Shadowdark – West Marches

**Welcome, Adventurers!** We’re recruiting players for an **online Shadowdark open table exploring The Caverns of Thracia**, one of the hobby’s most celebrated megadungeons. Our group includes longtime players and complete newcomers, and we’d love to welcome a few more of both. **Why an open table?** Our original five-player campaign ran into the BBEG of modern tabletop: scheduling. Between jobs, partners, and families, getting everyone together became its own epic quest. An open table means **you sign up for the sessions that work for you, with no expectation of attending every game.** The party may change, but everyone contributes to the same ongoing campaign. **The adventure** Our version of Thracia lies beneath an abandoned structure in the Drake Peaks, in the Northerlands of Shadowdark’s Western Reaches. Something within these vast caverns has been raiding villages throughout the Isles of Andrik. You’ve answered the call to discover what’s behind the attacks and will venture into the depths to stop them. Each session is a single expedition, **beginning and ending in town**. Between delves, players share discoveries through a communal map and tavern board. A warning left by one party might save the next; an unexplored passage might become another group’s destination. Together, we’ll uncover the dungeon’s secrets. **When we play** I run **two sessions a month**: one weekday evening and one weekend daytime session. Times vary to accommodate players across US time zones, from Eastern to Pacific. **Who we’re looking for** We’re an adult group balancing gaming with jobs, relationships, families, and everything else life throws at us. We’re looking for fellow adults who appreciate that balance and want to make room for a good adventure when schedules allow. Some of us have played D&D in one form or another for decades; others are getting their feet wet. **No Shadowdark experience is necessary.** Questions are welcome, and patience and respect are expected. We have a simple no-jerks policy. **Interested?** Message me here! I have two short YouTube videos. One is an overview of the campaign, and the other introduces the adventure hook. I'm happy to share both if you're interested.

Scheduling will be determined on a session-per-session basis as per West Marches style. In an ideal world sessions will be on a weekly or biweekly basis. Games will be scheduled for the month of November in UTC-5 time zone with much availability on my (GM) end, and from December onwards my schedule will be in UTC +3 with games in the evenings monday to saturday or potentially during the day on sunday.  - Game session duration: 3hrs - Sessions will use roll20 and a dedicated discord server. The game will be a West Marches game set in the Western Reaches campaign setting. This means open-table, players using a roster of multiple characters, semi-regular scheduling based on highest availabilities, and an emphasis on exploration through Hex Crawling and individual point of interest crawling. PCs will have to return to safety at the end of each session or risk rolling on the caught in danger table (very bad things could happen ). The use of the Fast Travel rules will make this relatively easy, so don't let this dissuade you! Players will directly forge the narrative and expand the world by exploring and discovering new information throughout the Reaches. The West Marches nature of this campaign means that it does not require high commitment and regular attendance. Whether you want to try out Shadowdark for the first time, only hop in an adventure once in a while or plan on attending every session, there is a place for you on in this campaign.  PC options: - All Core and Player's Guide to the Western Reaches options. - New Characters start at Lv1, designed or random. - House Rules: Max hit die HP at creation, Luck can turn crit rolls to normal roles and vice versa, PCs not sleeping intentionally take stat dmg to represent exhaustion. More details on the discord server.  If you want to heed the call for adventure and forge an emergent narrative across the amazing Western Reaches world, send me a Discord DM to venture out into the Wilds... and pray you come back alive! DM me: https://discord.gg/cDzMuDMd

Hello, I am a GM looking for players to run the shadow dark adventure The Lost Citadel of the Scarlet Minotaur. Shadow dark is a rules light system reminiscent of old school D&D. New and experienced players are welcome. Game day is to be on Saturday or Sunday depending on peoples' schedules. I a looking for 3-4 players. I have several years of experience as a game master, but this will be my first time running Shadow Dark. Make sure to confirm that you understand that this is an in person game and state when you are available Saturday and Sunday.