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a linear experiment
Created on 2005-03-14 11:46:45 (#6445025), last updated 2009-10-30
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Basic Info| Name: | StefanDirkLahr |
|---|---|
| Birthdate: | 1981-09-20 |
| Location: | Blakeslee, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Website: | September Station |
Contact:
sempiternity@gmail.com BioThis is Transparency, so let me tell you a little about myself.
I've made myself known variously as SDL, Sempiternity, & Selentic; legally Stefan Dirk Lahr. Although i like the charm and flexibility of cognomens, i detest the prevalent culture of anonymity of the web - it profits us not at all.
Like everyone else, I'm working on games of my own. However, I'm always split between tabletop wargaming and role-play/story gaming.
I'd love to make a story game focused on heroic political action - sort of in the veign of Reign or Houses of the Blooded.
Also, i have a very crude Tarot-based "game" sketched out: The Fool & The World
I find the idea of a narrative wargame fascinating. I would love to come up with something to combine GZG's Stargrunt, Dirtside, and Full Thrust, as well as Ad Astra Games' Attack Vector: Tactical or Squadron Strike, together to create a larger context for tactical battles. I believe context, of one sort or another, is essential for getting the most out of gaming, and that a story-game framework is best suited to providing the best context.
I wrote an FMA-system game of close combat infantry actions with 25mm minis for myself. It still needs testing and revision before i post it in any form.
I've also begun work on a Renaissance & Fantasy variation of the FMA rules, although this one is going to be a much bigger departure from the system, by neccesity.
My Hardspace science fiction universe is deserving of further exploration, in guide, game, and story format. I work on this all the time, off and on, but, as yet, haven't produced a whole lot of material. It's a shame.
I am now a full-fledged grad student at East Stroudsburg University's Biology department. I'm most interested in Biogeography and Phylogenetics, but who knows what i'll actually be doing my thesis on. A concentration on a large scale Evolution, Ecology, & Enviroscience approach underlays my studies, but lately i've been working on gaining lab experience.
I have a special interest in Xenobiology and the potential wonders of alien life. And, yes, i prefer Xeno to Astro, at least when discussing aliens.
Personally, i'm more than a bit shy, but i'm anything if antisocial!
20th October, 2008
I've made myself known variously as SDL, Sempiternity, & Selentic; legally Stefan Dirk Lahr. Although i like the charm and flexibility of cognomens, i detest the prevalent culture of anonymity of the web - it profits us not at all.
Like everyone else, I'm working on games of my own. However, I'm always split between tabletop wargaming and role-play/story gaming.
I'd love to make a story game focused on heroic political action - sort of in the veign of Reign or Houses of the Blooded.
Also, i have a very crude Tarot-based "game" sketched out: The Fool & The World
I find the idea of a narrative wargame fascinating. I would love to come up with something to combine GZG's Stargrunt, Dirtside, and Full Thrust, as well as Ad Astra Games' Attack Vector: Tactical or Squadron Strike, together to create a larger context for tactical battles. I believe context, of one sort or another, is essential for getting the most out of gaming, and that a story-game framework is best suited to providing the best context.
I wrote an FMA-system game of close combat infantry actions with 25mm minis for myself. It still needs testing and revision before i post it in any form.
I've also begun work on a Renaissance & Fantasy variation of the FMA rules, although this one is going to be a much bigger departure from the system, by neccesity.
My Hardspace science fiction universe is deserving of further exploration, in guide, game, and story format. I work on this all the time, off and on, but, as yet, haven't produced a whole lot of material. It's a shame.
I am now a full-fledged grad student at East Stroudsburg University's Biology department. I'm most interested in Biogeography and Phylogenetics, but who knows what i'll actually be doing my thesis on. A concentration on a large scale Evolution, Ecology, & Enviroscience approach underlays my studies, but lately i've been working on gaining lab experience.
I have a special interest in Xenobiology and the potential wonders of alien life. And, yes, i prefer Xeno to Astro, at least when discussing aliens.
Personally, i'm more than a bit shy, but i'm anything if antisocial!
20th October, 2008
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adam cadre, alpha shade, attack vector, burning wheel, david brin, dirtside, dogs in the vineyard, ebm, full thrust, futurism, gurps, gzg, hard science fiction, indie rpgs, jaron lanier, open society, philosophy of mind, reign, roleplaying games, rpg theory, speculative fiction, stargrunt, tabletop games, the forge, vnv nation, webcomics, websnark, xenobiology
External Services:
 | selentic@livejournal.com |
Schools:
Montrose Area Junior-Senior High School - Montrose, PA (1993 - 1999)Penn State University - State College - State College, PA (1999 - 2002)
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania - East Stroudsburg, PA (2002 - 2005)
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