Pay the few bucks.
bj21.com I think has the best list. I am not sure what a single issue costs but it is probably something like 10 or 12 bucks. Now consider time that you might spend going from casino to casino looking for good games and rules. You might save that amount in shoe leather but you certainly will save it in time.
Also, if you have CBJN and it tells you that MGM has a good shoe game, you might search the whole place and find it in the 5th or so pit you pass, but if you did not have something that told you this you might give up after a couple of pits.
You can organize a day by the games available. Time is money.
There is also another service available called trackjack that is found on advantageplayer.com I have not used it in quite a while but considered it less up to date back then.
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