He shares the tabletop hobby with his wife and Player 1, Andrea, 4 teenagers, a pre-teen, a cat, and a rabbit. When he’s not reading or playing board games, he plays video games, writes fiction and non-fiction, reads Role-playing game sourcebooks, and builds giant robot model kits. His faves in no particular order: Twilight Imperium, Scythe, Gloomhaven, Hero Quest, Shadowrun, AD&D 2nd Edition, Conan The Barbarian, Dune, Lord of the Rings, Blade Runner, Alien, Bitchin Camaros, Stoner Rock, Iron Maiden, retro metal, Indiana Jones, Sword of the Stranger, Mobile Suit Gundam (UC!), Lawrence of Arabia, Kingdom of Heaven, Ghost in the Shell, Robert E Howard, William Gibson, Ridley Scott, Stephen King, Steven Spielberg, and coffee. He can be found blogging at www.blowin-smoke.com.