MikeNorth

he/him

5.0

(9)

Timezone

America/new York

Language

English

About MikeNorth

I've been playing tabletop RPGs since D&D's Basic and Expert boxed sets debuted in my youth. I played countless hours of AD&D in the 1980s. More recently I ran a multi-year, multi-party 5e campaign here on StartPlaying before reverting to exploration-centric hexcrawls with maximal player agency (the style of play I cut my teeth on.)

At a glance

4 years on StartPlaying

144 games hosted

Highly rated for: Storytelling, Voices, Creativity

$25 per session

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

An avid reader, consuming escapist fantasy fiction from Appendix N, George R.R. Martin, R.A. Salvatore, Weiss & Hickman, Robert Jordan, Tad Williams, Robert E Howard, Robin Hobb, Patrick Rothfuss, and others.

How MikeNorth runs games

Stylistically, I skew toward sword and sorcery tales in an unforgiving dark and dangerous world. I believe players should have to make difficult decisions and (as in life) the choices they make have consequences - affecting the world and NPCs. Higher stakes make for nail-biting moments, holding your breath rolling dice, and being ecstatic when your plans work and your character rises to the occasion. Character death IS possible in these sessions, which provides suspense/tension. The world feels more medieval survival than high-magic heroic fantasy.

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My games focus on...

Worlds that feel real and nothing is pre-ordained. Player choice drives the story.

MikeNorth's ideal table

5-6 adult players who enjoy time and resource management whilst trying to accumulate wealth and power through fantasy adventure gaming as it was in the ‘good ole days’