Like most gamers, my first role-playing experience was with Dungeons and Dragons. At the time, I was 17 years old and just out of high school. It should probably be noted that at that time, Dungeons and Dragons was the only role-playing game. (Yes, that was quite some time ago.) Now there are many other RPGs on the market.

In 1992, I had been playing and running D&D/AD&D for 13 years, and I was tired of it. I retired my campaign. After some time away from role-playing, I started looking for something new.  I stumbled across a game system that got me excited just reading the rules. After I ran my first game under that system, I wrote a letter of praise to the company that published it. They used my letter in an advertisement. Actually, they used it as an advertisement, in its entirety.

I had discovered Torg, by West End Games. I was hooked. Hooked by the game's cinematic style, innovative Drama Deck, and multi-genre design.

I ran a Torg campaign at home for six years. It was the first game system I ever ran at a convention, and it remained my primary RPG system for convention games until 2001. During that time, I developed 16 convention adventures, most of them with the help of my friend Russ Fernsler.

My first Web site was dedicated to supporting Torg games at conventions. Click here to open that sub-Web in a new window.