Addressing the Elephant in the room (No, not you Sir! Please, sit down.)

[Jim Kane]

Originally Posted by tbeard1999

Yeah, they are obscenely delicious. There was a time, in the dimly remembered past, when Texas was something of a gaming hub. Metagaming, Heritage Miniatures, Martian Metals and of course, SJG. We even had a decent wholesale distributor in Dallas, Southgames. One of the principals was Al Pare of Reaper miniatures fame. (I worked at a local hobby store and handled all gaming and model inventory orders).

Sounds like that must have been a good place to be! It must have been something to work in retail at a shop in those days. Especially with so many people into RPGs at the time during the peak.

After the Marine Corps and college, I entered the casino industry; so at least I was around GAMES all day; and in terms of "Game Design", a Casino is a really just a big "Labyrinth for Profit" of sorts; if you really think about it from an inside perspective.

Speaking of which, back in the day, did you and your TFT buddies ever gamble (you know, .25cents) on your Melee matches in the early days? What a blast THAT was! LOL!

WOW! Remember when TSG, or it could it have been in Interplay,.. (not sure, and wouldn't you know it, my Reference Librarian is on vacation this week - i.e. don't feel like looking it up) when that spot-piece announced that Martian Metals burnt-down, and that would be the end to the TFT MINITURES?