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Folks, there are only a few days left to vote for theEnnies. Self-serving, there’s only a few days to vote for me to be Judge.
What’s that mean? It means I want you to select me for anincredible amount of homework. I want to be assigned tens of thousands of pagesworth of reading roleplaying games and supplements. I want you to order me tolisten to hundreds of hours of podcasts so that me and my elected peers canfind the very best from each category, so that you… the gaming public… canreward the products and services that took your gaming experience to the nextlevel.
So come on folks… assign me the best mountain of homeworkever!
Vote at http://www.ennie-awards.com/blog/
For those who aren’t familiar with my qualifications, allowme to tell me tale.
Chapter 1: Level 1 Novice Gamer Garrett received his firstgame, the World of Indiana Jones boxed set as an Easter gift back when he wasin third grade. His parents had a boxed set of AD&D in the game closet.Garrett looked the items over but just didn’t get it.
Chapter 2: It starts with a woman. Level 1 Novice GamerGarrett becomes friends with Mari and is invited to his first roleplayingsession. In a Shadowrun game, his first character gets his butt kicked fightinggiant bugs in Chicago. Mari’s character gets killed and sold to the crazy folksstill living in Chicago. This is followed by Garrett sticking with it andfollowing the group into an Earthdawn campaign.
Chapter 3: Level 2 Gamer Garrett, now permanently attachedto Mari, discovers in the FLGS a Star Wars D6 game. This changeseverything. Soon after, Garrett findsParanoia and Star Wars d20 and even WEG’s Indiana Jones. He begins to GM.
Chapter 4: In 2009, Garrett gets the 4th EdDungeons and Dragons books from his parents. Mari convinces Level 3 Apprentice GamerGarrett to get out of the house and meet some gamers through the local meetups.He joins the Buffalo Gamers Society and gets his first 4th Edcharacter killed in his first one-shot. This leads to attending local conventions.
Chapter 5: Level 5 Apprentice Gamer Garrett joins the GamerNation at d20radio.com and falls for the Star Wars Saga system. He runs a smallcampaign over the summer at the Buffalo Gaming Society, including sevenplayers. Things get out of hand, and Garrett decides to use that success to runthe Dawn of Defiance Campaign.
Chapter 6: By 2010, Level 6 Journeyman Gamer Garrett has twoStar Wars Saga campaigns going full steam and an actual play podcast on thed20radio.com site.
Chapter 7: Things get blurry as Level 10 Jedi Master GamerGarrett goes on a gaming rampage, running Dungeons and Dragons Encounters andearning his keep at GenCon by running D&D for Baldman Games. He’s runningMarvel Heroic, Pathfinder, Doctor Who, Deadlands, Deadlands Noir, Savage WorldsIndiana Jones. He’s playtesting Dungeons and Dragons 5tgh Edition and playingDresden Files, Edge of the Empire, Call of Cthulhu and of course Paranoia. He’spublished through the Gaming Security Agency an entire Edge of the Empirecampaign and interviewed Modiphius’s Chris Birch. Through Threat Detected, theStar Wars actual play podcast, he’s interviewed Rodney Thompson, SterlingHershey, Owen Stephens and Sean Patrick Fannon. He’s a regular guest on theMisdirected Mark podcast and a staple at WNY gaming convention. Garrett has histhree nephews hooked on gaming and runs games for them on roll20.net. Hisoldest nephew is now a DM.
Gaming is in his blood. He breathes it. He carries a d20 inhis pocket at all times. He’s designing his own games! Don’t stop him! Justvote for him.
What’s that mean? It means I want you to select me for anincredible amount of homework. I want to be assigned tens of thousands of pagesworth of reading roleplaying games and supplements. I want you to order me tolisten to hundreds of hours of podcasts so that me and my elected peers canfind the very best from each category, so that you… the gaming public… canreward the products and services that took your gaming experience to the nextlevel.
So come on folks… assign me the best mountain of homeworkever!
Vote at http://www.ennie-awards.com/blog/
For those who aren’t familiar with my qualifications, allowme to tell me tale.
Chapter 1: Level 1 Novice Gamer Garrett received his firstgame, the World of Indiana Jones boxed set as an Easter gift back when he wasin third grade. His parents had a boxed set of AD&D in the game closet.Garrett looked the items over but just didn’t get it.
Chapter 2: It starts with a woman. Level 1 Novice GamerGarrett becomes friends with Mari and is invited to his first roleplayingsession. In a Shadowrun game, his first character gets his butt kicked fightinggiant bugs in Chicago. Mari’s character gets killed and sold to the crazy folksstill living in Chicago. This is followed by Garrett sticking with it andfollowing the group into an Earthdawn campaign.
Chapter 3: Level 2 Gamer Garrett, now permanently attachedto Mari, discovers in the FLGS a Star Wars D6 game. This changeseverything. Soon after, Garrett findsParanoia and Star Wars d20 and even WEG’s Indiana Jones. He begins to GM.
Chapter 4: In 2009, Garrett gets the 4th EdDungeons and Dragons books from his parents. Mari convinces Level 3 Apprentice GamerGarrett to get out of the house and meet some gamers through the local meetups.He joins the Buffalo Gamers Society and gets his first 4th Edcharacter killed in his first one-shot. This leads to attending local conventions.
Chapter 5: Level 5 Apprentice Gamer Garrett joins the GamerNation at d20radio.com and falls for the Star Wars Saga system. He runs a smallcampaign over the summer at the Buffalo Gaming Society, including sevenplayers. Things get out of hand, and Garrett decides to use that success to runthe Dawn of Defiance Campaign.
Chapter 6: By 2010, Level 6 Journeyman Gamer Garrett has twoStar Wars Saga campaigns going full steam and an actual play podcast on thed20radio.com site.
Chapter 7: Things get blurry as Level 10 Jedi Master GamerGarrett goes on a gaming rampage, running Dungeons and Dragons Encounters andearning his keep at GenCon by running D&D for Baldman Games. He’s runningMarvel Heroic, Pathfinder, Doctor Who, Deadlands, Deadlands Noir, Savage WorldsIndiana Jones. He’s playtesting Dungeons and Dragons 5tgh Edition and playingDresden Files, Edge of the Empire, Call of Cthulhu and of course Paranoia. He’spublished through the Gaming Security Agency an entire Edge of the Empirecampaign and interviewed Modiphius’s Chris Birch. Through Threat Detected, theStar Wars actual play podcast, he’s interviewed Rodney Thompson, SterlingHershey, Owen Stephens and Sean Patrick Fannon. He’s a regular guest on theMisdirected Mark podcast and a staple at WNY gaming convention. Garrett has histhree nephews hooked on gaming and runs games for them on roll20.net. Hisoldest nephew is now a DM.
Gaming is in his blood. He breathes it. He carries a d20 inhis pocket at all times. He’s designing his own games! Don’t stop him! Justvote for him.
