Tabletop roleplaying games, played theatre of the mind.
Writer. Storyteller. Occasional daydreamer. I'm Nige, a gamemaster based near Cambridge, England.
Most recently I've been running dystopian neo-noir games of Blade Runner, though Vampire: The Masquerade has been a longtime favourite going back decades — alongside Call of Cthulhu, Pendragon, The One Ring, and ALIEN. I run everything theatre of the mind on Discord: no VTTs, minis, or battlemaps, just conversation, imagination, and trust. You roll your own dice; we use the honour system. New and experienced players are equally welcome.
Away from the table, I'm usually planning the next outfit for a steampunk or fantasy festival, dragged along by my wife Steph — an artist and educator — and inspected on the way out the door by Newton, our cat.
A longstanding favourite — politics, hunger, and consequence, played with weight.
Dread built from implication and the players' imagination, not shock or gore.
Lore-rich settings with real stakes — recent favourites at my table.
Games where setting and lore matter, but you never need to arrive knowing everything.
Also happy to run: Vaesen · Werewolf: The Apocalypse · 7th Sea · Pirate Borg · Rivers of London · Shadowdark RPG · Vampire: The Dark Ages · Tales of the Old West · Age of Vikings · Coriolis: The Great Dark · The Electric State