OK ... so just who are we?  Well, our members come in all shapes and sizes and from all walks of life.  If you can stomach it, what follows is a brief biography and photo (if available) of most of our gamers.  A few more have not yet submitted their background forms or had their photos taken. Enjoy!

ACTIVE MEMBERS

ASHTON ARNOLD Profession:  Miniatures Painter College:  University of New Orleans Gaming Since:  1977 Favorite Game:  History of the World (Avalon Hill) Least Favorite Game: Type of Games Preferred:  Miniature games and War Games Type of Games to Avoid:  Advanced Civilization & Diplomacy Memorable Game Experience:  Axis & Allies in 1985 - The    Japanese player took all of the Western Hemisphere, while the U.S.player conquered all of the Pacific, Far East, India and Japan!  Role reversal on a global scale! Favorite Game Quote:  ?It is an abomination!? (pronounced with a southern drawl)

DARREN ARNOLD Profession:  Personal Trainer College:  University of New Orleans Gaming Since:  1983 Favorite Game:  History of the World (Avalon Hill) Least Favorite Game:  Machiavelli (Avalon Hill) Type of Games Preferred:  Games involving war or conquest, rather than political games where wealth and diplomacy play too large a role.  I prefer historical situations where everyone has individual disadvantages and advantages. Type of Games to Avoid:  Monster games Memorable Game Experience:  Having to bicycle from Warsaw to Moscow in a game of Assassin Favorite Game Quote:  ?Sack it!? (Darren) and ?I may not win, but I guarantee (insert name here) won?t win either!? (John Moore)

MICHAEL AUCOIN Profession:  Accountant College:  University of New Orleans Gaming Since:  1980 Favorite Game:  Carcassonne Least Favorite Game:  Still looking ... Type of Games Preferred:  Board games, Card games; games that have quick turns; beer and pretzels games; games where people can gang team up against the winner; games I can get non-gammers to enjoy. Type of Games to Avoid:  Games with large number of counters that take weeks to play;  Games that encourage players to knock out the player who is losing;  games with more that a few pages of rules. Memorable Game Experience:  An evening team scavenger hunt on bicycles through New Orleans.  Two of our 4 team members didn't know what a "Lucky Dog" wrapper was or where to find one. We didn't bring in a bleven but had fun asking everyone we could what it was.  Our team can in second place. Favorite Game Quote:  "He can't win tonight  ... it's my turn!"

KEITH CANOVA Profession:  Blackjack Dealer Gaming since:  1999 Favorite Game:  Bluff Type of Games Preferred:  Combative Type of Games to Avoid:  Memory games Memorable Gaming Experience:  The first time I won a game at the Westbank Gamers. Favorite Game Quote:  ?Get John!?

JON COMEAUX Profession:  Student College:  University of New Orleans Gaming Since:  1980 Favorite Game:  Empires in Arms; Advanced Civilization; Pax Britannica Least Favorite Game:  Axis & Allies; Spies Type of Games Preferred:  Avalon Hill strategic level games Type of Games to Avoid:  German and card games Memorable Gaming Experience:  Fighting the entire world in Empires in Arms Favorite Game Quote:  ?He?s winning ... kick his ass!?

TOM CORTAZZO Profession:  Attorney College:  Loyola University Gaming Since:  Time Began Favorite Game:  I don?t know ... I haven?t played them all yet! (Junta and Taj Mahal will rank very high) Least Favorite Game:  Elfenland Type of Games Preferred:  Games with moderate strategic planning that fortuity cannot completely frustrate, but not enough strategy to put the players to sleep during planning stages. Type of Games to Avoid:  Games where complete fortuity renders strategic planning meaningless; games with lots of negotiation and deal-making. Memorable Gaming Experience:  Making a horrible, stupid move in Dune, being forgiven and allowed to retake the turn since I had never played the game before.  Then, after an exceedingly long time deciding how to move, making exactly the same horrible, stupid move.  This was more than 20 years ago and my ?friends? still don?t let me forget it! Favorite Game Quote:  ?I know how to play ... really!  It?s just how the cards fell!? -- Me, finishing Taj Mahal with 11 points to the winner?s 59! Also, ?Stay and play one more, this is a short one!? (Also known as ?How long will it take??  Response, ?Oh, only about _____.?  You can fill in the blank, estimating about half the actual playing time!  Both quotes attributable to Greg Schloesser.

