Brody Has Left the Building
Jun. 4th, 2010 12:04 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shannon_aToday was Brody's last night at my regular Thursday night gathering dedicated to review games and other new games. We played a few shorts, then Oltre Mare, one of a few games that he'd listed when I pressed him for something that he wanted to play.
Brody is moving to Denmark. I always knew his time here was limited, since he was a grad student at Cal, and thus very likely to move on to another university when he completed his program. That he got an offer of a two-year job over in Denmark that combined his expertise in ecology (botany?) and computer science was a surprise though. I'm a bit jealous, as I hear that Denmark has some great bicycle highways that you can ride around. I'd love to visit while he's there and see them (and the country), but I suspect it is not to be.
I think I first gamed with Brody at EndGame, though I'm not certain. I know I ran into him on BART on the way home, and we chatted and I ended up inviting him to my Thursday gaming. We had room at the time because Chris V. was slowly flaking out of the Thursday games, I think, though I'm not entirely sure that timing's right. (It could have been Mike C., alternatively; we've had a bit of Thursday-night turnover over the years.) A few weeks ago, I briefly thought that it was a bit of a shame that I can't run into people on BART any more, since I almost always bike home, but then the chances of me actually talking to someone on BART were pretty slim in any case.
Brody said he'd been in Berkeley for 6 years, and that he'd gamed here for most of it, and that it was one of the highlights of him time here, which I appreciated. He's certainly been someone that I've always been thrilled to have in the group, as he's just the nicest guy you'd ever meet and also a very intelligent and skilled game player. I like having gamers that challenge me, and Brody was surely one of them.
So, he'll be missed. I've told him that he's very welcome any time he's in Berkeley on a Thursday, like Lance and Matt used to drop by. In the meantime, our group remains at 5, as Mike A. has already (re)joined us. We won't need to hunt up another member until John's company finally comes through on his international posting (and I've already got someone I've talked to about maybe joining us afterward ...)
Brody is moving to Denmark. I always knew his time here was limited, since he was a grad student at Cal, and thus very likely to move on to another university when he completed his program. That he got an offer of a two-year job over in Denmark that combined his expertise in ecology (botany?) and computer science was a surprise though. I'm a bit jealous, as I hear that Denmark has some great bicycle highways that you can ride around. I'd love to visit while he's there and see them (and the country), but I suspect it is not to be.
I think I first gamed with Brody at EndGame, though I'm not certain. I know I ran into him on BART on the way home, and we chatted and I ended up inviting him to my Thursday gaming. We had room at the time because Chris V. was slowly flaking out of the Thursday games, I think, though I'm not entirely sure that timing's right. (It could have been Mike C., alternatively; we've had a bit of Thursday-night turnover over the years.) A few weeks ago, I briefly thought that it was a bit of a shame that I can't run into people on BART any more, since I almost always bike home, but then the chances of me actually talking to someone on BART were pretty slim in any case.
Brody said he'd been in Berkeley for 6 years, and that he'd gamed here for most of it, and that it was one of the highlights of him time here, which I appreciated. He's certainly been someone that I've always been thrilled to have in the group, as he's just the nicest guy you'd ever meet and also a very intelligent and skilled game player. I like having gamers that challenge me, and Brody was surely one of them.
So, he'll be missed. I've told him that he's very welcome any time he's in Berkeley on a Thursday, like Lance and Matt used to drop by. In the meantime, our group remains at 5, as Mike A. has already (re)joined us. We won't need to hunt up another member until John's company finally comes through on his international posting (and I've already got someone I've talked to about maybe joining us afterward ...)