Heroes of the Borderlands: A Beginner's Adventure
The Borderlands require aid! Seek the Castellan Winvarle and brave the wilderness to save the good people from villains beyond the gate!
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Details
Weekly / Sun, 9:30 PM - 10:30 PM (UTC)
Nov 8 / Session 2
$25 / Session
Ages 13 to 14
3 / 4 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
Welcome beginners and those new to table top role playing games! Heroes is a fifth edition starter adventure perfect for young players to try their hand at Dungeons and Dragons. In this adventure players will enter the keep at the borderlands and help the friendly town folk, solve a mystery or two and meet with their benefactor Castellan Winvarle, ruler of the keep. A diabolical group of villains has taken root in the caves of chaos and Winvarle needs brave heroes to stop their nefarious acts! Dawn your armor and weapons, explore the wilds, fight the villains and save the realm! Oh, and get some sweet loot along the way!
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Ages 13 to 14
The party will be made up of only kids ages 13 to 14, led by a vetted professional Dungeon Master. This game will be recorded for quality & safety purposes and saved securely for 90 days. To review the content allowed in this age band see our FAQ.
Plot & setting
This adventure is played in 3 acts over 3 to 5 sessions. Act 1 Players begin in the castle town helping townsfolk, finding animals, protecting shops, playing contests etc. Act 2 players brave the wilderness exploring forests, fighting beasts, helping travelers. Act 3 players challenge the caves of chaos and fight or ally with monsters, and defeat the villains.
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Game style
Schedule
Ongoing campaign
Weekly on Sunday
1 hour
Session 4
Sunday, Nov 8
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9:30 PM to 10:30 PM
Session 3
Sunday, Nov 1
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9:30 PM to 10:30 PM
Session 2
Sunday, Oct 25
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8:30 PM to 9:30 PM
Meet the Dungeon Master
DMJeff
5.0
(7)
1 year on Young Heroes
Highly rated for: Beginner Friendly, Creativity, Inclusive
About me
My name is Jeffery Longa and I am an experienced GM for over 12 years. I am a Graphic Designer In Arkansas and I've been running games for children for 3 year now. My first foray into GM'ing wasn't DnD, it was actually Fantasy Flight's Starwars Edge of the Empire game with my friends. It was very narrative focused and rewarded storytelling and creativity. I think I've carried that mentaility even into crunchier more combat focused games. I love building a story and a world with my players. But as much as a good story is I love a good fight. Good vs evil, heroes and villains, I want that story we build up to end with a heroic (hopefully triumphant) stand. As mentioned, since 2023 I have been running the youth table at my local game store. It wasn't something I chose, it just happened. They were looking for GM's, I was looking to GM and most of the younger players ended up with me. As players settled I became the official youth table. And frankly it has been an incredible experience. I've had a core group of kids that have been playing at my table over these 3 years along with the others that come and go. We always have a joyous time and I welcome anyone and everyone to my table.
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What to expect
Preparing for the session
For this session your child will need a working microphone and webcam per Start Playing Games rules for youth games. The game will be played over Zoom so you will need to set them up on your account or their own. They can either use a pregenerated character from the adventure or they can create their own. a pregenerated character is held on my end and I relay to the child what actions they can take based on what they want to do.
What DMJeff brings to the table
At my table I provide lively non player characters with voices, artwork from the module, and maps that give context to the location of players. I use the rules of the game as a base line and work with players to act on their creativity.
Equipment needed to play
Internet
Computer
Microphone
Platforms used
D&D Beyond
D&D Beyond is the official digital companion platform for Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition. It offers character building and management tools, content collection, navigation, and organization, and a suite of virtual tabletop tools like encounter builders, and maps in both 2D and 3D.
Zoom
Zoom is a videoconferencing software used for video and telecommunications around the world by businesses, governments, and of course, RPG groups! It's a simple, functional, and ubiquitous program for reliable video chat.
Safety
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Vetted Dungeon Masters
We review every Dungeon Master's application and require background checks for them to work with kids.
Reviews from parents
We require Dungeon Masters to submit at least 3 reviews from previous games they have run.
Recorded sessions
We record kids' sessions for safety and review. You can access recordings for up to 90 days after the session has run.
Identity Verification
Your Dungeon Master will verify each player's identity at the start of each session before letting you into the call.
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Dedicated Trust & Safety
Our team works to ensure that every player has a welcoming, safe, and fun experience. We are ready to assist if needed.
How DMJeff creates a safe table
To maintain safety at my table we use a mix of X cards and lines and veils. X cards are an object or gesture players can make to indicate we are entering a problem area so that I may reduce the detail / move the scene away entirely. Lines and veils are the hard lines players inform me prior to a game so that I can steer clear of sensitive topics and veils are a metaphorical cut to black when the subject matter is getting too intense.
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$25.00
/ Session