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
- Certifications
- Red Cross certified First Aid/CPR/AED instructor
- Favorite quote
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“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.
- Tzalmir — Laura Baldwin’s and Marc “Mahk” LeBlanc’s collaboratively built fantasy world; archived here from its old MIT home.
Magnum Opus Collection
Games I ran with Laura.
Currently playing
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.