213.1@cc.newcastle.edu.au> c9106225@cc.newcastle.edu.au (Matt McLeod) writes:
>>In article <1992Aug17.025544.2561@trl.oz.au>, mathers@sibelius.trl.oz.au (Steven Mathers) writes:
>>> In a nutshell, Machiavelli is Diplomacy with garrisons.  A garrison must
> 
>>There's a tad more than that to Machiavelli (at least as played on the Judge). 
>>You also have a currency system, and all units have maintainance costs etc. 
>>If you want to give Machiavelli a try-out, send the message HELP to
>>judge@u.washington.edu for info on how to get a PostScript map, rules summary,
> 
> I got all of those ( since Machiavelli seemed much more interesting than
> diplomacy, what I have read about ). Is it worth buying the diplomacy set
> in order to play Machiavelli ? Anybody know if the authority ( AH propably,
> I have the info somewhere ) sells just the rules without the mapboard,
> I really don't want to pay postage of the whole set.
> 
> Is it worth trying to play via judge ? How much time-committment does it
> require ? ( I am not sure how many armies you will have in this game,
> and whether you know all the mapboard or just vicinity... ) ???
> 
> Wow do I ask a lot ( well, got more than 50% my own text so that's better...)
> 
> Just ask to know if I find it and WiF somewhere whether to buy both ( WiF is
> first in the list currently ), thanks for any info,
> 
> Toni

I think it is worthwhile.  There is a bit of mucking about to get the commands
right (there are a few more than in the 'standard' variants) but once that's
settled it's good fun.

You start out with about 3 armies/fleets.  This will (usually) grow, but sicne
they all have to be maintained it doesn't get out of control.  There is
probably a little bit more time commitment than with standard Dip as it takes a
bit longer to formulate orders.  But it is certainly worth it!

Matt


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From: v077mdph@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (John of Gaunt)
Newsgroups: rec.games.board
Subject: Re: JUNTA - help please
Date: 26 Aug 92 15:52:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <2684@nlsun1.oracle.nl>, gbradley@uks197.Berkeley.EDU (Gary Bradley)
writes...
> 
>   Hello. I have just purchased JUNTA (mostly due to the good press it
>was getting in this very group!) and have a couple of beginners'
>questions to address to any JUNTA players who are willing to help me out.
> 
>   At this stage, I have read the rules through, but never attempted a
>game yet (will be trying it out this weekend!).
>1) Since money must go through the bank, doesn't this mean people will
>simply target the bank for assassinations all the time (especailly the
>Minister) on the basis that SOMEONE is probably going there?

	The Minister of Assas...er...Internal Security can only target the bank
on alternate turns.  Also, you have to declare a target.  In a seven player
game, it should be difficult to guess right all the time.

>2) When the president draws the yearly budget money, isn't it going to
>obvious if he keeps some back for himself since everyone will know how
>many notes he drew. How can the President hide the fact that he is
>skimming money??

	Yes and no.  The President can draw more than eight notes.  Even if you
know how many he keeps, you still don't know how much money that is.  If the
President stays President, he usually does so by keeping less money than he
gives to anybody else.  If you're always El Presidente, you should lose.

>3) Does a single game have a high death rate for the players?

	Yes.  Each player should get killed at least two or three times during
the game.

>4) Is the Minor JUNTA game (2 & 3 players) worth playing?

	No clue.

>   Any replies greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Snoopy
Newsgroups: rec.games.backgammon
From: dikig@ddsw1.mcs.com (Diki Gust)
Subject: Looking for strong live opponents
Summary: Want opponents in DC area
Keywords: Backgammon, no gambling, for fun, intensly competitive
Organization: ddsw1.MCS.COM Contributor, Chicago, IL
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 02:19:00 GMT
X-Disclaimer:  Material posted in this article is the sole responsibility of
                the poster and does not represent MCSNet or the system owners.