ANGELO DALESSANDRO Profession:  Hydrologist with National Weather Service. Gaming Since:  Childhood Favorite Game:  Risk, Settlers of Catan, Union Pacific Least Favorite Game:  None yet! Type of Games Preferred:  Pure stategy games that don't involve a lot of chance. Unfortunately that's difficult to find. Type of Games to Avoid: Games that involve a lot of wheeling and dealing with other players. Memorable Gaming Experience:  A game I played about 13 years ago in college, called something like Stock Market. Me and a couple of guys played the game all evening amassing something like a billion dollars after starting out with just a thousand. (The object was to reach 1 million but we kept on going).  It turns out that it was a good game to start off the 90s with!

RICK DOSKEY Profession:  MD - Pediatrics College:  BSE - Tulane School of Engineering; LSU Medical School; Baylor College of Medicine - Pediatrics Gaming Since:  1976 Favorite Game:  Age of Renaissance; Serenissima Least Favorite Game:  Squad Leader Type of Games Preferred:  Colorful games with a few players, especially those where bad foreign accents are appropriate! Type of Games to Avoid:  Huge Wellington?s Victory or War in the East sized games with ?billions and billions? of counters and which take weeks to play. Memorable Gaming Experience:  After mopping-up an entire German squadron single-handedly in ?Fight in the Skies?.  I was headed home with very little damage.  My last obstacle is simply to get by a straggler in a ?rumpler?.  I move lots faster than he and I can maneuver better.  If I can just pass him, I?m home free.  Unfortunately, I take a massive critical hit and explode! Favorite Gaming Quote:  ?I gotta charge de guns!? in Empire miniatures; ?I take off all of my clothes ... because I can!? (uttered during a Dungeons & Dragons encounter); Singing ?Deutschland, Deutschland - wiener schnitzel!? (while role-playing a German pilot in Fight in the Skies)

JIM FAIRCHILD Profession:  Photographer; Musician; Accountant; Slum Lord College: BS Accounting - Louisiana State University - Gaming Since:  1988 Favorite Game:  Acquire Least Favorite Game: Type of Games Preferred:  German style games and designs by Sid Sackson Type of Games to Avoid:  War games and any game which helps facillitate Greg?s singing! Memorable Gaming Experience:  All of them! Favorite Game Quote:  ?I hate this game!?

WILLERD FANN Profession:  Professor, University of New Orleans (retired) Teaching areas:  Modern German & European History; Military History College:  BA, MA, Ph.D - University of California, Berkeley Gaming Since:  1948 Favorite Game: Rossyia 1917 Least Favorite Game: Type of Games Preferred: Wargames & Military Simulations Type of Games to Avoid: Memorable Gaming Experience:  Designed massive WWII strategic wargame - work in progress over 30 years Favorite Game Quote:

ALWYN FRUGE Profession:  Internal Auditor, Entergy College:  Tulane University Gaming Since:  1985 Favorite Game: Liberte Least Favorite Game: Monopoly or "old school" Risk Type of Games Preferred: I’ll play just about anything…even Monopoly…:-) …but my most favored games are the grand strategy types that require long term planning, wise allocation of limited resources, and high player interaction.  I’m not averse to a touch of luck being part of the game just to keep things interesting amoung experienced players and fair for less experienced players.  Some examples of my favorite games include: anything by Warfrog, the best of the Alea bg box stuff, Power Grid, etc. I’m also an old school wargamer and would likely be up for playing almost anything requiring the movement of little plastic men and/or wooden blocks on maps! Oh and it has to have a nice, dense rulebook too... Type of Games to Avoid:  Pure luck in a game is, admittedly, a turnoff.   Ditto for super chaotic game mechanics.  Not that I wouldn’t play a game that had a heavy dose of each, it’s just that I relish the matching wits against other players and the satisfaction (or learning experience) of watching the results of my assessment unfold.  The closer to pure luck and/or chaotic game mechanics, the less satisfying I find the gaming experience.  All that said, if there is enough player interaction or thematic fun to offset the chaos and luck, I’ll play it happily. Memorable Gaming Experience:  Playing my first German board game years ago and suddenly realizing I REALLY like board games!!! Favorite Game Quote:  "Damn ... dirty ... dice!"

