ClassicMan1979

I Am A Gamer

I am also a husband to a very patient non-gamer, a father to a girl on the edge of adulthood and a boy on the edge of my nerves, as well as the writer of numerous stories that will likely never see the light of day.
I began in high school where my first character was a Boisterous Bruiser type in Earthdawn. This led to various smaller games and half-formed one-shots. I was not very good, and fell into all of the new-gamer pitfalls. It was sad.
In college, I found my way into a group of players who got ourselves classified as a special group of some kind with on-campus housing. So we all ended up living on the same floor of the same dorm.
It Was Awesome.
It was here that I met my primary group. We played in a Vampire (Old WoD) LARP called Dixie By Night. The particular click I fell in with could basically be defined as “Care Bears who win”, and this has defined my play style ever since.
I joined the Navy and found myself in Japan, where I fell in with a very good group. Here I played what has probably been my favorite character of all time, Harlan Toolbreaker, a Halfling fighter who became a Paladin of Mystra in the Forgotten Realms setting. He lived awesomely and died epically.
In the past 10 years, I have played in several D&D games, including my first-ever long-running campaign I played from beginning to end. I have played my first Battle Tech game, but I had to leave, because of the aforementioned children.
I have tried to DM, to varying degrees of success. My suggestion? Avoid trying to take on EIGHT players on your second try. It ends… badly.
Recently I had the opportunity to play in a Savage Worlds campaign that fits all manner of personal interests. Modern Fantasy, point-buy character gen mechanic, all the fun little merit and flaw goodies. I recommend it to anyone with those interests.