End of the Masquerade

Poor preparation. Very loose use of game rules. Strong role playing.

Has been a joy having him as our ST

Renik has been my long time friend and a fantastic game master. Together, in the decade plus we've been gaming, my favourite and most memorable characters have occurred in the games he's precided over. This is said as his problem child. Our first game had me taking a bite of a sandwich in combat, as a vampire in a LARP. The story telling experience is of tuning in to your favourite TV show, each session an episode leading toward that season finale. There are typically situations we'll face together as a group, but also have our own private cutaways. Those scenes are sincerely some of my favorite. It has lead to some hilarious/tense moments, where not everyone has the same information. Truly, it has always been a collaborative experience. We're spending time together to tell a story we're all invested in. In that same turn, the game, the time, must be approached seriously and not with frivolousness as the intent. We're all there, as adults, taking time away from chores or other activities. Be sincere in your character and you will not be wrong footed. Play strictly for laughs, thumbing noses or just 'power gaming' and you will not enjoy this table. Come for a grand adventure, an opera of high drama, of victorious highs and abysmal lows. You won't be disappointed.

Amazing storyteller, interested and willing to play a lot of different systems. If you are looking for a game with a great narrative and characters, this guy is great.

Renik tells amazing stories that captivate the imagination. His horror is thrilling and unsettling, his adventures are truly epic.

Keith is quite honestly the best dm/gm/st you will ever have. He is here to tell a story and move you deeply. Whatever story he is telling he is going to hit all of the themes, he’s going to work in the right tropes, and he’s going to make it incredibly personal for you and your character. Keith has incredible gaming experience but even more incredible people experience. Not only are all of the characters and plots going to narratively make sense, they are going to be human with grounded, real, motivations and behaviors. Furthermore, Keith is going to communicate to you in a way that you are absolutely with him. And if you didn’t get it the first time he will stop and figure out what it takes to get you there. Keith’s greatest strength as a story teller is absolutely how personal he can make a game feel when there are three, four, etc other players. And that everyone at the table is thinking that same thing. Oh, there’s my character’s ambition, there’s my character’s best skill, there’s my favorite story element. It’s all there. He’ll lay a scene and then describe it from each character’s point of view so you are so in it. I cannot describe how transportive this is, how deeply it makes you think about your character and the other characters at the table, how you view and interact with the world. I have played pretty much the full spectrum of games from Vampire 5e to D&D to Fading Suns with Keith and he is always on. He knows the rules, he knows how to get your character where you want it, he knows how to give you what you want from the game. Whatever story/character/world/emotion you want to explore Keith is the guy you want to take you there.