1. Hi Buddy! Tell us where you are from, how old you are, when you started gaming, your secret weapon to fight pimples and so on:
I'm from Hawai'i, 28, and started running games about 3 years ago. I played in a handful of games before that, a couple times when I was a kid and a few times before I started running. Between that gap of time I fought pimples by letting it do it's thing, grinding(eating) good kine foods, and being in the sun a lot. Pimples are just toxins strengthening your skin. Let it ride, skin turns to steel.
2. What's your blog focus?
It's where I spill my brain shit for the world to see. I usually write off line, but I keep losing my stuff! Not much content at the moment, mostly ramblings and stuff I'm working on for my campaign.
3. Are you a player or a DM?
Mostly DM. I used to be the lone gamer, at least I couldn't find anyone willing to game up until a few years ago. Since then I've met a few long time gamers who either moved here, or I just never met until recently. Most of the people I game with are even newer to the hobby than I am as I was their first DM. Recently they've been getting behind the screen so now I can play more often.
4. How did you come to join the OSR? And why? Did someone inspire you? Or did you think if 'jamal can blog every fucking day about how to be even more Grognard than he is you could certainly do better?
I'm not in the OSR, I look at myself as unaffiliated, free to wander between groups within the collective gamer crowd. I'm a fucking weirdo like that though, never been comfortable with joining groups. In real life I cruise with nerds, hippies, mokes(look it up), punks, dorks, musicians, entertainers, etc. without needing to identify myself as any belonging to any one group. I don't know. I'm a fucking gamer, that's good enough I think! I do enjoy what the OSR community puts out there for whoever the hell wants to go looking for it. Myself, I just started blogging to organize my convoluted brain.
5. Tell us about the very best stuff we are going to find on your blog and why it's so fucking cool:
My best shit is my newest shit. At least I try to post better stuff every time, sometimes I feel successful at it, mostly I get lazy and spill my brain shit all over my blog. Trying to concentrate more on content I can share, but mostly my posts are just notes for my games.
I'm fucking cool cause I play DUNGEONS & DRAGONS!!!
6. Are you involved in a campaign? Are you planning one? Are you one of those people who never game but speaks a lot about gaming because they like to do so?
Currently I've been running a RPG mash up campaign setting, where I'm using a stack of modules as the foundation for my game world. It's about 7 sessions in since we started this past spring break, but it's really a continuation of the previous campaign which ran for 5 or 6 sessions I think but under a different rules set.
There are several campaigns going on within my group, but I don't go to most of the games as I am usually cleaning house, doing school work, or sleeping after taking care of the kids all day. Basically I've become a house husband at the beginning of the new year while my wife finishes school, my new job is something I can work from at home so I'm in a good space right now. It felt weird and shitty at first, but I get to spend a ton of time with my kids so it's turned into awesome!
I do spend more time talking about gaming then actually gaming though, but being a DM I think it's almost automatic.
7. Now you have three sentences to say whatever you want:
Never let others fuck with you. Positivity casts out the negativity. Traditions should be respected, but do not let it dictate your thoughts and actions.
8. Now tell all the fucking old-gaming-guys out there why they really should be following your blog, or ask a friend to do so:
In a way, my blog is the product of the blogging scene. I started out isolated from the mainland gaming community, interested in gaming, but with no one to game with. Got a bunch of non-tabletop gamer friends together after learning more about running games from blogs, and actually inspired others to run their own games in the process. So, if you all want to see what kind of monster/follower you all created/attracted you can read up on my Symptoms of Radness.
YOU'RE UNDER 35 AND WANT TO BE NEXT? SHOOT ME A MAIL AT MALSETTO-AT-GMAIL-DAWT-CALM OR LEAVE A COMMENT ON THE INTRODUCTION POST!
PS: Mr. People Them With Monsters and Mr. Zero XP Adventures, I'm still waiting for your replies! Please deliver the mail on time for next week statement. Fight on!
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