Greg Porter ran
Blacksburg Tactical Research Center as one of a few game companies active in
Blacksburg, Virginia in the 1980s and 1990s. Porter initially came to attention for designing
TimeLords and
Macho Women with Guns RPGs in the late 1980s; he then put his energy into two successive generic RPG systems,
CORPS and
EABA. Porter subsequently wrote articles for
Hogshead Publishing's
Inter*action magazine. He also did work for
Imperium Games, including contributing equipment and vehicles for the fourth edition of
Traveller. Porter got more involved in the
indie role-playing game movement after he met
Ron Edwards and other members of
The Forge in 2002. ==References==