Andrea, the Italian Storyteller
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About Andrea, the Italian Storyteller
🇬🇧 Hi! I'm Andrea, spawn of '89, from Italy. I would be honoured to be your storyteller (or "cantastorie", story-singer in Italian), and to craft together wondrous tales worth remembering! I am a professional computer games designer, which gives me an edge in crafting fantastic game experiences in general. My career in games is a natural evolution of my long love story with tabletop and live roleplaying games. I've plaid roleplaying games since I was 15, and in 2024 I started to go a bit more "professional" by organising games for kids and adults with a local community in my city. I'm here on StartPlaying to share my love for the hobby even more, refine my skills, and, of course, to have a blast! ------- 🇮🇹 Ciao! Mi chiamo Andrea, progenie dell'89, dall'Italia. Sarei onorato di essere il tuo prossimo narratore (o cantastorie se vogliamo essere romantici), e dare vita insieme a fantastiche storie da ricordare con affetto. Sono un progettista di videogiochi (game designer) professionista, il che mi da un vantaggio nel creare fantastiche esperienze di gioco in generale. La mia carriera nell'industria dei videogiochi è una naturale evoluzione del mio antico amore per i giochi di ruolo, da tavolo e dal vivo. Gioco ai GDR sin da quando avevo 15 anni, e nel 2024 ho cominciato a farlo in maniera più professionale organizzando giochi per bambini e adulti nel mio quartiere. Sono qui su StartPlaying per diffondere il mio amore per l'hobby ancora di più, per migliorare le mie abilità, e, ovviamente, per divertirmi da matti!
At a glance
1 year on StartPlaying
58 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Teacher, Knows the Rules
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I got started GMing...
...twice, once as a kid, barely a teenager, when with my brother we'd play together the 2002 Lord of the Rings TTRPG game. And then years later, when at 20-or-so I declared my intention of running a game at a bar full of players and I got 6 people joining, which was way more than I could handle!
When I'm not running games I'm...
... making games! I am a professional video game designer.
How Andrea, the Italian Storyteller runs games
🇬🇧 My highest priority at the game table is that all players are having a good time! And this can mean funny, quirky an lighearted scenes full of laughter, tense battles where every hit matters, and important and emotional moments where difficult truths are learned and even more difficult decisions are made. I try to immerse the PCs into the weave of the plot, so that you as their players can feel that the story your characters are living truly is THEIR story. From my games, you can expect rewarding exploration and mysteries, a healthy dose of combat (well... you get my meaning!), the occasional puzzle, and all the help I can muster for you to be able to make your characters come to life. So sharpen your dice, and let’s play a story worth remembering! ------- 🇮🇹 La mia più alta priorità al tavolo da gioco è che tutti i giocatori si divertano! E questo può voler dire scene buffe e leggere piene di risate, tesissime battaglie dove ogni colpo conta, e momenti narrativi importanti ed emozionanti dove difficili verità vengono svelate e ancor più difficili decisioni devono essere prese. Provo a calare i PG nel fitto della trama, così che voi come giocatori possiate percepire che la storia che i vostri personaggi stanno vivendo sia davvero la LORO storia. Dai miei giochi, potete aspettarvi misteri ed esplorazioni gratificanti, una sana dose di combattimenti (beh insomma... capite cosa intendo!), l'occasionale rompicapo, e tutto l'aiuto di cui sono capace per permettervi di dare vita ai vostri personaggi. Quindi affilate i vostri dadi, e giochiamo una storia che valga la pena ricordare!
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My games focus on...
...having fun all together! If people are not laughing, gasping, cheering on or engaging wholeheartedly, I'm doing something wrong!
Rules are...
... useful tools. Using them is a mean to an end, they give clarity and focus, but they should not get in the way of the fun.
Andrea, the Italian Storyteller's ideal table
My table is quirky but invested in the story. If you like interesting narratives and some immersive descriptions as much as you like coming up with the coolest-looking-although-slightly-unhinged combos that will have everyone at the table cheering and laughing, you are the kind of player that will fit very well at my tables!
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I am for a vibe that's...
fun, but invested! You should be clearly enjoying the stories we make together, but my aim is to make you care about them too!
I love it when a player
uses context for creativity. Your PCs are at a very high-class soirée with the high society? It's perfectly fine for the barbarian to act super un-classy in funny ways, as long as the player knows it will *probably* look bad! At times stories are more interesting when things go south!
I think metagaming...
is not universally bad if the players can still apply common sense and discern between what they know and what their PCs know.
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