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Title: Anyone remember eHoplite or rec.games.miniatures?
Post by: Aksu on 11 October 2021, 08:48:14 AM
Hullo,
Going down the memory lane I came across a memory of an email zine / discussion list called "eHoplite" from around 1990 or late 80s. Anyone remember that?
Or rec.games.miniatures newsgroup discussions?
Cheers,
Aksu
Title: Re: Anyone remember eHoplite or rec.games.miniatures?
Post by: steve_holmes_11 on 11 October 2021, 11:50:24 AM
Quote from: Aksu on 11 October 2021, 08:48:14 AM
Hullo,
Going down the memory lane I came across a memory of an email zine / discussion list called "eHoplite" from around 1990 or late 80s. Anyone remember that?
Or rec.games.miniatures newsgroup discussions?
Cheers,
Aksu

I do remember rec.games.miniatures from Usenet.
Ahh the days before browsers, or pictures, when the internet was for text and serious academia.. (and wargames).

In fact my friend, mentioned in "To the last gaiter button" discussion, and I first made contact through rec.games.miniatures.

Title: Re: Anyone remember eHoplite or rec.games.miniatures?
Post by: Shedman on 11 October 2021, 12:21:10 PM
I certainly remember rec.games.miniatures for  ...


I was gutted when it closed
Title: Re: Anyone remember eHoplite or rec.games.miniatures?
Post by: Aksu on 11 October 2021, 02:23:10 PM
Newsgroups, Academia and Wargaming :) that reminds me. When I did my MA degree in new media about online communities and their power structures, I actually used some of my usenet experiences as source material :D That was a long time ago, I still have the overhead slides I used to present the findings somewhere :D
Cheers,
Aksu
Title: Re: Anyone remember eHoplite or rec.games.miniatures?
Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 11 October 2021, 03:24:33 PM
Not heard of them - sorry.