updated: 19 August 2020
Greetings! I've played roleplay games on and off throughout the years (staring as a wee lad in ~'86-'88. Gamed some in mid-to-late 90's before coming back in '08 w/D&D 4E), and have now made RPGs a constant good habit!
I like rules lite to rules medium games; a balance of combat-exploration-social is preferred. A mix of theater-of-the-mind and visuals is desirable – versus all the way, one way. I don't care for full theater-of-the-mind combat (unless a system is well designed for it), but do not require super fancy, detailed time consuming tactical maps with grids and counting squares – just a simple free hand drawing on the fly is just fine.
I enjoy Voice Only & Video+Voice games. I've got Skype & Discord ready to go; willing to learn/use other options too. (note: I have download speeds of ~1.65 to 2.0 Mbps (~0.20625 MB/s) with upload speeds of ~0.25 Mbps (~0.03125 MB/s), apparently this isn't quite good enough usually to run video+voice using Roll20 WebRTC [Have not tried since the 2018 update]. Skype has usually worked well enough - haven't tried the new Discord video yet.)
I like friendly, open minded folk! I don't like bigots or mean folk. I'm in USA Central Time, available 'round 2000 hours (8pm) any day [my current game schedule is below]. I can play for up-to ~4 hours each session – due to health limitations, I sadly can't play far beyond that. Thanks for considering me for your game!
There should always be free-to-play games and I'll definitely run them from time-to-time - but out of necessity I'll also be running mostly Pay-to-Play (read: Donate-to-play) games on here – this will help me cover medical expenses, buy food (I have a special restricted diet) and gaming expenses like Rule Books+supplements and Roll20 subscription+maps & modules, since I'm disabled and can't work in the 'real world'. :'(
Q: 'Why do you want my money!?'
A1: I can maintain a Roll20 subscription, which gives us some cool features; but mostly for the storage space for maps; tokens; handouts; music etc.
A2: I can buy stuff for our games: maps; tokens; modules; music etc. Also, I can buy real books (PDFs give me headaches) so we can play the games! Must play all the GAMES!
A3: Players will show up! Players (I’ve found w/online gaming) often vanish without warning or word – leaving the rest of the group hanging – this is less likely with pay-to-play games. Also, players are more likely to take the game seriously and not be disruptive.
A4: I'd like to 'pay it forward' and tip GM's who run games for me; I can't afford to do that currently, and I appreciate them so much!
A5: I have chronic medical issues which prevent me from gaining employment, with your payments & gratuity I can buy the supplements & medications I need to avoid pain and the worsening of my conditions (I'm on very strict & difficult diets which requires supplementation to maintain: low fat; low FODMAP).
If interested, send me a private message! More specific personal details below schedule.
Player Schedule
♣ D&D 5E Tales of Ameria: Saturday - Fortnights at ~20:00 hrs. (USA CST/CDT | UTC -6/UTC -5)
• This game is live streamed on Twitch and uploaded to Youtube (PM me for links!)
• Playing Mes'meri Nor'Bjergaard, Human Oath of the Ancients Paladin.
♣ Star Wars (SW5E) Forging Dawn: Saturday - Fortnights at ~21:00 hrs. (USA CST/CDT | UTC -6/UTC -5)
• This game is live streamed on Twitch and uploaded to Youtube (PM me for links!)
• Playing DC Opensky, Human Operative | Consular.
♣ starting soon D&D 5E Icewind Dale: Wednesday - Sennights at ~20:00 hrs. (USA CST/CDT | UTC -6/UTC -5)
• Playing to be determined...Game Master Schedule
♣ D&D 5E - 'Lost Mine of Phandelver/Dragon of Icespire Peak+'.
Friday - Sennights at 20:30 hrs. (USA CST/CDT | UTC -6/UTC -5).
♦ $10 USD per player per session (paid at the end of each session via paypal)
♦ Session Length: 3.5 to 4.25 hours (most sessions are about right at ~4 hours)
♦ Start Date: April 26th 2019
♦ Players: 4.
♦ Recruitment: Closed...♣ on hiatus D&D 5E Starter Set|Lost Mine: Wednesday - Fortnights at 20:30 hrs. (USA CST/CDT | UTC -6/UTC -5)
Me continued (the extra bits!)
Favorite Topic(s) and/or Subject(s): Anti-theism/theism (religion; agnosticism; atheism)| Humanism | The Origin of Everything | Politics | True Crime. And RPGS!!! lol
Favorite Table Top RPG(s): D&D 4th Edition (love AEDU, & the lore & fluff is amazing); Shadow of the Demon Lord; Star Wars FFG; Star Trek 2D20.
