Dungeon World

Overview

Dungeon World is a tabletop fantasy roleplaying game created by Sage LaTorra and Adam Koebel. The game uses the
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engine. The game is advertised as having old school style with modern rules. The game uses six ability scores (Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom, Charisma) and a character class model with choices of Bard, Cleric, Fighter, Immolator, Paladin, Ranger, Thief, or Wizard.

System Overview & Key Features

Classic Fantasy Adventure Explore a land of magic and danger in the roles of adventurers searching for fame, gold, and glory. Delve into goblin holes or chance a dragon's lair. Dungeon World takes classic fantasy and approaches it with new rules.
Talk About What Matters Dungeon World's simple rules happen based on what's happening within the game, so you spend more time talking about the action and less time talking about the rules.
Gamemaster's Toolkit Running a game shouldn't be a pain. Dungeon World gives the GM all the tools to run a game quickly and easily. Fronts help you keep the world around the players living and evolving. Moves are ways to drive your game forward. And your Agenda keeps you on track.
No Dead Ends The rules always drive the action forward in unexpected ways. Rolling the dice always leads to an interesting outcome.
Award-winning Design Dungeon World has wonan Ennie for Best Rules http://www.ennie-awards.com/blog/about-us/2013-noms-and-winners-2/?ref=dungeon-world.com, a Golden Geek for Best RPG http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/886607/2012-golden-geek-awards-winners?ref=dungeon-world.com, and an Indie RPG Award.
Open License The text of Dungeon World is released under a Creative Commons Attribution license. You can make, distribute, and even sell anything you like based on Dungeon World.

Additional links

dungeon-world.com https://www.dungeon-world.com/ - Official website

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Dungeon World
Torino
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I'm new in the region of Torino, searching for creating a campaign in English (as my Italian is not yet at a sufficient level). I'm willing to learn any system, but if I'm DMing I prefer to do this in Dungeon World. I don't have a specific campagin setting in mind, but I have some ideas that I want to see coming to imaginary life.  My DM style is loose, and I like giving the players a lot of room to influence the events. I know of one other guy that is interested. I prefer DMing for 3-4 players.

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Oneshot
Dungeon World: Der Schicksalswald
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Dungeon World: Der Schicksalswald

One-/Twoshot Abenteuer für Dungeon World, gespielt wird auf Foundry, angemeldete Spieler erhalten einen Invite-Link. Session 0 beinhaltet eine kurze Absprache zum Setting, Safety Tools, Charaktererstellung, Fragen an die Spieler und dann geht es los und wir schauen wie weit wir kommen. Terminvorschlag: 24.5. 1930h

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Michelle
Let's go on an adventure together! Looking for a cooperative, consent-based, story-focused TTRPG table. I enjoy character-driven games with party relationships, meaningful combat, exploration, mystery, downtime, and emotional moments that feel earned. My ideal balance is roughly 50% roleplay, 30% combat, and 20% exploration. I like sincere games with room for humor, but not constant bits or edgelord behavior. I fit best with players who share spotlight, cooperate, respect boundaries, and care about everyone’s character mattering. Consent and safety are important to me. Heavy themes, intense character conflict, PvP, romance/flirting, sexual content, or anything that strongly affects another player’s character should be discussed first. Lines and veils should be respected. I’m in Hawaiʻi Time / UTC-10, so scheduling can be tricky. Weekends are best, and I generally prefer sessions around 2–3 hours. I’m open to voice, PBP, or hybrid formats depending on the game. Not a good fit for bigotry, discriminatory humor, main character syndrome, disruptive rules-lawyering, non-cooperative play, unconsented PvP/romance/sexual content, trauma dumping, or using RPGs as therapy. Message me on Discord; I’m more responsive there. Please say that you saw my Groupfinder post and include the system, schedule/timezone, expected session length, format, tone, and a short game pitch. Discord: goldaline
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Berkeley
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Cameron
Looking to join some narrative or OSR games! Really want to play in Monster of the Week and Apocalypse World.
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hisownsidekick
Hi! All told, I only have about a year of experience playing and GMing, and it's been a looong time, so I'm sure I'm quite rusty. My time zone is CST and my schedule is open. I have no strong preferences when it comes to frequency of sessions, system, or setting. Back when my friends and I actively played, I mostly GMed, using DnD 3.0/3.5, with a little Spycraft on the side. Even though that was years ago, I've never stopped thinking about RPGs, listening to actual play podcasts like The Adventure Zone and Acquisitions, Inc., reading random supplements and forum posts, and playing video games based on tabletop systems/adventures. I love backstory, lore, and worldbuilding and enjoy combat and dungeoncrawling, too. I remember my very first RPG session, when I was a kid, immediately opened my eyes to the creativity and improvisation that the format allows. All I'd done in our first battle was ready my weapon and lightly wound an unlucky bandit... while the far more experienced players of the group spent their first few turns positioning themselves technically, slinging buffs and debuffs, and throwing a tarp over the intimidating-as-hell bandit leader and then setting it ablaze with a torch. I was astounded; I knew I had to have more. The Discworld and Hitchhiker's Guide series of books are dear to me, though I'm down for nearly any fantastical story and setting (much like Pratchett and Adams themselves). Potentially relevant-to-tabletop video game series I've enjoyed are The Witcher, Knights of the Old Republic, Fallout, Mass Effect, Dragon Age, The Elder Scrolls, Divinity, Baldur's Gate, Final Fantasy, World of Warcraft, Legend of Grimrock, and many more. I like to let other players choose their specializations first, so I can try to fill any gaps we have, then build the character's background and motivation from there. That way, everyone who really wants to play a specific role is happy and the group as a whole is well-rounded. Plus, it's just fun to mix things up from game to game, so I've never really had a favorite class, though I do enjoy playing support (gotta have a healer/medic!). If you have the patience to help me shake off the rust and adapt to your setting and system, I'll do as much or as little reading, roleplaying, and rolling as you need. Ugh, this is really starting to sound like a sales pitch, ha ha... sorry. I'll finish by simply saying that I'm excited to meet you and see what adventures you've got brewing!

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