Let's see, I know Alan from a RoR game and his stellar work on Grognards. (Many kudos BTW for all the hard work) Pitt I've had the pleasure with in dealing with on RGBM and we've had some long bidding wars as of late so at least he got the "evil" part down. ;-) (For the record, I do enjoy stirring the pot so to speak and usually choose a specific role for the political games I'm in. Let's see if Alan has figured out my role in our RoR game yet. . . ) My story is very similar to Pitt's in that I've gone through some highs and lows with my gaming but the net has certainly given me a great chance to get back into the habit. I've played or am playing RoR, 30YW, Cromwell's Victory, First Afghan War, East Front, W&P, and now RCW all within the last year and I couldn't be happier. My personal bio is just an average "joe". I work as an accounting manager at a manufacturing firm in Washington state and while history was my first choice, having watched my father toil at teaching at the collegiate level taught me that something else would pay the bills better. Married, one daughter, two cats, all pretty average. I look forward to hearing from all of you soon comrades!