Small World (III) through GDW/FASA

Last night I went to Fry’s to score the new The Venture Brothers Season One DVD set. There an employee was looking at something in the new releases section and I showed him that I scored the last copy so if he was looking for it, sorry. The guy was cool anyway and stated it didn’t matter, since I was a customer, my buying it came before any wish he had. Then I noticed his name tag, Bryan Nystul. 
 
So I told him I’d seen his last name around before and he looked familiar, was he related to FASA designer Mike Nystul. Turns out he’s Mike’s brother and he worked on the BattleTech game for FASA for a few years. I was like, “duh!” in my head. I remeber Mike bailed or something and went on to do a cool game called The Whispering Vault. Sadly, Mike’s health suffered recently; he had a heart attack at 40. 
 
Anyway, Bryan and I chatted a bit about FASA and GDW, Loren Wiseman being in town too. I gave him my e-mail since I didn’t have any business cards. See if I can get him a contracting gig with Apple which pays better than Fry’s. It may be a “phone job” but it beats that kind of retail. Hopefully our paths will cross again. Maybe we’ll even get to game since I think Bryan can bring a lot with his experience.