MATT GHOLSTON Profession:  Radio/Televisiion Broadcast Engineer Gaming Since:  1986 Favorite Game: Puerto Rico Least Favorite Game: Carcassonne Type of Games Preferred: Games that demand good, solid tactics and have limited randomness. Type of Games to Avoid: Games that drag on forever needlessly, Games with too much randomness, Games with lots of tedium and needless rules. Memorable Gaming Experience:  There have been many in the years that I have played games, but I guess in recent memory it would be my first win with the West Bank Gamers. We were playing Samurai, it was my first time to play the game…my strategy just seemed to click and I won the game decisively, controlling all but one of the item groups. What a relief it was to finally win one…they always seem to come easier after the first one J Favorite Game Quote:

ELIZABETH GONZALEZ Profession:  Registered Nurse, BSI College:  Our Lady of Holy Cross College Gaming Since:  Dec. 1999 Favorite Game: Bluff Least Favorite Game:  None Type of Games Preferred: Moderate Strategy, Memory games, games with individual powers/skills/advantages and disadvantages Type of Games to Avoid: Any game that needs a frustrating, 30 page instruction, or allows too much time between players for my mind to wander.... Memorable Gaming Experience:  I?m still collecting experiences! Favorite Game Quote:  "Hey! Let's play that again!"

JASON GRAHAM Profession:  Student Gaming Since:  1990 Favorite Game: Warhammer Quest Least Favorite Game:  Don't have one at the moment Type of Games Preferred: Big thinkers, adventure, and horror backgrounds Type of Games to Avoid: Barbie, Barney, and similar games Memorable Gaming Experience:  When playing Warhammer and all but one of us died. I was almost aboot to win, but oh, well. That's my luck for ya! Favorite Game Quote:  "He's dead, Jim!"

CLYDE HAYMAN Profession:  Accountant (Retired); Retired Air Force Navigator Gaming Since:  1963 Favorite Game:  Pax Britannica; Machiavelli; Junta Least Favorite Game:  Iron Dragon Type of Games Preferred:  Historical simulations and games which require players to work together, yet  only one can emerge victorious Type of Games to Avoid:  Fluff Memorable Gaming Experience:  Editor?s Note:  Clyde may not have listed a memorable gaming experience, but to many in our group, we all vividly recall Clyde?s animated and jovial victory dance following a Prussian victory in battle during an Empires in Arms session! Favorite Game Quote:  ?I am a fountain unto my people!? (Clyde, from Junta)

MICHAEL HAYMAN Profession:  Multi-media Graphic Artist; Silver Smith; Former Artillery Officer, US Army Gaming since:  1971 Favorite Game:  Rossyia 1917 (Azure Wish) Least Favorite Game:  History of the World Type of Games Preferred:  Hard-core wargames; miniatures Type of Games to Avoid:  German games; Railroad games; Monster games with 1000?s of counters Memorable Gaming Experience:  Coming from last place in Air Baron to sweep the board in one round; When one  platoon of Mt. Grenadiers refused the flank,  volleyed at a charging battalion, stopped it dead in  its tracks, held the center and won the game (in a miniatures game of Battle of Kolin) Favorite Game Quote:  ?I?d rather get poked in the eye with a sharp stick.?

JOEY KONYHA Profession:  Casino Dealer College:  Louisiana State University Gaming Since:  Birth Favorite Game:  Man O? War Least Favorite Game:  Robo Rally & Shadow Lord Type of Games Preferred:  Games with maps, money and cards Type of Games to Avoid:  Games which rely too much on dice Memorable Game Experience:  Sinking two battleships with only two transports in a game of Axis & Allies.  Also, throwing my dice into a canal following a bad outing during a game. Favorite Game Quote:  ?Thank yooooo for not cheating!? ... uttered after someone ?forgets? a rule or some other mistake.

