For more about me see my Geek of the Week thread:
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/327199Feel free to post questions on the thread any time.
I was introduced to European games in 2002 but I have always been into games in general.
My family often played games together when I was young, especially when we were on holidays (still true). My sisters played kids games with me until we were teenagers. My Nana taught me Cribbage, Canasta, Mah Jong and Scrabble as well as a love for literature, and British history. Dad taught me Chess. My parents taught me 500, which they still like to play with my wife and me.
My best friend Paul introduced me to Play by Mail games and Dungeons and Dragons which I spent far more time reading about than actually playing. It is a pattern that seems to be repeating now with modern games and BGG.
I was given games as gifts a lot when I was young (still true) but once I found Napoleons Military Bookshop (which is still around) I started buying games for myself (and games expansions and computer games). Whenever I went to the city or the local shops I would always check if there were any new games. Sadly in Brisbane the range of available games has been pretty limited most of the time.
I like the social aspect of gaming and of BGG; I enjoy being with other people and having fun together, thus my organising of a fortnightly open games event and on BGG my input creating communal geeklists and Geek of the Week. I prefer games that are not extremely long or overly complex.
My games timeline would be something like this:
197? - Kids games, family games, party games
198? - Traditional games (Chess, Cribbage, 500, Mah Jong)
1983 - 1992 Fantasy /RPGs (Talisman, D&D, Magic Realm, Heroquest, Dungeon quest)
1990 Play by mail games
1986 - 1992 Computer games on the Mac (Syndicate, Warlord 1&2)
1993 - 2004 Computer games on the PC (Discworld 1&2, Warcraft2/Starcraft, Daggerfall, Fallout 1&2, Medieval Total War)
1994 - 1996 CCG's (Magic the Gathering, Heresy)
2002 - Euros (played Medici then I tried to find it. BGG happened)
2002 - BGG (BGG T&E, BGG Werewolf, suggested communal geeklists and started Geek of the Week)
2005 - Critical Mass Games Nights (regular games group becomes too big to host at home)
2009 - Critical Mass moves to Indooroopilly Library, Kevin starts Critical Mass North
Hot 10 are games that I really want to play for the first time.
Want to play are also games I would like to play for the first time.
Forums of interest:
Geek of the Week
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/article/608186#608186Geek of the Week: Melissa Rogerson (Melissa)
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/article/609901#609901Geeklists of interest:
The original community geeklist which used a dummy account to allow other users to add items-Aldie took the idea and allowed public addition of items. (I created it with an old user name)
http://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/438The subsequent installation of Aldie's first add item geeklist
http://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/448
