Melbourne Based Podcast Editor, TTRPG Writer, Professional Game Master
⚡ podcast editor
⚡ events organiser
⚡ professional Game Master
⚡ cohost of Aussie Role Call
⚡ TTRPG scenario writer
⚡ and novice TTRPG creator
Stevie is based in Naarm (Melbourne, Australia) and has extensive experience working with clients such as Think RAPT® and Amelia Lee of the Get It Right Podcast. He has over 5+ years facilitating hundreds of sessions of TTRPGs for a wide variety of players – from private in-home games to busy games on a convention floor. In addition to being a podcast editor and professional game master, Stevie has written and published D&D modules on DMs Guild, and has dabbled in creating his own TTRPGs over on itch.io.
Stevie’s Generalist Archetype is The Translator.
“The Translator is an interdisciplinary generalist who excels at bridging gaps between diverse fields of knowledge. With a knack for simplifying complex concepts, they facilitate understanding and collaboration among specialists, making them invaluable in any collaborative environment.”
“I’ve worked with Stevie for over 7 years and many of my clients would often say “I need a Stevie”. If you get the opportunity to work with him, you’ll be absolutely thrilled. Highly recommended.” – Renee Hasseldine, CEO, Think RAPT.
Podcast Editor
Stevie has over a decade of experience in podcasting.
Stevie began his foray into podcasting back in 2012, when he started a podcast with a partner. That podcast ran for 3 years. His responsibilities included researching topics, booking guests, conducting interviews, creating social media posts and sharing the editing role.
When Stevie moved into providing services online to business-owners, one of his offerings was podcast editing.
Stevie’s Podcast Clients:
Working with Stevie has been a dream for the past 6 years. Quick response, detail-obsessed, high-quality work that’s seen our podcast grow to nearly 4 million downloads now. There’s no way I’d have been able to do this alone. Stevie has played an integral part in that growth and success.
From day one of me thinking about starting a podcast, Stevie was leading the way with a great onboarding process, asking me all the right questions to ensure I thought things through and setting things up correctly from the beginning. He handled EVERYTHING to do with my podcast “Leveraged and Loving It” for its entire life (3 years). From setting up and launching the show, to editing and mixing sound, creating intros and outros, and making sure everything looks and sounds professional.
To be honest, I don’t really know the ins and outs of everything that he did, because I didn’t need to. Stevie was “on it”, which meant I didn’t have to think about it. All I had to do was record the episode, upload it into our shared folder and let him do the rest. There’s no way I could have (or would have) run a weekly podcast for 3 years without him.”
Want to work with Stevie? Reach out via email: stevie@stevieschafer.me
Professional Game Master
Stevie is a queer Professional Game Master with over 6 years of experience. Stevie enjoys facilitating groups through one-shots and short campaigns (3-12 sessions), depending on the system.
Stevie has always had a deep love for telling stories, whether on page or stage. He brings that same energy to being a Game Master.
Like many game masters, Stevie’s journey began with Dungeons and Dragons but diversified into many other games including, but not limited to Agon, Call of Cthulhu, Thirsty Sword Lesbians, and more.
What are Stevie’s values when it comes to facilitating games?
Fun-forward Experience – Having fun (and that can look a lot of different ways), is an important part of the TTRPG experience. When facilitating games, Stevie makes an effort to follow the fun that the table is pursuing. A lot of the time this will look like “yes, and…” or “not, but…” to steer the experience in the direction of fun.
Inclusive Narratives – It’s important to have diverse representation in our TTRPG narratives. In Stevie’s worlds, you’ll find diverse skin tones, a variety of sexual orientations and genders, abilities, and more. Assuming stereotypes to be true will often lead you astray.
Respectful Engagement – While following the fun is important, being mindful of what everyone at the table is seeking is also very important. Stevie aims to make sure that everyone is having a satisfactory experience through safety practices such as X-cards, content theme disclosures, and an open table policy. For campaigns, Stevie provides a list of expected themes as well as what things will not be tolerated at the table.
If you’re interested in having Stevie facilitate a game or campaign for you, please reach out via email: stevie@stevieschafer.me
Aussie Role Call Podcast
In 2024, Stevie with Kate O’Sullivan and Dan Machuca started the Aussie Role Call Podcast, for ARC (the Australian Roleplay Community).
Stevie came to the project with over a decade of podcast experience as is both a cohost and the producer.
The episodes highlight some of the amazing creators, humans, and events happening in the Australian TTRPG scene. The 3 hosts rotate interviewing responsibilities (sometimes you might be lucky enough to get all 3 in an episode).
The main segment that Stevie looks after is News, where he covers upcoming events, game releases, crowdfunding campaigns and more.
Aussie Role Call puts out an episode every two weeks on a Tuesday.
Latest Episode
Scenario Writer
Stevie is a published DMs Guild author with 3 titles. These 3 titles are all one shots set in Faerun, specifically the region of the Silver Marches. The adventurers will find themselves sent out on various quests by the Vault of Sages, a hub of research and learning in Silverymoon.
You can buy all three for the price of just one adventure if you buy them in a bundle.
TTRPG Creator
Stevie has begun designing games of his own. Currently, he has two TTRPGs and one lyric game.
Fates Less Known. The first game Stevie designed was a duet romance-TTRPG that uses Tarot cards called Fates Less Known. In Fates Less Known, one person plays the Oracle (a GM-like role) and the other is the Seeker. The Seeker is going to the Oracle to find out about their future love life. The game unfolds over scenes and is led by the tarot cards. The Oracle uses the major arcana to present locations and challenges. The Seeker uses the minor arcana to dictate how well their actions in said scenes go.
The Godling Odyssey. The Godling Odyssey is a solo journaling game inspired by Greek mythology and games such as Agon. In it, the player takes on the role of an exiled god who is trying to solve strife on the islands they visit in order to return home to their rightful place amongst the stars. It was written as part of a game jam in 2024.