about

Way back when I regularly attended BBSes, I went by several different handles. Unique handles were hard to come by. Being a fan of the Yamara comic strip, which ran in Dragon magazine at the time, I adopted the name as my handle, and haven't had problems since.

One odd problem is that the name "Yamara" is close enough to a real name that people frequently decide I must be asian.

In the comic strip, Yamara is a female halfling thief. The strip was meant to poke fun at random Dungeons & Dragons monsters, rules, gamers, and stereotypes.