Dungeons & Dragons 5e: Intro for Beginners IN-PERSON
$10.00
/ Session
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Custom / Saturday – 1:30 PM UTC
2 Hour Duration
0 / 10 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
Learn the basics of role-playing and Dungeons & Dragons (5th edition), the most popular RPG in the world! Over 4 2-hour sessions, players will learn the basics of role-playing games, Dungeons & Dragons 5e, safe/consent gaming practices, character building, zero sessions, role-playing your character, skill challenges, and in-game combat. Your Game Minister, Rev. Craig, has taught dozens of people of all ages to play D&D over the last 30 years. He is a trained, certified professional game minister. Whether you are brand new or a recent addition to D&D, you'll find something of worth, and a good deal of fun, in this series. Session 1 - What's What? (Basics of Roleplaying, D&D 5e, Safe/Consent Gaming, Zero Session, and Building a Character) Session 2 - Who, What, Why and How? (Roleplaying Your Character and Being Skillful) Session 3 - Let's Get Ready to Rumble! (The Ins and Outs of D&D Combat) Session 4 - Let's Play! (Putting it All Together in a Mini-Adventure) Each session will be given at the reduced rate of $10. If a player pays for and attends the 1st 3 sessions, the 4th session will be refunded. (FREE!) THESE SESSIONS ARE IN-PERSON SESSIONS AT THE BEARDED DRAGON GAME STORE IN ONEONTA, NY, USA. (If you wish to attend this class on-line, please sign up for the on-line sessions.)
Game style
Theater of the Mind
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
5.0
(11)
3 years on StartPlaying
2 games hosted
Highly rated for: Inclusive, Creativity, Storytelling
About me
Greetings from Your Game Minister, Craig Schwalenberg. I am an ordained Unitarian Universalist minister and a professional Game Master. I've been playing and running games for 33+ years and have been a professional Game Master for 3+ years. I am most familiar with Dungeons & Dragons (all editions, but 5e is my preference). I have also played and/or run Pathfinder, Hero Kids, G.U.R.P.S., Shadowrun, Vampire (and other games in the White Wolf system), FATE, TOON, Warhammer RPG, Numenera, and many others. I have used Roll20 and Fantasy Grounds for on-line role-playing, but prefer to just use Zoom with maps on Owlbear.rodeo. As a Game Master, I prefer games with high role-playing and collaborative storytelling. I am skilled at improvisation and time-management. I'm a trained, experienced storyteller and incorporate that into every game I run. I specialize at teaching new people how to play and love working with mixed-age groups. To learn more about my Games Ministry, visit YourGameMinister.com
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Creating your character
Characters will be co-created during the 1st session at level 1. They will advance to 2nd level before the 3rd session. They may, if the players wish to, advance to 3rd level before the 4th session.
Session 1 - Saturday 10/15 10:30a - 12:30p Role-Playing Games & Basic Rules Session 2 - Saturday 10/22 10:30a - 12:30p Safe Gaming & Character Building Session 3 - Saturday 10/29 10:30a - 12:30p Abilities, Skills, and Combat Session 4 - Saturday 11/5 10:30a - 12:30p Let's Play!
What to expect
Preparing for the session
In-Person: Bring dice if you have them (dice available to borrow or purchase) Bring a writing implement. Everything else will be provided. MASKS WILL BE REQUIRED.
What Your Game Minister brings to the table
Character Sheets, Info Folders, Dice (as needed), and Masks will be provided.
Safety
How Your Game Minister creates a safe table
The 1st session will be primarily be didactic and then discussion as we co-create our game and create our characters. The 2nd session will involve heavy role-playing and a skill challenge story based game. The 3rd session will involve mostly combat and tactics with light role-playing. The 4th session will be a full mini-adventure involving all the concepts covered in the first 3 sessions. Characters are quite unlikely to die, but the StartPlaying system requires at least one content warning. So, if the player really wants their character to go out in a dramatic fashion, then their death is certainly a possibility. This series is designed for those with no or little role-playing/D&D experience. There will be a check-in and a check-out after each game and time for questions.
Content warnings
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