Barely

Skeptica truly celebrates storytelling and the real consequences of the sometimes capricious settings fantasy portrays. For every witch in the woods there is a stolen child, for every river crossed there is a threat of drowning. Being able to show all of that while keeping the fantastic in the setting, especially by showing it through her player's actions, is a true testament to her improvisation ability and deep understanding of what a story truly should be. I have played a year+ long campaign with Skeptica as a player and was luckily enough to be invited to a one-shot she hosted. Through it all, I can say with certainty that she loves doing this, and she's good at it. The mechanics of the game were also easy to learn and felt very intuitive by the end, as someone who had no familiarity with the system she used going into it!

First and foremost, Joe loves a good story. You can tell by the way he lights up when something truly outstanding (or ridiculous) happens and he gets to roll with the punches and then tear up the next couple pages of notes he had planned with glee. I have played a couple of long-term campaigns with him, and a couple of short-lived blunderbussed games purely for stress-relieving fun. He has approached both with candor and vigor, taking your thoughts about what the game should be and making it so. Sessions are well thought out and well paced, and while the games always lean towards the zany side (because that's fun, duh), it always impresses me how we stumble into moments of genuine humanity, which I think is what roleplaying games are about.