MICHAEL LABRANCHE Profession:  Math Instructor College:  Loyola University, Tulane University, University of New Orleans, Our Lady of Holy Cross College, LSU  (Shanna made him stop!) Gaming since:  1969 Favorite Game:  Speed Chess Type of Games Preferred:  Role playing games, board games, cards, miniatures, word games Type of Games to Avoid:  Fiddily games Memorable Gaming Experience:  Once in a D&D tournament at a convention, our party came upon a giant stone gateway.  An inscription on the wall read, ?Not shall thou utter the word ?Wasteram??.  Some wise-acre kid  (about 13 years old) shouted ?Wasteram?.  The DM then described in detail how the gates opened to reveal a dragon and how that dragon destroyed everyone?s character in the game EXCEPT the wise-acre kid! Favorite Game Quote:  ?When in doubt, kill Peter (Van Wooten)!?

SHANNA LABRANCHE Profession:  Business Manager College:  University of New Orleans Gaming since:  1978 Favorite Game:  Advanced Civilzation Least Favorite Game:  Kohle, Kies & Knete Type of Games Preferred:  All types (except video games) Type of Games to Avoid:  Video games Memorable Gaming Experience:  Once in a D&D tournament, I was playing a fighter and was equipped with a 2-handed vorpal sword.  We came upon a demon messenger.  I rolled two 20?s and beheaded the demon in one blow! Favorite Game Quote:  ?Because I could!?:  A D&D character who stripped while on an ice flow because he was wearing ?boots of the north? which protected him from cold. ?Snicks to stakes?:  After several shots of Jaegermeister, a role-player tried to describe a scenario in which the spell ?sticks to snakes? was used.

LENNY LEO Profession:  Sales College:  BA Education; Concordia College Gaming Since:  1989 Favorite Game:  Torres  (Rio Grande) Least Favorite Game:  En Garde (Abacus Spiel) Type of Games Preferred:  Historical spans such as History of the World and Advanced Civilization Type of Games to Avoid:  Heavy strategy with negotiations and writing orders Memorable Gaming Experience:  Winning the first  round of the Bayou Wars History of the World tournament after drawing theRomans and surviving the ensuing onslaught. Favorite Gaming Quote:  ?Quit whining, John - you?re winning!?

JERRY MAUS Profession:  Chemist College:  BS Chemistry - Louisiana State University in New Orleans; PhD Chemistry - Louisiana State University Gaming Since:  1960 Favorite Game:  Advanced Civilization and Age of Renaissance Least Favorite Game: Type of Games Preferred:  Games with more strategy than luck Type of Games to Avoid:  Card games; Games with bells and whistles Most Memorable Gaming Experience:  Beating the entire New Orleans Chess Club, 5 1/2 - 4 1/2 Favorite Gaming Quote:  ?Where?d he come from??

STEVEN MAUS Profession:  Student College:  University of New Orleans Gaming Since:  1987 Favorite Game:  Advanced Civilization Least Favorite Game:  Bohnanza Type of Games Preferred:  Games with strategy Type of Games to Avoid:  Games with too much luck and not enough skill Most Memorable Gaming Experience:  While playing Titan, my friend Josh had a cyclops fighting an angel.  Both were at full strength. Josh?s cyclops needed a six ?6?s? out of nine dice in order to kill the angel.  He rolled nine 6?s! Favorite Gaming Quote:  While playing with the Westbank Gamers, Lenny Leo made the comment, ?This is a game of speed.?  My instant reply was, ?Then why are you playing??

