Luke Nicklin

he/him

5.0

(3)

Timezone

Europe/london

Language

English

Identity

Teacher/Educator

Voice Actor

Game Designer

About Luke Nicklin

Hello, my name is Luke, and I've been into games, storytelling and roleplaying since I was a kid. (That's over 20 years.) I was part of the 40k to Hero Quest to DnD 3rd edition pipeline. Since then, I have played and run pretty much everything. One shots, years-long campaigns, modern, fantasy, horror, sci-fi, larp, social deduction, murder mystery evenings, improv theatre, day-long board and war games. I currently work as a teacher from home. In my spare time, I write, play piano, play board games, design games, and of course, play TTRPGs. I think we will get along if you are completely new to this whole thing and want something rules-lite, or if you are a seasoned veteran looking to explore and experiment with new and exciting approaches to roleplaying.

At a glance

Less than a year on StartPlaying

1 games hosted

Highly rated for: Sets the Mood, Voices, Creativity

Featured Prompts

My favorite books are

Lies of Locke Lamora, Farseer Trilogy, Piranesi, Perdido Street Station,

People are always surprised when I tell them

I lived in Japan for four years.

When I'm not running games I'm...

cooking, reading, watching movies, playing board games, being a dad, playing piano and playing pickleball.

How Luke Nicklin runs games

I love telling stories! Emergent narratives, roleplaying and building memorable worlds and lore. Falling into unexpectedly epic moments and memories to be remembered forever. Each time I run a game, I get to be an audience, a fan, a cheerleader for the protagonists. I love how dice roles and choices can push things in unexpected places. I love to make the world react to your choices and desires. The more you give, the more inspired I become, and the more you get in return. Play my games if you want to build three-dimensional characters, be asked questions about the world, be given difficult choices and create a memorable story. I tend to favour what is simple and narratively satisfying over mechanics and strategic complexity, but mechanisms absolutely have their place and can do wonders to serve a tone, theme or approach to story building.