History is littered with bizarre, fascinating, mysterious and often little-known figures. So let's put some of them here!

I'd like to flag up the eccentric, dashing, violent and academically suspect Richard Meinertzhagen. Soldier, spy, famed ornithologist and reputed expert on bird lice.

For my first post on these boards I thought I would seek some generalized opinion on whether people are more interested in gaming in real worlds as opposed to imaginary ones.