On Friday, 27 March, Chemnitz City Library invites you to a pen & paper role-playing game meeting in the Gaming Arena of the Central Library in the TIETZ from 3 to 7 pm. The free role-playing game days project will be presented. The reason for this is that a shelf full of free role-playing games is now available to borrow in the youth area of the city library.
The minimum age for participation is ten years. Entry is free of charge. Registration is required at: www.stadtbibliothek-chemnitz.de/buchen.
In role-playing games, players take on fictional roles to experience an adventure together through storytelling. The adventures of the role-playing game can take place in different worlds. Fantasy backgrounds such as Middle-earth, science fiction worlds such as Star Wars or action based on Indiana Jones are particularly popular. The main game tools are the pens and paper that give the game its name, which are used to describe the roles depicted on character sheets and make notes on the course of the game.
The game is played in German and optionally in English and is a beginner-friendly pen & paper role-playing game without thick rulebooks (one-shots and smaller narrative games).
Background
The aim of the free role-playing game day is to introduce pen & paper role-playing games to a wider audience. German-language role-playing game publishers, including self-publishers, take part in the campaign and provide free products such as quick-starters or scenarios for the event. The project was initiated nationwide in Germany by Karsten Voigt and Moritz Mehlem, who have been active in the role-playing game scene as authors and players for many years. The idea for the free role-playing game day originally came from the English-speaking world.
Pen & paper has its roots in the 1970s with titles such as "Dungeons & Dragons" from the USA or "Das Schwarze Auge" from Germany. In recent years, they have gained popularity thanks to series such as "Stranger Things" and "The Big Bang Theory".
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