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en = English:

I used to live in the US where I went to various gaming cons and played wargames, RPGs, euros, Go, etc for many years. I hosted the RussCon gaming group from 1998 to 2005 in Austin, TX.

I moved to Wrocław, Poland on 2005-12-19, where I live with my fiancee a2na. We professionally translate Polish games to English.

These days we typically play shorter 2-player combinatorial games and eurogames almost every day at home, as well as similar games with other folks. I'm also playing wargames again. There's a nice growing community of boardgamers in Wrocław.

The boardgame scene is growing rapidly in Poland. Some original Polish games which I own and recommend: Neuroshima Hex!, Zombiaki, Glik. Some Polish versions of non-Polish games which I own: Wysokie Napięcie = Power Grid, Przez Pustynię = Through the Desert.

Game events attended since moving to Poland:
2009: Pionek 10, Gratislavia 3, Pionek 11
2008: Pionek 6, 7, 8, Gratislavia 2, Essen, Pionek 9
2007: European Go Congress, Essen, BGG.CON, Pionek 5
2006: Essen

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Game Ratings: I only started rating games played since moving to Poland, with no attempt to retroactively rate the hundreds of games I'd played in the past. I simply follow the recommended BGG scale.

Games Played: I started logging plays on 2007-01-01.

Geek Buddies: Generally my geek buddies are people I know in real life from outside BGG. Feel free to add me or delete me, with or without telling me; I don't read any deep significance into it.

Microbadges: I made the Esperanto microbadge: Oni povas aĉeti tiun insignon de BGG kontraŭ 8 GG, do se vi parolas Esperanton, vi povas aĉeti kaj montri vian propran por plividigi la lingvon.

Wiki: Most users seem unaware of the great potential of the BGG wiki, which already has a lot of useful documentation about the site. The wiki is also very useful for collaborative up-to-date game FAQs that don't depend on one person creating and uploading a file that will go out of date; see the List of game FAQs and see if you don't agree. Some FAQs I created:
2 de Mayo FAQ
Age of Steam FAQ
Conflict of Heroes FAQ
Hector and Achilles FAQ
Hellas FAQ
Hive FAQ
King of Siam FAQ
Power Grid FAQ
Schildkrötenrennen FAQ
Schotten-Totten FAQ

Geek of the Week: My GOTW thread was 2008-11-30.

Secret Santa: Quads arrived 2008-12-12! Thanks! We've been playing it a lot.

Go:
I'm "russ" at KGS and "goulo" at DGS. I used to attend the US Go Congress regularly. I went to the European Go Congress in 2007. I've been to some local tournaments in Poland.

A long time ago in a life far far away I made webcomics about Go, boardgames, and other stuff at Ko Fight Club.

Even longer ago, I programmed the AI and game mechanics in the computer version of 1830: The Game of Railroads and Robber Barons, and a majority of the AI and game mechanics in Master of Orion 2.

"When playing a game, the goal is to win, but it is the goal that is important, not the winning" - Reiner Knizia

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I speak Esperanto (which my Polish fiancee a2na and I use as our primary language; we met at an Esperanto event in Helsinki). Esperanto is much nicer and easier to learn than national languages like English or Polish. If you want to learn Esperanto, I highly recommend lernu.net, and I'm happy to help too. Esperanto estas tre plaĉa, kaj ĝi ne tiel malfacilas, kiel aliaj lingvoj.

I am learning Polish since I live in Poland, and unfortunately most Poles don't speak Esperanto... If you want to learn Polish, I recommend having been born in Poland, or abandoning all hope. Język polski jest trudny ale ciekawy!

I'm relearning Latin since it's fun and easier than Polish. If you want to learn Latin, I recommend the LatinStudy group and Lingva Latina by Hans H. Ørberg. Lingva Latina bona est.

I've been vegan since 2005 and vegetarian since the mid-1980s, primarily due to the serious environmental damage of modern animal agriculture and due to not wanting to personally contribute to pointless animal suffering, and secondarily for health reasons.

My avatar is from page 1 of Alan Moore's Watchmen.

This xkcd is too often too much like me at BGG.

eo = Esperanto:

Mi ĉiam ŝatas renkonti Esperantistojn kiuj ankaŭ tabulludemas!

Listo de miaj tradukoj inkluzive de tabulludaj regularoj.

Goo: mi ludas kiel "russ" ĉe KGS kaj "goulo" ĉe DGS.

Jen kelkaj paroligaj ludoj por Esperantistoj (kaj lernantaj kaj spertaj), kiujn mi ŝatas kaj rekomendas por E-renkontiĝoj:
Dixit - Lerta lingva ludo sen la kutimaj lingvoludaj problemoj de subjektiveco kaj disputoj pri valideco de vorto aŭ frazo. Bela arto. Interesa ludo por internaciaj grupoj kun komuna lingvo sed nekomunaj naciaj kulturoj!
Kakerlaken-Poker - Portebla, simpla, amuza, belarta, kaj postulas rektan interparoladon.
Once Upon a Time - Ekzistas en kelkaj nacilingvaj versioj; homoj kunkreas rakonton. Tia kunlabora sinteno pli taŭgas ol ludi ĝin konkurse, miaopinie, do ĝi estas pli kiel grupludado ol vera konkursa ludo. Mi kreis memfaritan version kun alia arto ol la originalo, kun kartaj tekstoj en Esperanto.

pl = polski:

Lubię grać w planszówki po polsku. Często słabo rozumiem jak Polacy mówią jeśli nie mówią dość wolno. Staram sie... Czytam lepiej. Razem z a2na zajmuję się profesjonalnym tłumaczeniem gier z polskiego na angielski.

tp = toki pona:

mi toki lili e toki pona. musi li pona.