Homebrew Events

You meet in a tavern.

Game nights for Portland's bars, breweries and game shops. Bring nothing, know nothing, leave with a character and six new friends.

Which side of the table are you on?

For players

Somebody has to go first.

It might as well be you. Here's what you're walking into.

Twelve people sit down at a bar on a Tuesday. Most of them have never rolled a twenty-sided die. A few came alone. One got dragged here by a friend and has already decided this isn't going to be their thing.

Two hours later that person is standing on a chair, in character, describing exactly how their halfling intends to bribe a customs officer with a wheel of cheese. The rest of the table is losing it. The bartender has stopped pretending not to listen.

That's the whole job. We handle the rules, the dice, the story, the pacing, the person who's nervous, and the person who won't stop talking. You just show up.

Start here

Learn to Play D&D Night

Two hours. No experience, no books, no prep. We teach the game the way it's meant to be learned, by playing it, badly and loudly, with strangers who become a party somewhere around the first fight.

  • Everything provided: dice, sheets, pencils
  • Two hosts every night, one running the table, one at your elbow
  • Small tables, so it never feels like a lecture
  • You leave with a character you made and know how to play
  • Cosmere RPG nights launching alongside the November release
No experience needed.

Seriously. That's the whole point of the night.

Save me a seat
What's on

Upcoming nights.

Nothing on the calendar just yet.

We're locking in our first venues right now, with Cosmere RPG tables landing alongside the November release. Get on the list and you'll hear about dates before they go public.

Tell me when there's a game
After your first night

Then it gets its hooks in you.

Ongoing tables with our Dungeon Masters, from published adventures to a story written for your group alone.

I

The Well-Worn Road

A published adventure your DM already knows cold. The natural next step after a Learn to Play night, and the easiest way into a real campaign.

Get in touch for availability.

II

Your Pick of the Shelf

You choose the adventure from our library, or ask for something else and we'll find the DM who's been dying to run it. One-shots live here too.

Get in touch for availability.

III

A Story That's Only Yours

Written for your table and no one else's. Nobody, anywhere, plays this campaign but you, and it bends around the choices you actually make.

Get in touch for availability.

Our first public nights are being scheduled right now.

We're locking in venues around Portland as we speak, with Cosmere RPG tables landing alongside the November release. Leave your email and you'll hear about dates before they go public.

No spam, no newsletter. We only email you about actual games.

For venues

Your slowest night, solved.

No stage, no equipment, no staffing burden. If you've got tables and a night you'd like to be busier, we can work with it.

What we bring

  • Two hosts, every single night, never a solo act
  • All dice, character sheets, maps and gear
  • Our own crowd, from the Discord and mailing list
  • Flyers and social posts promoting your venue by name
  • Liability insurance, with your venue named as additionally insured on request

What we need from you

  • Table space for your room's capacity
  • A night you'd like to be busier than it is
  • Decent lighting, people are reading character sheets
  • A mic if you've got one. We're fine without.
  • That's genuinely it
How it works

Three conversations, then a game night.

01

We talk

Tell us your slowest night and what your room is like. We'll tell you honestly whether trivia, a Learn to Play table, or something else fits, or whether we're not right for you at all.

02

We run one

We show up with everything, run the night, and you see what it does to your room. No long contract, no setup on your end.

03

We make it regular

If it worked, we set a recurring night and lock in terms. Monthly, biweekly, whatever suits how your week runs.

Start the conversation

Tell us about your room.

We answer everything within a couple of days, usually same night.

Who's running this

A witch and a wizard walk into a bar.

The Wizard
Josh

Years behind the screen running everything from starter modules to campaigns built from nothing. Currently working toward a Magic: the Gathering judge certification, mostly so he has an excuse to be at more tournaments.

The Witch
Kara

A professional trivia host who spent years learning exactly how to read a room. Building niche, fandom-deep trivia nights with prize support worth showing up for, not the same forty questions every bar in town runs.

Rumors & portents

Things we're brewing.

No dates yet. Ask us in person and you'll probably get more than you bargained for.

Fandom trivia nights Cosmere RPG launch tables Ren Faire scavenger hunts Nerdy pub crawls You Meet in a Tavern meetups Live-play shows
Or just say hello

Forms are fine. Email is better.

If none of the boxes above fit what you're after, write to us directly and tell us what you're imagining. We read everything.

booking@homebrewevents.com