togashi_joe

he/him

5.0

(24)

TOP GM

Timezone

America/new York

Language

English

Identity

DMs Guild Writer

Published Writer

Game Designer

About togashi_joe

Hi there! My name is Joe and I live on the east coast near New York City in the US. Mainly experienced in D&D 5e, Pathfinder 2e, Starfinder 2e, and Legend of the Five Rings 4e, I've been DMing since 1991 and I have thousands of hours of experience, mostly D&D. My favorite thing about playing RPGs is role-playing, problem solving, combat, and planning. I often throw humor into my roleplaying and horror into my GMing. I love fantasy and science fiction books, movies, and TV. I play tons of video games, mainly RPGs, action adventure, and strategy games. I've been married since 2013 and I have two young children. Drop me a line and say hello. Good gaming!

At a glance

3 years on StartPlaying

161 games hosted

Highly rated for: Knows the Rules, Storytelling, Creativity

$25 per session

Average response time: 11 hours

Response rate: 100%

Top Game Master

One of StartPlaying's top-rated GMs, a player favorite and highly recommended.

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I got started GMing...

by reading an ad about D&D in the back of a comic book at 12-years-old. I went to Waldenbooks and convinced my mom to buy me the basic edition Rules Cyclopedia and I've been DMing ever since!

People are always surprised when I tell them

I've been GMing for 34 years.

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

Cooking/baking, exercising, writing, reading Fantasy/Scifi, watching movies/TV shows, browsing Reddit, and my favorite hobby of all time, playing video games, especially really long RPGs/JRPGS, action/adventure, or strategy games.

How togashi_joe runs games

I try to do it all! I'm LGBTQ+ friendly and I run a fair game that focuses on players and fun first and foremost. I know the rules, I can do voices, I can improvise and ad lib, I know my way around technology and VTTs, I write my own adventures, or I can run or adapt Adventures or Adventure Paths as well! I have a wealth of experience across the two most popular TTRPGs in the world: D&D 5.5e and Pathfinder 2e, and Starfinder 2e.

togashi_joe's ideal table

- By the rules but rule of cool sometimes too - Lots of off the cuff banter - Logical unfolding of events - Descriptive - Sometimes humor, sometimes horror - Silly voices - Organized - Monsters play to their intelligence