Behind the keyboard is a long-time (five decades) simulation gamer (Avalon Hill, Sid Meier et al), enjoys microeconomic and macroeconomic simulation). Fan of Dorothy Dunnett's House of Niccolo series of historical novels (trade, finance, warfare, politics. lust, envy, greed and power) and Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin novels of life in the 19th century Royal Navy around the time of the Napoleonic Wars.