Timothy

About Timothy

It all started in the summer of ’82 when my friends older brother introduced us to AD&D. We played a few times a week that summer. At one point our characters ended up going through a strange portal that deposited us in the middle of the apocalyptic nightmare of Gamma World, courtesy of the rules presented in the DMG. From that point on I had a itch that needed to be scratch. I asked for D&D books that Christmas the following year, but my mom not really knowing much about it asked at the local hardware store that sold books, dice and miniatures what she should buy and I ended up with the red Moldvay box set. I was disappointed at first, but I worked with what I had and began running adventures for my small circle of friends. I was already an avid reader, but D&D opened me up to so many more authors. Tolkien was a given, but Moorcock, Guin, Lieber and Zelazny followed, to name only a few. As I grew older, D&D turned Gamma World, Star Frontiers, Cyberpunk (before 2020). Eventually dipping my toes in the waters of horror with Call of Cthulhu and then the various titles White Wolf produced, mainly Vampire the Masquerade, where my favorite alter ego was Martin Zantosa of Clan Tzimisce. Through middle school, high school and a little bit into college, every Saturday morning I met my friends at a local comic bookstore and we retired into the basement and played into the early evening. I took a hiatus of sorts, got married and had a few children, but that itch still needed to be scratched. My wife found a local comic shop and I started a couple of groups there and did the on-line thing with Roll20 for a few years. I got back into 1st edition AD&D but wet my toes in some rules lite sword and sorcery games, like Barbarians of Lemuria. OSR games have caught my eye, especially Labyrinth Lord. I don’t know if there is something makes me different from the rest of the potential dungeon masters out there. I think in the end we are all just trying to have a good time and enjoy themselves. Me personally, if I can get a group of people wrapped up in a world I’ve created and forget about the stressful world around them for a little while, then I’ve succeeded.