Venture into the unknown in this one-shot adventure for Sword World RPG, Japan’s most popular fantasy TTRPG!
The world is full of dangers, treasures, and mysteries, and few places are as enticing or as perilous as the Abyss and its incursions, Shallow Abysses. You’ll explore one of these strange and dangerous places where space shifts around you and face whatever lurks within, hopefully making it out with your lives and a little treasure to show for it.
As Sword World is only just receiving its first official English translation, full rules explanation will becovered at the table and pregen characters will be provided.
This scenario uses randomly generated dungeons, as such the following content warnings may apply: Ghosts, Hauntings, Tight Spaces, Falling, Insects
WHAT’S ON THIS MONTH
Dates:
22nd October 7pm-10pm
29th October 7pm-10pm
4th November 7pm-10pm
+ Receive a free voucher for an Arcadia drop-in D&D session!
Back by popular demand!
✨ Grosh Drumclad's Adventuring Academy Is Open for New Pupils!
Have you always wanted to play Dungeons & Dragons, but weren't sure where to begin? Welcome -- you’re exactly who this adventure is for!
Over three guided evening sessions, you’ll learn how D&D works the best way possible: by playing it, with a supportive room full of fellow beginners and our friendly, experienced Game Master Tim guiding you every step of the way.
You’ll discover how to:
Read and use your character sheet
Tell a d4 from a d20 (and know when to use them!)
Make the most of combat, exploration, and role-play
Create a memorable, meaningful backstory
You'll start with a level 1 character and leave at level 3. Each session builds on the last, giving you time to grow comfortable, ask questions, and settle into your character as the world of Arcadia unfolds around you. By the end of the academy, you'll be ready to handle whatever adventures come your way. Graduates will receive a voucher to one of our drop-in Arcadia sessions so you can jump right in to your next adventure!
✨ No experience required -- absolute beginners welcome.
✨ Everything is provided -- all you need is a phone or tablet
✨ Sessions are friendly and supportive, so you can go at your own pace
✨ Led by an Arcadia Games Master with 7 years' experience
Practical Details
This is a three-session story, and attendance at all sessions is recommended for the full experience
Please arrive on time! If you’re more than 15 minutes late, you may not be seated to avoid disrupting the game
No external food or drink is permitted due to licensing, but food and refreshments are available to order from your table!
🎓 Sharpen your pencils. Gather your courage. Class is in session.
A friendly gathering for magic players in our community space.
Whether you’re a commander expert or have never picked up a deck before, expect plenty of encouragement, support, and fun!
Timing: 6 PM start for Character Creation and GM AMA, 7-10 PM Gameplay
Join us at Arcadia for Ladies Night! Designed for women+ that are curious about tabletop role-playing games and are looking for a welcoming space to learn to play. Whether you’re a complete beginner or have some experience in similar games, this is a chance to learn the basics, meet new people and enjoy a night of storytelling and creativity with your new community.
Come on your own or with friends and we’ll get you started.
Win prizes, drinks, discounts, and bragging rights as Tavern Trivia Champions!
Starts 7:30 p.m.
Choose your Party!
Come as a group or find a team on the night!
First Thursday of every month.
This is a 2-session story Arc running for two weeks during Thursdays 7:00-10:00pm.
Dates:
Thursday 12th November
Thursday 19th November
“There’s a girl who sits at the balcony of a sculptor’s workshop, and every day she waves and smiles. That’s it, just waves and smiles at everyone - fleshed or skeleton. I’m not saying that I want to find out what her problem is.. but what IS her problem? And why are some people so bewitched by her? And why does she have what looks like Celestial Thread when she’s not even slightly skeletal?”
A missive from Akmona arrives at Keystone Adventurer’s Guild, asking for help investigating the sculptor Pygmalion. But what does he have to do with missing people, celestial thread, and whispers of experiments?
Needle and Thread is a two-part arc set in Atlas, where success may contribute to the Atlas finale.
Content Warnings: body horror, spiders and mind control.
Bring your supplies and gather round a cozy crafting circle for encouragement, company, and great chat. Led by Livvy, whose beautiful work decorates our Mountain and Gatehouse rooms!
The Stormlight Archive is the story of Roshar,
a world of storms and war.
It is a story of growth, of passion, of honor.
And today, it is a story that you will tell.
You are not yet heroes. You currently live in a warcamp at the edge of the Shattered Plains, a vast expanse of chasms and plateaus. Today, you’re traveling with soldiers and scholars loyal to an Alethi noble named Highprince Sadeas.
