Mothership.  It is simple, elegant, chaotic, and loads of fun.  It changed the game for me as a GM...PUN INTENDED.

to keep an online game group going after our GM had to step away for real life reasons.  I found that I love helping others tell the story, and I've been a mostly-GM ever since.

being a movie fan, playing ice hockey, and raising amazing nerdy twins.

If my games were Movies they'd be directed by...

facing the terrifying unknown.  Players always have unique ways to deal with the unknown, I've found.

checking the RAW, and then balancing that against the Rule of Cool, and how the players are doing.

If you're into ___, you're going to love my table

sci-fi and fantasy with a little horror edge, 90s pop culture references, and a light-hearted vibe even when the game is R-rated

makes an effort to tie their character into the overall world we create together, and allows new story threads to come out of ideas they have introduced.

d20 System

d100 System

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“Roleplay Heavy” games place the focus on the story, the characters, and the world they live within, and tend to lean hard into the various roleplaying elements of the game. These games will frequently find the party talking with NPCs, exploring the personal elements of their backstories, or even having emotional moments around the camp fire. 

Roleplay Heavy

“Theater of the Mind” uses little to no visuals for scene settings and combat. Instead, the narrative imagery comes from the Game Master’s descriptions and character action and movement comes from Players’ descriptions. 

Theater of the Mind

“Rule of Cool” emphasizes creative story beats over sticking to a system’s rules as written. Players have the ability to push the limits of the rules or even break core rule mechanics at times if the Game Master thinks it is interesting, fun, or cool enough.

Rule of Cool (RoC)

Dungeons & Dragons 5e

Dungeon Crawl Classics

Mothership

Mörk Borg

Scifi

Sci-fi

Space Opera

Wacky

Cosmic Horror

Dark Fantasy

I’m Rob, a 43-year old family man from Jersey, but living in Music City USA.  I was exclusively a player in RPGs (D&D 2.0, 3.5/Pathfinder and 5E) for about 20 years, until I took over GM duties out of necessity for a long-running group in 2020.  I unlocked a skillset, leveled it up, and haven’t looked back since!  I’m more of a sci-fi nerd than a fantasy nerd, so I was INSTANTLY hooked when I discovered Mothership in 2020.  It has become my main system, although I’m down to run ANYTHING that tells a good story.

I am also an advocate for RPGs, and will sing the hobby’s praises to anyone who will listen!  I love introducing people to the hobby.   Teaching them to play and watching as they learn, grow and have fun never fails to bring me joy.


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