Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden ※ New Player Friendly Campaign

Steve is understanding, fair, up for jokes but brings the attention back to the game if players deviate to much. Also I liked his voice acting.

In being a player in Steve's games, I always felt as though he empowered my decisions and those of the group. He also allowed us to go off in directions that allowed for our own creativity. He did not railroad, and our own good or bad decisions would always see fruit later in the campaign. I only have praise for him.

Played within a homebrew world in D&D5e. Steve assisted in providing the right amount of detail to get all the players going but leaving much for us to discover as we played. Excellent set pieces, boss fights and investigation moments throughout. He was even kind enough to let me re-roll a character early into the campaign as I realised I would prefer to play a different class entirely; crafting a introduction of that new character in a memorable way as well.

Steve is a magnificent storyteller, able to fluidly adapt to the pace and tone that we want as players, with the emotional intelligence and sensitivity to understand what that is. He knows the rules backwards and forwards, but will always place our ability to author our own epic adventure as paramount! If you chose Steve as your DM, you are in safe hands, but do not expect his adventures to be without drama, peril and emotional highs and lows. How do you sum up a good DM? Once he sent us into fits of terror using only a door. Once we escaped a labyrinth inside an erupting volcano. Once we parachuted from one giant monster onto the back of another giant monster (it did not go well). Regardless of your experience or preference you are in for a treat and, frankly, I envy you.

I have been playing with Steve for years, and can thoroughly recommend him as a GM/DM. The games he runs are always lots of fun and really dramatic, with great storytelling and world-building. He welcomes player creativity and gives every player time and room to shine, whether that is through detailed roleplay or working out the best actions to take in combat. Steve does brilliant voices for NPCs, but also runs a game where players don't have to 'act' their social interactions if they don't feel like it. He has a thorough knowledge of the rules and is great with both beginners and experienced players (I was a beginner when we first started playing together, but most of the group were not, and we were all very happy with the game). In addition, Steve runs a safe and inclusive game, where I have always felt able to ask questions, experiment with different RP styles, and where any differences of opinion at the table are discussed with an open mind. I would thoroughly welcome Steve as a GM/DM - you won't be disappointed!

Steve set out a lush world brimming with characters, peril and quests for us to explore in. Some of the greatest TTRPG stories I have come from Steve's games as he allows freeform, party-driven adventuring with just the right number of hooks to guide you in the narrative. Thoroughly recommended.