Shukin

I ran my first game...

I had to explain to a dozen high school friends and curious students in my class what the weird paperback book I was reading was all about. The next two years I ran so many games and sessions for them between classes, it was a wonderful experience!

I started running games because...

I want to create stories with friends that will leave their mark. I want them to laugh at awful rolls, to get hyped at the perfect critical hit and to recall with a sense of accomplishment and warmth about their earlier adventures.

My favorite shows/movies are

What We Do In The Shadows, both show and movie, are right in my books for humor. Andor, Cowboy Bebop, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, Delicious in Dungeon, Fallout, Fullmetal Alchemist, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Hajime no Ippo, Invincible and Samurai Champloo are a few others!

I deal with rules issues by...

Checking the rules if I'm vaguely aware of where we can find the text quickly, but if I can't find it in a few seconds or we're unfamiliar with that point, I'll just come up with a temporary ruling for the session to continue and we'll look up what's the correct method between sessions.

Rules are...

Essential for collaborative storytelling, to set everyone's expectations and for you to take decisions that will impact the world without having to worry about unforeseen consequences of those actions. They're also not written in stone, but tools to help us tell the story we want, together!

When it comes to voices

I don't mind if you're not comfortable using character voices, roleplaying is much more than just being a voice actor after all! But, y'know, I also love doing them myself, and although my accent is a tad on the strong side, I always inject some personality in the cadence and tone of my NPCs.

I love it when a player

- take in-character notes. Taking notes is, honestly, the most important skill in a game. Not only it helps you remember all the threads and thoughts your character had regarding what's happening in the game; You're also deeply aware of what makes your character click, in what you choose to write.

I think metagaming...

...really isn't something to be avoided, but to be managed. It's expected that heroes would know more about the expected risks around certain types of creatures, but your knowledge isn't your characters'. I'll -always- help you out bridging that gap, confirming or denying what you'd know!

My table is not the place for...

...sitting passively and waiting for things to happen at you. The best thing about roleplaying games is being able to tell a story together with those around you, being an actual character in this tale we're joining, and to experience things together. Be proactive, follow your heart and have fun!