(TFT) By way of introduction

[Jim Connor <jimconnor@windstream.net>]

Let me say "thanks!" for having me here as well  as sharing a bit about 
myself and /MELEE/. I'm an older guy, 65, and I suspect I'm not by 
myself in that regard. I love games; hex based wargames, fantasy games 
and a couple of RPG's. Never did much in the way of gaming though, age 
differences and country living had a lot to do with that. Right away you 
can see the appeal that /MELEE/ held for me. Sure, /Tunnels & Trolls/ 
was a solo game but it was difficult to take seriously, a bit too much 
like the "/Choose your own Adventure"/ books with some dice rolling 
thrown in for an extra treat.
I also painted figs (remember them?). Playing /MELEE/ provided me the 
opportunity to use  them for more than just eye candy. I would paint a 
Balrog or something and them "blood it" in the /MELEE /arena. I think 
/TFT/ was simply the most elegant, internally consistent set of rules 
ever written. It has the added benefit of being comparatively simple to 
grasp and near intuitive in their application! It didn't require 20 or 
more supplements, you could extrapolate anything you needed. Further, it 
allowed me to initiate my non-wargaming buddies into the arcana of 
"simulated man-to-man combat with archaic weapons".
Finally, thank you Brainiac for making this resource available!

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