I'm a writer, role player, trekker, hacker, hiker and all around techno-geek. I've been gaming for as long as I can remember - somewhere around 20 years experience. And most of that has been as Dungeon Master. Mostly AD&D, but I've also played Basic D&D, GURPS, Classic Traveler, Battle Tech, Paranoia, Morrow Project, Twilight 2000, Star Trek, Gamma World, Toon, Vampire: The Masquerade and many others.
My gaming group has several people in it that work for Wizards of the Coast (or have in the past). As a group, we've done play testing for Wizards and you'll find our names in the Playtesters Section of the Third Edition Dungeons and Dragons books.
As a Dungeon Master, I do things a little differently. I like to mix lots of "special effects" in with my gaming. At the most basic level, this is just pictures of things the characters see. However, over the last couple of years, I've incorporated the computer and my special gaming effects now include sound effects, animations and props. I like to make the whole evening's gaming session a total sensory experience as much as possible. At the beginning of each session, I give the players a short presentation (either a well built PowerPoint presentation or an animated multimedia movie) which summarizes what they did in the last session. This reminds everyone where we left of and gets the players psyched up for the session.
I am particularly interested in getting my hands on "classic" AD&D materials. Modules, books, whatever. I'm talking about the really old stuff - the nostalgia of gaming in the early years - stuff like Caves of Chaos, the Isle of Woe, Into the Unknown, Beyond the Crystal Cave, the original boxed Basic Set of Dungeons and Dragons, video copies of the D&D cartoon, really old DRAGON magazines, that sort of thing. If you have any really old AD&D materials and are considering trashing them or selling them, send me an email and I'll make an offer.
Ok, that's enough about me. Go back to the World of Khoras sections and keep browsing. I guarantee you haven't seen it all yet. Feel free to send me questions, comments, suggestions, additions, whatever. This site is far from finished and, like a juggernaut, will continue to grow without end. If you see something that you'd like to add detail to, I welcome your input.
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David Michael Roomes
Renton, WA 98056
This page last updated Monday, October 08, 2007. Copyright 1990-2008 David M. Roomes.