English research chemist living in Durham, NC. Been a gamer for 20+ years, first as an RPG-er, then more into CCGs and nowadays with the euro games. My handle comes from one of my favorites, the comic book Usagi Yojimbo and means 'student warrior', a particularly apt handle when I was playing the oriental CCG Legend of the 5 Rings, but I still like it even now. My favorite games tend to be the low-luck brain burner games but like a bit more chaos in my gaming once in a while! I play mostly against my wife (Chileander on BGG) and at work during lunchtimes, with the occasional foray out to friends' houses to play there. The two small boys (age 4 and 6) make those forays more difficult but even now the ir interest in the hobby is increasing - as long as it involves something to do with trains.