Gamemaster Dan

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How Gamemaster Dan runs games

My style is flexible and I will check in with players every session to adjust the dials between investigation, roleplay, exploration, and combat so that everyone gets what they want. That being said, I tend to like sessions where dice rolls are rare but high-stakes: negotiations, investigations, roleplay. If we have a combat, I want it to matter rather than it be a series of kick-down-the-door and kill everything encounters. I would rather the players engage with the fiction of the world and use it to their advantage rather than abuse mechanical min-max play. I tend to prefer systems with straightforward roll-under or roll-high resolution rather than dice pool based games, as I find them more difficult to set difficulty for. Also, I do funny voices for goblins. Here are some reviews from other sites that I GM on. Fantastic DM! Daughter really enjoyed playing DnD with Dan - the game was creative and he was flexible, communicative and generous with his knowledge and time. 5/5 GM Dan is a superb storyteller, and uses every opportunity to draw the aspiring gamers in. Dan is doing a lot more than teaching the rules of a game--he is inviting the learns to level up their communication skills, and to think "laterally". 5/5 Really excellent story telling and engaging young DND learners. I have more than 35 years experience with the game, and I was impressed with the game. 5/5 My son has been in consecutive campaigns with DM Dan for years now and it is one of the most important times of his week. At first I thought “this seems a little pricy for a game” but I soon realized just how many life skills and how much social emotional development is happening here. He doesn’t know it of course, he’s just excited for each class and now wants to become a DM himself one day. DM Dan is wonderful, super engaging and creative, and has become a terrific influence in my son’s life. He’s only leaving this campaign to switch to another of DM Dan’s campaigns due to our schedule changing. I highly recommend these campaigns, they are super fun and imaginative for the kids and promote positive growth. 5/5 Read more of my reviews here: https://outschool.com/teachers/McVicker?usid=UkOQqslr&signup=true&authTrigger=follow_teacher&utm_campaign=share_leader_link

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Gamemaster Dan's ideal table

I am chameleonic - so if your table is super into RP, I'm going to do voices and RP with you. If you're into tactical stuff, that's what I'm going to run. If you like complex political machinations, secret cabals, and conspiracies, that's probably what I'm best at. Note: I have a lot of game systems listed! I've been playing for a long time. Each system that I have listed I have run at least one session of or I've played in an extended campaign as a player. I am truly expert in D&D 5e (2014), Shadowdark, Delta Green, the OSR, and Palladium Games. If you reach out for something other than that, it's helpful if you already have 2-3 people who want to play. I may reduce my session prices for a while as I get my feet under me in a system that I'm less familiar with or that I haven't played in some time.

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