Like most I discovered boardgaming through the Settlers-Carcassonne Route. While I still like Carcassonne, I'm not too fond of Settlers anymore.
I don't collect games to sit on a shelf so I try to play everything I own.
I especially like the lighter civ. games where I get a sense of building something.
To my Geekbuddies who live in the area I say: send me an geekmail if you like to get together for a game sometime.

One more thing: my avatar is a picture of Professor Fate, from the classic movie The Great Race (1965). I like the movie and in real life I share the same occupation