44, divorced, now engaged, father of 2 (the marriage produced one son; my son's younger half-brother knows me and dad, since his bio dad isn't part of his life).
I've been a gamer all my life: board games, card games, dice games, money games, rpgs, wargames, video games, since I was a young kid.
About 78 or 79, some friends first told me about D&D. I still remember how fun it sounded; they came out of a cave/dungeon and got attacked by some harpies, whom the players defeated. I found the basic set in a store and began collecting books and modules, and played in a couple of campaigns. A big new mall opened up in the area in 1981 and included a game shop. I spent a lot of time there, in part because they had a good-sized rpg selection, and that was where I discovered Traveller. Been collecting Traveller since, hardly ever played. I have introduced Traveller (CT) to my oldest; I have the MegaTraveller boxed set, but that was it. The store closed in the late 80s and I stopped collecting rpg materials. I'd also gotten into Star Fleet Battles while in college, and bought some things from that same store. Another hobby shop opened up near that mall, and they've had rpg and wargaming materials, but it's been a long time since I bought anything there (Star Fleet Battles stuff, and GDW's Twilight 2000 and Dark Conspiracy basic rulebooks). In the 2000s, I began buying older CT stuff from eBay. Eventually I hope to get into the other Traveller versions, too.
Mostly now I drool over Traveller (and other games) stuff on the 'Bay, play Civilization (I) on the pc, occasionally play a board game with the boys, or right now the fiancee and youngest are playing a baseball game on the old Nintendo Entertainment System (she's never really been able to understand rpgs, but I hope to someday introduce her to Traveller).
I love rpgs, and I love Traveller!
Gordon Long
