I have played many games with Ari as the GM over the past 10 years; D&D, Pathfinder, Powe Outage, Star Trek Adventures, to family/kids games like No Thank You Evil, MLP Tales of Equestria, Mermaid Adventures and more! No matter the game or the player experience level, Ari provides situations that are appropriately challenging, and fun to play. If he's given a character's backstory he finds a way to work it into the campaign (a secret wife due to an interspecies marriage was kidnapped; a bard has a side quest to find all volumes of a song book, that was introduced as a puzzle for the bard). He also makes sure there are random situations and encounters both large and small both that tie into the campaign and also just flush it out as a living story. As far as play, he tends to focus on more roleplaying than rules; all though he tends to know then in and out. Fun is always the goal, even if it takes us off into random directions (once a bard accidentally liquefied a drug dealer in an alley, getting a critical hit with his magical guitar; which was absolutely hilarious and out of nowhere). To add to the player experience Ari not only does a lot of voices, but also pays attention to how different people would talk (diction, speed, vocabulary), which makes roleplaying more immersive. He makes interacting with the NPC fun and interesting, and is able to improv well when players come out of left field with random conversations or questions. All in all, Ari is an amazing and talented GM, and it is always a great time when we have the opportunity to rp together!

Absolutely loved Ari as a DM. Can’t say enough good things about him. Super smart, very accommodating, wonderful story telling and world building. Would still be playing with him if I hadn’t moved 1400 miles away. Can’t say enough good things about him.

Ari was great at creating interesting events and scenarios but also letting us guide ourselves through choice. The story lines and environments were very creative and allowed for a lot of exploration and interaction. There was always a lot of variety so each game felt very full and there was always a lot to do. It was always very exciting and felt like we achieved something by the end! He was also very patient while we planned out of game or got off on tangents, but would also be ready to incorporate anything we came up with into the game, he was very flexible and on the ball, very creative and very very fun.

I've been playing tabletop RPGs with Ari since we were in Middle School 25 years ago. He's an awesome guy and I 100% recommend playing any game with him as GM.

Ari was our GM for a couple of years before, during and after the pandemic. We wanted to keep playing after the lock-down so we all learned how to use D20. He was a great GM, I enjoyed every game he ran for us. Ari is also great at handling the grey areas around some the DnD 5e rules. He is very open minded about discussing these before making a ruling. If schedules allowed I would not hesitate to join another of his games. Ari is familiar with several different gaming systems.