The Gaming Peeples - Storyteller Tom - EU (he/him)
5.0
(109)
3 years on StartPlaying
873 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Storytelling, Inclusive
Average response time: 4 hours
Response rate: 100%
About me
⏰My Timezone is CET/CEST (Brussel-Europe)⏰. And yes I do sleep at night.😂 If you want to know who Tom is and what he brings to the table in regards to his Storytelling style, have look below or send a personal message via Startplaying Games or visit The Gaming Peeples Discord channel via this link: https://discord.gg/nEGMMRmtNz ☀️ ABOUT STORYTELLER TOM ☀️ 42y-He/Him🍟 Greetings and Salutations, I'm Tom from the sunny country of Belgium (Antwerp) where I live with my girlfriend and our 2 cats Louis & Minnie. Besides living a 'normal life', I'm a Storyteller with a passion for over 27 years of non stop telling tales. I love playing in roleplay Heavy, sandbox orientated campaigns, with focus on player character development, who make the world their own. While interacting with interesting and engaging NPC's with their own unique stories and silly voices. Plus I love adding lot's of improv and unexpected solutions to many obstacles our players face during our stories. In 2021 during the Pandemic, I landed in a burnout, due to my work taking over my life. Running over 60 to 70 hours per week for a job with no benefits nor any thanks given. So I decided that in May 2022, that all would change and I would build upon my passion for storytelling. This with my own brand The Gaming Peeples. Left Twitter for Blueksy https://bsky.app/profile/thegamingpeeples.bsky.social
GM Style
📖 LEARN TO PLAY 📖 I've always had a passion to teach people. Be it new systems, stories, games or anything else really. Lucky I was blessed with an overabundant amount of patience and therefore more than willing to help with any problems you might encounter during your roleplay experience. 🍜 VARIETY STORYTELLER 🍕 My kick lies in running a multitude of systems and stories. Ranging from 🧙Gothic Fantasy 🧙♀️to ⛓️Cyberpunk⛓️ to the Far reaches of 🚀 Space🚀 and 🌌Beyond🌌. 🫶 ROLEPLAY OVER ROLL-PLAY 🫶 I love to see players play their characters and watch them evolve over time without the need of constantly rolling dice or feeling limited to the stats and skills of their characters. As such I highly encourage players to talk, interact with each other and the NPC's of the world around them. See the changes of their actions and live within them. 💚 SAFETY 💜 Everyone at the table should be able to be themselves with mutual respect and love for those around them.🚦 This is the most important rule at The Gaming Peeples, please don't break it. 🚦 To help facilitate this, we use a variety of safety tools, be sure to check the individual game description and The Gaming Peeples discord for the complete list. ⛈ CAUSE & EFFECT 🌈 You as the player will interact in our gameworlds and EVERYTHING YOU DO MATTERS and wil have consequences. ⚔ COMBAT ⚔ Strap yourself in. NOT EVERY FIGHT will be easy to overcome nor 'fair'. 🧛♀️ NPC's 🕵️♂️ We come up with intriguing and sometimes downright silly NPC's and Villans. Who we bring to life with voices and their own way of standing in the world. 📚 RULES & RULE OF COOL📘 While we use RAI (Rules as Intended), the story and enjoyment of the players always comes first. As such we prefer a balanced approach to the Rules. So if it's COOL, go for it and we'll let the dice gods decide the outcome of your chosen action. 🌐 LOCATION 🌐 At The Gaming Peeples we can provide Stories in Dutch or English. Online via our chosen platform of choice, Foundry VTT. Or if you live in Belgium, in the comfort of your own home or another chosen location. 📯 WANT TO KNOW MORE? 📯 Should you like more information or if you want to book a game, you can send me a message via The Gaming Peeples Discord via this link https://discord.gg/nEGMMRmtNz 🫶❤️ SHOUT OUT ❤️🫶 To all the Patreons/Artists we love and continue to support. Without them, we couldn't deliver such phenomenal content. List was last updated 26/02/2025 🎨Dreams🎨 - for his incredible art/graphic work plus being an awesome dragon https://startplaying.games/gm/dreamsleever http://shonni-etta.deviantart.com/ https://discord.gg/8RtNxxG4G6 🎵Michaël Ghelfi Studios🎵 - https://www.patreon.com/MichaelGhelfi/posts 🎵Tabletop Audio🎵 - https://www.patreon.com/tabletopaudio/posts 🧑🦲Cze and Peku Tokens🧑🦲- https://www.czepeku.com/tokens 🗺️Cze and Peku🗺️ - https://www.patreon.com/czepeku/posts 🗺️Tom Caros🗺️- https://www.patreon.com/tomcartos/posts 🗺️The Reclusive Cartographer🗺️- https://www.patreon.com/m/3406717/about 🗺️ Morvold Press🗺️- https://www.patreon.com/morvoldpress/about 🖼️ CzePeku Scenes🖼️- https://www.patreon.com/czepekuscenes/posts 🖼️ James’ RPG art 🖼️- https://www.patreon.com/jamesrpgart/posts 👜The Griffon's Saddlebag👜- https://www.patreon.com/c/the_griffons_saddlebag/posts ⚙️MrPrimate⚙️ - https://www.patreon.com/MrPrimate/posts ⚙️Moulinette⚙️ - https://www.patreon.com/moulinette/posts ⚙️Message Scheduler⚙️ - https://www.patreon.com/messagescheduler/posts ⚙️theRipper93⚙️ - https://www.patreon.com/theripper93/posts 🥳 CONGRATS 🥳 to you, yes you the reader for getting to the end of this wall of text. You should reward yourself for this deed. Why not join a game at The Gaming Peeples? I hope to see you soon, for it's Time to tell a 📖Tale📖 and Roll 🎲Dice🎲.
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Game Master Reviews (109)
Proficiencies
Players say this GM is great at:
Creativity
Storytelling
Inclusive
Manuel
Played 8 sessions
Been playing with Tom since a few weeks now in a Vaesen campaign. He is a terrific and accomplished storyteller, who keeps the players engaged, creates a great mood and uses sounds and visuals to great effect. The atmosphere is always friendly in his games and all players are encourage to be creative.
Charles
Played 22 sessions
This was my first DnD campaign and Tom has been amazing. Very friendly, funny and very understanding and patient with a new player like myself. I look forward to our game sessions and look forward to others in the future.
Nathan
Played 10 sessions
As someone who's always had problems with anxiety, having a dm who is inclusive, understands how different players are.. well.. different, and can adjust on the spot to meet those player's wants- these things were paramount to me. Additionally, as a new player I needed not only some guidance, but more importantly that safe feeling that is needed to allow someone to explore roleplaying. I'm so grateful to find GM Tom is all of these and more, and i greatly look forward to more games with GM Tom in the future!
Nicolas
Played 9 sessions
Tom is an incredible Game Master. Very friendly and helpful. Builds an awesome setting. Guides you thru the confusing parts and lets you explore his world and your character. Would 100% recommend.
Ryan
Played 12 sessions
Tom was my first GM on StartPlaying, and he absolutely rocked it! The roleplaying was spot on, the combat was tons of fun, and the Foundry VTT setup was extremely fast and full of all the bells and whistles. Can't recommend highly enough if you're player who loves both quick combat and world-building in equal measures.
Jon
Played 9 sessions
I've been a part of Tom's Tomb of Annihilation campaign for about a month or so and have been absolutely loving it. He is an extremely talent story teller that is able to keep the players engaged in role play without it feeling forced or out of place. Every session has run extremely smooth and I couldn't be happier.
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