Name: Henry Jarrod Courtemanche
D.O.B. Oct. 23, 1968
Place of Birth: Lowell, MA
Games: AD&D, Magic the Gathering, Trivial Pursuit
Have played: Palladium RPG, Warhammer RPG, various CCG's, Bughunters, MERP, Talisman, several wargames, and tons of board games.

"Way back in 1981 my brother brought home from school the Players' Handbook, DM's Guide and Monster Manual. Without reading the whole books we started playing. Of course, the game was highly inaccurate but we had a blast. There were only three of us, my brother and I, and my friend Mike. I don't remember what monsters we fought or what the plot was but I do remember, by some strange coincidence, running into dead rock n' roll stars. Oh yeah. We were walking through some strange jungle when we heard some awesome music in the air. Stopping to roll up a curtain leaf in a certain kind of paper (it just happened to be there really!). We continued on till we found the source of the music. There on a huge stage were none other than a supergroup of dead rock n' roll stars. Lead vocal-- Bon Scott (from AC/DC), Lead Guitar-- Jimi Hendrix, and on Drums-- John Bonham. I have no idea where this stuff came from but we had fun. Later on we got a better grip on the game and have been playing ever since."

Currently I work as a quality control manager/chemical analyst for a metal finishing company. I am also attending night school at UMass/Lowell enrolled in a Liberal Arts program for English and History. When I grow up I want to write and/or publish comics and spin off the occasional short story, essay, or article. If I ever have a real lonely month or two I might write a novel.

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