My name is Daniel Greenfeld. I work as Software Devloper and System Administrator for a US Navy sub-contractor. Outside of my job I have a large group of eclectic interests. In fact, the sole purpose of this page is to save links to places I deem interesting in one fashion or another. If you see something here that needs a link and you know what would be a great link for that subject, let me know.

First of all, I am a practitioner of an ancient religion and culture that is some claim to be the oldest continual culture in history, and pre-dates Christianity and the Roman Empire. My faith has suffered over the ages, women have a special place and we have our own language, some say even our own form of magic. No, its not Druidism, Paganism or even Wicca, but rather Judaism.

My favorite on line comic strips are Sluggy Freelance and Kevin and Kell. If you are not familiar with the strips, take a look and you'll be hooked.

I am married to Whytcrow. Amongst other things we share the hobbies of role-playing and board gaming. Her favorite role-playing game engine is FUDGE. She is a writer and a Creative Memories consultant. In her spare time she works for the American Chemical Society as a web Developer.

Heres a list of my current favorite role-playing games: Ars Magica (Atlas Games), Castle Falkenstein, Fudge, Fuzion, Star Trek: The Next Generation Role Playing Game, Unknown Armies (Atlas Games), and White Wolf's Trinity game. I also like to collect GURPS historical supplements, as they usually get the history right and definately more consistently than the Ars Magica sourcebooks.

Free role playing games I like include and Crestfallen. While we are at it, let us also not ignore FUDGE.

Games I used to like or would like to play now and aren't in the calibur of those above include Champions, Chivalry and Sorcery (1st Edition!), GURPS, Vampire: The Masquerade and Werewolf: The Apocolypse. I am trying to convince a skilled Werewolf Storyguide to run a campaign, but he has said he won't do so until my Ars magica saga comes to a 'logical and satisfying conclusion'.

Games I never liked or I used to like include Dungeons and Dragons, Rolemaster, Villains & Vigilantes and a host of others. They have too much math for games that lack realistic or cinematic results. As I get older and wiser, I have learned that complicated systems can destroy the mood as much as jack hammer in the same room.

For a while I was enamored of Iron Claw (with my own resources page!), but the obnoxious and elitist attitudes of those involved in the development and production of the game steered me away. Furthermore, although the base system was intriguing, the magic system was stale and the background sparse and poorly written. Lastly, the developers seemed to be of the opionion that increasing complexity was good, rather than tinkering with their good base system. In other words, more charts do not a good game make.

Currently I am the Alpha Story Guide for an Ars Magica campaign called the Saga of Penn Ar Mor. As of 2/23/2000 I've run a total of about 80 episodes, for a total of about 25 seasons. I also play in a Fudge: Deryni campaign run by my wife that is over two years old. I still possess membership in C.H.I.M.E.R.A., a sinister yet elite group of roleplayers that rotates GMs and plots to take over the world. Unfortunately, I got bored, was disappointed with the presented games and was tired from work so with what I've seen with C.H.I.M.E.R.A., so I am stopped actually going to games.

I also like to play board games, but not as much as role-playing. I prefer strategy over luck and I hate Monolopoly or any game that tends to rely on rolling dice and wandering in a circle. The games I like to play are Aces High, Babylon 5 Wars, Crimson Skies, Formula De, Settlers of Cataan and lastly, Wooden Ships and Iron Men. Babylon Wars by Agents of Gaming is what I play the most by far. Think Star Fleet Battles with very quick play, easy-to-do vector based movement and speedy damage resolution. An awesome game thats easy to learn and play. I've taught my friends how to play and we play every few weeks.

When it comes to evil card games (CCGs, CTCGs or whatever), I've played Magic: The Gathering and found it as much fun as reading a dull book about the fast life of accountants. At least the art has improved over the substandard stuff of the early years. The only evil card game I ever liked was Legend of the 5 Rings (Lot5R), which allowed for great social interaction in large games, and strategy was a better tool than accounting skill. The Lot5R role playing game seemed interesting, but I found the poor layout and play balance to be frustrating at best. I was interested in the Lot5R war game, but I had no interest in buying and painting scads of miniatures.

Speaking of L5R, I played it at DragonCon and managed to get 4th place or so. I might have placed 3rd if not for a case of really bad luck. Normally I wouldn't make an excuse but my opponent was a whiny thirty-something terminal virgin* who annoyed me a lot.

I also like turn based computer war games, which I play because of the lack of human opponents in the area. These days I'm a big fan of Talonsoft's Battleground series. I prefer the American Civil War games because I know the history better. I've lived the most of my life within a hundred miles of the majority of American Civil War battle fields. I hate the majority of computer roleplaying games because they rarely have a plot besides 'wander around the world and stumble on the evil'.

I don't watch that much Television. Considering the quality of programming I would rather clean the gutters. There are a few shows I like to watch, but my busy schedule precludes viewing in most cases. If I have a few minutes I will tend to watch anything the history channel is offering.

I do like movies, and make a point of watching a Jackie Chan movie or an Akira Kurosawa/Toshiro Mifune film every chance I get.

My wife and I have a seven year old son named Seth. We are the best of friends, although he is more mature than I. He plays soccer and I coached his soccer team, the Crystal City Cheetahs. We play around a lot and he helps keep me in shape.

My wife and I bought a playstation so she could play Final Fantasy VII and Discworld. Since then my son and I have used the infernal device to beat each other up in various competitive, non-productive games. My current favorites are Gran Turismo and Ape Escape. Seth's favorite is Twisted Metal II.

I sometimes write poetry. Here is a sample of something I wrote 11 years ago. I was in the middle of a history class, thinking about a girl and in a generally good mood when this poem leapt from my pen and onto the paper. It was quite odd that I was in such a good mood when I wrote this poem.