Marcus

I've had fun each time I played with Blake Komar. He thinks up interesting scenarios (he makes his own one-shots) and has great maps to illustrate them. The table has run smoothly each time and he makes sure that everybody gets the chance to participate. I also appreciate that he is willing to listen to feedback. Most of the fights, especially the big finales, have been nice and complex with lots of enemies and lots of opportunities to use clever tactics. We've faced a dozen enemies at once several times. I would say that these fights have been a bit on the easy side at least based on how much damage the PCs took. Lethality is a matter of taste so I won't say that's a plus or a minus, that's just my impression of how he runs combat so far. Overall I like Blake Komar as a DM and I might well participate in his one-shots again.

I've enjoyed the games I played with Natalie as DM. I especially like the NPCs she creates, they're always a lot of fun. The combats are challenging and well-balanced. She lets players use weird third-party options when creating characters which I'm sure some people like more than I do, but she also does a good job of keeping that under control. There haven't been any OP PCs dominating the games I've played.

I played the Sunshine Circus one-shot with Ark. It was an interesting scenario, reasonably challenging, and one which allowed the players some moments of creativity. They did a good job of keeping the rules straight and explaining things to the less experienced players. Overall a good experience.

I enjoyed the one-shot I played with Bells. The adventure was mostly combat but with enough of a story around it to make it interesting. Those combats were challenging without being too hard. They also did a good job with pacing so none of the scenes dragged on for too long. Overall the just did a very good job.

I played my first D&D 2024 game with Avelaitixa (having played 2014 many times). She was patient when people weren't sure about the rules. I also appreciated the fact that she gave the PCs time to plan by just talking to each other. There were some fun interactions with NPCs. It was all around a good game.