JOHN MOORE Profession:  Owner of Help-U-Sell JMK Realty CRS, Broker. Investor/Developer                       Web Site-  www.nolahelpusell.com           College:  University of Southwestern  Louisiana      Gaming Since:  1980   Favorite Game: Vikingatid (Trollspel) Least Favorite Game: Age of Exploration (TimJim Games) Type of Games Preferred: Any game which doesn?t allow a free-for-all against one person (especially me!). Type of Games to Avoid: Games which have more luck than skill Memorable Gaming Experience: Same as Ashton Arnold?s Favorite Gaming Quote: GET JOHN!( because you know I'm winning.)

STEVE PAYNE Profession:  Systems Administrator at Stennis Space Center College:  Mississippi State University Gaming Since:  July 2003 Favorite Game: The Great Dalmuti Least Favorite Game: Is this possible? Type of Games Preferred: Strategy Games Type of Games to Avoid: Games dependent on random chance Memorable Gaming Experience: Great fun and camaraderie as we played The Great Dalmuti. Favorite Gaming Quote:  "Steve ... Nooo! (Greg, as I took the tricks he was counting on taking during Die Sieben Siegel)

STEVE POUEY Profession:  Regisered Nurse College:  B.S. Business Administration: University of New Orleans; B.S. Nursing:  L.S.U. Gaming Since:  1990 Favorite Game: None yet Least Favorite Game: Bluff Type of Games Preferred: Military, Historical, Strategy, Computer games and RPG?s. Type of Games to Avoid:  Games wherein you must mentally keep track of your opponents score. Memorable Gaming Experience:  Figuring out the rules to just about every strategy game I play about halfway through. Favorite gaming quote:  While playing Air Baron with John Moore, he was getting ready to take his turn and suddenly stopped, exclaiming, ?I think I may have won the game!?  John then counted his points and discovered he had, indeed, won.  During the entire game, John was being his usual self, claiming he was doing terrible and instructing everyone else on how they should play the game!

GREG SCHLOESSER Profession:  Insurance Sales College: BA Loyola University Gaming Since:  1974 Favorite Game:  El Grande (Hans im Gluck) Least Favorite Game:  Global Survival (Avalon Hill) Type of Games Preferred:  German style games and games involving negotiation and/or trading. Type of Games to Avoid:  Monster wargames and games which go on and on and on .... Memorable Gaming Experience:  The establishment and on-going success of the Westbank Gamers, Gulf Games and the International Gamers Awards.

INACTIVE MEMBERS

DAVID ATWOOD Profession:  Captain, U.S. Marines Gaming Since:  Ever since he can remember (about 1985) Favorite Game:  Settlers of Catan, Age of Steam, Vinci Type of Games Preferred:  Military or strategy board games, but I am willing to play anything. Type of Games to Avoid:  Games that require constant rules referencing and most card games. Memorable Game Experience:  Almost winning my first-ever game of Vinci, on my first night gaming with the WBG, and Steven remarking, "Hey, Greg, this guy's good.  He can stay."  Gee, thanks, Steve.  Plus, constantly trying to keep my "Marine mouth" in check while getting my butt kicked at the WBG. Favorite Game Quote:  Trying to convince Geoff Hurn to swap civilizations in Vinci by saying, "Your barbarians have shot their load-it's time to move on".  That, and, upon finding out that Steven and Jerry were going to play the same game I was, remarking, "Well, this WAS going to be a fun game".

ERIC ALLEMAN Profession:  Financial Advisor College:  Tulane University Gaming Since:  1985 Favorite Game:  Eylu Least Favorite Game:  History of the World (Avalon Hill) Type of Games Preferred:  Historical and military simulations Type of Games to Avoid:  Games with 25 + charts Memorable Game Experience:  Sinking the King George with a destroyer run. Favorite Game Quote:  ?Clear It!? (As shouted when clearing the board in Showmanager)

TREVOR ANTCZAK Profession:  School Teacher; Officer, Army National Guard College:  Loyola University, New Orleans Gaming Since:  1986 (mostly RPG?s) Favorite Game:  Twilight Imperium (Fantasy Flights) Least Favorite Game:  Manitou (Gold Sieber) Type of Games Preferred:  Large scale strategy games with high complexity levels. Type of Games to Avoid:  Games where random factors play a more important elemant than skill. Memorable Game Experience:  Losing my favortie AD&D character after two years of campaigning Favorite Game Quote:  ?What do you mean I can?t do that??

