Roleplaying games

I have been roleplaying most of my life. I started playing them when a game called Dungeons & Dragons was translated into finnish (1987). So my first game is the classic D&D.

In last years I didn't have much time to play because of work. The gaming has still persisted, even while everyone in our group is nowadays quite busy with other things. Mainly this is thanks to the nature of our group, where everybody agrees that main thing is to have fun. And as a side-note, I have never really understood the magic of Live Action Role-Playing (LARP).

I also play Magic the Gathering - card game, Warhammer - miniature wargames, various board games, and to some degree Playstation. Nowadays I'm not so enthuastic about them as before, but I play them from time to time.

I have collected some links to links - section.

Music

I listen a lot of music. I don't have any musical talent, but I enjoy listening music very much. I do not see the point of listing all bands here, but I have collected some links (most important for me) to links - section.

Reading

Nowadays I have to read so much scientific literature that I sometimes get fed up with reading. Reading has become a thing that is not always relaxing, and therefore the amount I read for pleasure has dwindled. Which is a pity, as I really like reading, but nowadays I just don't have the energy to concentrate after work. During last year or so I have read mostly short novels and poems, larger novels I have energy to read just occasionally.

Here's some writers I like.

Fantasy

J.R.R. Tolkien
Katharine Kerr
George R.R. Martin
Robert Jordan
Ursula le Guin
Michael Moorcock

Life sciences

Jared Diamond
Stephen Jay Gould
Ernst Mayer
Edward O. Wilson
Niles Eldridge
Aldo Leopold
James Lovelock
Karl Niklas
etc.

Poems

Eino Leino
Aaro Hellaakoski
Uuno Kailas
Kaarlo Sarkia
Saima Harmaja
William Blake
Hölderlin
Ceslaw Milosz

Fiction

Yoshikawa
Eco
Leskov
Waltari
etc.

History

Norman Davies
Peter Hopkirk
Tom Holland
Caesar
Tacitus
Huizinga
Musashi


...and last but not least...

Hanging out and having a good time

And in the finnish style, nature and alcohol are usually included...