Jeff

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How Jeff runs games

As a GM, I am very chill, and despite the dark themes I often embrace in my games, I realize that always losing is not fun. I am always on the side of the players, having fun, and the story, despite wanting the characters (and players) to "feel the fear" on occasion. I lean toward roleplay, but also love a good combat and try to present opportunities for conflict wherever it makes sense. That said, it completely varies by what system or setting we are playing in, as I find each has a preferred tone baked in. My games often have less encounters than some, but target quality of over quantity. I enoy to voicing NPCs and do a wide range of accents and styles of speaking. I love setting a strong mood and often narrate combat with vivid and often visceral details. I am always striving to create a vivid cinematic narrative experience, and feel like games should be an 'experience'. My personal theme preferences are for slow-burn, intense at times, grounded mix of dark gritty low fantasy settings, gritty sci-fi or post apocalyptic tones, and horror. In fact, even my non-horror games, usually contain some amount of horror elements. I feel the fantastic or wondrous stands out more when surrounded by the believable, that heroes stand out against dark themes. I also feel that telling a great story takes time and attention to detail. All that said, I've been doing this a long time, and can adapt to match the overall group vibe, and sometimes like to run something different from my norm for a change of pace.

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Jeff's ideal table

There's always room at my table for serious role-players, and those with a willingness to let things unfold as they will and embrace the consequences of collaborative storytelling. Power fantasy isn't my preferred tone, nor are goofy character names, or over the top play styles that don't fit into the themes of the worlds I craft. Unless that the point of the game I am running, and sometimes it is. I like making people feel like they are living in a real, detailed world space whenever possible, filled with small grounding details, and real story consequences. Dark themes, gritty details, and slow-burn ramping dread are my bag, though with the occasional in game comedic moments let tensions breathe. I always to collaborative, and work my players ideas into the mix, and I will always take the time to help your character fit into my worlds in the best manner as possible.

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