How I Run My Games – Hellenistika

I don’t run games with big plots that you must follow & I don’t run games about “the hero’s journey”
I build a world, fill it with things that are happening, and turn the players loose in it. The camera then follows our protagonists around as we create an emergent story together from the trouble the party gets into.
My perspective on the PCs is that they are the protagonists of our game.
- You can play a character who is good, or bad, or somewhere in between. (in other words, alignment does not exist)
I don’t require a “balanced party” – play whatever you want.
- I once ran a 4 year campaign where 3 of the PCs were wizards and the 4th was an accountant

Bright Line Rules

I do not tell stories about sexual violence; we’ve all consumed way too much of that over the years.
Also, the world currently sucks and I want us to create a game with a more upbeat tone

You must play a character that knows, likes & trusts the rest of the party members.
You’ve all been friends and companions for years
There are NO simmering feuds waiting to explode at the drop of a hat.
I am too sensitive to this kind of drama to see it play out at the table, even if it’s Oscar worthy
- Oscar worthy presentations are actually worse, FYI

Player characters cannot have a “destiny”; in other words, there are no Bagginses, Potters or Skywalkers in my games
Your characters may do amazing things.
- But if they do, it will be because they decided to, not because an oracle said they would 912 years before their blessed birth
Also, no characters that are “Born to Die” or “The Lone Wolf”

If you have any particular phobias / trauma / subject matter that needs to be avoided, please let me know privately and I will ensure we will stay away from unpleasant topics.
As an example, I do not like bugs crawling on my skin, so it’s very unlikely I would ever put that in a scene.