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Dro Beloseren

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Hello, my name is Dro.

I've been chatting with people in the discord server for a little while now (thanks for being so friendly) so I figured I should finally make an intro post here as well.

I've been a Wheel of Time fan since I was around 10 or 12 years old when I found a copy of The Dragon Reborn at a family friends house while on summer break. I'm pretty sure I read it, The Shadow Rising, and The Fires of Heaven before the week was done. I was hooked.

I've reread the series a few times since then (and actually in the proper order), and am currently doing a reread (audiobooks, so relisten?) with my girlfriend (her first time with the series) and we're on chapter 18 of Winter's Heart.

I've continued to be a pretty voracious reader and usually get through 25 to 50 novels each year. I generally lean towards science fiction but I've been on a bit of a fantasy kick lately and just finished the Gentleman Bastards novels by Scott Lynch.

Besides books I'm a big pen and paper RPG nerd. I run a Delta Green game, and have played in or run a dozen other games over the years. This website actually first came to my attention when, earlier this year, I discovered the library while looking up Wheel of Time lore (I'm writing a fan conversation of the Talislanta RPG system to use the Wheel of Time setting, I'll post more about this in Video & Board Games later).

I'm also pretty into PC gaming, mostly RPG, FPS, strategy, and space/flight sims. Arma3 is the game that I spend the most time on and I'm pretty deep into the modding scene for it as well. If you've played it as well you've also probably used mods I've helped make or contribute to.

I think that's enough about me for now, I look forward to talking to you all.
 

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Hey Dro!

Nice to see you posting :joy

Let me know if you have any questions :pleased-1:
 
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Welcome Dro! :welcome
Always good to find another WoT nerd who is also into RGPs. :D
Feel free to reach out if you have any questions about anything here. I look forward to getting to you know! :gray
 

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Yay! Happy to see you introduce yourself!!

What are some of your favorite games?
 

Dro Beloseren

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Dro Beloseren

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Yay! Happy to see you introduce yourself!!

What are some of your favorite games?

For RPG: Cyberpunk 2020, Delta Green, Deadlands, Eclipse Phase, Good Society, Kobolds Ate My Baby, The Laundry Files RPG, Star Wars d6

For video games: Arma3, Squad, Crusader Kings, Kerbal Space Program, IL2, DCS, Elite Dangerous, Baldur's Gate, Planescape Torment
 

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Oh good choices! I'm a KSP fan myself too. I played a fair amount of Crusader Kings but I was never very good at it. :) Welcome!
 

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Welcome to Tar Valon! :joy
 
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:joy Which games are you into?

I'm pretty vanilla ... :laugh: I mostly stick with D&D and Pathfinder. But I've also played Numenera, which I liked a lot, and Victoriana, which I absolutely LOVED. I would be thrilled if I could get people to play that system with me! And I'm currently super excited about Coyote & Crow, which I backed on Kickstarter. (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/connoralexander/coyote-and-crow) - the PDF version should be out before the end of this year, and I'm anxious waiting to lose myself in it. :P

I have a hard time playing RFGs virtually and much prefer in person games, so I'm currently waiting for the world to be less crazy so I can play in person again.
 

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Oh good choices! I'm a KSP fan myself too. I played a fair amount of Crusader Kings but I was never very good at it. :) Welcome!
Crusader Kings is a really hard game! It took me forever to even be decent at it, but it's just so neat I have to keep playing.
 

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I'm pretty vanilla ... :laugh: I mostly stick with D&D and Pathfinder. But I've also played Numenera, which I liked a lot, and Victoriana, which I absolutely LOVED. I would be thrilled if I could get people to play that system with me! And I'm currently super excited about Coyote & Crow, which I backed on Kickstarter. (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/connoralexander/coyote-and-crow) - the PDF version should be out before the end of this year, and I'm anxious waiting to lose myself in it. :p

I have a hard time playing RFGs virtually and much prefer in person games, so I'm currently waiting for the world to be less crazy so I can play in person again.
I'm not familiar with Victoriana, I'll have to check it out. Coyote & Crow I know of, and it looks very cool.
Gaming in person definitely has a different energy to trying to pay over Discord or roll20. The group I GM for has managed to survive on Discord, but another group I was a player in fell apart, it was pretty sad.
 

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Hey Dro!! Great to see you here!

I love Crusader Kings, which one do you play? If you like fantasy, have you read any Brandon Sanderson?
 

Dro Beloseren

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Hey Dro!! Great to see you here!

I love Crusader Kings, which one do you play? If you like fantasy, have you read any Brandon Sanderson?
Crusader Kings 2 is the one I've played the most. I've tried 3 a little but haven't dived into it yet.

The only non-WoT Sanderson I've read is the first Mistborn novel, The Final Empire, and I'm sorry to say I didn't enjoy it that much. I'll probably check out on of his other books at some point though, hopefully I'll like them more.
 

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Hello, Dro! Welcome to Tar Valon. :pleased-1: From what I've seen so far, you seem to be fitting in really well! I hope you will enjoy exploring our community here more. If you have any questions, we are here.
 

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Hello, Dro! Welcome to Tar Valon. :pleased-1: From what I've seen so far, you seem to be fitting in really well! I hope you will enjoy exploring our community here more. If you have any questions, we are here.

Thanks! I try to be a fairly affable person. ;)
 

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Welcome to the forums! :)
 

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Hello and welcome to Tar Valon.Net:The Website! :laugh:
 
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