What we’re about
Welcome, wandering souls and lost sailors, to the Ship of the Dead RPG Club!
Hosted by Pirate Borg creator Limithron and The Ship of the Dead Podcast, we are a group of gamers that get together and play tabletop roleplaying games, especially OSR (Old School Renaissance) games.
We are always looking for new players and gamemasters, and zero experience is required! Bring friends, roll some dice, and let's play some RPGs!
Games we play (but are not limited to):
Dungeons & Dragons B/X and Old School Essentials
Mörk Borg
PIRATE BORG
CY_BORG
Dungeon Crawl Classic RPG
Mothership
Swords & Wizardy
Black Hack
Knave
Into the Odd
Free League Publishing games like Forbidden Lands, Alien, Vaesen, The One Ring, Symbaroum, Tales from the Loop, Bladerunner
Worlds Without Numbers
Discord
We have a dedicated room for this group on the Limithron Discord server called #coloradorpggroup. You'll need to react with the Ship of the Dead icon in #welcome-rules-roles to see it.
Database of Members and Locations
You can add you name and game interests to the Google sheet here.
Rules
- Don't be a jerk.
- Racist, bigotry, homophobic, or transphobic behavior.
- Rulings over rules, and the GM is in charge of the table.
- Have fun!
GM Guidelines
- Bring enough pre-gens for 7 people, more if your game is deadly.
- Bring any required materials.
- Be cool, honey bunny.
Upcoming events (2)
See all- Gamer Market @ TRVE BrewingTRVE Brewing Company, Denver, CO
Limithron and our friends Archon Games, plus some other new friends, will be vending our dark fantasy wares at our favorite brewer while listening to metal. I'd love to have you guys out to hang, chat games, drink beers, listen to metal, and maybe play some pickup games!
Here's the official event text:
--------------------------------------You have drawn: Beerphomet's Market.
The first annual GAMER MARKET descends TRVE Brewing's Denver taproom on Sunday April 27th. Hosted in tandem with the fine folks at @thewizardschest , join us and a host of incredible vendors to suit all of your gaming needs.
On hand will be @archongames , stewards of the incredible tabletop adventures ESCHATON and NEXUS INFERNUM, @limithron who lay claim to creating the sensational PIRATE BORG RPG, local purveyors of handmade gaming supplies @irisdahlia.apothecary - and a fantastically talented your dice maker JACK'S MYTHIC MAKES.
Join us from 2-6 to stock all of your gaming needs, a week from Sunday on April 27th.
- Ship of the Dead RPG Club at Wizard's Chest, Denver, COThe Wizard's Chest, Denver, CO
Come play tabletop RPGs at Wizard's Chest!
We are back to the two-block format for May's meetup! Come early at 3pm for the first game, then we'll hang for an hour (and maybe get food across the street) before the 7pm game block. Note: we will have to move tables. Block one is in the game rooms, block two is out in the store like the last two times.
IMPORTANT: After 7pm the store closes and we are locked in. We can let people in the back door, but I recommend arriving by 6:30 for the 2nd game block just in case and exchanging number with someone so they can let you in if you need to step out.
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Meet fellow Colorado OSR, NuSR, and Free League Publishing -style
tabletop RPG GMs and players. Hosted by Limithron (creator of Pirate Borg) and the Ship of the Dead Podcast.- GMs can run one-shots, demos, ongoing West Marches styles campaigns, etc.
- Players are encouraged to try new games and meet new people.
- Signup to play or GM here: https://www.limithron.com/rpgclub
- Brand new players, 5e refugees, and old grognards are all welcome!
FEES
Free to attend!GAMES & SCHEDULE
Go here for this week's schedule: limithron.com/rpgclub
(GMs needed).RULES
- Don't be a jerk.
- No racist, bigoted, homophobic, or transphobic behavior.
- Rulings over rules, and the GM is in charge of the table.
- Respect the venue and staff. Buy something!
- Have fun!
GM GUIDELINES
- Bring enough pre-gens for 7 people, more if your game is deadly.
- Bring any required materials.
- Be cool, honey bunny.
- Stick to the time slots.
SHIP OF THE DEAD GOOGLE SHEET
Signup for game, add your contact info, and find other gamers and places to play.
limithron.com/rpgclubWHAT IS OSR/NuSR?
OSR stands for Old School Renaissance (or sometimes Revival). Check out this video from Questing Beast. NuSR is a term often applied to games like Mörk Borg/Pirate Borg, Mothership, Knave, Cairn, and other games that have a new school design aesthetic, and are typically rules-light and focus on "rulings over rules", but aren't exactly D&D clones. Many of Free League Publishing's games aren't technically OSR games as they aren't often based on old school D&D, but the high quality design and alternate game style game have made fans out of many of us.ABOUT LIMITHRON
I'm Luke Stratton, and I made Pirate Borg, a hack of Mörk Borg. It's forthcoming from Free League Publishing, and the game has already shipped to Kickstarter backers and people that preordered.I started this group to meet local OSR-style players and get some games going. I often host playtest games for my next book, The Dark Caribbean.
