From: Nyrath the nearly wise <nyrath@c...>
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 19:01:53 -0400
Subject: counter sheet back-up
I have many ancient SF boardgames in which I foolishly stored the counters in leaky envelopes. Many counters were lost. Recently, I have been getting spare copies of many of these games from EBay, in order to give my nephew the benefits of playing really cool games that went out of print before he was born.
From: Donald A. Chipman III <tre@i...>
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 18:08:10 -0500
Subject: Re: counter sheet back-up
> At 07:01 PM 8/5/99 -0400, you wrote: What would be even better is if those counters were available for download by other people who have suffered similar losses (hint hint). I know I would probably kill (or at least maim) for a good scan of the V & V Cardboard Heroes set from way back. Take care,
From: Donald Hosford <hosford.donald@a...>
Date: Fri, 06 Aug 1999 00:16:16 -0400
Subject: Re: counter sheet back-up
Do so! Do so! (Have a copy of Warp War counters to scan? I could use a replacement set...) A thought just occured to me... In some games, like Ogre/Gev, ect. this would allow one to add MORE counters to a game, for those really big scenarios. (One game I have "Vector 3", one of SPI's space combat games, in order to do scenarios larger than 6 ships on a side, required an additional set.) Donald Hosford > Nyrath the nearly wise wrote: > I have many ancient SF boardgames in which I foolishly stored the
From: Michael Llaneza <maserati@e...>
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 1999 21:59:27 -0700
Subject: Re:counter sheet back-up
I've got big plans for when I get my scanner online. I"m thinking a CD worth of counter and map scans, probably in VMAP format or somesuch. I've probably bid against you on eBay once or twice. Everybody scan and archive your old games for posterity! Bonus points for running OCR on the rules. > At 7:01 PM -0400 8/5/99, Nyrath the nearly wise wrote:
From: Nyrath the nearly wise <nyrath@c...>
Date: Fri, 06 Aug 1999 06:15:32 -0400
Subject: Re: counter sheet back-up
> Tre Chipman wrote:
From: Nyrath the nearly wise <nyrath@c...>
Date: Fri, 06 Aug 1999 06:19:01 -0400
Subject: Re: counter sheet back-up
> Donald Hosford wrote: this > would allow one to add MORE counters to a game, for those really big Sorry, I don't have an unpunched WarpWar counter set,
From: Niall Gilsenan <ngilsena@i...>
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 1999 12:35:53 +0100
Subject: Re: Re:counter sheet back-up
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From: Keith Watt <kwatt@a...>
Date: Fri, 06 Aug 1999 08:39:58 -0400
Subject: Re: counter sheet back-up
> Michael Llaneza wrote: I'm up to 3 CDs of rules and counter sheets in PDF format... OCR is probably a good idea since a rulebook (scanned in color) can easily take up 80 MB! TTYL..
From: Michael Llaneza <maserati@e...>
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 1999 07:11:44 -0700
Subject: Re: Re:counter sheet back-up
> At 12:35 PM +0100 8/6/99, Niall Gilsenan wrote: Lots! And for all the copyright worriers out there, this is (just has to be) fair use. You own your copy of the game after all, scanning the materials just ensures you'll be able to use your game when the paper has fallen to dust. Heck, you can make an archival copy of software, and you DON'T own THAT.