Have son moving to DC area, not on email, looking for strong opponents
for friendly games, no gamblers or hustlers.  Please email me with name
and phone number to be snailed to son.

He also enjoys Scrabble, Bridge, Chess, Diplomacy, RISK, and similar games.
Son is 25 y.o.  

Diki Gust

Newsgroups: rec.games.backgammon
From: viau@wm.estec.esa.nl (Pierre "play-soccer-not-football" Viau)
Subject: Backgammon play via email ?
Reply-To: viau@wm.estec.esa.nl
Organization: ESA/Estec/WMS, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 15:51:47 GMT

Is there any possibility to play backgammon via email ?

Reltaed: if yes, who throws the dice :-?

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Keplerlaan, 1
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                     17400
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Newsgroups: rec.games.backgammon
From: mwp@ms9.mis.semi.harris.com (Mark W. Poole)
Subject: Gary Kay
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 14:56:57 GMT
Distribution: World
Organization: Harris Semiconductor, Melbourne FL

So......does Gary Kay know more than his parrots??

Phil Simborg wants to know.
Newsgroups: rec.games.backgammon
Subject: Looking for shareware backgammon
From: mikem@otago.ac.nz
Date: 27 Aug 92 16:31:53 +1300
Organization: University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

Gidday,

I'm looking for a share-ware backgammon game preferably for MS Windows, the
only ones I've been able to find have turned out to be for two human players
only. Can anybody Help? Thanks in advance.

Mike.
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From: vancleef@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu
Newsgroups: rec.games.backgammon
Subject: Pooh server going down for good
Date: 4 Sep 92 10:45:35 EDT

The pooh.caltech.edu server is going down forever. My account has been
yanked. However, I will be setting up n a different system shortly.

I may or may not be able to save the player database, depending on whether
I am granted a day or two of access to my files.

Sorry about this one, fortunately all of the source has been recently
saved so all isn't lost!

-Garrett
From: bawagan@rwja.umdnj.edu (Hinayana Bawagan)
Newsgroups: rec.games.trivia
Subject: Re: Play Jeopardy (4) w/ Yen 8/24
Date: 28 Aug 92 15:31:30 GMT
Distribution: rec
Organization: Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway NJ

bawagan@rwja.umdnj.edu (Hinayana Bawagan) writes:

>Please Note:  Questions not only from the show

>1.  Under the Statue of Liberty's feet is one of these?
     I should have written a BROKEN one of these - Chain
>2.  The US state with the shortest slogan
     Rhode Island - Hope
>3.  The only president to die before his parents
     JFK
>4.  The only state that borders only one state
     Maine borders only New Hampshire
  .  The first black to receive and accept a dinner invitation 
  a  at the White House
  The first black to be honored in a postage stamp
     I meant to ask who the first black WOMAN . . .
>7.  The first president to marry someone with children
>    from a former marriage
     George Washington
>8.  The successful commission of this crime is not punishable
     Suicide 
>9.  The biggest real estate deal in the U.S. is under whose
>    presidency
     Thomas Jefferson (Louisiana Purchase)
>10. The first two presidents to come from the same state
     I meant to ask the first two CONSECUTIVE presidents to come from the 
     same state.  
Newsgroups: rec.games.trivia
From: jil@donuts0.uucp (Jamie Lubin)
Subject: Re: TV Show!
Reply-To: jil@donuts0.uucp (Jamie Lubin)
Organization: Bellcore, Piscataway, NJ
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 14:08:15 GMT

>In article <1992Aug20.130022.3270@cs.tulane.edu> jordan@cs.tulane.edu (Misti Jordan) writes:
>
>BTW, does anyone know tha name of the show that "All in the Family" spun off
>from.  I think it starred Redd Foxx as the owner of a chain of laundromats and
>Shirley Hemphill as his wife Florida.  I especially like this show because it
>gave Gary Coleman his start.

