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Introduce Yourself / Hello from an occasional lurker and Saving the Game co-host!
« on: October 18, 2012, 01:56:50 PM »
Hey, folks! I'm Grant, an occasional lurker on the old forums and a co-host of Saving the Game. I used to visit a fair bit a few years ago, when I was playing a lot of D&D 3.5. Now that I'm gearing up to start a Pathfinder game with my co-hosts, I came back here to look for some character advice, saw new forums, and figured "Man, I should really register and actually post a few things!" (Those of you who lurk or post on the Fear the Boot forums may also know me—I post as 'Saragon' over there.)
I've mentioned D&D 3.5 and Pathfinder already, and that's probably where the vast majority of my gaming experience is; but I'm that guy who always wants to try a new system. I've got plans for a Rogue Trader game, a D&D Next game (or maybe Reign if I can talk my potential players into it), InSpectres, Unknown Armies (probably my favorite game of all time, which I've never had a chance to play or run! argh!)... if it's something I haven't had a chance to try yet, I'll happily give it a go. My group actually tends towards very long-running games—we have a Birthright campaign that's more than seven years old now, and still going strong—which means I don't actually get to try that many games. But we're beginning to break towards shorter, more varied games as we all start having kids, so here's hoping!
A little about me, personally: I'm a proud, new father (our daughter's just over two months old), a happily married man, and a support technician for a local software company in Greenville, South Carolina (my hometown). I'm on Twitter as @STGGrant.
As I mentioned above, I'm also a co-host (I guess you could say "the founding co-host", but that sounds awfully arrogant) on Saving the Game. Saving the Game is an RPG podcast with an explicitly Christian slant to it, though it's certainly not only for Christians. We give good gaming advice for players and GMs, and address a lot of issues that crop up around the table as well. Even after all this time, there's a lot of misrepresentation and misunderstanding of geek culture, and particularly roleplaying games, in the Christian community; but we're doing our level best to change that. If you're curious, I'd encourage you to check out our website and listen to an episode or two! We're also on Twitter and Facebook.
I'm looking forward to hanging around and actually posting instead of just lurking!
I've mentioned D&D 3.5 and Pathfinder already, and that's probably where the vast majority of my gaming experience is; but I'm that guy who always wants to try a new system. I've got plans for a Rogue Trader game, a D&D Next game (or maybe Reign if I can talk my potential players into it), InSpectres, Unknown Armies (probably my favorite game of all time, which I've never had a chance to play or run! argh!)... if it's something I haven't had a chance to try yet, I'll happily give it a go. My group actually tends towards very long-running games—we have a Birthright campaign that's more than seven years old now, and still going strong—which means I don't actually get to try that many games. But we're beginning to break towards shorter, more varied games as we all start having kids, so here's hoping!
A little about me, personally: I'm a proud, new father (our daughter's just over two months old), a happily married man, and a support technician for a local software company in Greenville, South Carolina (my hometown). I'm on Twitter as @STGGrant.
As I mentioned above, I'm also a co-host (I guess you could say "the founding co-host", but that sounds awfully arrogant) on Saving the Game. Saving the Game is an RPG podcast with an explicitly Christian slant to it, though it's certainly not only for Christians. We give good gaming advice for players and GMs, and address a lot of issues that crop up around the table as well. Even after all this time, there's a lot of misrepresentation and misunderstanding of geek culture, and particularly roleplaying games, in the Christian community; but we're doing our level best to change that. If you're curious, I'd encourage you to check out our website and listen to an episode or two! We're also on Twitter and Facebook.
I'm looking forward to hanging around and actually posting instead of just lurking!