Kenny Mahan

he/him

5.0

(4)

Timezone

America/denver

Language

English

Identity

DMs Guild Writer

Neurodivergent

Published Writer

Educator

Game Designer

About Kenny Mahan

💫 Hi, I'm Kenny. Welcome, are you ready? We have a story to tell. I believe that all tabletop games are for everyone. I am a lifelong storyteller, even before I had rules to go with the imagination i was building stories for hose around me. For 20 years my table has been welcoming and inclusive, built on fun and collaboration, and focused on every coming together to make the story our own. 🔥My Table and Your Game🔥 🏳️‍🌈A Safe Space for Everyone: I work hard to keep my table a place that's safe and inclusive. I want everyone to fill welcome. 🆕New Player's Welcome: I love teaching and sharing this hobby. All new players have a seat at my table as well as the experienced. ⛳Depth of Setting: I add lore and depth to everything I run. I bring with me writing credits for Pinnacle Entertainment, Lady Gamer Games, and Ed Greenwood. I have learned how to write interesting and immersive stories while adapting it to ensure everyone at the table feels like they belong and are empowered to play.

At a glance

Less than a year on StartPlaying

2 games hosted

Highly rated for: Creativity, Inclusive, World Builder

$20 per session

Average response time: 4 hours

Response rate: 100%

Featured Prompts

I became a GM because

I had more ideas for settings and campaigns than I did for personal characters. I wanted to really take those ideas and develop them and build new worlds and settings for others to explore.

My favorite books are

Horror and fantasy. I started with Dragonlance and Stephen King and never looked back. I'm currently neck deep in Dungeon Crawler Carl.

People are always surprised when I tell them

I'm dyslexic. There are a lot of misconceptions about what that means, and many don't believe when they find out what my degrees are in or that I've been published.

How Kenny Mahan runs games

I run rule-of-cool games where the players are allowed to feel like the heroes they are (that doesn't mean they never fail though) and where action and role-playing exist together.

Featured Prompts

I deal with rules issues by...

Making a decision to keep the action on pace. We can look up the rule outside of game and ensure we are correct going forward.

My favorite trope is...

Meeting in a tavern. It's fun, it's easy, and frankly it never has to be just meeting in the tavern. There is a lot of potential to be born from this, it's a trope for a reason.

Kenny Mahan's ideal table

My table ideal is one where people act as a team and share their creativity, curiosity, and love of a good story. Just, with dice.

Featured Prompts

I think min/maxing...

If fine as long as the character doesn't embrace main character syndrome. Bringing a character kitted out for combat simply means I get to run bigger and nastier combats to provide enough challenge.

My table is not the place for...

Any sort of denigration. Racism, homophobia, any sort of slurs are all grounds for immediate removal from any table I run.