Personal

Birthday: December 11
Occupation: Planetary Scientist at MIT
Computers: Mac user (reluctant proficiency in Windows and Linux)
Hobbies: SF&F, ballroom dancing, cello, physics, and RPGs
Favorite quote: “Do not go gentle into that good night.” — Dylan Thomas, 1952
Asteroid: (92893) michaelperson

Games

I have spent many years playing and running long-form tabletop and play-by-mail games. Some are archived here, rescued from old MIT pages so they don't disappear; others are linked where they still live online. The archived pages keep their original, vintage formatting.

Old games

Games I played in.

Kulthea — run by Derrick Kong; the run logs are saved from my MIT site.
Comet — run by Charles Hope.
Auria — run by Elizabeth Ditchburn.

Magnum Opus Collection

Games I ran with Laura.

Hippocratic Oath
Empire of the Dragon

Currently playing

The Comet Returns (Again)
Conflux

Diplomacy

By Any Means Necessary — archived with its season maps, orders, and press (1901–1914).
There Can Be Only One — archived from its original MIT pages.