Joshua Hitz (BasilStrikes)

he/him

4.9

(25)

Timezone

America/new York

Language

English

Identity

Streamer

LGBTQ+

About Joshua Hitz (BasilStrikes)

I've thrown myself into the art of what makes the collab, adlibbed and structured experience that is ttrpgs, and I want to continue to share the best of what I've learned in my adult life and in turn be changed and challenged by the creativity and passion of my players. My go to system is Cypher, with its freedom of choice tool kit but very easy to grasp core, allowing me to run the mix of fantasy and sci fi that i find is lacking in titles that hold tightly to their settings or genres. In my games I don't just agree that samurai and robots should fight, i can and will explain how it makes perfect sense that they can.

At a glance

4 years on StartPlaying

66 games hosted

Highly rated for: Inclusive, Creativity, Storytelling

$20 per session

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I got started GMing...

Mostly because i loved the idea of playing a game and telling a story with live theater play antics. I find I not only am capable of guiding folks to their own best stories, but I prefer it. Being a player is fun, but directing and then being surprised is better.

The three words my players would use to describe me are...

Creative, Silly, Loud

When I'm not running games I'm...

Relaxing with some ff14/playing an indie game i bought 3 years ago...and never got around to finishing. Beyond that i play with my dogs and make stupid jokes with my wife.

How Joshua Hitz (BasilStrikes) runs games

Roleplay and Gameplay are made to coexist. Not to where you lose track of one or the other, but you naturally can jump between the story and the game with little to no effort. To do this, i like to focus on giving my players choices on arcs/adventures to go on for the first few sessions, until the players have established ties with npcs, and goals in their current community, then shifting focus to the individual dramas of the pcs fantasy lives. I also am big on rewarding my players after adventures. You wont need to worry about getting nothing for going on big adventures, I have lots of quick references and tools to help me gauge how much you guys should be rewarded per level and you'll always be able to expand your characters wants and needs in fair but satisfying degrees

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I prep by

Reading lots of my setting books and genres books. I mix and match ideas from different games and get inspired often by the media i read or listen tor recreationally. I don't use this as an excuse to be inconsistent, but rather, get ideas fore the future.

Rules are...

Guidelines to be honored but not tethered to. I don't care to add a tone of homebrew or house rules to make a whole different game, but i WILL bend or even break rules if it fits the narrative, with the players agreement.

When it comes to voices

I've found narration and inflection does just as good if not better than any major silly voice or accent. You probably wont get a lot of voices out of me, but you will get emotion, description and a change in my voice when needed.

Joshua Hitz (BasilStrikes)'s ideal table

Cooperation. This is a hobby that majorly is created with the idea to work together. My preference at the table is not to come in expecting I or any of your fellow players to convince you to engage. Take the step, speak up and ask or suggest ideas during either character creation or during events in the game. My job is to supply great platforms for you to feel comfortable engaging, but beyond the space and some advise, i need players to WANT to adventure and make friends. Respect each other, be willing to be wrong AND stand up for yourself all while offering understanding, NOT prove your right and someone else is wrong.

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I love it when a player

Throws curve balls at me or asks questions about the setting/context of their adventure. Im always happy when a player inputs something into a scene i didnt consider, and we roll on it to see if its in play.

I think metagaming...

In cypher and nimble or other games as, is fine. Its a paradigm shift that encourages players to actively work together. Even outside of my preferred game, meta gaming is fine and i think allows for a better blend of the story and mechanics than people think.

My table is not the place for...

Bigotry and closed mindedness. "But an elf/dwarf/halfling would do this/wouldn't do that/would or wouldn't look like that" HAVE AN IMAGINATION