Cost Per Player
$20.00
Call Me Gary (he/him)
4.9
(13)
1 year on StartPlaying
54 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Storytelling, Knows the Rules
About me
š Hi! Iām Gary. š§āāļø You came here looking for a gamemasterāone who will make sure you have a great time. Give me a try. My #1 priority as a GM is to make sure everyone at the table has fun. š ļø I have spent more than 40 years gamemastering, worldbuilding, and roleplaying. I have the experience to deal with every situation, to know what works and what doesn't. š Iām a professionally published fiction author, and my fantasy fiction has earned a handful of accolades. Tabletop roleplaying games have been my real passion, though, ever since I got the Red Box for Christmas when I was 10 years old. In the 40 years since, Iāve run dozens of different game systems for everyone from tweens to senior citizens, for beginners and veteran gamers alike. š Like many of us, Iāve garnered hundreds of hours of experience running games online since 2020. But running games over the internet wasnāt new to me. Iāve been doing it since the 1990s, when I used Delphi chat rooms. šŖ When you play in one of my games, youāll have the freedom to use your imagination. I love saying, āYes, you can do that.ā I never want to get in the way of player creativity. š I work hard to make sure my players have an experience they canāt get anywhere else. Whether Iām running an offbeat game full of eccentric characters or an intense campaign full of heroics and sacrifice, you can count on me to help you create an original, unique story. āØļø If you want a low-bandwidth game or a no-voice gameābecause of technology limitations, hearing or speech impairment, or just because thatās what you likeāI will be happy to set one up for you. āØ What are you waiting for? Letās go on an adventureābook a game with me. I canāt wait to create great things together. āØ
GM Style
Games should be full of wonder. Magic and fantastic settings are the centerpiece of RPGs, and I want you to experience them. Magic should feel magical, not like a rules crunch. Anything can happen at my table. I spend a lot of time learning the rules so that I know when to ignore them. I meticulously plan in advance, because that way Iāll be prepared to ad lib when you take our adventure in an unexpected direction. When you create a character, youāre envisioning that character overcoming obstacles and triumphing. I try to craft challenges and storylines to bring that vision to life, so your character can have the kind of adventures you originally pictured in your mind. Your character should feel like a real character in a real world. I donāt want my campaigns to seem like video games where every character is reduced to nothing but their special combat moves. Thereās nothing worse than an RPG action that devolves into monotonous dice rolls and repeatedly trading damage back and forth. I will create an immersive environment where your character can come to life. Iām usually biased in favor of anything that makes the player characters stronger, better, and more competent. Your character is the hero of the story, not just one of many generic adventurers. My games are loaded with original materialāspells, monsters, magic items, you name itāthat you wonāt find in any published rulebook. I use published options when they work well, and tweak or replace them in whatever way makes the game more fun. I also welcome material by third-party publishers into my games. If you want to make a character that uses some uncommon sourcebook or character option, I am willing to work with that. I make detailed battlemaps for games that benefit from them (like D&D and Pathfinder). But Iām always happy to run a game in the Theatre of the MindāIāll do it to meet my playersā preferences even if Iāve prepared maps in advance. Most of the game systems I run have been released under open licenses, or at least have the bulk of their core rules available cost free. You won't have to buy a bunch of rulebooks to play in my games. I also use online platforms that you can access through your web browserāI won't ever ask you to install software, not even a browser extension. If I had to sum up my gamemastering style in one sentence, it would be, āI am your characterās biggest fan.ā Your character can be epic. I can help you achieve that.
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