--- title: RPGs kind: note description: Meta This note is not about single-player games or MMORPGs. Resources by game system Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) Fifth Edition (5e) D&D Wizards of the Coast (part of Hasbro) D&D Beyond Create characters… words: 513 readingMinutes: 2 created: '2024-07-29T20:23:30+02:00' updated: '2025-08-13T17:29:32+02:00' --- ## Meta - This note is **not** about single-player games or [MMORPGs](/notes/mmorpg). ## Resources by game system ### Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) #### Fifth Edition (5e) - [D&D](https://dnd.wizards.com/) - [Wizards of the Coast](https://company.wizards.com/en) (part of Hasbro) - [D&D Beyond](https://www.dndbeyond.com/) > Create characters in seconds, build and run combat encounters on the fly, and start your collection of official books with D&D Beyond - [Adventurers League | Organized Play](https://dnd.wizards.com/adventurers-league) - [D&D Adventurers League Danmark](https://www.dnd-al.dk/) - website shutting down summer 2024 - [Adventurers League Danmark Facebook group](https://www.facebook.com/share/ANck8gEXh5REkUbT/) - [Dicecloud](https://dicecloud.com/) > Free, Auditable, real-time character tracking for 5th edition - [Avrae](https://avrae.io/) > a Discord bot designed to help you and your friends play D&D online - [Casper Kirketerp-Helenius](http://www.casperhelenius.dk/) #### Third Edition (3.5e) - [Dark Sun](https://www.athas.org/) > Dark Sun is a campaign setting for the [Dungeons & Dragons](https://dnd.wizards.com/) roleplaying game. Set on the desert world of Athas, Dark Sun is about the struggle for survival. ### Pathfinder #### Second Edition (2e) - [Pathfinder](https://paizo.com/pathfinder) - [Pathbuilder 2](https://pathbuilder2e.com/) > Pathbuilder 2e is a character builder, planner and sheet for Second Edition PFRPG. - [Pathfinder Society Danmark Facebook group](https://www.facebook.com/share/v6jQAu8zWnrJsi6y/) ### Shadowrun - [Shadowrun Wiki](https://shadowrun.fandom.com/) ### The Dark Eye / Das Schwarze Auge - [Das Schwarze Auge](https://ulisses-spiele.de/game-system/das-schwarze-auge/) 🇩🇪 ## Services ### Shopping - [DriveThruRPG.com](https://www.drivethrurpg.com/) > RPG Download Store ### Virtual tabletop - [Roll20](https://roll20.net/) > Play games anywhere. Share them with anyone. With Roll20® as your virtual tabletop, your adventures are limitless. - [D20PRO](https://d20pro.com/) > **D20PRO** is a multi-platform, multi-player Virtual Tabletop (VTT) that takes roleplaying games from around the table to gamers around the world. Experience all the elements of roleplaying with the powerful D20PRO rules engine — speed up combat, roll a natural 20 on integrated dice, play on gigantic gaming maps, and bring character sheets to life. D20PRO specializes in running D&D 5E, D&D 3.5, Pathfinder and Starfinder Roleplaying Game sessions, but easily handles any roleplaying game system! - Foundry VTT - Fantasy Grounds ## Play-by-post ### Communities - [Ongoing Worlds](http://www.ongoingworlds.com/) - [RPG Crossing](https://www.rpgcrossing.com/) > If you'd like to craft stories and play role playing games with thousands of people from around the world, you've come to the right place! > > RPG Crossing is a 40,000+ member online community that focuses on play by post role playing games (PBP RPG) and features such systems as Dungeons and Dragons (2e, 3e, 3.5e, 4e, 5e), Pathfinder, GURPS, d20 Modern, Serenity, Star Wars, Storytelling (World of Darkness) and many more. - [Roleplayer Guild](https://www.roleplayerguild.com/) > Play-by-Post Role Playing Forum - [RolePlay onLine](https://rpol.net/) > RPoL is one of the oldest play-by-post roleplaying communities on the web, providing **free** membership for anyone to host and participate in **any** game system or communal story line. - [Freedom City: Play by Post](https://www.freedomplaybypost.com/) - [Daleos](https://discord.gg/veJNsrmGUe) - [Daleos Wiki](https://daleos.fandom.com/wiki/Daleos_Wiki) ### Resources - [World building ideas to use for the setting of your game](http://www.ongoingworlds.com/blog/2010/08/world-building-ideas-to-use-for-the-setting-of-your-game/) - [Where The Characters Are – And What](http://www.ongoingworlds.com/blog/2014/04/way-with-worlds-where-the-characters-are/) - [Why Worldbuild?](http://www.ongoingworlds.com/blog/2014/02/worldbuilding-why-worldbuild/) - [Origins. In The Beginning](http://www.ongoingworlds.com/blog/2014/03/way-with-worlds-origins-in-the-beginning/) - [Finding Inspiration](http://www.ongoingworlds.com/blog/2014/07/way-with-worlds-finding-inspiration/) - [Culture And Civilization](http://www.ongoingworlds.com/blog/2014/03/way-with-worlds-culture-civilization-worldbuilding/) - [Character Creation](http://www.ongoingworlds.com/blog/2014/04/roleplay-character-creation/) - [The importance of “Yes, and…”](http://www.ongoingworlds.com/blog/2014/11/the-importance-of-yes-and-in-roleplaying/) - Reggie’s Writing Tips - [#1 – 10](http://www.ongoingworlds.com/blog/2013/12/reggies-writing-tips-1-to-10/) - [# 11 – 20 (Building a Dynamic Character)](http://www.ongoingworlds.com/blog/2013/12/reggies-writing-tips-building-dynamic-character/) - [#21 – 30 (Plot Development)](http://www.ongoingworlds.com/blog/2013/12/reggies-writing-tips-21-30-plot-development/) - [# 31 – 40 (Dialogue)](http://www.ongoingworlds.com/blog/2014/01/reggies-writing-tips-31-40-dialogue/) - [# 41 – 50 (Advance Writing – The Three Act Structure)](http://www.ongoingworlds.com/blog/2014/09/reggies-writing-tips-41-50-advance-writing-the-three-act-structure/) - [Matching Your Character Up For A Game](http://www.ongoingworlds.com/blog/2012/02/matching-your-character-up-for-a-game/) - [Make your character fail a few times before succeeding](http://www.ongoingworlds.com/blog/2010/07/make-your-character-fail-a-few-times-before-succeeding/) - [Impressing the Moderators – Character creation 101](http://www.ongoingworlds.com/blog/2012/09/impressing-the-moderators-character-creation-101/) - [Challenge Accepted](http://www.ongoingworlds.com/blog/2013/05/roleplay-challenge-accepted/) - [10 things that annoy other roleplayers](http://www.ongoingworlds.com/blog/2014/03/10-things-that-annoy-other-roleplayers/) - [10 Ideas for a character flashback](http://www.ongoingworlds.com/blog/2010/08/10-ideas-for-a-character-flashback/) ## LARP - [Bleed: The Spillover Between Player and Character](https://nordiclarp.org/2015/03/02/bleed-the-spillover-between-player-and-character/)