STEPHEN BERRY Profession:  Attorney College: B.A. University of Richmond; M.A. & J.D. University of Virginia Gaming Since:  1980 Favorite Game:  Empires in Arms Least Favorite Game:  Poke in the eye with a sharp stick Type of Games Preferred:  Historical Wargames; Scrabble; Chess Type of Games to Avoid:  Silly abstract games Memorable Game Experience:  Empires in Arms in Charlottesville 1994 - 1995

IAN BORTHWICK Editor?s Note:  Ian gamed with our group for nearly two years while  attending school here in New Orleans.  He has since returned to his native Scotland where he runs our ?Scottish? chapter, otherwise knows as the Carluke Wargames Club. Profession:  Software Engineer College: BSc, Phd - University of Glasgow; Master in Information Technology - Heriot Watt University Gaming Since:  1985 Favorite Game:  Euphrat & Tigris Least Favorite Game:  Warhammer 40K Type of Games Preferred:  Miniatures DBM; Fast and dynamic games with a high degree of player interaction Type of Games to Avoid:  Monopoly and games with little player control Memorable Game Experience:  Coming back from ~100 votes down to nip Jerry Maus in candidate and be elected President of the US, while completely confusing Greg Schloesser & Kevin Ladner with my tactics! Favorite Game Quote:  ?I?m not really winning ... HE is!?

DOUG DAIGLE Profession:  Purchasing Agent College: Southeastern Louisiana University Gaming Since:  1995 Favorite Game:  Lords of the Sierra Madre (Decision Games) Least Favorite Game: History of the World Type of Games Preferred:  The more I can kill or backstab, the better! Type of Games to Avoid:  Long, boring games Memorable Gaming Experience:  The very first night we met as a group and played Shogun (MB GameMaster series)

GEOFF HURN Profession:  United States Coast Guard Education:  Bachelors of Science in Criminal Justice Gaming since:  Age 14 Favorite Game:  Twilight Imperium Least Favorite Game:  Settlers of Catan Type of Games Preferred:  Moderately complex strategy games Type of Games to Avoid:  Very complex strategy games; esoteric games that have no conflict involved Memorable Gaming Experience:  The game Dune.  One player played the 'Lase Gun' card, while the other played the 'Shield' card.  These two cause a massive thermo-nuclear explosion, destroying both armies! Favorite Game Quote:  ?Nuke 'em till they glow, then shoot 'em in the dark!?

DONALD KNECHT Profession:  Attorney-at-Law College:  University of Southwest Louisiana; Loyola University School of Law Gaming since:  1976 Favorite Game:  Warhammer fantasy battles; Torres Least Favorite Game:  Type of Games Preferred:  Miniatures games; games that can be played in 1 - 2 hours, but I do enjoy the occasional war game or lengthy strategy game Type of Games to Avoid:  Haven?t found any yet! Memorable Gaming Experience:  Playing Star Fleet Battle for the first time.  As a novice Romulan captain against an experienced Lyran captain who occupied a slightly superior ship, I apaproached him fast and, in a surprise maneuver, bolted the plasma torpedoes and hit him with all phasers.  He was left a gutted wreck, while I suffered no return damage.  A humbling experience for the Lyran captain! Favorite Game Quote:  ?Thank you for NOT cheating!? - Joey Konyha.

DAVE MYERS Profession:  Recovering Wage Slave College:  University of New Orleans Gaming Since:  Atari 800 Favorite Game:  Ohne Furcht und Adel Least Favorite Game:  Bluff Type of Games Preferred:  Ones where skill and cunning favor the victor; RPG?s where you roll a d10 and have characters with flaws and merits. Type of Games to Avoid:  Where fortune smiles upon you whether you roll a ?1? or a ?6?. Memorable Gaming Experience:  Nearly winning my very first game (Candidate) with the Westbank Gamers. Favorite Game Quote:  ?Thank you for not cheating!? - Joey Konyha

