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Create the tavern of your dreams in Stewpot: a cozy fantasy RPG
Lay down your weapons for one final adventure: creating and running your own tavern. You heroes deserve a rest, but this is harder than it looks!
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$10.00
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Once / Thursday - 10:30 AM UTC
May 7
Session Duration / 3.5–4 hours
0 / 5 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
You've battled vicious dragons and ventured into the darkest depths, but this might be your greatest challenge yet: working in the service industry. You play as an adventurer in a fantasy world who is retiring from endangering themselves on quests in order to pursue a quiet life with their old comrades. Together, we'll design our own tavern and characters from scratch. You'll play your character in scenes, but all players will also have the chance to play NPCs too. Stewpot: Tales from a Fantasy Tavern is a cozy RPG about running your own pub or village. You might be responsible for collecting ingredients, serving drinks, entertaining the guests, repairing the furniture or even reading fortunes in the corner. We could have a classic inn by the crossroads, a taverna underwater for mermaids or a bar on a dragon-powered steampunk train! The possibilities are endless because Stewpot is light on rules and very free-form. This is great for new players looking to try something accessible or for experienced players who want to focus on telling a story.
Game style
Roleplay Heavy
Realm Building
Theater of the Mind
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
5.0
(15)
4 years on StartPlaying
Highly rated for: Storytelling, Creativity, Teacher
Average response time: 5 hours
Response rate: 100%
About me
I'm a British writer, former teacher and stage performer living in Switzerland. The first time I ran a game of Dungeons & Dragons for children, it began with a bar fight and ended with a dragon being punched in the face. I've run RPGs for hundreds of people, but the violent urges of grown adults never compare to the seven-year-old boy playing a dwarf who lived in the woods with his army of bunnies. Playing RPGs can make you more creative, more empathetic and more confident, but sometimes you just need to punch a dragon in the face. I run games for players of all ages and experience levels in every system under the sun, including D&D, Mothership and Avatar: Legends. I am a qualified English teacher and an amateur standup and improv comedian, and I bring that same energy (and patience) to my games. As your GM, I make it my mission to tell a story that truly belongs to you. So if you’re looking for games where you really get to dive into your character’s backstory and their relationships, where discovering your character arc is as important as saving the world, then you’ll love my games. Sometimes, the real prize was the friends we made along the way.
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Creating your character
We design our world, tavern and characters together at the beginning of the session, so you don't need to prepare anything.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
Let me know your Discord username or message @jimangi on Discord. I will then add you to the groupchat for the game. Character sheets will be hosted in the Whiteboard app within the Discord call so we can all see the sheets at the same time. When we play, you'll have the option to join my Foundry VTT server in your browser which I will use to play background music, but you don't need to join it to play the game.
What Jim the GM brings to the table
I will explain all of the rules as we play and help you to make your characters. If you want to know more about the session and Stewpot, feel free to message me. I bring sessions to life with dramatic voices for NPCs and bombastic descriptions of action. I love it when players do that too, but it's fine if that's not your style.
Equipment needed to play
Internet
Computer
Microphone
Platforms used
Safety
How Jim the GM creates a safe table
There will be a ten-minute break in the middle of the session. Players can request a five-minute break at any time. We will use the X and N card system to provide an easy way for players to halt play, change a scene or move on if part of the game makes them uncomfortable. It’s crucial to me that all players feel comfortable and have fun. Before the one-shot, I will send all players an anonymous form where they can share their topic exclusion and wish list.
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