Chris
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About Chris
GM since 1980, I run games you haven't heard of. Indie and non-Hasbro games are my gig! I wrote 'How Humakt Learned to Grieve' for the Jonstown Compendium. I run Star Wars, RuneQuest and other non-Hasbro games. I use safety tools such as lines and veils, X-card, brief and debrief, bleed management tools and others. My table is an explicitly safe BIPOC/ND/Queer/Trans/LGBTIA+ space as I am queer and nuerodivergent myself.
At a glance
2 years on StartPlaying
97 games hosted
Highly rated for: Inclusive, Storytelling, Creativity
Average response time: 8 hours
Response rate: 100%
Top Game Master
One of StartPlaying's top-rated GMs, a player favorite and highly recommended.
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I got started GMing...
Before you were born, probably. I started in 1980!
My favorite shows/movies are
The entire Mobile Suit Gundam franchise, all of Star Trek and all of Star Wars
My favorite system of all Time is
RuneQuest. I was called the crazy RuneQuest kid when I was younger.
How Chris runs games
Collaborative, 60% rp/drama and 40% simulationist, with an emphasis on creating emotional scenes with player buy-in. Firstly, I run a safe, inclusive table. BIPOC, queer and femme folks always have a place at my table. I use safety tools, always run a strong session zero, and I do everything I can to get player buy in. I love developing PC backstories and during session zero and thereafter I love using backstory details. Your player characters are the stars of the show in my games, not NPCs! I use funny voices, and I adore incidental roleplaying and a lived in world. Players generating plot collaboratively with me is essential. I also love slice of life and healing RP. Finally, I run games that other people don't. Horror games, strange indie titles, and all that stuff like WOTC won't touch with a 10 foot pole (that's a DND joke son) I am ready to run for you.
Chris's ideal table
As long as you are respectful and friendly, I would love to have you at my table. My table is safe for everyone, but especially queer, trans and bipoc folks.
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I love it when a player
surprises me with great RP or a crazy scheme
I think it's a red flag when players...
monopolize the narrative spotlight. Pass around the love!
I think min/maxing...
is optimising for the table, not for the rules. It's more about who has the spotlightlight in the narrative action. Some people achieve their fantasy through RP, others through optmization of game factors. But players need to be able to adjust their style so that they share the narrative spotlight.
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