My preferred type of game these days are German boardgames, but I also enjoy cards and RPGs (I've overcome my CCG addiction :-) One aspect of the hobby that interests me is in creating replacement cards and other player aids for imported German boardgames, using XFig and the GIMP on my GNU/Linux system. So far, I've created components for:

* Auf Achse - Truck Cards, Dice Cards, English Event Cards
* Ausbrecher AG - Match Cards
* Ave Caesar - Replacement Cards
* Basari - Replacement Tiles
* Die Händler - English Tiles, Summary Charts
* Die Magier von Pangea - English Player Mats
* Don Pepe - English Menu Cards
* Dschunke - English Cards, Turn Summary Card
* Kreta - English Character Cards, Summary Cards
* Meuterer - English Reference Cards
* Ogre/G.E.V. - Ogre Record Cards & Tables
* Piratenbucht - English Cards
* Quebec 1759 - Order Sheet (English)
* Silberzwerg - English Player Screen & Chart
* Spider-Man (2002) - English Cards, Tokens, and Character Sheets
* Stimmt So! - English Summary Cards
* Um Reifenbreite - English Chance Cards; Scoresheets in English, French, and German
* Verraeter - English Reference Cards
* Vier zu mir! - English Cards
* Volldampf - English Cards
* Wallenstein - Event & Leader Cards in English, French, Italian, and Dutch; Simplified scoresheets in English, French, and German; Setup Cards

You'll find all my stuff in the files section for each of these games here at the 'geek. Write to me if you'd like a copy of the source files for any of the pdfs I post here, and I'll send them to you via email.

Note that I am not currently trading boardgames through the 'geek, so if you see any games in my 'Trade' or 'Want' lists, please just assume that I'm using these features for my own purposes and will not be interested in trading.


If you're wondering about my Avatar -- I'm currently representing myself using a logo from the GNU Project:

http://www.gnu.org/

The GNU project is primarily responsible for my Operating System of choice (GNU/Linux) and much of the application software I use on a daily basis. The logo itself, and most of the player-aids I have created were constructed using the GNU Image Manipulation Progam ( http://www.gimp.org/). This is one small way for me to say:

Thanks for all the great software!

Visit the GNU Project website to learn more about the origins of the project and the philosophy of Free Software:

http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/

Because Free Software creates a truly free market for software, there are many suppliers of GNU/Linux operating systems, or "distributions". The one I currently use most of the time is called Ubuntu. If you're tired of the over-priced, insecure, and unreliable proprietary software you're using now, with its restrictive licensing, give Free Software a try -- there's no better way to start than to download your free copy from:

Ubuntu: http://www.ubuntu.com/
Debian GNU/Linux: http://www.debian.org/
Fedora (Red Hat): http://fedoraproject.org/