Spend enough time in online Dungeons & Dragons spaces and you’ll hear a lot about a certain topic: the marital-caster gap. Here are some ways to give your martials more power, more options, and more out-of-combat utility.

The Bounty Board, or the “Request A Game” tag in the StartPlaying search, is how you make a more specific request for the game of your choosing.

Children from ages 9-17 are welcome to play games on this new dedicated platform. Our hand-picked Game Masters offer different types of games suitable for each age group. Parents are also invited to play too!

The Ultimate RPG Villain Backstory Guide takes a faster, simpler, and ultimately effective approach to building a baddie. 

New survey data reveals how role-playing games help people cope with stress, loneliness, burnout, and an increasingly overwhelming real world.

With a new year comes new games! But also, we can look back at the last year and see what games topped the charts. Did people actually play those big hit Kickstarters after they finally shipped? Did anything actually challenge DnD's dominance? 

5 tips to work with your players, not against them, from StartPlaying's Customer Experience Lead, Sarah

The idea is simple by design: a browser-based application where users can place predrawn rooms together to make a unique layout. It’s meant to be easy to use, but still allow for quality visuals as it uses hand-drawn Czepeku art.