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Phill

Phill (he/him)

5.0

(5)

1 year on StartPlaying

2 games hosted

Highly rated for: Storytelling, Creativity, Inclusive

About me

Hello! I am a LGBTQAI+ and ESL friendly "Forever GM." (I'm in the argyle😊) Running games gives me life, and I particularly enjoy introducing people to new games. I ran DDAL games online during lock down, in addition to my own home brew Dungeons and Dragons, Blades in the Dark, and HEART: the City Beneath games. I play, and play test, MANY games. I only run games I *LOVE* on Startplaying.games. There are more games that I love than I have time to list, so here are other games I would love to show to people that don't regularly make it into my monthly rotation. If you and a group of friends would like to try any of the following, I would love to run them for you! Please “Request a booking” and we can set something up! ✅ AGON (Mythic “Sands and Sandals” adventures! Ever wanted to kill a hydra right off that bat, and it's AWESOME? AGON is for you.) ✅ ALIEN ✅ Blades in the Dark ✅ Death in Space ✅ Dungeons and Dragons 5e ✅ Eat the Reich (You'd have Early Access to Ally Vampires tasked with “infiltrating” occupied Paris and drinking all of Hitler’s blood.) ✅ Heart: the City Beneath ✅ Mörk Borg ✅ Scum and Villainy (Do you love Cowboy Bebop, Blade Runner, or Tatooine? this game is for you!) ✅ SPIRE: the City Must Fall ✅ The Quiet Year (or its Anti-colonial cousin, "Into the Forest")

GM Style

As a long time role player, I lean toward high speed, role play and theatre of the mind style games. As you can see from the games I host here, I favor fiction forward and story based games that create memorable, relatable moments! I shift between in character and meta conversations to keep games lively and moving forward, and you'll find that all my NPCs (adversaries and allies alike) know what they're doing.

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Game Master Reviews (5)

Proficiencies

Players say this GM is great at:

Storytelling

Creativity

Inclusive

Henry avatar

Henry

Played 1 sessions

Paul was amazing! He helped us from start to finish with stars and wishes at the end. My only wish is that we could play some more games. He has a solid handle on the rules. So much Yes And. So Much No But. I loved the experience and felt very included.

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Kanirrir

Played 1 sessions

Phill, made sure that everyone got equal time to be a part of the game. In addition, he never said something couldn't be done, but helped adjust it so it played into the game and story! This was great since some players were new.

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Qarusrian

From sparkling high fantasy D&D 5e to gritty back alley Blades in the Dark and all flavors of sci-fi and fantasy in between, Phill has been a joy to game with over the last 10+ years. He's a rare GM and player who is incredibly inclusive and respectful to personal boundaries while being unafraid to explore the darkness. Phill is well-versed in a wide variety of TTRPGs and just as at home running the old standbys as introducing games you've never heard of—but might just become your new favorites!

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yalisulis

Phill is incredibly creative. He’s the best GM I’ve ever played with.

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Tzende

I wish I could tag more than three. Phil is great at all of the tags. He really gets into the game and characters. I had so much fun.

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