So, I saw this little questionaire over at the Savage Worlds boards and I thought it was neat and a lot of my LJ friends are gamers of one sort or another, so here it is
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* City and Country of Birth? - Milton, Massachusetts, USA * City and Country of Residence? - Canton, CT, USA * Age? - 40 * Gender? - Male * Marital Status? - Married * Occupation? - claims adjuster * Kids? How many? - Two (one girl, one boy) * Pets? How many? - One dog * Where do you primarily game? - At a friends house because my kids interrupt. * Primarily a GM or a Player? - Lifetime average? 75% GM. Right now, more of a player, but that will change. * How many people in your gaming group? - Uhh, pick a group. 4, 6 or 9. * Age of the oldest player in your group? 44 * Age of the youngest player in your group? 26 * What games are you currently playing? Iron Heroes/AE crossover * What games are you currently running? D&D 3.5, Arcana Evolved (both online) * Favorite game you've actually played? - Champions! * Least favorite game you've actually played? - Morrow Project - blech on those tables for crits. * Game you like on principle, but have never played? - Ars Magica, In Nomine, dozens of others. * Game you dislike on principle, but have never played? - World of Warcraft. * Favorite miniature game? - Don't have one yet. May get into Concentration. * Favorite card game? - Hearts. * Favorite board game? - Puerto Rico or RoboRally. * Favorite game that does not fall into any of the above catagories? - Once Upon a Time, the storytelling game. * BONUS ESSAY: Explain how you got into gaming, and what was the first RPG you ever played. - I got into gaming in 1981 because my cousin (3 years younger) kept talking about his D&D games with his friend Corey. (In fact, it was all complaints about classic 11-year-old manipulative DM stuff.) Absent any players, I asked for the Basic Set and some modules, which I got for my birthday. My brother and his friend Bobby played for an afternoon and got bored that summer. So next fall I found some computer geek friends to play with at my aunt's house, picked up the "real game" (the First Edition PH, DMG and MM) and we were off. The old World of Greyhawk was where we started. I learned so much from those games that I created my own game world upon graduation in 1984. That was when gaming really started to get good. I can't imagine life without it!
"* Favorite miniature game? - Don't have one yet. May get into Concentration."
I found Confrontation to be very...European. It's not intuitive and I had a really hard time getting into it. Also, Rahkam minis are nice but EXPENSIVE!
If I may suggest a cheaper (free!) alternative, Wargames Unlimited offers a free fantasy wargame (No Quarter) and a free Sci-Fi wargame (No Limits).
I hear you on EXPENSIVE. But, my DM is into them, and they are really, really cool looking to paint - if you have multiple 10/0 and 5/0 brushes and oodles of time. Which I don't but, uh, I guess I'm still interested?
* City and Country of Residence? - Canton, CT, USA
* Age? - 40
* Gender? - Male
* Marital Status? - Married
* Occupation? - claims adjuster
* Kids? How many? - Two (one girl, one boy)
* Pets? How many? - One dog
* Where do you primarily game? - At a friends house because my kids interrupt.
* Primarily a GM or a Player? - Lifetime average? 75% GM. Right now, more of a player, but that will change.
* How many people in your gaming group? - Uhh, pick a group. 4, 6 or 9.
* Age of the oldest player in your group? 44
* Age of the youngest player in your group? 26
* What games are you currently playing? Iron Heroes/AE crossover
* What games are you currently running? D&D 3.5, Arcana Evolved (both online)
* Favorite game you've actually played? - Champions!
* Least favorite game you've actually played? - Morrow Project - blech on those tables for crits.
* Game you like on principle, but have never played? - Ars Magica, In Nomine, dozens of others.
* Game you dislike on principle, but have never played? - World of Warcraft.
* Favorite miniature game? - Don't have one yet. May get into Concentration.
* Favorite card game? - Hearts.
* Favorite board game? - Puerto Rico or RoboRally.
* Favorite game that does not fall into any of the above catagories? - Once Upon a Time, the storytelling game.
* BONUS ESSAY: Explain how you got into gaming, and what was the first RPG you ever played. - I got into gaming in 1981 because my cousin (3 years younger) kept talking about his D&D games with his friend Corey. (In fact, it was all complaints about classic 11-year-old manipulative DM stuff.) Absent any players, I asked for the Basic Set and some modules, which I got for my birthday. My brother and his friend Bobby played for an afternoon and got bored that summer. So next fall I found some computer geek friends to play with at my aunt's house, picked up the "real game" (the First Edition PH, DMG and MM) and we were off. The old World of Greyhawk was where we started. I learned so much from those games that I created my own game world upon graduation in 1984. That was when gaming really started to get good. I can't imagine life without it!
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I found Confrontation to be very...European. It's not intuitive and I had a really hard time getting into it. Also, Rahkam minis are nice but EXPENSIVE!
If I may suggest a cheaper (free!) alternative, Wargames Unlimited offers a free fantasy wargame (No Quarter) and a free Sci-Fi wargame (No Limits).
http://www.wargamesunlimited.com/
I will be running No Limits at BisbeeCon. I'm itching to try it before then, actually. (hint, hint) ;)
Both games are FREE and let you field whatever miniatures you happen to have. I love that!
"* Favorite game that does not fall into any of the above catagories? - Once Upon a Time, the storytelling game."
We have had a few really good games of this. We got the Dark expansion, too. Good stuff.
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Tell me about this Dark expansion. Sounds cool.
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1589780604/ref=pd_bxgy_text_b/102-3375011-9945721?%5Fencoding=UTF8
:P
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