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Wednesday, September 18, 2013
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Sorry this place has been a fucking dead zone. Not much gaming lately. Hoping to rectify that soon. But we will see.
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Gary Gygax
Father of "the game" you'll be missed.
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- I am thought to be exiled gentry, a vagabond, a scandalous rogue, a troubadour, armchair tactician, amateur grifter, self taught mechanic, would be author, adventurer, rogue scholar, traveler of strange lands, and an all round near do well.