When I look back on how I became interested in gaming I see what is a perfect storm like of location of a small mid western town, a need to read and a thirst for what was beyond the horizon. Being the youngest of six children and a large age difference between myself and my sibling made my imagination my best playmate not to mention the empty garage and sturdy apple tree that over looked the train tracks.
Movies of the time with claymation monsters from the mind of HH and magazines by the great Fory Ackerman help fire the need for something other then card games and chess. So when out of the Mind of EGG came this new experience brought to me by someone in the Drama Club I was hook. My parents spoke a mantra that I remember to this day "At least he is not doing drugs" It may be weird and unknown to us and it maybe a gateway to devil worship but at east he is not on drugs..
Years before the Internet and the WWW we would communicate with fellow gamers through the mail with APA, or fanzines we would mimeograph off and send out about the world I have meet many fine and wonder people including my wive and we have two wonder children who also play games. We ran a game shop for fifteen years and my most fond memory was in 1996 at thanksgiving All my family was gathered around worried about making it to retirement or if the plant was going to close and as they then turned to me I just looked at them and said I just need to lower my tax liability next quarter but hey "at least I not on drugs."
Good gaming all.
Games, General Geekery, and what knots found on the web
Monday, May 10, 2010
Saturday, May 8, 2010
who started you in gaming
Welcome to my attemt to remain forgotten. Hopefully unsuccesfully by giving voice to my feelings about what is happening in the world of gaming.
Big news this week is that WOTC will co-sponser Gencon and Hall sponser the Trading Card Hall this was confirmed by Stacia Kirby the PR person of Note. This is more along the lines of a Hasbro Marketing push to give them a test bed for their products and show a good push into thier 4th qtr profits.
Fun questions is who started you in gaming?
Conventions this month are AnCOn in Hudson a growing convention Put on by long time conpromotor Super Dave and will have the Dice Man Bob Kindle in attendance.
The big show of the month will be the 35th annual MARcon in Columbus. the big regional Science fiction and fantasy con at the Columbus Hyatt. This will also have the Dice man in attendance but the dealers room is juried so they will be no new dealers from last year. But the Dealers room is a free pass so well worth the stop by.
Blog of the week is dungeonmum check it out for lots of good content.
Big news this week is that WOTC will co-sponser Gencon and Hall sponser the Trading Card Hall this was confirmed by Stacia Kirby the PR person of Note. This is more along the lines of a Hasbro Marketing push to give them a test bed for their products and show a good push into thier 4th qtr profits.
Fun questions is who started you in gaming?
Conventions this month are AnCOn in Hudson a growing convention Put on by long time conpromotor Super Dave and will have the Dice Man Bob Kindle in attendance.
The big show of the month will be the 35th annual MARcon in Columbus. the big regional Science fiction and fantasy con at the Columbus Hyatt. This will also have the Dice man in attendance but the dealers room is juried so they will be no new dealers from last year. But the Dealers room is a free pass so well worth the stop by.
Blog of the week is dungeonmum check it out for lots of good content.
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