rpg

18 September 2025

The rise of the local TTRPG community (and how I built it in absentia)

About 2 years ago, I had the idea to start an English-language roleplaying event here in Düsseldorf, where people can try out RPGs, get to know other roleplayers, or find like-minded people. Previously to that, I had already been managing the Düsselgamers community for several years, which originated as the Düsseldorf Boardgamers Meetup group. I used to co-host public weekly board game nights through meetup, until I got a bit tired of random people and now that’s mainly a closed WhatsApp thing. However, since I manage the discord and continue to always have an eye on the community, I saw […]

1 December 2023

Evolving as a DnD player through characters

A few years ago, I was introduced to Dungeons & Dragons. While initially I was skeptical that this would be for me, especially since I’m very bad at acting and always felt awkward about it, I’ve grown to enjoy it very much. I think I evolved a lot through the characters that I have created, and with each new character, I learned a lot and became better and better at this. I’ve played quite a few characters over the years, some of which I have grown very attached to. Time to reminisce! Here, I’m presenting my evolution through my characters. […]

8 August 2023

Raiders of the Serpent Sea Character Sheet (A5)

I will be starting to play in a new Dungeons & Dragons campaign soon(ish), and one of the things I always wanted to improve about my own DnD experience was the character sheet. The basic DnD one is too unflexible for me, and even though I really always wanted to re-make it in InDesign, I never had the patience for it during past campaigns. The last campaign that I played, which was Ancient Greek-themed, actually came with a gorgeously beautiful themed character sheet – Odyssey of the Dragonlords. That one I did import to InDesign, and filled it out in […]