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From: [e-mail] (Alec Habig)
Subject: Re: RFD: rec.games.miniatures
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Note : I have cross posted this back to rec.games.board, as (aside from mailing
lists), this is where most miniatures gamers hang out.

Note II : You might want to also post your RFD to a frp group, as those guys
would also be interested.

Now, my comments :

While the motives listed in the RFD about "why a miniatures group" are all
valid reasons for talking about minis on the net, I feel that rec.games.board
already fills the need.  Most people on the net who are into miniatures already
read this group, and so would have instant access to anything posted there.

For more specific discussions, several well publicized mailing lists exist (cf:
FAQ, news.answers).  Mailing lists also have fewer distribution problems than
do newsgroups - more people can't read a newsgroup than people who are not
allowed to suscribe to lists (this was shown in a recent ASL list debate).

While I would also like to see more miniature stuff on usenet, I think that
the way to get it is not a new group (which if present volume is a good
barometer, wouldn't have much traffic), but to post more about it on r.g.b.  A
discussion in the wider forum of r.g.b. would reach more people and stimulate
more interest than the same discussion on a dedicated newsgroup with a smaller
readership.

    Alec