What is a TTRPG?

Many people have heard of TTRPGs like Dungeons & Dragons, Pathfinder, or Call of Cthulhu, but you might not know anything about them. One of the reasons I started this business was to reach those kinds of people—to cultivate interest in and awareness of Tabletop Roleplaying Games as a category.

TTRPGs, or Tabletop Roleplaying Games, are gaming systems that dodge many of the limitations of board games, video games, and choose-your-own-adventure books. As I like to describe them, they’re guardrails for writing, building, and playing your own unique games with a group of friends.

What distinguishes them is their storytelling-based system. Players invent characters to control or select pre-made ones, and their referee / Game Master plans out the world and some of the plot before they meet for a session. When they do, the GM orally describes the story's beginning–where the players are, what’s around them, and what’s just happened. Background music, sound effects, colored lighting, etc., can help immerse everyone in the scene. Then, the players respond by roleplaying their characters and describing what they’d like to do. Depending on which TTRPG you’re playing, players will probably roll dice to determine whether they succeed, and then the Game Master describes the result of their choices. While board games or video games are limited to the kind and amount of content their programmers have included, no such restrictions exist for TTRPGs. The players can make any choice they can think of, and the game only finishes when they’d like.

Any kind of game you want to play and anything you’d like to do within it–you can. Content, mood, and maturity level exist entirely at your fingertips. Dungeons & Dragons focuses on fantasy settings, but the diversity of TTRPGs allows for any story genre you’d like. Spelljammer and the Star Wars RPG offer sci-fi options, for example, while Call of Cthulhu focuses on horror. All of these are incredibly fun–but they’re also excellent bonding experiences, creative outlets, and opportunities to build problem-solving and teamwork skills. They foster community and friendships, create memories and inside jokes, and offer entertainment away from screens, ads, and algorithms. 

Maybe you’re in a friend group looking for something to do, or your birthday is coming up. You could be a family wanting quality time together or a business owner or manager hoping to develop the bonds and problem-solving skills among your employees. A TTRPG session could be exactly what you’re looking for–and I’m here to make that session entertaining, unique, and hassle-free.