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Id love to get into some TTRPG, but I live in the middle of a tiny village, in a tiny country, where i dont yet speak the language. As an RPG novice (only ever

Id love to get into some TTRPG, but I live in the middle of a tiny village, in a tiny country, where i dont yet speak the language. As an RPG novice (only ever played CRPGs, cards and boardgames) is there somewhere I can go online to learn the ropes and participate? More than happy to pay for the experience.

Yoric 5y ago
You could look on r/lfg ("looking for game") on Reddit.
- nicolas_t 5y ago
  Or you can join the RPG by forum on rpggeek. They're starting a lot of games this week aimed at people who have little to no experience with RPGs
bovermyer 5y ago
There's also a category of tabletop RPGs meant to be played just by yourself. It's "solo RPGs." It's a pretty big category and growing fast. If you're willing to pay to play online, I'd recommend https://startplaying.games https://startplaying.games. I believe it's a YC alumn, even.
germinalphrase 5y ago
I don’t have an answer for you, but this is a niche I look forward to if AR ever becomes “real”. The ability to negate personal location in a way that feels natural would unlocks all sorts of fulfilling opportunities - like playing TTRPGs with a group scattered all over the world. I would also like to enjoy the pleasure of interaction and role play involved in traditional TTRPGs while hiding the design complexity behind some video game assistance (because I’m old and busy and can’t hardly devote the time to prepping a 5e DND adventure even though I’ve done it several times before).
simonh 5y ago
The Gauntlet is an online-first RPG club with a packed calendar of games. They tend to not use the various online virtual tabletops, but instead have developed their own resources for running games online using things like Google Sheets for character starts and various free group video calling systems. They're a teeny bit on the woke side, teeny bit, but I've had fun in their games and they're a well meaning bunch with an actually genuinely very diverse membership. I've got on with them no problem. They tend towards indie RPGs and story games, which suits me fine, but you can find all sorts in the schedule. They have also started publishing games developed by the core club team. Even if you don't play with them their resources are well worth checking out for anyone who wants to play online. https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/ https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/ https://forums.gauntlet-rpg.com/ https://forums.gauntlet-rpg.com/
poulpy123 5y ago
If you're interested by online ttrpg, Roll20 is most obvious place as well as ttrpg discords
Pamar 5y ago
I am an Expat in Germany and play weekly over Discord, together with my three friends (two living in Italy, one living in Belgium). The main obstacle is to find a schedule the fits everyone (so I suggest you start looking no more than 1 timezone away from where you live). Feel free to write me if you want to discuss this more (you can find my website in the HN profile, and from there you can contact me).

Yoric 5y ago

You could look on r/lfg ("looking for game") on Reddit.

nicolas_t 5y ago
Or you can join the RPG by forum on rpggeek. They're starting a lot of games this week aimed at people who have little to no experience with RPGs

bovermyer 5y ago

There's also a category of tabletop RPGs meant to be played just by yourself. It's "solo RPGs." It's a pretty big category and growing fast. If you're willing to pay to play online, I'd recommend https://startplaying.games https://startplaying.games. I believe it's a YC alumn, even.

germinalphrase 5y ago

I don’t have an answer for you, but this is a niche I look forward to if AR ever becomes “real”. The ability to negate personal location in a way that feels natural would unlocks all sorts of fulfilling opportunities - like playing TTRPGs with a group scattered all over the world. I would also like to enjoy the pleasure of interaction and role play involved in traditional TTRPGs while hiding the design complexity behind some video game assistance (because I’m old and busy and can’t hardly devote the time to prepping a 5e DND adventure even though I’ve done it several times before).

simonh 5y ago

The Gauntlet is an online-first RPG club with a packed calendar of games. They tend to not use the various online virtual tabletops, but instead have developed their own resources for running games online using things like Google Sheets for character starts and various free group video calling systems. They're a teeny bit on the woke side, teeny bit, but I've had fun in their games and they're a well meaning bunch with an actually genuinely very diverse membership. I've got on with them no problem. They tend towards indie RPGs and story games, which suits me fine, but you can find all sorts in the schedule. They have also started publishing games developed by the core club team. Even if you don't play with them their resources are well worth checking out for anyone who wants to play online. https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/ https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/ https://forums.gauntlet-rpg.com/ https://forums.gauntlet-rpg.com/

poulpy123 5y ago

If you're interested by online ttrpg, Roll20 is most obvious place as well as ttrpg discords

Pamar 5y ago

I am an Expat in Germany and play weekly over Discord, together with my three friends (two living in Italy, one living in Belgium). The main obstacle is to find a schedule the fits everyone (so I suggest you start looking no more than 1 timezone away from where you live). Feel free to write me if you want to discuss this more (you can find my website in the HN profile, and from there you can contact me).