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2017-11-16

I would like to build my own menace. Would you happen to still have a document template with the possible game states in matchbox size? This could save me some work ;)

Stephan Graf
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2017-11-16

@Stephan Graf: I do. I will email them to you

Matthew
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2017-11-16

@Matthew: Cool, thanks! Also thanks for translating the site to German, really useful.

Stephan Graf
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