Notes from Hades

N
o travel this time around, although I did have the pleasure of remotely attending a two-day meeting in Paris. That meant working from midnight to 9:00 am for a couple of days. It was an interesting experience. On the plus side, there were no plane trips or waiting around in airports. On the minus side, you still had the jet lag without actually being in Paris. But, for a two-day meeting, my boss didn't think it was worthwhile to send me all the way there, so what are you going to do.

A couple of points in the zine itself. It has been over five and a half years since I last raised subscription prices (issue #116, February/March 2005 to be exact), so I'm afraid that the time has come to do it again.

On a different note, I am going to start an occasional column devoted to game reviews. This will be run as space permits, and I welcome reviews from anyone. I will tend to write about games that can be run in the zine, but not exclusively, and anyone who wants to submit a review on a game should not let that prevent them from doing so.

The next deadline is Tuesday, November 2 at 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time. Please do not call or fax orders after 10:00 p.m. Pacific time. My wife and I tend to retire early. Also, if you want to fax in orders, call first. We hang up on unannounced faxes.

Game Openings

Hunter. Silverton. Will start after Terrier ends. Have Dave Partridge, Michael Longdin, Ward Narhi, Cary Nichols, Bill Scharf, and Dave Hooton. This game is full.

Dogbreath. History of the World. Have Chris Geggus, Dave Partridge, Andy Lewis, Kevin Wilson, Dave Anderson, Paul Bolduc, will take up to 1 more.

Basset. Outpost. Will start after Hound ends. Have Andy York, Cary Nichols, Dave Partridge, Dave Hooton, Eric Brosius, Andy Lewis, Michael Lowrey, and Kevin Wilson.
Starts this issue!

Bolognese. Machiavelli. Gunboat. This game will start after the next Machiavelli game ends. Have 5, will take up to 3 more.

Boston Terrier. New World. This will use the exploration variant, plus the Non-Player Nations variant in the event I get less than 6 players. Have Andy York, Andy Lewis, Dave Partridge, Bob Robles, and Dave Hood, will take up to 1 more.

Purebred. Machiavelli.This game will start after the second Machiavelli game ends. Have Ward Narhi, Bob Robles, Pasquale Giovine, Dave Partridge, and Walt O'Hara, Mike Scott, will take up to 2 more.

Golden Retriever. Seafarers of Catan. Have Chris Geggus, Dave Partridge, Dave Hooton, Mike Scott. Will take up to 2 more.

Wish List

Industrial Waste. Have Andy York and Dave Partridge, will take up to 2 more.

Silverton. Will start after Hunter ends. Have Eric Brosius, Dave Partridge, Dave Hooton, will take up to 3 more.

Kremlin. Will start after Pateel ends. Have Walt O'Hara, Mike Scott. Will take up to 4 more.

Outpost. Will start after Basset ends. Have Eric Brosius, will take up to 9 more.

Goa. Will take up to 4.

Puerto Rico. Will take up to 5.

In general, game ownership is recommended, but not required.

Note that a subscription to S.O.B. is not required to play in a game run by flier, but that a game fee will be charged to non-subbers.

S.O.B. is a zine of unusual postal games, and anything else I feel like including. Your publisher is:

Chris Hassler a.k.a. Cerberus

2000 S. Armour Court

La Habra, CA 90631

Phone: (562) 690-7827

Fax: (562) 690-7827

chassler@roadrunner.com

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