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Ryan Bell
United States
Brownsburg
Indiana
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[My original profile ramblings]
I am a relative n00b when it comes to gaming, but over the last few years have made it a larger part of my life. I was huge into video games as a kid (NES, SNES, TurboDuo, etc.) and played the mass-market board games, but it wasn't until several years ago that a friend in Chicago would occasionally get me involved with D&D or get me to play an alternative board game such as Pirateer while I was visiting for the weekend. Also, with GenCon moving to Indianapolis, it certainly made an event like that very accessible (and my house a convenient hotel for attendees). It probably wasn't until New Year's Eve shortly after Three-Dragon Ante came out, that I got sucked in for good. 
My wife (girlfriend at the time) didn't think that she'd like the game and wouldn't play at the New Year's party, but I bought it afterwards anyways, because I liked it so much. I convinced her to give it a try one night when we went out for dinner. For at least a couple months after that, I don't think there was an instance where we went out for dinner that we didn't take Three Dragon with us. 
From there my wife and I have branched out into other games, and our current favorite "dinner game" is Munchkin with all of the original game expansions, Munchkin Blender, Munchkin Booty along with its expansion, Munchkin Cthulhu and its expansions, Munchkin: Fairy Dust, and Munchkin: Waiting For Santa. Needless to say its not quite as convenient to carry around now as it used to be (the 1999 complete D&D collectable card box for the Door cards, and the Carcassonne: The Princess & the Dragon box for the Treasure cards) but we only have to shuffle every 15-20 sessions.
She is still not as big into it as I am, but its definitely one of those things that we enjoy doing together. And we are always on the lookout for other similar couples to game with. So drop me a line if you're in the Indianapolis area and we'll hook up.
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