TABEA NOBIS Profession:  Student College: Technische Universit?- Bergakademie, Freiberg, Germany Gaming Since:  1994 Favorite Game:  Settlers of Catan Least Favorite Game:  Junta Type of Games Preferred:  Games consisting of a combination of strategy, luck and communication Type of Games to Avoid:  War games and dice games Memorable Gaming Experience:  Many nights playing Settlers of Catan with my roommates in Germany

WALTER NUNES Profession:  Currier, Federal Express Gaming Since:  1986 Favorite Game:  Twilight Imperium Least Favorite Game:  None yet! Type of Games Preferred:  Strategy and War games.  I also really enjoy the wide variety of German games we have been playing ... very fun and challenging. Type of Games to Avoid:  Those long, drawn-out campaign war games.  They lose their fun after a couple of weeks. Memorable Gaming Experience:  In a game of Fortress America with Ashton and Darren Arnold and a buddy Mike.  The game was very intense due to the long battles, most of which came down to the last person standing.  It got so impassioned that we began to video tape each turn.  In the end, Darren & I (better known as the Legion of Doom) were victorious. Favorite Gaming Quote:  ?Buh-Bye, Looooozerrrherrrrrrrr!?

JAY OUZTS Profession:  Recovering Attorney; Business Analyst (I design computer systems for attorneys and the judiciary) College:  BBA: Delta State University; JD: Tulane University Gaming Since:  1981 Favorite Game: Advanced 3rd Reich (Avalon Hill); Advanced Civilization (Avalon Hill) Least Favorite Game: Robo Rally (Wizards of the Coast) Type of Games Preferred: World War II and international games with lots of diplomacy and political aspects Type of Games to Avoid:  Robo Rally and naval card games (Jay is known to get violent at the mere mention of Atlantic Storm or Enemy in Sight) Memorable Gaming Experience:  I have a habit of juggling dice, chits or other small objects (fortunately Jay doesn?t consider my dachshund a ?small object?).  It is my way of dealing with the excess energy of too much caffeine.  One day, I was playing D&D with Mike Hayman as Dungeon Master.  Our party was sneaking up on a sleeping dragon and I nervously began juggling dice.  Unfortunately, I dropped one and it landed right in the middle of an empty glass bowl ... CLANG!  Mike ruled that since I made noise, my character made noise ... and, therefore, the dragon awoke!  Favorite gaming quote:  ?Goodie! I finally get to shoot somebody!? (myself, during a very frustrating game of Advanced Squad Leader)

BILL SANDERS Profession:  Acoustician College:  University of Tennessee; Phd Applied Marine Physics:  University of Miami Gaming Since:  1989 Favorite Game:  Empires in Arms Type of Games Preferred:  Operational level wargames Type of Games to Avoid:  Fantasy games Favorite Gaming Quote:  ?Oh, Lord, Bless this thine holy handgrenade, that with it thou may blow thine enemy to tiny bits .. in thine mercy.?

ERIC SYRDAL Profession:  Manager, Credit Card Company College:  Delgado College Gaming Since:  1990 Favorite Game:  Twilight Imperium Least Favorite Game:  Junta Type of Games Preferred:  Strategic simulations; games which involve building troops, maintaining supply lines, etc. Type of Games to Avoid:  Games that rely entirely on die rolls and games which do not allow you to interfere with your opponents (creating havoc is fun!) Memorable Gaming Experience:  When I won History of the  World because another player gave me the most  valuable card in the final epoch! Favorite Gaming Quote:  ?Everyone fights - no one quits!? (from Starship  Troopers)

ERIN VOORHIES Profession:  Speech Pathologist College:  Louisiana State University; Auburn University Gaming Since:  1999 Favorite Game:  Settlers of Catan Least Favorite Game:  Metro (it gave me a headache!) Type of Games Preferred:  Games requiring mild to moderate strategy, specifically German style games Type of Games to Avoid:  Military games Memorable Gaming Experience:  The time I not only managed to score positive points in Nicht die Bohne, but I also won! Favorite Gaming Quote:  ?Who?s turn is it, anyway??