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After the RPG genre, the Headranter still loves a good western pure adventure game when one comes out (not often), Japanese eroge and SLGs ('social' RPGs), and fighter games (though he REALLY sucks at them) Thus placing the Headranter is a pleasant position to be able to rant about both worlds with some modicum of authority on the subjects. He moved on to Japanese role-playing games later in life and came to appreciate what they brought to the table. From there he moved on the computer platform, home of classic western adventure games and Western role-playing games, playing the adventure classics of Sierra and Lucasarts, and the RPG classics like Ultima, SSI's D&D titles, Bard's Tale, and Dragon Wars.

He cut his teeth on the tabletop experience with Dungeons and Dragons. The Headranter is a longtime rpg fan, raised on WRPGs. This is reason for the QfG theme to the blog. The headmaster and ranter (the official title is 'The Headranter') is a big fan of the old Quest for Glory (Hero's Quest) adventure/rpg hybrid games from Sierra.

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