Into the Halls of Arden Vul | OSE
$20.00
/ Session
Details
Bi-weekly / Sunday – 3:00 PM UTC
3–4 Hour Duration
3 / 6 Seats Filled
Schedule
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About the adventure
Come and play in one of the largest mega-dungeons ever published. Explore the: - Ruined City of Arden Vul - Burdock's Valley - The towns of Gosterwick and Newmarket - The 10 main levels - The 15 sub-levels Explore the strange frontier lands of a resurgent empire and discover the sins and glories of its past. This game cleaves of OSR (Old School Renaissance) principles of play, and focuses on exploration and problem solving over combat, and is no less lethal for that.
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Meet the Game Master
5.0
(13)
3 years on StartPlaying
45 games hosted
Highly rated for: Storytelling, Creativity, Inclusive
About me
Hello there, I’m Ben. 🎲 Experience in RPGs I have decades of experience in the RPG hobby, on both sides of the GMs screen, and am passionate about building experiences of play worth having. I have run engaging and collaborative games for my friends, I have GMed at conventions for strangers, and been a crew member of a large festival LARP, called Empire, here in the UK. ✍️ Writing experience I have been a freelancer in the tabletop industry for over a decade, with a special focus on Call of Cthulhu, having worked on Achtung! Cthulhu, The Arkham Gazette, and material released through the Miskatonic Repository. 🎓 Games Design Teacher When I am not running or writing games, I teach games design and creative practice to learners aged 16-to-18, on vocational digital media courses, and I bring that experience as a communicator, educator, and designer, to my sessions. 🏳️🌈Inclusive and Safe I am bi, dyslexic, and have ADHD. In addition to teaching and games design I am involved in running D&D games for students at a local special needs school for neurodivergent learners. I work to make my games friendly to people with access needs, and a safe place for marginalised people.
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Creating your character
Characters made in Session Zero. Pre-gens available. Choose from Fight, Thief, Magic-User, Cleric, Halfling, Elf, and Dwarf . All characters start at level 1, using "3d6 down the line" attribute generation.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
You will need webcam is preferred, mic is usually necessary* You do not need to know the rules of Old School Essentials, but it is helpful if you do. You may find the following useful: - squared paper - Hexed paper - pen/pencil/other note taking tool *if you have specific access needs that make mics impossible, please get in contact, and we can try to work out an alternative
What Benjamin Wenham brings to the table
- Ambient dungeon synth sound track - VTT
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Safety
How Benjamin Wenham creates a safe table
- Into the Halls of Arden Vul is an Open Table OSE game set in a setting inspired by Byzantium and the eastern roman empire - Sessions are drop in, drop out. - Explore one of the richest and largest Mega-dungeons ever designed, The Halls of Arden Vul, to uncover secrets of its haunted and dimly understood the past. - Gold as EXP - Slot-based Encumberance
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