Support Our Sci-Fi/Gamer American Troops
Today at DragonCon in the independent dealer’s room, I met Richard Tucholka, President of Tri Tac Systems (Fantastic Games & Graphics). He is collecting donations of sci-fi/fantasy-related or RPG gaming reading materials to American troops over in Iraq and Afghanistan. After all, believe it or not but geeks can be soldiers too. 
You know, they can’t have a large selection of reading materials and such over there. It’s not like they can run into the Barnes & Nobles or Borders down the street. I mean, it’s hard enough to find good sci-fi/fantasy and gaming materials in the States. I keep thinking of that episode of M*A*S*H where they have no reading material and BJ gets the murder mystery and they’re tearing the pages out and sharing them.
Anyway, in support of our troops, I’m posting his email and address with his permission for you to either contact him or send donations to him. I know I’ll be going through my own bookshelves when I get home. I might even have some extra games to send. Actually, I just remembered that SJ Games’ Dealer’s table is having a big sale on old books; I might stop by there in the morning.
Richard can be contacted via Tucholka At aol DOT com. Be sure to ask to see a picture of his kitchen table. The amount of donoations he’s already collected is quite impressive.
You can mail your donations to:
Support Our Sci-Fi/Gamer Troops
c/o Richard Tucholoka
Tri Tac Systems
235 West Fairmount Ave.
Pontiac, MI 48340
Update: When I went to the SJ Games booth to buy some books from their sale table, I told the sales guy what I was up to and he put together a separate bag of boxes of miniatures to donate as well! Yay for them. I was also stopped by a young man who is in the military and thanked for what I was doing. I wish I’d gone to more booths now and asked for more donations.
Tags: American soldiers, roleplaying games, Iraq, Afghanistan, Support the Troops, SJ Games
