Hey all. First, I'd like to thank everyone who responded to my last post with an offer of hospitality. It's definitely shaping up to be an exciting year. For those who don't know what I'm talking about, read my previous post for more details - but the short form is that I'm planning to travel around the world this year and looking for gamers willing to trade couch space for my services as guest DM. I'm still looking for more stops; I'm interested in visiting every state in the US and as many other countries as I can manage, and there's lots of blank spots on the map still. Please feel free to forward this link to anyone you know who might be interested! However, I thought I'd throw out some additional questions and requests to help me with the process.

1. If you're interested, drop me an email at onesmallkeith@gmail.com . Odds are good I'll be doing some mass mailings as I get my plans together, and it's easier for me to contact people through email than to be tracking down LJ usernames.

2. I plan to be writing about this experience, whether blogging or something else. Are you (and your gaming group) OK with being mentioned in my story? I can certainly change names to protect the guilty, but if you want to be off the radar entirely, let me know.

3. As I mentioned before, I'm planning two sorts of stops: the one-night layover, and the three-night get-to-know-you-and-your-town visit (mind you, it could be three nights on three different sofas, if your gaming group wants to take turns hosting). Which can you support?

4. Tell me something about yourself. What do you do? When did you get into gaming? What are some of your favorite activities? What's the most unusual thing about you (that you're willing to share with a stranger)? The trick here is that while I want to see as many places and people as possible, in a case where I've got multiple invitations in a single region, I'm going to have to make a choice; I don't want to spend a full month just bouncing around one city. As noted in question 2, I'm planning to write about this in some form... and I'm curious as to what sort of character you'll make in my cast. I'm sure that all of you are fascinating people, because in my experience, everyone is fascinating in their own way. But hey, if there's something ESPECIALLY unusual about you, let me know!

Thanks again to all of you who have already offered your hospitality, and I hope to see as many of you as possible in the coming year!