I love games.  Always have.  Video games, board games, card games, table top war games, games that I’ve made up when I was bored – flicking a rubber band against the ceiling – etc.  I’m a very competitive person.  Just ask my girlfriend Liz.  One of the few times our relationship has been strained was when she cut off my settlements right from the start of a Settlers of Catan game.  We worked it out. 

Ask my siblings.  I think I killed games for them growing up.  I’m rarely a poor loser and I usually try to learn from defeat.  But I really don’t like losing.  As a child, if one of my brothers or my sister beat me at a game I would spend however long it took to perfect playing it.  I’d study the game, analyze its strategies, and become the best player possible.  I’d demand a rematch and would steamroll my siblings from that point on; probably not the healthiest behavior on my part.

As I’ve gotten older I’ve settled a bit and don’t necessarily descend into a madness of strategic study if I lose a game.  Liz regularly destroys me in the board game, Ticket to Ride.  She tells me it’s good for me.  It doesn’t feel good and while losing still hurts on the inside, I have yet to spend a night by myself staring at the board working out its weaknesses.  With the demands of adult life I have to be a little more selective in my passion.  But I still love games whenever and wherever I can play them.

I started this blog to give myself an outlet for my zeal.  I’m sure I’ll end up posting about other stuff not necessarily related to gaming as well.

Liz asked me, “But why Zombie Apocalypse?”  I’ve always had a fascination with Armageddon fiction.  Something about it is appealing to me.  Armageddon ever happening in real life is pretty horrifying, but in a fantasized setting, the thought of battling to save imperiled loved ones, leading a party to safety and pushing yourself physically and mentally to survive seems like the height of adventure.  

I look forward to talking about all things gaming with you.
 

----Austin