Sagrilarus wrote:

Two people in Vancouver, WA, whaaaat? I realize it's old, but can I manually add myself to that list, or is there an admin that does it?

You have to be logged into google but then anybody can modify the map.

repoman wrote:

I am logged in, but I don't see any way to add myself. I guess I'm not smart enough to be on there anyway. Oh well.
I done figured it out.

Hey everybody! I'm Swamifred. You can call me Matt, though. My mom didn't name me Swamifred.

Anyway, I'm glad to see a place dedicated to Ameritrash games. I'm not saying I don't enjoy the Euro stuff, but my game shelf is overwhelmingly biased towards shooting or punching things. I think that speaks for itself.

I'll give you a little background about myself. I'm currently temporarily stranded in Des Moines, IA. My former company, in a move that would give itself a 0.00001% increase in profits, decided to give me all the time in the world to work on personal projects.

So I am. I've been working on a game, and it's currently being playtested, though I'm willing to send out the print 'n' play files to anyone else who wants in on playtesting a game. I'll probably put up a thread about it in a more appropriate subforum.

I hope to get to know a lot of you folks. From what I've seen, you seem like the fun-loving type. If so, you and I will get along just fine.

Take care and play hard,
Matt

Sorry Matt, you've come to the wrong place. We hate fun here. Plus, this is actually a comic book site.

But please, pull up a chair for tomorrow's Friday Freakout. You're welcome to participate and I do hope you'll stick around.

Oh, I'm also going to need to get you to Paypal me $20 for chair rental.

I suppose I should probably introduce myself, since I'm actually posting on here more than once a year now. I've actually been around the site since just after it converted from the blog, but I'm lazy so I am merely a lurker mostly.

I actually feel like I know a lot of the regulars on here pretty well even though no one has ever heard from me. It's . . . actually kind of creepy when I think of it that way.

Anyway, Hi, my name is Phil. I'm from Western PA and I work in a hobby store that sells games. I actually do all the ordering for the games, which tends to give me an excuse to spend work time on websites such as Fortress AT. I have a completely useless degree in Comparative Literature which has prepared me for a life of working in a hobby store.

I'm definitely an ATer at heart, as Euros tend to put me to sleep, though I tend to go in phases of what kind of games I obsess about, from board games, to card games, to video games and back again. My current obsession is in the card game front, what with the recent release of Netrunner.

I'll stop now because I can tend to ramble. A lot.

EvilPie wrote:


You a Pittsburgher? I used to go to a great gaming store in Squirrel Hill way back when.

Michael Barnes wrote:


Comic books!? *pushes glasses up nose* I thought you fine, cultured folks were above that kind of senseless time wasting plebeian activity. I'm here for thought-provoking board games.

Also, your 20bux is in the mail.

Great, we're going to send an auditor to your house to make sure that you have the RIGHT thought provoking board games. You will be invoiced for all auditing fees, made payable to Michael Barnes.

Also, we only read black and white comic books about nerdy men with black frame glasses that have girl trouble. We all see hidden greatness and intellectual depth in Archie. Superheroes are for infants and fascists as well as infant fascists.

Michael Barnes wrote:


There was an Italian bakery a few blocks from my bar that closed down a few years back and was turned into a 'comic book shop.' The existing sign said 'Handmade Italian Breads' and the new owners just added the words 'and comic booklets' to it. Cute, right? They sell indy comics and graphic novels exclusively and will flip their shit if you come in and ask for the new issue of Fantastic Four or something like that. I make sure to stop in and ask after Green Lantern or Shazam every few months for a giggle.

Also, welcome Swamifred!