Hello, pleased to make you <virtual> acquaintance!!

[sirlou]

Hello everyone,

I'm sirlou, an avid gamer, GM, and writer of fantasy adventures.

I've been meaning to register here for a while, since I learned of it, and had not gotten around to it until now...so consider this one New Year's Resolution ticked off!!

I've been playing D&D since I was about 9 years old, with the original Basic version of the game in 1977. Good heavens its 2017 now, so that's 40 years!! I've also played 2nd Ed. a lot, as well as a bit here and there of 3rd Ed and a little 5th Ed. I also played a million other D&D type variants over the years (Tunnels & Trolls, MERP, Runequest, etc.) as well as lots of sci-fi, cyberpunk, superhero and other type RPGs. I've played various meta systems like GURPS, Palladium, etc. I also played a zillion PC RPGs as well as online RPGs. I played a ton of MUDs back in the day and GM'd a lot of IRC D&D and Shadowrun adventures -- but I've never played in a play-by-email game.

My real gaming craze is Old School gaming, 1st Ed. and OSRIC currently. This is where my writing is focused, and if you are interested in learning about my writing you can check out my website and my twitter, which are in my signature.

Anywho, I'm excited about joining you all here!!

Cheers!

sirlou

[Scott308]

Welcome aboard! Plenty of Old School games being run here, you should be able to find something to tickle your fancy.

[rredmond]

Welcome Lou!!
1E and OSRIC are well represented here, as are other OSR games.
Wonderful to have you!
Be well,
--Ron--

[Inferno]

Welcome, Sirlou!

[GreyWolfVT]

Hello and welcome sirlou

[coil23]

Welcome and Happy New Year. The OSR thrives here.

[OGRE MAGE]

Welcome to the party, Lou.

We do old school right around here.

Glad to have you on board, sir!!!

Enjoy!

[sirlou]

Thanks for all the welcome messages!! Much appreciated!!

Now that I've passed the Turing Test, I'll go kick the tires around the forums and see what's what.

Never played in a play by mail or play by email adventure, any tips, advice, or starting points would be most welcome!!

cheers,

sirlou

[Norjax]

Welcome, sirlou. Based on your resume', you should feel at home here.

[Griffith]

Hi and welcome

[dmw71]

Never played in a play by mail or play by email adventure, any tips, advice, or starting points would be most welcome!!

You may want to check out the 'Tips for the Player' section, but I think the following two discussions will be especially helpful:

• New To Play-by-Post Games?
  Tips For New Play-By-Post (PbP) Players

Just dive in, have fun, and ask questions as needed. I'm sure you'll fit right.

Good luck!
- Dave

[dmw71]

P.S.

And then recently two wonderful things happened to me! First, I read Felicia Day's AMAZING book "You're Never Weird on the Internet" and was totally inspired by her to embrace my inner geek!

Yes! I've followed her for a long time now, and enjoyed her book as well, so I jumped at the chance to meet her at a book signing near me.

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(Shut it, Ron! )

Oh, then how can I not mention this?

"Second, I made some wonderful new friends, including Greg Covey of Unseen Servant Press. Here was a guy just like me who had actually published his own module, in an amazing professional, top-notch, completely badass manner."

Agreed on this as well.

You're definitely in the right place, friend.

[OGRE MAGE]

Which one is you, Dave?

[dmw71]

Which one is you, Dave?

Hahahaha.

The far less attractive one.

[Alethan]

Which one is you, Dave?

Hahahaha.

The far less attractive one.

Your beard is much more awesome now. Is that a result of colder New England weather?

[dmw71]

Your beard is much more awesome now. Is that a result of colder New England weather?

The "beard" I was sporting in the last Skype session is long gone, and was just a result of my laziness and not wanting to shave.

And, the move out east never happened and I'm still stuck in Illinois.

[Alethan]

Your beard is much more awesome now. Is that a result of colder New England weather?

The "beard" I was sporting in the last Skype session is long gone, and was just a result of my laziness and not wanting to shave.

And, the move out east never happened and I'm still stuck in Illinois.

Still liked the beard.

If you oil it, that makes it not just being lazy.

[dmw71]

Still liked the beard.

Funny story about this:

My oldest, Sarah, was video chatting with a classmate this past weekend when she turns her laptop at me so her friend could see me. I chat with her friend for a about a minute before turning the laptop back towards Sarah. As Sarah is walking away, her friend says:

"Sarah, I think your dad needs to shave."

She was probably right.