I am a miniatures enthusiast. I have been playing and collecting since 1976, when figures were cast in lead. Hence the handle, leadjunkie. I am a 25/28mm snob. My collections cover historical, fantasy & sci-fi. My historical armies are; Philistine, Greek, Macedonian (and most successor states), Classical Indian, Celtic, Carthaginian, Imperial Roman, Viking, a smattering of late medieval, English Civil War, a large representation of American and British from the American War for Independence, a few units of Russians and Swedes for the Napoleonic Wars, Skirmish units representing all the major colonial and native powers of the Victorian/Edwardian era, World War II French (20mm/1/72nd scale) and 1/1200th scale navies - late 1800s British and French and WWII Russians. I have a fair amount of metal fantasy miniatures for roleplay and skirmish games. I jumped on the DDM bandwagon and have at least one of every miniature they have made. I have an assortment of 25mm sci-figures, the odd scale (sort of 20mm) McEwen Star Guard figures and 1/1200th (ish) Star Fleet Wars space ships. I've recently started collecting some of the WoTC Star Wars miniatures for use in the Star Wars Saga Edition RPG.

I have been playing D&D since 1976. I started with the original (wood grain) box set playing in Judge Guild's First Fantasy Campaign (Blackmoor), by Dave Arneson. I quickly started Judging my own campaign becoming a Judges Guild fan running Wilderlands campaigns that go on to this day. I am a serious Judges Guild collector and a proud member the Acaeum's Judge's Guild Valuation Board. I briefly played the Holmes Basic Set, but quickly moved on to AD&D where I introduced my younger brothers and a group of friends to the game. Most of us still game together today. I had a brief interlude with 2e AD&D, but dropped out of the hobby for a while. I returned late in the 3e run, switching over to 3.5 when I was bitten by the RPG bug again.

I also enjoy board games and strategy & RPG computer games. I suck at first person shooter games. By contrast, paintball gives me the opportunity to put my tactics to the test under real world conditions. It's good exercise and great fun.

I work for a law firm that specializes in real estate finance. Our main focus is document preparation for mortgage loans. I have broad experience in most aspects of the industry. My focus is in regulatory compliance, tracking, implementing and training in state and federal laws. Currently I am serving as an Operations Manager, managing the daily production of the services we offer.