Tabletop RPG
Gather friends, roll dice, and build a story no one fully controls.
~$24Cost to start
ModerateDifficulty
3+ hrTime / session
2 setup steps, ~$24 all in. Nothing to buy until you say so.
Is it you?
Nobody has scored this against your answers yet. 3+ hr at a time, $24 to find out whether it sticks.
SpaceSmall corner
The path15 quests
ASetting up2 things to sort, in any order$12
- Find people to play with
- Get a set of dice and read a free starter rules PDF
Then the quests
- Make a character and play them for a whole session
- Join or start a group
- Play your first session
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