I was a complete noob when I started a game led by James. His world building and immersion is fantastic. He made the steep learning curve of DnD feel manageable, he knows how to work with each players skills and playstyle and make it really fun for everyone of all skill levels. Highly recommend!

I was fairly new to DND when I first started playing with James as my DM. Throughout the campaign, he was consistently patient and resourceful with all my inquiries, even if I asked the same silly questions over and over. His understanding of the game mechanics and lore are incredibly useful to novices and veterans alike, and I was very comfortable being a beginner under his wing. On top of that, he does not shy away from giving every one of his NPCs a well-rounded persona and custom voice that he can seamlessly equip at a moment's notice. He takes the bits of my character's backstory and considerately makes them better without making me feel like he's taking too many liberties with altering my ideas. I think I have been rarely blessed to have such an incredible DM as one of my first, and that I'll be hard-pressed to find another as good as James.

James allows his players to really customize their play experience. He believes in the rule of cool and prioritizes story over rules. James does a fantastic job of incoroparating new players as well making the session fun for the most veteran of players. I strongly reccomend James for running your tabletop sessions.

James is an amazing worldbuilder and creates maps, characters, and communities that are incredibly detailed but also easy to follow along with and fit your chosen character into. His gameplay is very engaging and feels like you are speaking to *that* character when he roleplays. James is also skilled at going with the flow and pivoting a narrative mid-scene to fit the character interaction, even if it was very obviously not where he was going with it initially. He gives players a lot of freedom and never seems thrown-off by anything we come up with. James sets the bar exceptionally high for Dungeon Masters. His creativity, meticulous worldbuilding, and commitment to character development, coupled with the use of handmade minis, art, and props creates an experience that I think is rare in D&D groups!

Never seen James's level of player character involvement and worldbuilding! Every character's backstory, big or small, was made relevant in the game world in exciting and personal ways, and all of them developed alongside one another. It gave all the players at the table personal connections to the world. My amusing multiclass concept became a fully realized character as James collaborated, corroborated and expanded upon background details. I delighted in RPing with real motivations and personal stakes. Can't recommend enough.

James makes an excellent effort to tell a great story while also incorporating the stories players want to tell with their characters, and greets player ideas with great enthusiasm. He's excellent at running with improvisation and incredibly fun to match wits with. He comes up with creative and unique worlds and situations for his players and every campaign I've had him run felt like it had a full actualized world in it. I've never had a session with him that felt like a slog. I'd highly recommend him as a DM.