Meet the Guild
Our Game Masters Are...
Vetted
Every GM goes through our Guild audition process, employs TTRPG safety tools, and is beholden to our Code of Conduct.
Professional
You can expect clear communication, respect for your time, and high-quality storytelling from every GM on our roster!
Accommodating
Our GMs are equipped to handle groups of every experience level and are experts at "rolling with" whatever their players need!
Allison Smith (she/her)
Adapting Books and Movies into One-Shots/Campaign Settings - Improvisation - Weaving Scenes - Setting Up Players for High Stakes Adventure
Allison Smith
Proficiencies
Adapting Books and Movies into One-Shots/Campaign Settings - Improvisation - Weaving Scenes - Setting Up Players for High Stakes Adventure
Bio
AJ was introduced to DnD about 10 years ago but only recently started running games, when she translated the Tortall Universe from Tamora Pierce's novels into a home campaign. She prefers narrative interest and logic to strict rules and creating scenarios that keep all her players eager to open the next door. Don’t forget to check for traps.
Systems and Settings
- D&D 5e
- Honey Heist
- Doggo Delvers
- Eberron
- Exandria
- Humblewood
Chad Breeden (he/him)
Upending Expectations - Tying Players to the World via Relationships, Items, and Consequences - Mashing Up Settings, Themes, and Genres - Puzzles - Cleaning the Tops of Refrigerators
Chad Breeden
Chad Breeden (he/him)
Str: 11 Dex: 11 Con: 11 Int: 11 Wis: 11 Cha: 11
Available for Private/Corporate Games, West MarchesProficiencies
Upending Expectations - Tying Players to the World via Relationships, Items, and Consequences - Mashing Up Settings, Themes, and Genres - Puzzles - Cleaning the Tops of Refrigerators
Bio
Chad had been interested in DND for years before he finally thought, "Maybe I should just run a game?" during grad school. A decade later, he's still GMing, walking the tightrope balance between crunch and fluff. He loves to run a variety of games, including but not limited to DND 5e (especially Eberron), Numenera, Call of Cthulhu, Genesys (especially Star Wars: Edge of the Empire), and a silly prehistoric, speech-limited game he's revamped called 'Og.' Chad has always considered role-playing an exercise in empathy, and loves seeing how he can respond to players when they take a path forward no one was expecting.
Systems and Settings
D&D 5e, Numenera, Star Wars RPGs, Eberron
Davey Oil (he/him)
Collaborative Storytelling - Improv - Inclusive Gaming - Teaching New Players and GMs - Gaming with Kids - Minimalist GMing - Freewheeling Adventure
Davey Oil
Proficiencies
Collaborative Storytelling - Improv - Inclusive Gaming - Teaching New Players and GMs - Gaming with Kids - Minimalist GMing - Freewheeling Adventure
Bio
Davey Oil is a teacher, activist, bike shop owner, queer nerd, and father of two. He is committed to welcoming new players into tabletop role-playing. He works to build inclusive and anti-oppressive spaces for marginalized folks to gather and play games. As a GM, Davey Oil works in a style he calls "Rule of Cool School;" the "Rule of Cool” reminds us to focus not on the rules and stats of the game, but on the fun we make together, exploring, adventuring and developing interesting characters — and the "School" reminds us that we are all on a learning journey, newbies and old pros alike!
Systems and Settings
D&D 5e
Davell "Dee" Toles (they/she/he)
Voice Acting - Dramatics! - Descriptions - Creative Combat - Finding Loose Change
Davell "Dee" Toles
Davell "Dee" Toles (they/she/he)
Str: 12 Dex: 8 Con: 16 INT: 10 Wis: 14 Cha: 20
Available for Private/Corporate Games, West MarchesProficiencies
Voice Acting - Dramatics! - Descriptions - Creative Combat - Finding Loose Change
Bio
Dee is a Voice Actor, Musician, and Streamer. Having spent a decade and a half reading and consuming Fantasy, Sci-fi and Eldritch Novels, the translation to telling their own stories through the medium of tabletop was a short leap! Dee has toyed with a myriad of systems and is always excited to tell new stories with anyone willing to roll the dice.
