Thanks for the welcome and advice, Allan. Someone mentioned last night that my messages were in html. I contacted MSN support (new ISP, btw) and asked them how to turn it off. They said I can't. Any ideas? Thanks, Ricky
----- Original Message ----- From: Allan Seyberth Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 9:47 AM To: deadlands@gamerz.net Subject: Re: [DL] newbie
Welcome aboard Ricky.
A couple of things - there isn't so much of a core book as there is a core
set nowadays. The Player's Guide and Marshal's Handbook are both required.
Another thing is could you turn off the html format text? It tends to
interfere with the listserv digest. Actually, the whole run of listserv
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At 09:39 PM 1/10/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>Hello. I want to get into Deadlands RPG. An obvious purchase is the core
>book. What else should i pick up?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Ricky
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