Of course.  That would be the 70s sitcom "What's Happening with Sanford's
Different Stroke."
Xref: sparky rec.games.trivia:3076 rec.arts.tv:17202
From: vanover@bcsaic.boeing.com (Jann VanOver)
Newsgroups: rec.games.trivia,rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: Jeannie's sister's name
Keywords: ? Don't 4 get to vote !!
Date: 1 Sep 92 18:03:35 GMT
Organization: Boeing Computer Services AI Center, Seattle

In article <2452@ccop1.ocpt.ccur.com> bixenman@ccop1.ocpt.ccur.com (michael bixenman) writes:
>Barbara Eden played Jeannie and her raven haired sister.
>1) What was her name? 
This really should be a FAQ.  Her sister's name was Jeanne

>2) Did Jeannie have a full name, ala Scheherezade Fatima?
I never heard one.
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From: cochran@spam.rtp.dg.com (A. Jing Hippy)
Subject: Re: Play Jeopardy (4) w/ Yen 8/24
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 92 17:41:00 GMT
Distribution: rec
Organization: A Suffusion of Yellow

In article <BtKC99.BLH@csi.compuserve.com>, dfo@csi.compuserve.com (Duane Ott) writes:
|> In article <1518@rwja.umdnj.edu> bawagan@rwja.umdnj.edu (Hinayana Bawagan) writes:
|> >Please Note:  Questions not only from the show
|> >
|> >2.  The US state with the shortest slogan
|> CA? (Eureka)

Nah, RI ("Hope").

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From: r31dkfr@KOMMSRV.RZ.UNIBW-MUENCHEN.DE (Klaus Franz)
Newsgroups: rec.games.trivia
Subject: famous object
Date: 26 Aug 92 13:42:19 GMT
X-Unparsable-Date: Wed, 26 Aug 92 15:42:06 MET DST

hello!
who can give me a solution or at least a hint?

I`m looking for a famous object (e.g. picture) which was
shown at an exhibition at the NY Metropolitan Museum of Art.
As far as I know the exhibition took place in Jan or Feb 1963.
The object has been there for about a month.
Helpfull hints would be:
- any exhibition with a special theme (e.g. egyptian art)
- any other famous object which was there at the mentionned time

I need this information `til Friday Aug 28th.

Many thanks in advance for Your efforts.

Elmar and Klaus
Newsgroups: rec.games.trivia,alt.folklore.computers
From: anthony@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Anthony J Stieber)
Subject: Re: WANTED: Computer Trivia
Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 06:42:41 GMT

In article <HOGAN.92Sep2200139@cujo.csl.sri.com> hogan@csl.sri.com (Emmett Hogan) writes:

>	- Where the term "bug" first came from (I know, it's an old one)
>	- Bill Gates' birthday.
>	- the day Microsoft was founded.
>	- Why the call a 3.5" disk a floppy, when it really isn't
>	  floppy at all !


>       - Where the term "bug" first came from (I know, it's an old one)
>       - Bill Gates' birthday.
>       - the day Microsoft was founded.
>       - Why the call a 3.5" disk a floppy, when it really isn't
>         floppy at all !

Ahem, 3.5" flexible media disks *are* floppies, move aside the metal
(sometimes plastic) shutter and look inside.  They merely happen
to have a more rigid jacket.  It's even worse when someone refers
to this babies as a "hard disk" aiiiiii!

A better question might be: if 3.5" is a microdisk, and a 5.25" is a
minidisk (or diskette),  what's a disk?  Answer: an 8" disk.  These
monsters are still used by a few companies, like IBM, Wang, and antique
collectors (I have four 8 inch Wangs).

Some more questions:
Q: How big was the UNIX kernel in 1974?
A: 42KB

Q: What was the first computer to run UNIX?
A: DEC PDP-7

Q: Who is *the* Art of Computer Programming (books by Donald Knuth of TeX fame)?
A: Art Evans (CACM V17 #12 p668)

Q: What is Jensen's Device
A: see an earlier posting in this group

Q: How many IBM PCs did IBM expect to sell?
Q: How many did they actually sell?

