War by Sebastian Junger. It's a grunts-eye view of a tour in Afghanistan's Korengal valley in 2007. I like the authors style; makes for an easy read. Not related to what I'm playing now but the book makes me want to revisit A Distant Plain.

Grew up a Blue Jays fan and lived in Toronto during their fantastic run in the early 90s. I still like the Jays but watch more Mariners games now that I live in the Pacific Northwest.

I try to go to Nat Bailey stadium as often as I can to watch the Vancouver Canadians. I can't get enough baseball. Now excuse me as I sneak off to play Strat-o-Matic Baseball. 

I'm Bill V. (Foo Dog on BGG). I came for the wargames. I stayed for the wit and tomfoolery.
Played D&D in the 80s through grade school and high school. My first wargaming memories were of things like the Dwarfstar line. In high school I ran with an older (college) crew and dabbled a bit in heavier wargames but got scarred for a decade or two after playing Air War. My rpg mojo ran out in the mid 2000s but got steadily hooked on boardgames (more so ameritrash then slowly added in a few Euros to the gaming diet). My introduction to wargames came via Memoir '44, Commands & Colors then on to Eisenbach Gap then Combat Commander: Europe. From there it's been a lot of GMT, low counter density VPG games, then some MMP. I'm now adding some more MMP and a lot of the good stuff from the 80s. I've fallen madly in love with Victory Games titles over the past few months.

Due to time, commitments and the lack of opportunity to hang with local Grognards, I'm a solo wargamer. I'm interested in monster games but I don't have the space nor gaming buddies.