Favorite World Setting(s) for Table Top RPGs: Points of Light: Nentir Vale; Eberron; Keranak Kingdoms; Urth
Favorite Book(s)[speculative or not] and/or Author(s): Ah, so many, but here is a start: D&D Dragonlance Chronicles & Legends by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman | The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien | The Iron Tower Trilogy; The Dragonstone; Dragondoom; Stolen Crown all by Denis L. McKiernan | D&D Eberron: The Dreaming Dark Trilogy by Keith Baker | D&D The Abyssal Plague Trilogy by Don Bassingthwaite & James Wyatt | D&D The Icewind Dale Trilogy by R.A. Salvatore | The Earthsea Trilogy by Ursula K. Le Guin | Vatta's War by Elizabeth Moon | Most books by Brian Keene (especially the zombie books!) | Most books by Edward Lee.
Favorite Movie(s) and/or Show(s): Movies: Star Wars Episodes I-IX | Braveheart | The Last Samurai | Superman movies | Batman movies | Lord of the Rings | Most Super Hero movies | The Matrix Trilogy | Keanu Reeves movies | The Goonies | Tom Cruise movies | Memoirs of a Geisha | Serenity | Revenge of the Ninja | Enter the Ninja | NINJA & NINJA II | American Ninja series | Terminator Series | ALIENS franchise | Star Trek motion pictures. So many more...
Shows: Current: American Ninja Warrior | Survivor | Hell's Kitchen | Master Chef | The Witcher | Stranger Things | The Expanse | The Walking Dead | Game of Thrones | Bosch | Manifest | Supergirl | Poldark | The Vikings | Britannia | The Rookie | 48 Hours | Dateline. Many Prime and Netflix shows...too many shows...lol
Shows: Classic: All Star Trek shows | Firefly (damn you FOX!!!) | Babylon 5 (& Crusade!) | Jericho (damn you CBS!!!) | The X-Files | Falling Skies | Frasier | Seinfeld | Roseanne & this list goes on & on....
Favorite Video Game(s): Tomb Raider series (old and new) | Resident Evil series | Lunar series | Final Fantasy series | Avadon series | Gemini Rue | Resonance | State of Decay | The Elder Scroll series | Out of this World | Flashback | Blackthorne | Castlevania series | Rygar (NES) | Zelda | Silent Hill series | Ultima series | Earthbound (SNES) | King's Quest series | Tenchu series | Mario series (especially S.Mario Bros. 3!!!) | ALIEN: Isolation and on and on...
Favorite Music Genre(s): Power Metal; Heavy Metal; Symphonic Metal; Melodic Thrash Metal; New Age; World; Atmospheric; some Pop Rock.
Favorite Band(s): Iron Maiden | DIO | Ozzy | Metalium | Hammerfall | King Diamond | Dragonforce | Victorious | Judas Priest | Savatage | Battle Beast | Power Quest | Bryan Adams | Man-o-War | Iced Earth | Gloryhammer | Beast in Black | Type-o-Negative | Avantasia | Blaze Bayley | Vanessa Carlton | Bruce Springsteen | Danzig | Visions of Atlantis | Michelle Branch | Nightwish | Megadeth | Metallica | Madonna | Trans-Siberian Orchestra | Queensryche | Mercyful Fate | Black Sabbath | Steve McDonald
Favorite Sport(s), Team(s) & Player(s): Love about all sports – so I guess especially: MMA; Hockey (Ice & Roller); Football (Soccer); American Football; Badminton; Tennis; Table Tennis; Golf etc. long list.
Teams: Stars; Penguins; Cowboys; Texans; Seahawks; FC Dallas; Dynamo; Sounders; Mavericks; Spurs.
Favorite Food(s) and/or Drink(s): I can only eat a few things...so...this is depressing for me. Hot & cold Cereals. Fish. Eggs. And drinks? Water. Limited amounts of fruit/vegetable juice & decaf coffee/tea. sad face
Favorite of the Four Seasons (Solstices/Equinoxes): Autumnal Equinox. Vernal comes in second. Then Winter. Lastly - Summer.
Favorite Animal(s): Felids. Especially the domesticated cat.
Favorite Color(s): Blue | Green | White | Grey | Black and hot Pinks!!!
Favorite Number(s): 3. and only 3, or 3 of them! Ok – I like 7 too. Oh – and lucky 13!!!
Favorite Hero(es), super or otherwise, real or fictional: Superman. And anybody – alive or dead (or yet to Be) – who changed, or tried/tries to change, our world for the better. Thank you!!!