Goth Saturday (GM Molly)

they/them

5.0

(3)

Timezone

America/chicago

Language

English

Identity

LGBTQ+

Queer

No Gen AI

About Goth Saturday (GM Molly)

HI! I'm Molly and I've been playing ttrpgs for over 20 years now (since I was a teenager!) I started with the release of D&D 3rd Edition and quickly fell in love with helping tables craft stories. After 10 years of running 5e (along with Pathfinder and VtM) I've gotten really into running indie and/or lesser known titles: Mork Borg, Coriolis, Sixth World, Liminal Horror, Cypher System...and so many more. I enjoy learning new systems and helping others to learn them through play, and providing opportunities for a table to come together and tell a collaborative story. I'd love to build a framework for you to tell a story in! My table is always queer and LGBTQ+ friendly.

At a glance

2 years on StartPlaying

1 games hosted

Highly rated for: Inclusive, Rule of Cool, Creativity

$15 per session

Average response time: 24+ hours

Response rate: 100%

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My favorite books are

The Locked Tomb series, A Burglar's Guide to the City, Dune, The Dark Tower, The Gray House, Assata, The Farseer trilogy, The Sprawl and Bridge trilogies, The Abhorsen books, His Dark Materials, Broken Earth Trilogy, anything by Le Guin. Cookbooks.

My favorite shows/movies are

Star Trek (especially TNG/DS9/LD), BSG (2004), Evil Dead series, X-Files, Fringe, Gravity Falls, Twin Peaks, ALIEN, Jurassic Park, Pan's Labyrinth, Dark Crystal, Secret of NIMH, Nausicaä, The Owl House, The Witch, John Wick, Princess Mononoke, Ghost in the Shell, Frieren, Steins;Gate, Paprika

People are always surprised when I tell them

How many weird careers I've had! I spend 20 years as a Stage Manager for professional theatre, as well as a lighting and sound designer. I've taught improv, managed an internship program, been a course coordinator for a medical school... Currently I'm managing the beverage program for a restaurant.

How Goth Saturday (GM Molly) runs games

I enjoy providing a framework for people to build their own stories! Creating obstacles and providing paths for people to overcome and explore. I create scaffolding, and play to discover what stories the table has to tell. I use my extensive experience working in and designing for theatre to create an immersive table. I GM like a stage manager, centering the players and tracking all the moving parts to find the most interesting beats. I will happily tailor a game to a tables desires, and I love teaching new players and introducing experienced ones to new games.

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I deal with rules issues by...

Making a call in the moment so that play can continue and we don't get bogged down mid-session. Then afterwards I will read up on the rule and correct going forward if needed. I'm always willing to discuss rules/rulings with you, but I like to avoid causing the game to stall.

I once ran a session...

I ran a 14 session Cypher System game set in the underwater city Rapture from the BioShock series. There was a session 2 or 3 into the campaign where almost no dice were rolled, but it was the most engaging and tense session I've ever run. I'm still chasing that high :)

My games focus on...

Characters and crafting stories and worlds collaboratively.

Goth Saturday (GM Molly)'s ideal table

My ideal table is filled with people eager to work together to tell a story, who are just as excited by failure as success, and who aren't afraid to try something new!