🟣 Liebdorf Campaign 🟣

Internet

Computer

Mobile Phone

Headphones

Microphone

D&D Beyond

Discord

Owlbear Rodeo

“Roleplay Heavy” games place the focus on the story, the characters, and the world they live within, and tend to lean hard into the various roleplaying elements of the game. These games will frequently find the party talking with NPCs, exploring the personal elements of their backstories, or even having emotional moments around the camp fire. 

Roleplay Heavy

“Theater of the Mind” uses little to no visuals for scene settings and combat. Instead, the narrative imagery comes from the Game Master’s descriptions and character action and movement comes from Players’ descriptions. 

Theater of the Mind

“Rule of Cool” emphasizes creative story beats over sticking to a system’s rules as written. Players have the ability to push the limits of the rules or even break core rule mechanics at times if the Game Master thinks it is interesting, fun, or cool enough.

Rule of Cool (RoC)

In "Sandbox" or "Open World" games, players are given a tremendous amount of freedom to pursue their stories without the restrictions of a more linear game style. Players are encouraged to explore and engage with the world, and find their own story as they do so. These games offer the players the opportunity to help drive the narrative, and allow for the story to evolve organically through the choices they make.

Sandbox / Open World

Dungeons & Dragons 5e

Liebdorf Adventures

Mystery

Horror

Fantasy

High Fantasy

Viking

Historical

Imaginative

Supernatural

Pirate

Survival

After the game ends, check-in with the group and talk about how you all feel. Have an open way for the group to decompress and encourage each other to practice self-care.

Aftercare

Intense games can cause feelings to bleed over into life outside of the game. Being open and honest of where the game ends, what feelings are the players versus bleed, and having discussions can lessen the stress of bleed.

Bleed

For long games or stressful content, having built-in breaks allows the group to stay focused and process content. This time can be used for bio breaks, conversation, or any other necessities.

Breaks

Debriefing is a way to reflect on the game. Identify possible issues, highlight the good parts, and work through potential emotional bleed.

Debriefing

Lines and Veils set the boundaries of the games. Lines are hard limits for content the group doesn't want to participate in, this means that content will not be in game, referenced in game, or alluded to. Veils are soft limits, meaning that when the content arises it might be mentioned, but not described, or it could mean that when the content shows up, it results in a “fade-to-black”.

Lines and Veils

Session 0s are used to start the game, opening up with communication, setting expectations, and discussing any safety tools that will be used at the table.

Session 0

Stars and Wishes are used to reflect and discuss feedback in a positive way. Stars are used for things that participants enjoyed in the game. Wishes are things that participants would like to see in the future. Both players and the GM can express their stars and wishes to make the game better.

Stars and Wishes

Welcome adventurers.

I am Dimos, a full-time Dungeon Master, and creator of Liebdorf, the world in which our adventures will take place. D&D has been a part of my life for the past 16 years, either as a player or a DM. I love writing fantasy stories and adventures, not to mention worldbuilding and lore.

Liebdorf started as an uncharted world in my first games as a Dungeon Master (more than a decade ago) and evolved into a living breathing world with the constant interactions and inputs of players and my continuous writing about it. Liebdorf's adventures consist of a variety of role-playing, tactical battles, and vast exploration. Its founding stones are eternal character-building and evolvement, worldbuilding, lore design, and my fascination with tying everything together.

My love of this game continues to grow by the minute, and I would love to introduce all of you to Liebdorf, as well as test your creativity and enthusiasm by transforming myself into your Dungeon Master.

The world of Liebdorf awaits you, so prepare your dice and get ready for some unforgettable moments.

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