Q: What was the first microprocessor?
A: Intel 4004

Q: What was Richard Stallman's password on his rms@gnu.ai.mit.edu account
before the firewall went up?
A: rms

Q: Who invented the mouse?
A: Douglas Englebart
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From: bixenman@ccop1.ocpt.ccur.com (michael bixenman)
Newsgroups: rec.games.trivia,rec.arts.tv
Subject: Jeannie's sister's name
Keywords: ? Don't 4 get to vote !!
Date: 31 Aug 92 17:46:45 GMT
Organization: Concurrent Computer, Oceanport NJ

Barbara Eden played Jeannie and her raven haired sister.
1) What was her name? 
2) Did Jeannie have a full name, ala Scheherezade Fatima?
Thank you all!

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From: bawagan@rwja.umdnj.edu (Hinayana Bawagan)
Newsgroups: rec.games.trivia
Subject: MAD's Jeopardy 9/2
Date: 2 Sep 92 20:27:33 GMT
Distribution: rec
Organization: Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway NJ

These are several items in the MAD Super Special March 1993 issue

ANSWERS

1.  He made purple rain
2.  Scientists say it contains every color in the spectrum
3.  For many Americans, he and Nancy are the perfect couple
4.  The term for an attachment to a bill going through congress
5.  According to the old adage, this keeps the doctor away
6.  As a team, the NY Mets hit 127 of these in 1986
7.  Scene where the Nicaraguan contras' most bitter battle
    to date has been fought

QUESTIONS











1.  Who is the chief engineer of Chernobyl?
2.  What is Cyndi Lauper's hair?
3.  Who is Sluggo?
4.  What is a bribe?
5.  What is no medical insurance coverage?
6.  What are opposing players, abusive fans and off-duty Houston policemen?
7.  What is the US Senate Finance Committee room?
From: bawagan@rwja.umdnj.edu (Hinayana Bawagan)
Newsgroups: rec.games.trivia
Subject: Re: Play Jeopardy with Yen 8/25/92
Date: 28 Aug 92 15:41:01 GMT
Distribution: rec
Organization: Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway NJ

bawagan@rwja.umdnj.edu (Hinayana Bawagan) writes:

>Revision on Play Jeopardy with Yen 8/24/92
>1.  Under the Statue of Liberty's feet is a BROKEN one of these

>I hope there is no ambiguity this time.  Enjoy and learn!


>1.  This secretary of state's original first name was Heinz
     Henry Kissinger
>2.  This national bank which opened in NY in 1877 was named after Lincoln's 
>    secretary of treasury
     Chase 
>3.  The only apostle of Jesus to die a natural death
     John (he spent most of his last days at the island of Patmos,
           where he received the revelations)
>4.  Arrange the following names according to teacher-student relationship
>    Plato, Alexander the Great, Socrates, Aristotle
>    Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Alexander the Great
5.  The only bird with binocular vision
    Owl  (by the way I collect owls, anybody out there wants to send me one?)
>6.  This person appeared in all of Alfred Hitchcock's 40 movies
     Alfred Hitchcock (somebody who knows a lot about Alfred Hitchcock said
that he made more than 40 movies and did not appear in some of them)
>7.  The states admitted to the Union in the 20th century were Alaska,
>    Hawaii and these three states
 Arizona, Oklahoma, New Mexico
>8.  The only planet smaller than the earth's moon
Pluto (better read the follow-up article on the encyclopedia explanation
      of this)
>9.  The flag of this country is the reverse of the flag of the Red Cross
>10. The year in which the top two positions of the US were occupied
>    by officials not elected to these posts
Newsgroups: rec.games.trivia,rec.arts.tv
From: judim@wes.on.ca (Judi Mota)
Subject: Re: Jeannie's sister's name
Organization: Waterloo Engineering Software
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1992 17:45:29 GMT
Keywords: ? Don't 4 get to vote !!

