Russell

he/him

5.0

(8)

Timezone

Pacific/auckland

Language

English

Identity

Streamer

Published Writer

Voice Actor

Game Designer

About Russell

Epic, cinematic, narrative-driven, roleplaying Experiences! With a background in stage, film and TV, both in front and behind the camera--Russell’s interests centre on the power of roleplaying games to create unique, shared experiences--that exceed the expectations of his players. With thirty-five years of experience running tabletop roleplaying games, Russell's philosophy as a DM is to create "the illusion of total agency" for his players. He is equally at home running team-building exercises as he is teaching screen-acting, kicking in doors or slaying ogres. Presently, Russell also offers a free video service to those who wish to rewatch their sessions and also keep a permanent record online. (Either public or private facing depending on the group’s preferences). Examples of hundreds of professional sessions can be found on Russell’s youtube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@rolestream under Playlists. You can also watch and interact with Russell and the Vaingate Chronicles cast, live every Friday night on Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/rolestream Learn more about RKDM at http://www.rolestream.com

At a glance

5 years on StartPlaying

2 games hosted

Highly rated for: Storytelling, Creativity, World Builder

$40 per session

Average response time: 23 hours

Response rate: 100%

Featured Prompts

My 3 systems I'd bring to a desert island would be

Vampire the Masquerade DnD5e Primem Solem (My own game under development).

My favorite system of all Time is

Vampire the Masquerade: V20. (Unless you count Primem Solem which I have not released yet!)

People are always surprised when I tell them

I once had the point of a longsword go though my cheek and scratch the back of my throat.

How Russell runs games

As a professional GM, screen actor, voice-actor, screenwriter, director and streamer -- RKDM runs a roleplaying-heavy, story-focused campaign designed to be immersive for players interested in exploring a fully realized world inhabited by real people. More importantly he sees the TTRPG as an artform and an instrument to explore the human condition in ways no other actvity can. www.rolestream.com RKDM will collaborate with you to make a maximally dramatic character for their original campaign setting Sidarhael (D&D5e), an official module such as Dragonlance, or for Vampire The Masquerade.

Russell's ideal table

Geeks, disabled people, disenfranchised people, people with strong aesthetics and philisophical points of view. Cereminial magickians, pagans, LGBTQ+. Reenactors, stage actors, theater goers, filmmakers, film actors. Storytellers and roleplayers. Consensus Narrative Engineers.