Charalampos "Call me Babis" Koundourakis

he/him

5.0

(13)

Timezone

Europe/athens

Language

English

Greek

Identity

Neurodivergent

Game Designer

Multi-lingual

About Charalampos "Call me Babis" Koundourakis

Hi all, Charalampos here (but call me Babis, it's the easier one). I've been running tabletop games for nearly a decade, mostly D&D. During that time I've finished two multi-year campaigns, around ten that spanned several months, and more one-shots than I can easily count. It’s the one thing I will never get tired of doing and I delight in showing others the wonders of tabletop games. My favorite part of running games is when you can interweave a player’s backstory into the world around them, making the stakes personal and the tales more real. Hands down my favourite thing is bringing new folks into the hobby so don't hesitate to get in touch even if you don't know your Charisma from your Constitution. When I'm not making monster tokens I work as a game developer so you know I'm all about systems, pacing and making sure things are FUN.

At a glance

3 years on StartPlaying

79 games hosted

Highly rated for: Creativity, Teacher, Storytelling

Featured Prompts

I became a GM because

I finally got to play D&D and it sucked big time. There was no player agency and we basically sat there and listened to the DM's fanfiction that was clearly an existing anime he watched. On the way back from that session I realised that surely I could do something better. Turns out, I can!

My favorite shows/movies are

I only get 300 characters for this? MADNESS! Books: The Belgariad, Thomas Covenant, Hyperion, Children of Time. Shows: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, Altered Carbon, Scavengers Reign. Way more, depends on when you ask me.

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

My name, DM and sometimes my full name. If they use my surname I know I'm in trouble.

How Charalampos "Call me Babis" Koundourakis runs games

Challenging combat encounters ⚔️☠️🏹 Engaging NPCs & Cinematic storytelling 🎭👿 Character backstory interweaved into the larger narrative🧶📔 I delight in letting players shape a narrative and a world as much as possible (while maintaining a sense of realism) and seeing how it will evolve. This means that I take great care in making sure the players backstory, the who they are, is tied into a world thus making them a concrete part of it. I also really love combat! Combat where there are terrifying creatures and amazing abilities, combat where the ground is unstable or the cave is flooding. Combat combat combat. Without high stakes you don't get great victories. Stick with me, we'll get both! Combining my love of story and love of mechanics means that the game is able to adapt and change to your actions For longer running campaigns I'm quite keen to run a campaign page so things like session recaps, important dates and the like are saved. Here's an example: https://kanka.io/en/campaign/36205 I mostly run D&D 5e but dabble in other editions, blades in the dark and more. Expect my games to feature interesting worlds, fantastic tales and dynamic combat!