What a bunch of wet-behind-the-ears young puppies!
Born Appleton, Wisconsin, USA, 1943 (no typo there). Online name is real name: Mark Oliva. Married, three offspring that haven't been kids for years. Various careers as advertising photographer, radio announcer (Appleton, Los Angeles, Reno), newspaper reporter and editor (Appleton, Riverside in southern California and Reno in Northern Nevada). Moved to Franconia, the northern part of Bavaria, in 1981. Self-taught computer programmer with official German qualifications. Database programmer through 2009 and also IT teacher from 1990 to present. Own my own programming company in Northern Bavaria. Since October 2009 in semi-retirement (no more programming but still teach at times). D&D/AD&D from 1974 to 2007. Current game our own project group's Dungeons Daring (TM) RPG with some Pathfinder (R). Since 1996 member of development group currently known as the Vintyri (TM) Project. Our best known product to date: the Northern Journey epic adventure for the Forgotten Realms (R) setting under D&D 3.5. (We no longer support it. It's available free at http://www.candlekeep.com). Our RPG goal: Produce free and open gaming products that also are "open source" in the sense that all texts and maps are available for downloading in editable form so that users can edit and modify as they wish, produce alternative versions, etc. Other interests: Hiking, organic gardening, drinking Franconian beer and good wine (Franconian Silvaner, Pinot Noir from Burgundy and California). Eat only certified organic food. I have a good medical doctor homeopath who keeps me healthy and 10-15 years younger than most folks my age.
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