That is where our story begins.
A few days ago, a highstorm uncovered ruins dating back to the Silver Kingdoms. Now, you’re part of an expedition sent across the barren stone to investigate what’s left of those ruins.
The Cosmere Roleplaying system is a d20-based tabletop role-playing game set in Brandon Sanderson's universe, launched by Brotherwise Games and Dragonsteel Entertainment.
A friendly gathering for magic players in our community space.
Whether you’re a commander expert or have never picked up a deck before, expect plenty of encouragement, support, and fun!
Timings:
Returning Players: 2 pm to 5 pm AND 7 pm to 10 pm
This is an all-day event
And so the earth shall split, and the Labyrinth shall rise to devour the kingdom above.
The Deathless One shall emerge, prepared to condemn a thousand souls before surrendering his own.
And when the gods have turned their gaze away, the Mist Walkers shall stand against the coming darkness to free the God of Death, lest all of Atlas be swallowed by the eternal abyss.
Pandora's Urn: Deep within the Labyrinth lies a secret buried for four hundred years. Some things were never meant to be found.
The Power of the Gods: Stand before the gods themselves. Perhaps it's time to make them face the consequences of their actions.
Tartarus: The armies of Hell are gathering, and an Archdevil prepares for war. Will you dare challenge the darkness upon its own throne?
The Deathless One: What price would you pay to escape the grave? One soul? One god? Or an entire island? Beware, for the Deathless One would sooner the world buried than enter the grave himself.
Necropolis: The dead have begun to march, and the people of Necropolis are in grave danger. Can you save those who cannot save themselves?
Tables are limited and non-interchangeable. Please choose another table if one is sold out.
Discworld is a setting for the novels of Sir Terry Pratchett; it is a place where dwarfs look askance at trolls, vampires look askance at werewolves, and the citizens of Ankh-Morpork mostly just want to get through one single day without being looked askance at.
You have each found yourself in the worst possible place in Ankh-Morpork, even worse than being in the Shades at midnight with an expensive horse. You have been detained at the pleasure of the Patrician. Wherever you were this evening, you have been plucked from your normal lives by courteous but very firm guards and brought here. Reflecting on your recent behaviour, you can all think of reasons that might have drawn attention, but you never expected it would lead you to the Patrician’s Palace.
Luckily for you, your audience does not end up being with Lord Vetinari himself, but with his secretary, Drumknott. He explains, officiously,* that the Patrician has decided that, in order to expunge the stain of your recent misdeeds, you must give back to the city. Your particular form of community service can take one of two forms: either you must accept appointment to the organising committee of the Soul Cake Duck Festival, or you must accept appointment to the next life. If the Soul Cake Duck Festival doesn’t go well, you can expect a transfer to your fallback choice.
*Drumknott is incapable of explaining in any other way.
A friendly gathering for magic players in our community space.
Whether you’re a commander expert or have never picked up a deck before, expect plenty of encouragement, support, and fun!
Timings: 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Get ready for a night of mystery, bluffing, and deduction. Welcome to Blood on the Clocktower!
What is it? Think Werewolf or Mafia, but much bigger and better.
Good vs. Evil: The Good team must find and execute the Demon. The Evil team must lie and murder their way to victory.
Unique Powers: There are no "plain villagers." Every single player has a unique secret ability that changes the game.
Death is Not the End: Unlike other social deduction games, if you die, you aren't eliminated! You stay in the circle, you can still talk, and you still have a vote that could decide the winner.
Trust no one.
Blood on the Clocktower is a social deduction game of murder and mystery, lies and logic. Good players share information to solve the mystery whilst evil players lie about who they are and what they know. Can you piece together the mystery and solve it before the clock strikes midnight?
Saddle up, Scum. The Frontier isn’t gonna survive itself.
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Welcome to the Lost Frontier, a land of insatiable greed and spectacular violence. Here, you're an outlaw with a price on your head, a gun at your hip and precious little standing between you and an ugly end.
Frontier Scum is a rules-light Acid Western roleplaying game of desperate gunslingers, grotesque weirdness and unrelenting bad luck. Expect lethal gunfights and a world where morality is negotiable, life is cheap, and death is rarely the worst thing that can happen to you.
No previous experience with the game is needed. Character creation will be done at table.
Content Warnings: Body Horror, Guns, Falling, Human Experimentation, Imprisonment, Gore, Taxidermy