First session of Dragonbane with Oakenspirit went really well, nice guy and fun GM. Looking forward to more adventures.

I had great experience on our session 0 of Dragonbane campaign, Oaken walked us through character creation and we even managed to play out opening scene, were he made sure everyone had time to shine and show off their characters strengths. Im looking forward to further sessions and Im strongly recommend him as a GM.

Super nice guy and a fantastic GM, highly recommend!

For months, I knew I wanted my fifteenth birthday to involve a dungeons and dragons one shot in a little coffee shop. Travis brought this idea to fruition. My parents and I weren’t sure how to set up this event; this was a different situation than the year-long campaign of which we are a part. We needed an adventure, roughly 90 minutes, accessible for teens who both had and hadn’t played before. Luckily, Travis had done a similar event for his son. Though this was a different age group, he was up for the task. Throughout the weeks preceding the party, he solidified plans based on my vision. The day of, he arrived around a half-hour before the party was scheduled to start to set up. He had created maybe ten characters from scratch for the five of us to pick from. Each character sheet included a name, pronouns, suggested backstory, actions, saving throws, inventory, etc. These predetermined characters, which he introduced to us individually, were great for helping my friends, most of whom had never played before, really get into character. Using Travis’ map and minifigures, we began the adventure. (He even had a system with which he played sound effects relevant to the storyline—door slams, bells, etc.) He encouraged and reassured creative solutions, such as throwing frying pans at goblins. Throughout the evening, he maintained the intrigue and creativity, vividly describing our surroundings to fully immerse us in the D&D universe— a fantastic demonstration of crucial skills that I believe are necessary for a quality dungeon master. He always made sure to help when someone needed it, jumping up to answer questions about the duration of an action or the proper use of a specific weapon or spell. He quickly adapted if something didn’t go the way he was expecting, I assume, because the transitions were impressively smooth and very effectively covered up any mistakes. On the ride home, I realized that this was quite possibly the best party I’d ever had. Other DMs may lose sight of the roleplaying aspect of this game and aren’t able to improvise. Perhaps creativity eludes them, which is unfortunate, because although stabbing and enchanting and killing and cursing are great fun, character formation is just as important. I truly don’t believe Travis will ever let you miss out on a great adventure.

Travis is very beginner-friendly and super good at storytelling. He lets the players lead the game at their own pace, and helps you out when you aren't sure what to do. I will definitely play DnD with him again!

I loved playing D&D with Travis as our GM. He is a master of storytelling and made my character feel like the most important part of the world.