Tracy Goodwin

he/him

5.0

(50)

Timezone

America/new York

Identity

DMs Guild Writer

Streamer

LGBTQ+

Neurodivergent

Teacher/Educator

Game Designer

About Tracy Goodwin

I literally grew up playing D&D and other TTRPGs. Starting at my brother's table at 6 years old and continuing to this day. In my 30+ years of being a GM, I have written numerous stories, played/ GM'd variety of systems, built entire games, authored game supplements, and played in some livestreamed games. My table is a welcoming and inclusive place where we all can get together and have fun playing some games. I'm comfortable running games with all sorts of people from a wide range of ages, experience levels, nationalities, and identities.

At a glance

3 years on StartPlaying

844 games hosted

Highly rated for: Creativity, Inclusive, Teacher

Average response time: 19 hours

Response rate: 100%

Featured Prompts

People are always surprised when I tell them

that I have a Phd in Political Psychology but I got laid off from my corpo job. So I said fuck this, I'm playing Cyberpunk! Somehow I made it work.

The three words my players would use to describe me are...

Considerate, Reliable, and Experienced. I wasn't sure on this question so I asked my players and this is what they agreed on.

How Tracy Goodwin runs games

As a GM, I believe a good session is one where everybody has fun including the GM. That is what I aim for every session. I'm a firm believer in player autonomy and the Rule of Cool. I do not have a story until I have players; before that I just have an idea of a scenario. We make the story together and it may turn out different than even I expected. I feel that it is important to build a world for players to explore and enjoy. Players deserve the freedom to engage the game and adventure in their own way, but choices have consequences so hopefully you choose wisely. I am comfortable running anything from high fantasy to dark dystopian games. I have played DnD for basically my entire life and I am a big fan of 5e. I also love World of Darkness (WoD) games (Vampire the Masquerade, Mage the Ascension, Werewolf the Apocalypse, Changling the Dreaming, and Wraith the Oblivion), in fact I have a near complete set of 2nd edition WoD books. The past several years, I have focused more on dystopian and dark future games such as Cyberpunk Red, Fallout 2d20, Vast Grimm, and CY_Borg.

Featured Prompts

Rules are...

flexible. Rules let everyone know what to expect from the game but they can be bent or broken at times.

Tracy Goodwin's ideal table

My tables are diverse groups of friendly welcoming players. Everyone is there to relax, laugh, and have a good time while telling a collaborative story. I love it when players take the time to explore both their character and the world around them. I enjoy creative and inventive players who come up with interesting ideas. Chaos gremlins are welcome, as long as, the chaos is focused towards the storyline not away from it. It's important to be a team player because we are collaboratively telling a story. We all contribute to the story.