About me

TLDR: Seasoned DM has extensive experience creating LGBTQIA+ safe games for players of all ages and play styles. Amanda Leftridge (dubbed DungeonMom back in 2015 after a brief hiatus) played their first game of Dungeons and Dragons in 2012, and have spent the last several years hells-bent on creating a safe play space for people of pretty much every shape, size, age, play style, and disposition. They have logged hundreds of Adventurer's League hours as a player and DM since 2018- in game stores, and conventions, and at home. Starting in late 2018 they were hired by their local game shop to run the desk for AL. In addition to coordinating a variety of events for the shop- such as representing the store with over 30 hours of DMing during one convention weekend- they ran monthly introductory one-shots for new players (mostly kiddos age 10 and younger). After many, many one-shots, 2 long-running campaigns, and more than a year in their position at the shop, things changed. The pandemic shut the world down and they moved across the country, leaving them with little choice but to transition away from strictly analogue game-play and into the online community. Since then they have been hired by their new local game shop to DM for Adventurer's League and Premier D&D Events. They also DM'd for the Women+ Virtual Convention and have become modestly comfortable with D&D Beyond, Roll20, Discord, and Zoom. They have since run several online campaigns and one-shots, as well as a co-DMing experience with two others to coordinate an 18-person Epic Zoom event where three separate groups came together for their final battle.

GM Style

I am a flexible DM, but I run a tight ship. Improv-heavy fantasy fusion is where I shine, but I am well equipped to run a complex, crunchy, high-difficulty thematic campaign (or a good hack and slash dungeon delve) as requested. I always begin the game with a safety talk to give everyone an opportunity to express their boundaries and run them through the tools we'll be using. Even for one-shots, I dedicate time to a "Session 0" discussion where ground rules are plainly laid out so that everybody knows what to expect and any wrinkles can be ironed out before play ever starts. I expect every player to conduct themselves with respect for the other people at the table, and have absolutely no tolerance for bullying, harassment, or discrimination of any kind. I reserve the right to give any player the boot if they violate the social contract set out at Session 0, and players who get the boot will not receive a refund. Beyond that I really am an easy-going, story-focused rule bender who is willing to work with players where they're at to curate the kind of experience they want to have.

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