Sir William the Aged

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Gender Male
Industry Accounting
Location Republic of Texas, Nominally allied with the Other Colonies, United States
Introduction A 20+ year wargamer who has been absent for the last 16 years, now returning to the fold. I started an AWI collection only to have these Imagineering blokes tempt me into creating my own realm and adventures. Ah well, I'll return to help free the colonies one of these days.
Interests Firearms (old and new), particularly Muzzleloading, reading, movies, painting, wargaming, filling out assorted Personal Profiles like this one
Favorite Movies The Wind and the Lion, The Man Who Would be King, Zulu, Captain Blood, The Sea Hawks, Robin Hood (the Errol Flynn version), The Godfather Parts I and II, The John Ford Cavalry Trilogy, Rio Bravo, The Searchers, Red River, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Last of the Mohican's (Daniel Day Lewis vesion), Face Off, Heartbreak Ridge, The Unforgiven, Patriot Games (but the book was better), Lonesome Dove, Open range, Broken Trail, Quigley Down Under, The Longest Day, A Bridge Too Far (the book was better), Night of The Foxes, The Three Musketeers (both the Sheen/Sutherland/O'Donnel/Platt version and the older Chamberlain/Oliver Reed/Frank Finlay/Michael York version), The Man In The Iron Mask, This Is Spinal Tap, Woodstock, Monterey Pop, Band of Brothers
Favorite Music Bagpipes, The 1812 Overture, The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds, Cream, Eric Clapton in all guises, The Animals, The Byrds, Crosby/Stills/Nash/Young, Queen, Stevie Ray Vaughan, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Jimi Hendrix, old Blues, especially piano.
Favorite Books Authors - not books, Mario Puzo, Tom Clancy, Larry Bonds, John Sandford, Jefferey Deaver, Rafael Sabatini, Louis Lamour, Dan Jenkins, Alexandre Dumas, Elmore Leonard, Richard Ambrose, Len Deighton, Jack Higgins, Brian Garfield, Cornelius Ryan