#RPGaDAY 7 2016 – How RPGs Have Had The Biggest Effect on Me
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Aug 072016
Undoubtedly, RPGs have given me greater confidence in everything. I was the typical geeky kid, bullied and pushed around until I found RPGs. Then, developing confidence through the games, I felt I could conquer everything and soon conquered my bullies and enjoyed a great childhood as a GM, running games for my friends, writing adventures and developing new RPGs. This completely changed my life and I owe where I am today all to RPGs.
Justin Schmid
Justin started tabletop gaming in 1983 with Basic D&D (red box) and never looked back. He runs and plays in a wide variety of games, including Savage Worlds, Dungeon World, Trail of Cthulhu and many, many more.
He also writes professionally for role-playing games, including writing and creating Night's Edge an Alternate Reality Universe for Cyberpunk 2020. He went on to write eight more adventures and sourcebooks in the Night's Edge line, adding vampires and other supernatural perils to the already dangerous world of Cyberpunk.
As a freelance writer, he wrote The Bermuda Triangle for Call of Cthulhu, Shadows of the Mind, and Psi Wars for Conspiracy X and contributed to Last Unicorn's Star Trek RPG, as well as to Cybergeneration sourcebooks, and many other games.
When he's not creating imaginary worlds for his daughter, he's running games for his friends and writing new adventures or designing new game systems. He currently lives in Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
The greatest effect RPGs have had on me was to create a bond with my daughter, through our shared pop culture. We just finished binge-watching Stranger Things on Netflix, which features D&D as a survival skill in a supernatural story. She’s able to express herself through RPGs and Pokemon, and has been playing in her own 5e group (half of whom are girls!) for a couple of years now.
Looking forward to gaming with my daughter too once she’s a little bit older. And loving Stranger Things too!