Shatargat

he/him

5.0

(46)

Timezone

Europe/moscow

Language

English

Turkish

Identity

Streamer

Podcaster

Published Writer

Game Designer

About Shatargat

Hello everyone! It's Shatargat! I'm a gamemaster with Turkish nationality, who runs his games in English since mid 2022. I'm a game designer and scenario author, and I mostly use these skills on my games. My main genre in everything is horror. I really like horror, occultism, supernatural stuff, mystery and other dark themes as well. I personally prefer heavy and extreme touches on the games, but I know that I can meet people on the common ground, and bring fun into these dark games. I'm also a content creator in my native language. And companies like Chaosium Inc., Helmgast, Free League Publishing and Renegade Game Studios support my content, and I introduce their game to my local audience. I also started to publish my own creations in English, under the name Black Dragon Tomes. My first book is YZE-inspired game called Lost Echoes. I'm also working on other personal projects, too. I believe that friendship, and, understanding and tolerating each other is the most important thing in life. Without communication, we cannot find a good place to have fun, right? BTW: If you have any special request from me (like running an extremely niche game such as Invisible Suns), you can book me with the price on my profile. I always enjoy to tryout new things, or provide specific games, but that requires more energy and work load, that's why the booking price is a little different than the regular announcements.

At a glance

3 years on StartPlaying

441 games hosted

Highly rated for: Sets the Mood, Creativity, Storytelling

Average response time: Under 1 hour

Response rate: 100%

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My favorite shows/movies are

Eyes Wide Shut, Hellraiser, Dark City, The Ninth Gate, Life Is Beautiful, Daniel Isn't Real, Dagon, Back To The Future, Conjuring series, 30 Monedas, Kingdom Hospital, Masters of Horror, Scrubs, Buffy/Angel, Eerie Indiana, Aku No Hana, Kizzu Ritan, Koukaku Kidoutai, Berserk aaand goes on like this.

My favorite system of all Time is

KULT: Divinity Lost for sure. It has all the depths to create a unique, personal hell for a great horror story.

When I'm not running games I'm...

either reading new rulebooks or scenario books, write something for a new project, integrating information from a book to a game environment OR watching, reading or playing stuff to get knowledge and inspiration.

How Shatargat runs games

Most of my games are mixture of a theater of the mind, and some visual support. I don't like to stick and limit myself with battle grids. I don't like crunchy games much. Despite being said, Mörk Borg is one of my top favorites. I always bring a little different approach on Mörk Borg to create a terrifying story, but I also encourage my players to take their action on battlefield, as well. My most favorite game is KULT: Divinity Lost. If you know what kind of a game it is, you can also see some of the marks it left in my mind and soul, in my games. I like self-exploration approach on games, because I think that it helps developing a deeper and meaningful character. Your character is important in my game. Even if they die in the first couple of minutes :) If it's not a one-shot, I always make a session zero to introduce the game rules and my rules to my players, create their characters, and I gladly answer all questions. I never expect my players to memorize every details of a game, which I don't either. I generally dive deeper into a game to understand what kind of logic they used while creating it. And I try to stick with that logic unless I want to make changes. If I make any change, I let my players know both the rules as written and the changes I did. I always run games for everyone, and that means, well, everyone. That means my games are always LGBT+ positive, ethnical roots diference positive, and also they are for people who have any kind of TTRPG experience. My games are always beginner friendly. That means a newcomer and an experienced player can join the game together and have similar level of entertainment. You don't believe me? You can always check the reviews. Wanna try? I always have an open seat for a game.

Shatargat's ideal table

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If you're into ___, you're going to love my table

Call of Cthulhu, existential crisis (but have options to deal with it), occultism, dark themes

I think min/maxing...

is pointless, because RPGs are games for creativity. I always suggest people to play videogames for min/maxing, because I believe that it fits better for a person who has such need.

My table is not the place for...

taking random actions, because every action will have their outcome.