Introduce yourself!! :-)

[Nerfix]

You know, Gandalf is easily the coolest person on the board. Not only he takes care of his son but he also works from his home, is a retired army person and does...sewing.

And how many guys have Gandalf as their middle name?

Cool beyound words.

[Caduceus]

Thanks for opening up about yourself, Gandalf. My older brother has cerebral palsy and lives about five miles from my folks in a group home where he goes to work every day.

[Psitticine]

My sister is a nurse in a group home. One of her kids is autistic and another has some other issues going, so the issues there are close to her heart.

[BigJMoney]

I'm 25, American, and I ususally ignore threads like these, but I took a glance at it and felt guilty because everyone I have met in this community is so enjoyable. I have owned Dominions 2 for several months now, and my gaming habits are quirky. It turns out that when I first got it, I grew tired with it quickly for some reason. Then, a few months later, I decided to reinstall it and now I love it. I rather think of Dominions like a very complex strategy board game than a "video game", and that makes me very fond of it. I hope it never loses that charm. The fun for me right now is still discovering this game, and learning to conquer the AI with different nations.

I'm also very pleased to play this and a few other European games with European players. The other one of note is Mount & Blade. If I recall correctly, it was that community which directed me here. I have to say the Europeans currently hold the strategy gaming crown. That is, *if* the UKers want to be included in your lot. ;-) Creative Assembly is pretty darn good, too; even if they have been losing my faith.

Interestigly enough, Shrapnelgames is in my backyard, here in North Carolina.

-- John Mauney

=$= Big J Money =$=

[PashaDawg]

Howdy!

[Tumba]

Ok, to add to the impressive amount of Finns introduced here:

Tumba, 35, a Finn, working as a CRM Project Manager for WM-data. I do have a company of my own, WalnutFactory, but mostly as a hobby.
Wife, 3 children (2 girls & 1 boy), 3 Leonberger dogs (2 girls & 1 boy) and half a horse (dunno which half, it's actually my wife's).

I do a lot of boardgaming, some on-line gaming (IL2-FB mostly, and yes, we have a "clan" page: "TausteluTunarit" (BattleMess-up's or something like that in English) http://www.kolumbus.fi/tom.snall/TT/TT.htm ) and some PBEM.

That's all folks.

[PhilD]

French male, 36, working as a researcher/teacher of computer science and mathematics.

I've been into strategy gaming for, well, about 25 years I think. First a little wargaming. Then I caught the RPG virus, and I still have it somehow (that's "old-style" roleplaying, the kind with people sitting around a table telling stories and rolling weird dice). Then ran into computers, and I've been playing computer games for maybe 20 years.

I bought Dom:PPP after seeing some article about it on usenet - probably by Gandalf. It was nice enough, but I didn't play it much. Good enough that I jumped on Dom2 when it was released, and that was certainly the one commercial PC game that I spent the most time, ever - mostly solo, as I'm a very bad MP player (or so it seems). I admit I haven't played Dom2 in quite a while, but I'll be back in when Dom3 releases.

I don't have a picture of myself, but sometimes I look a little like my avatar on this board (though at the moment the hair is shorter, and the beard will be gone in a few days). Oh, and the hair is grayer, too.

[okiN]

Toodles. 17-year-old Finn/American. Played the PPP demo a lot back in the day but couldn't get around to buying it. Got Dom2 about a year and a half ago and have been playing it ever since. Been browsing the forums for a while but never got around to registering. With the impending release of Dom3, though, I decided I might as well make my presence known. Archonsod and Big J Money (Where'd you go, man? What happened to you?) I'm already familiar with from the Mount&Blade forums.

[baby_arm]

Is that a Ralph Steadman picture I see?

[okiN]

That it is, my good man. Remarkably perceptive of you given the avatar size.