Shadowdark RPG (2023)

Hi there. Our gaming group has a chair to fill at the table since we recently lost a player due to a schedule change. I run game once a month at the wife and I's house in the Rosemont area of Sacramento.  I've been running games since 1995 when I had the AD&D 2E Dungeon Masters Guide thrust into my hands at a local game store.  Since then I've run and played many games and run multiple campaigns that stretched on for years on a weekly or bi-weekly basis. Now with me and my players being in our 40s and 50s we only play once a month on a Saturday selected by how many folks are available, from 1pm until around 5pm-6pm.   After ending a long running 5E campaign a few years ago, I've mainly been running the group through Delta Green. However, a couple of months back we started playing Shadowdark and been having a blast.  We'll be proceeding on with it for the time being, though in a few months we might do a few sessions soon of Mork Borg, and possibly Pirate Borg since I ordered a lot of supplements for it while binge listening to Alestorm :-) If anyone reading this is looking for a chill group of gamers, feel free to reach out!

Vibe: Grimdark, high fantasy, found family, dungeon crawl I'm looking for players who enjoy the tension of resource management and clever problem-solving over "face-tanking" monsters. Tone: I'm not going to say the tone will be intentionally comedic or serious, as I can understand that it can be difficult for people to successfully pull off either, so it's going to be more of a playing be ear of seeing what players I get and seeing where it goes, and hopefully having those funny or serious moments come organically rather than intentionally. DM Style: I'm aiming for something very RP heavy. Low on combat. I'll try to make combat's more like puzzles that you can solve almost instantly rather than health bars you have to chip away at. If an entire session is just the players and NPC's talking to each other, and they've barely moved from where they started, I would consider that a perfect session. Schedule: Every other [Saturday/Sunday], 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST (GMT-5). Platforms: discord(voice), owlbear rodeo My Motivation: I just really like the fantasy setting. I have no idea why. I saw this system on Dungeons & Daddies and became intrigued by the "classic" toned down vibe. My preference for fantasy is the grit of adventuring balanced with the ever growing party dynamics, so I thought it a perfect fit. Oh, and to make friends. This feels like the easiest way to meet people who are also into fantasy. I've yet to read the material, so it'll probably be a week or two until the first session. But just DM me if you're interested and I'll DM you once I've set everything up.

Join the table Mondays from 6-9 pm at Black Water Bar for an ongoing ShadowDark adventure campaign. Sail the black, foamy seas in dragon-headed longboats in this hexcrawl from the official ShadowDark zine: Cursed Scroll 3 Midnight Sun! We will begin our exploration of the Isles of Andrik on Monday, January 26 (2026), with character creation and a level-0 gauntlet through the Hoard of the Sea Wolf King. The game will be open table format. The more you play, the more your character will be involved in the story. New players welcome! As the seers make their blood sacrifices to the Old Gods, come see what future awaits you in the Midnight Sun! Sign Up on Meetup! https://www.meetup.com/oregon-sorcerous-realms-osr/events/313091145/