Introductions (was: Age and Complexity)

37, DINK (dual-income, no kids) with a tight budget because of
the house (though the new job should help that!). Living in Parker, CO (SE of
Denver). Married for nine years and counting. No kids, but my elderly mom may
be moving in with us soon (since we're the only ones in the family that are
doing okay and don't have kids).

Started with D&D in '76, then AD&D (contrary to popular belief, there's no
such thing as "1st edition") 'til 2 yrs ago (moved
away from long-lived group, and didn't find another). Took up
GURPS for fantasy and cyberpunk over the last couple of years. Also played a
little Twilight:2000 and Traveller in the early
'80s.

Dabbled in wargames in the early '80s: Bought Starship Troopers (original
game, not the new one); played a couple of times only due to lack of
opponents. Bought BattleTech 2nd ed. box, plus several "tech readout" books;
played a few times. Bought StarFleet Battles; never played.

Last year I fell into a group (the group I play GURPS with) that does a little
Full Thrust, Dirtside, and Stargrunt, and decided to go for FT and DS; I'm
putting together a respectable set of forces for DS, but haven't played much
yet. For FT, I'm slowly assembling
a (mostly scratch-built) flying saucer fleet, and also haven't
played much. And I might try Stargrunt as well, since the packages of plastic
gaming minis (disguised as kiddie toys) that I picked up at Toy Liquidators
over the holidays for use in DS2 also yielded 72 plastic SF soldier types in
about 20mm scale, and some of the ships cannot be convincingly called
microscale.

On r.g.m.m. I heard about Fantasy Rules! mass rules, and they sounded like a
lot of fun, so I'm putting together forces for FR! as well. I should complete
a 15mm lizardman army (mainly from Chipco's army pack) and a 15mm skeleton
army (mainly Grenadier,
Ral Partha, and Reaper). Haven't played it at all yet, though. :-(

So...anyone want to start gaming FT, DS2, or FR! one Thursday night a month in
Parker, CO?

- Sam

> Samuel Reynolds wrote:

Well Sam, I am probably one of the very few people on the list who
knows exactly where parker Co. is located.   Should I ever get back
to Denver I'll try to get in contact. Question, is the little red Saab still
sitting in the garage at the house on the right side of the road across from
the roadside cafe on the way to Denver.?

Bye for now,

> Well Sam,

I think it was moved a couple of months ago, but I may just not notice it any
more. <g>

- Sam

> Samuel Reynolds wrote:

In message <l03020902b0f2e52eeee1@[206.165.40.199]>
> Samuel Reynolds <reynol@primenet.com> wrote:

> Samuel Penn wrote:

Sam, Temptation will be my down fall yet, a con in Denver and
a gaming shop in Parker.   Good thing I just got an invitation
to another con on the 14/15 feb or I might have been on a plane.
The second con is a varient of 'Mustangs and Messerschmitts' with the best
four pilots that turn up being the Japanese in the Hiryu(?) attack on the
Yorktown at Midway. The attacking fighters must escort 15 Val dive bombers and
protect them from a Wildcat CAP (all other players), odds should be about four
to one, just about right from my point of view.

Sorry I am starting to ramble a bit to much.

Bye for now,