User:Bat King

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This user reads Simon Scarrow's Eagle series.




This user is interested in ancient Rome.
This user is interested in the Napoleonic Wars.
This user is a Doctor Who fan.

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[edit] Real Name

Steve

[edit] AKA?

Bat King.

I got the nickname years ago in a chatroom run in MSN, before they closed them all down. Emoticons had just come out, the bat was not on the published list and I knew it... People loved it but I wouldn't share - one user said "Steve is the bat king" and it stuck.

[edit] Location

Leeds UK

[edit] Background

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

[edit] Interests

[edit] 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')

[edit] Games

[edit] 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 played City of Heroes (and indeed Villains) where my favourite characters are Drake Kane, Rutger Stoneskin, Iscar 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).

[edit] Strategy Games

Online I play Stargatewars - I'm Gruumsh on there.

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!.

[edit] Music

Too varied to detail...

[edit] Films

Again far too detailed to really go into detail.

However I will say that Star 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Templates and Pages

Template:User_Eagle_series

User:Bat_King/Eagle_series

[edit] Contributions

Where to find my contributions[[1]]