For Christmas, young Thomas got a Tunnels and Trolls game set to play with. Adding this to his already established addiction of Dungeons and Dragons consumed much of young Thomas’ life with fantasy role playing, overactive imaginations, and a group of friends with whom he played the systems with. Tunnels and Trolls he thought was best, as he could play it alone, which meant more hours of play. It was almost like being the addicted teen video gamer’s of today, except much more intelligent as it involves book, writing, strategy, and mathematical calculations. As a kid he would burn the wick at both ends throughout the night, creating campaigns, researching fantasy, and doing adventures. He was very much addicted to RPG (Role Playing Games). This satiated some of his thirst for magic. He was also starting to get quite good at stage magic. As his family moved to the desert, he was now settling into life filled with hot dry summers, cactus spurs in his heels, tumbleweeds getting caught in the spokes of his bicycle wheels, rattlesnakes, scorpions, and tarantulas to be wary of. For his elementary school, each year he would do a magic show for the entire school.