Robert is an excellent GM with a talent for creating fun, safe, enjoyable campaigns. He encourages players to try anything and is patient with new players. I've always enjoyed his campaigns (even when he surprised our party with a red dragon) and seek to emulate his style in my own games. 10/10.

Robert took my character backstory and made it the central part of 2 two different major story arcs. He is always excited when players come up with off the wall ways to use the rules, and fully embraces the rule of cool.

Clever, witty. We had fun dealing with not one Vampire but a clan of them in Barovia.

Robert has introduced me to several games and he is a great guy to learn from. I have played at his private table for nearly a decade, and have enjoyed every session.

This review only allows us three tags. I would have added Incredible Visual Aids, Rule of Cool, Knows the Rules, World Builder, and Good for beginners. Simply put, Robert is the best GM I've ever played with. I've played a couple games with Robert as my GM. A Star Wars D6 game at MisCon may have be the funnest game I've ever played in. It's probably coming up on ten years and I still tell people about what was supposed to be the Planet Express crew almost dropping a Sith in one round during a hostage handover. We got up to shenanigans and had a solid arc in a three hour time slot. I don't know if I've ever laughed more during a game, and we all would have continued that game into a campaign in a heartbeat, but it was before there were many online resources. The players didn't previously know each other and for one player I believe it was their first ever TTRPG game. I'm certain that player has been hooked ever since. Robert is incredibly open and inclusive, and a vocal defender against gatekeepers. Just don't be That Guy and you'll have a great time. A player supplement he provided for a campaign that unfortunately fell apart was a professional level ebook that hand picked lore from multiple editions, brought it to 5e, and added Robert's own homebrew to add enrichment and background to a classic DnD setting. It was formatted just like the official books and it absolutely didn't need to be. Robert used to own and run a publisher that made 3.5 supplements. He understands the rules from the game design on up. And he understands when to let the rule of cool tell the story in an emersive way. If I had money to hire a GM that wasn't a famous name, Robert Thomson is the guy I'd hire.

Robert was the GM for my first role-playing games way back when we were kids in the 1970s. His creativity, enthusiasm, and love of TTRPGs have only grown since then. He always has great stories and characters that occupy worlds rich with history and lore. He always seems to find the right balance between railroading players and keeping us on paths that are the most fun. He definitely isn't a GM who sees games as GM vs. player but as a chance for everyone to have fun together. Along those lines, while he knows the rules well, he is willing to bend things if it means a great idea or character or story development could be the result.