Looking for adventure?
You’ve come to the right place.

Curious about fantasy role-playing and Dungeons & Dragons?
Want to try something completely different for team-building day?
Want to play more games, but your schedule keeps getting in the way?
Don’t want to commit to a long campaign, but want to have fun every so often?
Want to shake up your routine and play a completely different character for once?

I’m an experienced gamemaster who runs inclusive standalone sessions that last about three to four hours. The sessions all take place in a shared setting designed to allow players to be in as many — or as few — sessions as they like with the same character.

I schedule sessions at different times and days so that other people with unusual schedules are able to enjoy telling shared stories together. Open sessions average $15 per player through StartPlaying. You can get a $10 credit on the site by signing up through my affiliate link, and there are often half-price “early bird” signup discounts.

I am also available for private groups and corporate events both virtually and in-person.

“I really loved playing D&D with Steve as a GM. He is a great storyteller and can zig and zag with your characters as you learn the world and decide on your direction, find the things, battle, etc. The story was engaging and the dialogue and fighting were really a fun time. How therapeutic is it to solve problems and kill things? (All for the greater good of course…) VERY! Steve was also really helpful in a low-key way with prompting me around the online tech, which I’m not that familiar with. Can’t wait to play again!”

Jennifer

“The GM was very helpful when it came to players interaction and bringing to life the story for anyone to hear and understand.”

Darkarcheos

“Honestly I am a huge fan of his writing anyway, and his voice is pleasing for sure. ^_^ Totally 100% recommend getting into a game with Saus.”

Liz

“Excellent pacing, the right amount of detail and creativity, combined with an inclusive approach and overall friendliness and professionalism made this a very very enjoyable one-shot. “

Anthronius Rabantine

The story was atmospheric, and cool, the DM laid out the rules and the setting clearly for me and the other player to understand, and was friendly and had art and maps that helped you immerse yourself in the story.

Dayne Grant

“I found Steven to be an especially great DM! Pacing was great (very important with a one shot) and still took the time to tie the characters together in the story. Combat was smooth and fun! He was very supportive of all the character choices. Players on the more shy side will find potential relief that no camera is the default and he made careful intentions to check in with players he hadn’t heard from in a while. I was pretty impressed and plan to eventually play with him again!”

Summer

“Steven is a really supportive GM. Whatever aspect of play we felt like focusing on, he was enthusiastic in meeting us there, and flexible in making it work in his game. It felt really rewarding to be invested in my character and in the story, even if I knew there wouldn’t be any significant mechanical payoff (it being a one-shot, and my roleplaying leaning more toward long-term type endeavors). He knew about our characters despite the short notice scheduling, enough to integrate checks into our backstory and motivations, and he made sure to check back with us and spread out to spotlight. Overall, super fun to play with, and very rewarding.”

Vemasi

“I’ve played two oneshots with Steven and I can confidently say that if you don’t sign up for a session, you’ll be missing out because they were some of the most fun I’ve had since picking up D&D a few months ago. Chaos gremlin that I am, I really appreciate the fact that creativity is highly encouraged (within the bounds of logic and reason, of course) and that shenanigans are welcome. The stories were well-written and engaging, with NPCs that felt like they had a life before you showed up in the scene and would continue to have one after. Even though you don’t see a lot of the world during the individual oneshots, there’s no feeling that your character has been dropped in Generic Setting to go Find/Do/Defeat the Generic Thing.
There’s a subtle realness to the setting and characters that makes the world feel alive and gives weight to the idea that your choices can have consequences that last far beyond what damage you may take or whether you succeed on a persuasion check. This made for the easiest immersion I’ve experienced so far.

Ashley