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YeaBoyd

YeaBoyd (he/him)

5.0

(6)

2 years on StartPlaying

9 games hosted

Highly rated for: Creativity, Inclusive, Storytelling

Average response time: Under 1 hour

Response rate: 100%

About me

I'm looking for one or two more games to fill out my weeks roster. My games aim to be character driven stories looking to explore new experiences and unfold as choices are made. I've been running RPG's since I was in middle school. Since then I've found myself running clubs and organizing gaming groups. Telling stories with my friends is one of my greatest passions. I love teaching and introducing new players to Role Playing.

GM Style

My games aim to be character driven stories looking to explore new experiences and unfold as choices are made. Most worlds that I homebrew are built more to be sandboxes with a number of things going on for players to influence. I strive for worlds where the setting itself feels like a character at the table that breathes and lives around the choices players make. Choosing to help someone might mean missing out on helping another and so the world grows.

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Game Master Reviews (6)

Proficiencies

Players say this GM is great at:

Creativity

Inclusive

Storytelling

heysparky (Karen) avatar

heysparky (Karen)

Played 1 sessions

Boyd ran an incredible Star Wars romp complete with blasters and stormtroopers, a seedy cantina and a lightsaber, even "a bad feeling about this" and a jump to hyperspace to end the adventure. He's got a great sense of pacing and played off of our ideas seamlessly. It was my first time playing the Genesys system (which is awesome), and he made it all very approachable and fun. Totally recommended.

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Leah

I've played tons of games with Boyd! He's fair and makes a lot of effort to make sure that players feel involved and encouraged to engage with the story in their own ways. He will start campaigns with having players let him know boundaries and triggers to avoid during the story, and he takes care to keep everyone's responses private. Definitely would recommend to both new and experienced players!

Eric Nash avatar

Eric Nash

Boyd is a top tier game master. I've had the pleasure of playing in 4 separate campaigns run by them, and have had a uniquely fun experience each time. Their expert knowledge of the game added to the creativity and passion that they bring to it come together to create something truly special. Boyd's mixture of preparedness along with improvision allows for the player characters to make their own decisions without feeling like the game is progressing along a specific track, and in my opinion creates some very fun possibilities. I would definitely recommend players of any experience level from beginners to experts to try playing a game run by them.

Jason Huff avatar

Jason Huff

Best GM ever!!! Always comes prepared and knowledgeable about the session and is especially good with new players. Not to strict but won't let you get away with murder.

Dawn avatar

Dawn

Played 5 sessions

I've played in two games and a one-shot with Boyd and in all three of the games I felt a sense of player agency I don't normally get in dnd. Boyd's deep understanding of the base rules of dnd allows them to be very flexible with player creativity. It's always fun running an idea past Boyd, and he's been willing to make things work in a way that still feels like dnd(even if we have to homebrew a little to get there). He's also very in tune with each players individual experience, and does a good job of passing the spotlight around and making sure everyone is having a good time. I would highly recommend Boyd as a DM, whether you're a first time player or a seasoned adventurer.

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Mo

Boyd has a very balanced style of running games that makes for comfortable and easygoing roleplay environments. The conflicts, puzzles, predicaments, and NPCs in his games are approachable and grounded when needed while also staying fresh and unique. He has a thorough understanding of rules and systems, but integrates those aspects seamlessly into the stories and scenes he crafts for players, so it doesn't feel like mechanics are interrupting the story. Boyd is a DM who crafts games with care and thought put into them. But he allows players to approach those scenarios with a level of freedom that results in fun and often silly or tense outcomes.

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