Re: An introduction

On Tue, 8 Jun 1999, John Kovalic wrote:
> I've been a gamer for about 20 year now (gaaah!). I'm 36, which
bemuses me.
> A year ago, someone referred to me as a "veteran of the gaming
industry,"
> which scares the hell out of me.

Ach, are we all old? Maybe we play these particular games because
we have better taste when we're older. . .

And yes, I bought the original 3 black books too. . . what's
more, I kept them in mint condition. And before that I played D&D
in, 1982?.

I stopped playing games when I went to University, primarily
because I didn't have any time. It never occcured to me to
restart, until I saw a mention of Ogre on the net (about 2 years
ago) The only rules easily available were Ogre Miniatures, which
I bought. Naturally, I had to buy miniatures, at which point I
discovered GZG minis. 

I was choked (after my 3rd game) of Ogre that there were no rules
for flanking, so I bought Dirtside II, having heard many good
things about the rules, as well as being attracted to the
unusually tasteful (for the genre) cover. Naturally, things
snowballed from there, so I bought Stargrunt (with attendant
miniatures). And then they released GURPS Traveller. . .

All of this is in a one room apartment, so I have had to develop
folding gaming tables, and handy miniatures hiding compartments
throughout. Fortunately for me, my wife actually plays all these
games with me, so I actually get to use all this stuff, instead
of just collecting it with monomaniacal frenzy.

As an added bonus, working in the interlibrary loan office has
shown me that most gaming materials are archived in some library
or another, although they generally won't lend any attendant
miniatures. Try before you buy. . .

Ach,

Paul