About me

I’ve been a DM for thirty years; ever since the beginning I’ve always seemed to end up behind the screen, but that’s what I prefer in any case. Many years ago, I was involved in the prehistory of the OSR movement running a fanzine called OD&DITIES, one of the first online zines to cover old-school D&D; for the last twelve years, I’ve made my living as a full-time author and part-time community activist. Typically, I usually seem to gravitate towards some sort of D&D, and I’ve played every edition at least once in my day, but I’ve also had a lot of fun with WHRPG, Traveller, Call of Cthulhu, Tunnels and Trolls and a host of other games, but my primary game is B/X D&D; it does everything I want from Dungeons and Dragons in a rules-light roleplay-friendly package. I run a completely inclusive campaign, usually at a ‘PG-rating’ level, and tend far more towards ‘noblebright’ than ‘grimdark’. The whole purpose of the game is for everyone to have a good time, and that’s what I always shoot for. My focus tends to be heaviest towards character and story, and I love seeing how a campaign progresses and evolves over time; for me, that's a big part of the fun!

GM Style

I'm strongly role-play focused; I believe that where gaming is at its best is where DM and Players build the story between them. Even if it might start at the same place, no campaign is ever alike; the players are what make the difference. Whenever I run a published module, I always tear it to pieces, add and remove to give it a personal and unique touch, largely based on the nature of the player characters. Usually, I blend multiple modules together, layering on some of my own material to mesh them up; I love running some of the great classic modules, Keep on the Borderlands, Village of Hommlet, In Search of the Unknown. I run a completely inclusive game, which I would hope goes without saying. I believe that at the core of everything, this is about having a good time, and that's always my main focus as a DM.

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