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About Me

About so high, not all that wide, human, bipedal, male, adult (over 40), married, father, what else do you need to know?

Oh, writer and game designer (hobbyist, for the nonce). 

Gaming Blog:
parzivalsplace.blogspot.com
Gaming sites:
thegobspage.com
(This site needs major updating, but the rules links are good.)

Games Played

Generic Outlandishly Big Spacefleets! (or G.O.B.S.!)
Warmaster (fantasy and ancients)
Battle of Five Armies (Warmaster variant)
Star Wars X-Wing
Ogre/G.E.V.
HeroQuest (new revised edition)
Horrified (board game… but it has minis!)
GW:LotR
BattleCry
BattleMasters
(Is there a theme here, or what?)
Memoir ‘44
Wings of War/Glory
Risk (any version, any time)
D&D "Basic series"/ AD&D (been a long time, though)
Traveller (Classic 1980/81 edition)
Space Hulk
Armada (Mantic Games)
Tanks! (Flames of War)
Conquest of the Empire (aka "Seven Caesars")
Conquest of Nerath (D&D strategic wargame)
Vikings 878 AD (the Invasion of England)
Stratego: Waterloo (not a minis game, but cool)
3D Chess— "Starchess"— my own rules based on the Star Trek chess set from TOS.
Anything by Tom Wham
Plus lots of other board and wargames… it's a long list!
and willing to try most other things…
My own homebrew games: G.O.B.S.! Star Captain (basically GOBS "zoomed in" for ship-on-ship combat) Redcoats & Minutemen (Light AWI for plastic soldier sets) Starchess 3D chess.
Real Name
Howard Shirley
Status:
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Location
United States of America, Tennessee, Williamson County
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TMP Zones of Interest:
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  • Fantasy
  • Ancients
  • Medieval
  • 18th Century
  • World War One
  • Science Fiction
  • Toy Gaming
First Visit:
31 January 2001
Membership Started
30 January 2001
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Most Recent Visit:
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