Systems and Settings
D&D 5e, Masks: A New Generation, Vampire the Masquerade
Doug Johnson (he/him)
“Yes, and…” - Needle Drops - Humor and High Stakes - Audio/Digital Accompaniment - Outrageous NPCs
Doug Johnson
Doug Johnson (he/him)
Str: 15 Dex: 13 Con: 14 Int: 10 Wis: 13 Cha: 14
Available for Private/Corporate Games, West MarchesProficiencies
“Yes, and…” - Needle Drops - Humor and High Stakes - Audio/Digital Accompaniment - Outrageous NPCs
Bio
Doug has been steeped in Science Fiction/Fantasy since he was a young lad. He first got the itch for RPGs by playing DnD 3.5 while camping with his Boy Scout Troop. Using a custom soundtrack to heighten the experience, he strives for full immersion gaming whenever he is at the table. Expect big laughs, story driven by the players, and expertly-timed needle drops. Flexibility is the name of his game.
Systems and Settings
DnD 5e, Lasers and Feelings, Outbreak: Undead, Pathfinder 1 and 2e, Starfinder
Gary Thomson (he/him)
Storytelling - Flexbility - Fun - Humor - Overthinking Everything - Animal Handling
Gary Thomson
Gary Thomson (he/him)
STR: 11 DEX: 13 CON: 10 INT: 17 WIS: 8 CHA: 15
Available for Private/Corporate Games, Kids' ClubProficiencies
Storytelling - Flexbility - Fun - Humor - Overthinking Everything - Animal Handling
Bio
Gary is a fantasy/sci-fi writer based in Seattle, WA. He has played games his entire life, enjoying gathering with friends and family to laugh, challenge each other, and grow closer. Gary started DM’ing D&D 5e when his son caught the D&D bug and needed a DM. It stuck and kept growing until, two years later, Gary was running several after school programs a week and half-day camps over the summer. Gary enjoys crafting rich worlds, surprising challenges, and epic adversaries. He is well-versed in systems like D&D 5e and Epyllion and is always looking into new games and game mechanics that he and his players might enjoy. Gary believes rules are meant to be followed, but not at the expense of story, heroics, or fun.
Systems and Settings
D&D 5e, Demigods, Doggo Delvers, Drakar, Epyllion, Goblin Quest, Honey Heist, Lasers and Feelings / Eberron
Ian Bond (he/him)
Collaborative World-Building - Team Storytelling - Character-Driven Stories - Trope Reversals and Inclusive Narratives - Working with Young or New Players - Damn Good Times
Ian Bond
Ian Bond (he/him)
Str: 14 Dex: 14 Con: 14 Int: 14 Wis: 14 Cha: 14
Available for Private/Corporate Games, Kids' ClubProficiencies
Collaborative World-Building - Team Storytelling - Character-Driven Stories - Trope Reversals and Inclusive Narratives - Working with Young or New Players - Damn Good Times
Bio
Ian is a Seattle based actor, fight director, intimacy director, and board game connoisseur (having worked for more than five years at Blue Highway Games). His expansive knowledge of theatre, comics, sci-fi/fantasy books and movies, and board games, combined with his love of inclusive narratives that bend toward justice, grittiness, and character growth provide the foundation for his parties' epic tales. As a GM, Ian encourages a fast and loose style where player experience supercedes rules. Rules are there to help us craft an exciting adventure together. The best stories we tell are those told collaboratively because no one individual could have come up with them.
Systems and Settings
DnD 5e, Doggo Delvers, Good Society, Honey Heist, Lady Blackbird, Lasers and Feelings
Jason Drew Panzer (he/him)
Improvisation - Collaborative Storytelling - Epic Moments - Memorable Villains - Puns!
Jason Drew Panzer
Proficiencies
Improvisation - Collaborative Storytelling - Epic Moments - Memorable Villains - Puns!
Bio
Jason has been playing tabletop RPGs since cargo pants were a fashion choice, and he has yet to find a better way to get people telling stories together. He favors improvisation over rulesets and storytelling over mechanics. The only two rules at his table are "play your character" and "have fun." He is most familiar with 5e and the Powered by the Apocalypse games. Stay awhile, and listen!
