Dana Haakensen

Dana Haakensen
A New Englander born and bred, Dana moved to Pittsburgh from Rhode Island to attend the University of Pittsburgh. Having been informed by his then girlfriend now wife Erica that he was not allowed to return to RI, he now resides in South Park, PA.

Gaming Experience
Dana was not raised with a martial gaming tradition. His roots are more solidly in the financial and life skills gaming tradition. He spent much of his time playing Life, Careers, Payday, and Monopoly and more. Dana considers the game “Key to the Kingdom” to be his entry into the world of higher gaming. In this adventure game you roam the board searching for artifacts and the titular “Key” while using equipment cards and dice rolls to see you past obstacles and monster encounters. The board opens up when you enter a whirlpool. Fact: IT IS MAGNIFICENT.



From there the inevitable occurred. Dana got himself involved with a Japanese family who introduced him to the gateway game “Settlers of Catan.”  His compulsive gaming grew from there to include “Axis and Allies.”  When the cries of BONZAI (House Rule for when Japan attacks) could no longer satisfy him or his fellow addicts, he found himself turning the tables and becoming the supplier. Enter Twilight Imperium the second edition.

This game was too complex and it was awesome. Perhaps its greatest feature was how the game was different each time. Also the ability to crush your opponent in space. Eventually, Dana went to Pitt and met Poppins, JP , Martin , and Eggo. Dana supplied the new Twilight Imperium third edition. They grew as a gaming collective through expansions and poor readings of the rules. Now, even though they don’t all live in the same place, they still get together at least once a year to play some sort of tabletop game.



Then came Legacy and the fervor was renewed.

Legacy
Dana is the only member of the Tri-brothers, save for Eggo, who has yet to win a game of Legacy. This is most likely due to Dana’s special ability “Give Up.”  Dana will stop trying to scheme and maneuver his way into winning and will instead plunge head first into trying to make something interesting happen. Towards this end he has attempted to eliminate someone from the game. His position dictated that the player would be JP. JP found this objectionable and so far Dana has been unsuccessful, but looks forward to future attempts at making something happen.