In article <2452@ccop1.ocpt.ccur.com> bixenman@ccop1.ocpt.ccur.com (michael bixenman) writes:
>Barbara Eden played Jeannie and her raven haired sister.
>1) What was her name? 
>2) Did Jeannie have a full name, ala Scheherezade Fatima?
>Thank you all!
>
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I think Jeannie's sister's name was also Jeannie.  I recently watched the
movie (Jeannie - 10 years later or something like that) and Jeannie son 
called for his "Aunt Jeannie".  Then again, I could be very wrong on this one!

Judi

From: barryg@hplsla.hp.com (Barry Gunn)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 16:18:49 GMT
Subject: Re: help
Organization: HP Lake Stevens, WA
Newsgroups: rec.games.trivia

>Hello,
>for a bet i seek the full filmname of peter falk as colombo.
>I mean that the name is frank colombo but i am not sure.
>I ask for help to find the right name. In germany you only
>hear the name inspektor colombo. I need an answer till to-
>morrow. Thanks for help.
>Sincerely
>
>Klaus
>----------
Sorry, I don't think he had one. I mean they never gave him one on 
purpose.

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From: lucko@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com (Dan Lucko)
Newsgroups: rec.games.trivia
Subject: Re: Play Jeopardy with Yen (8/20/92)
Date: 23 Aug 92 14:19:22 EST
Distribution: rec

In article <matthew.714590417@base.cs.ucla.edu>, matthew@base.cs.ucla.edu 
(Matthew Merzbacher) writes:

> bawagan@rwja.umdnj.edu (Hinayana Bawagan) writes:
> 
>>>1.  In which sport does the winner move backward?
>>1.  tug-of-war
> 
> How about Rowing?  And, to a degree, the Backstroke.
> 

I think the difference her is that in rowing and in backstroke swimming
competition, the loosers also move backward.  In tug of war the winner 
moves backward the loosers move forward.

>>>4.  the sport that exemplifies best the Olympic motto:  "faster,
>>>     higher, stronger"
>>4.  What I really had in mind was the Pole Vault
> 
> The Decathalon (really an event, not a sport) better exemplifies the motto.
> --

I second this motion.

> Matthew Merzbacher	ARPA:	matthew@CS.UCLA.EDU

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Newsgroups: rec.games.trivia
From: CONNOLLY@UKCC.UKY.EDU (John Connolly)
Subject: tribond?
Organization: University of Kentucky
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 20:54:01 GMT

I have just seen an advertisemnt for a game called tribond which
sounds interesting but is unknown to me.
 
Can anyone steer me toward, or can send me, a review of this game?
 
Thanks
From: jh@cadre.com (Joe Hartley)
Newsgroups: rec.games.trivia
Subject: Re: TV show!
Date: 27 Aug 92 17:57:58 GMT
Article-I.D.: fripp.1992Aug27.175758.18610
Reply-To: jh@cadre.com
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.

In article 25162@news.nd.edu, wlamonac@haydn.helios.nd.edu (william lamonaca) writes:
>In article <1992Aug20.130022.3270@cs.tulane.edu> jordan@cs.tulane.edu (Misti Jordan) writes:
>>
>>All In The Family (Starring Carol O'Connor, I think his name was, as
>>the bigot and Sonny Bono --again, I think-- as Meathead, his son-in-law
>
>Sonny Bono!!!????  Come on! Everyone knows that Freddy Prinz was "meathead".
>The reason that Meathead and Gloria weren't on the last few seasons of the
>show, as we all know, was because of Freddy's tragic suicide.
>
>BTW, does anyone know tha name of the show that "All in the Family" spun off
>from.  I think it starred Redd Foxx as the owner of a chain of laundromats and
>Shirley Hemphill as his wife Florida.  I especially like this show because it
>gave Gary Coleman his start.


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