Systems and Settings
Dungeons & Dragons 5e, Monster of the Week, Honey Heist, Doggo Delvers, custom themed d6 systems
Maxx Hirsch (they/he)
Roleplay Encounters - Puzzle Design - Critical Role Settings and Lore - In-Game Breakfast (yes, really) - Homebrew Artifacts and Items
Maxx Hirsch
Proficiencies
Roleplay Encounters - Puzzle Design - Critical Role Settings and Lore - In-Game Breakfast (yes, really) - Homebrew Artifacts and Items
Bio
Maxx has always had a deep love of fantasy and roleplaying. With a background in theater, cosplay, and fiction writing, it was only natural that they took to Dungeons & Dragons immediately upon introduction. Over the last three years, they have made the transition from player to GM in systems like Dungeons & Dragons 5e, Monsterhearts 2, and Vampire the Masquerade v5. Maxx also has a homebrewed system, Academy, which has been developed over the last 5 years. Maxx is the world's strongest believer in the use of TTRPGs as a cure-all for a bad day.
Systems and Settings
D&D 5e, Monsterhearts 2, Vampire the Masquerade / Exandria, Wildemount
Nikki Silveira (she/her)
Teacher Voice - Online Gaming - Working with New Players - Crying in Character - Character Creation
Nikki Silveira
Proficiencies
Teacher Voice - Online Gaming - Working with New Players - Crying in Character - Character Creation
Bio
Nikki is a teacher, trekkie, LGBTQIA+ activist, pop culture geek, and karaoke connoisseur. Although she’s been a life-long lover of fantasy RPGs via computer and gaming consoles, she didn’t get into tabletop RPGs until about five years ago. Once a student’s parent (and fellow geeky teacher) asked what it’s like game mastering; to which Nikki replied “A lot like teaching third graders, really.” It’s about being prepared, flexibility, knowing when to enforce the rules and when they can slide, ability to foresee what might happen next (and to roll with it when you cannot), knowing all of the things, and funny voices.
Systems and Settings
D&D 5e, Quest
Rebecca Demarest (she/her)
Fiction (Science Fiction and Fantasy) - Nerd Lore - Improv - Adaptation to Unusual Player Choices
Rebecca Demarest
Rebecca Demarest (she/her)
Str: 12 Dex: 18 Con: 8 Int: 16 Wis: 15 Cha: 16
Available for Private/Corporate Games, Kids' ClubProficiencies
Fiction (Science Fiction and Fantasy) - Nerd Lore - Improv - Adaptation to Unusual Player Choices
Bio
Rebecca A. Demarest is a journeyman Dungeon Master specializing in Dungeons and Dragons 5e. She runs a table focused on epic storytelling rather than strict interpretation of the rules; you tell her what you want to accomplish and she will find a way for you to roll for it. Her nerdoms include, but are not limited to, Star Trek/Wars/Gate, Portal, Zelda, Tortall/Winding Circle, Dresden Files, World Mythology and Lore, Fairy Tales, and Oz (the Wizard, and all 14 others).
Systems and Settings
D&D 5e, Monster of the Week / Eberron
Quinton "Q" Chastain (he/him)
Gritty Realism - Mouthwatering Culinary Descriptions - Improvisation - Fantasy Cartography - Moustache Twirling
Quinton Chastain
Quinton "Q" Chastain (he/him)
Str: 9 Dex: 9 Con: 10 INT: 15 Wis: 12 Cha: 15
Available for Private/Corporate Games, West MarchesProficiencies
Gritty Realism - Mouthwatering Culinary Descriptions - Improvisation - Fantasy Cartography - Moustache Twirling
Bio
Q first began playing D&D and other RPGs when a friend inherited a collection of their father's AD&D modules and rule books. In the basement of a house on the rain swept shores of the straits forming the border with the Dominion of Canada, ancient tales were lived, riddles solved, monsters slain, villains thwarted, and heroes felled... all while studying Theatre and Journalism at the local community college. In the nearly two decades since, Quinton has worked as a chef up and down the Pacific Coast. His hobbies include bicycling, gardening, brewing, and baking. He shares his adventures with his two dogs, Ripley and Dax, and a lovely, supportive partner, Michelle. "You must be the DM you wish to see in the world."
Systems and Settings
D&D 5e
Testimonial
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