User:Chiroptera Rex

Real Name
Steve

AKA?
Chiroptera Rex is a latin form of one of my longest standing nicknames online - Bat King.

I latinised the name as I am a fan of the Eagle Series novels by Simon Scarrow - check my proposed wiki for more details on that.

Location
Leeds UK

Background
I'm a divoced single father with 2 children and one granddchild.

Books
Currently my favourite author is Simon Scarrow.

I am also a fan of the Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwell.

Yes you can tell from above I like historical military books but I read a wide mix of genres. Writers such as Harry Harrison, Stephen King, JRR Tolkein, Charles Dickens, George Orwell, John Wyndham (to name a few) have previously been my favourites, no particular order and I must admit that 'favourites' has at time been fleeting but mostly due to the variety of my reading (I read a lot of genres it doesn't give much time to having lots of 'favourites')

Roleplaying
I have played tabletop games since February 1984. Playing many, many different rule systems (including every version of Dungeons and Dragons).

I was a playtester and proof reader for Darkwood by Tower Games. Some of my creations are included in the main rulebook and some of the supporting works. I'm particularly fond of a certain Eleanore.

I roleplay online on several Play by Forum games. Before this I used to play several Play be E-mail games but it seems that things in that area have slowly drifted to Forums.

I have played a few MMORPGs - such as Neverwinter Nights, my favourite character on there was Colt Starkey on the Anphillia server. I have also plaid City of Heroes (and indeed Villains) where my favourite characters were (it will be 'are' again sometime but I'm currently 'resting' from that game) Drake Kane and Bat King (no that is not where I first used the name).

I also do some Live Roleplaying - commonly referred to as LRP or LARP. I play in the Cataclysm system and am currently Prosser, the local Monk (honest I'm a Monk, no don't let my halbard and sword put you off, I am a Monk).

Strategy Games
Online I play Stargatewars.

Offline but still on the PC I love Civilisation (I've played since Civ II and obviously am currently on Civ IV).

Offline I love Risk!.

Music
Too varied to detail...

Films
Again far too detailed to really go into detail.

However I will say that Sytar Wars (the one now referred to as Episode IV: A New Hope) left an amazing influential effect on a young lad in 1977.

I currently look forward to comic adaptations - I still shudder at the Judge Dredd movie though.

Comics
From the comment about films above, yes I do read 2000AD and Judge Dredd Megazine.

I also like Flash, X-Men and too many others to actually buy.