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What People Are Saying About Our Games
Have had the great pleasure of playing with Sophia as GM and PC. She always brings rich story, engaging characters with virtues and flaws making for incredibly engaging game play. As a player able to create incredibly compelling characters with depth and nuance. As a GM she can be a chameleon inhabiting multiple and distinct characters in the span of five minutes each with quirks and goals unique to them. How she does it I do not know , but makes each game special. Definitely in my Top 3 GMs I’ve had the pleasure to engage in 35+ years of play.
Kudos! Both of Sophia’s one shots had meticulously researched settings (19th century Japan, 18th century alternate Scotland) filled with colorful NPCs, but left plenty of room for player creativity to directly contribute to the settings and plot. All that roleplaying AND creative combat, where the sea creatures contributed as much to the cause as the magic and muskets! Thank you for two wonderful games and several new insider references (river turtles!).
When I told the story of your game, and I did recount the tale in epic detail, I positively gushed about your attention to the player experience. It is absolutely impossible to feel left out of the action in your game. Everyone contributes in every scene and has plenty of space for their own preferences and creativity. Wallflowers beware!
Sophia sets the stage with music, effortlessly plays multiple distinct NPCs and moves the game along while still letting players feel they’re the masters of their own destinies. She creates background materials, gives lots of help with character creation and paints vivid word pictures. So happy to have found this group!
Sophia’s creativity as a GM is only exceeded by her kindness. Every week I look forward to spending hours at the table sharing and exploring the world she has created. She draws upon her deep knowledge of real culture and history to ground the experiences while still adding flare, whimsy and fun to every adventure. She challenges each of her players to really introspect and empathize with the created character such that you really invest emotionally with the story telling. I cannot express how grateful I am to be a player at her table and look forward to all the adventures to come!
Sophia is an exceptional GM and storyteller who can navigate historical detail right along with rich fantasy. She has that rare talent for crafting games that engage her players, whoever they are, wherever they are, and wherever they want to go.