Welcome to Graey's Haven

Welcome to my little Haven in the Dark Woods of the Interweb. I decided to put up yet another blog, (separate from those which reflect other interests) for some of my more fantastical leanings, such as Role Playing Games, movies , books, Role Playing Games and the like. While I haven't gamed in quite a few years, my interest is still there and as my kids get older I find that I have a yearning to teach them to play. Now I know why we had kids!!

My first introduction to RPG's was through my favourite game, Tunnels and Trolls, written by Ken St. Andre and produced by Flying Buffalo, Inc. I frittered away spent many an hour playing T and T with friends and comrades in the early 80's and those were some good times! As time progressed I found and played other games such as Stormbringer (another St. Andre creation) from Chaosium. That was followed by another of my all time favourite games - Mercenaries, Spies and Private Eyes. It was another Flying Buffalo game, written by Michael Stackpole this time. Man was this game flexible and fun!


For a time I ran a fanzine called the Chronicles of Chaos, dedicated to Stormbringer and RPG's. These days there are some mentions of other online 'zines with that name but they're just poseurs. I had the original and will someday reprint them for the web in .pdf format. Look for the links here!

Even later I discovered other great games. Call of Cthulhu, Champions, Justice, Inc. and many others. I played in games and ran them as a game master. I did this all over the world and even got paid for it while working for an overseas school. I had used to have a great time with RPG's back in the heyday of the "pen and paper" gaming genre.


All too often today, it seems as if people are doing their Role Playing in front of a game console or computer. That includes me, too. I have a great fondness for Morrowind and have played quite a bit of it. It doesn't have quite the satisfaction of rolling the bones and talking with people, tho. Of course T&T was a leader in the area of solitaire play, as well as computer play. Go figure. I hope to have a solitaire adventure up here sometime in the near future. I find I'd like to get my hands wet with game design again and I've been working on a little something. Maybe it'll be up sooner, rather than later. Till then....

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