Matt Manley

I've done several campaigns with him. He's both funny and creative, and can switch to dramatic on a dime. He allows players to come up with unique solutions to challenges. Battles are often engaging with more than "I hit the guy" mechanics. Even if the player comes in with a less than robust backstory (to put it nicely), he's great at incorporating that character in the narrative. If there's something you don't like about character progression or a direction a story is going he's good to talk to to workshop things. He creates fun, lived in worlds, where player agency and choices have a direct effect either on your immediate surroundings for the small scale campaigns, or the world for the large scale campaigns.