About me

Hi all I’m Rob - full time game master, founder of The Games Initiative and general all round gaming nerd. I’ve been fascinated with games and gaming in it’s various guises all of my life, and I feel immensely excited that I now have the opportunity to organise and run the games that I love as a career. I have been fascinated with the fantasy genre ever since my mother first read me the Lord of the Rings as a young child. I grew up devouring any fantasy/sci-fi series I could get my hands on, and found a natural home in collecting miniatures and war gaming. I often wonder why it took me so long to play tabletop roleplaying games. In fact it was only thanks to a chance click on the top twitch stream while I was browsing one day, that introduced me to Dungeons and Dragons. From then on I was hooked, and you could say I’m now making up for lost time… I have over ten years of experience planning and running various tabletop roleplaying games, and a lifetime of being a board and video game enthusiast. I also follow many traditional sports and esports; mostly in the few quiet minutes when I’m not trying to keep up with my two sons. My games focus on you the player. With each session designed around whichever aspects of RPGs that gets you excited, be that tactical combat and crunch, deep character focussed roleplaying, or anything in-between. I prioritise giving players the comfort and agency to make impactful decisions that drive the story. While I have some systems I'm most comfortable with, I am perfectly happy to learn new ones if there is a more niche system that you would like to enjoy. Now come join me, roll some initiative and get your next epic campaign on the road!

GM Style

I enjoy running long-term campaigns that allow me to weave character backstory into the plot. I'm always playing the long-game, dropping in subtle hints for things that will pay off for the players down the road. But on a session to session basis I enjoy all the pillars of play (combat, exploration and roleplay) and I love to reward players for creative thinking/ideas. I make all my rolls publicly (with some minor exceptions) and enjoy coming up with creative encounters for my players to tackle. NPCs will be coming with voices - that's half the fun right?

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