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Brennan Lee Mulligan’s Dungeons and Dragons push is part of a wider trend using tabletop games for political action

Just before their election day, six Los Angeles city council candidates stood on stage at Hollywood’s Fonda Theatre. But they weren’t there for a debate or a black-tie gala. They were there to play Dungeons and Dragons.

Comedian Brennan Lee Mulligan guided the politicians through a short D&D campaign to defeat corporate villains and an evil dragon. Hundreds of enthusiastic fans in the crowd pledged additional donations up to $150 each to give the candidates what is called an “auto crit” for maximum damage to the dragon.

If this sounds like a bizarre merging of politics and play, organizers say it is not. “Most people want to be tapped and told how to help,” said Mulligan, a longtime DSA member and the dungeon master of D&D-themed hit YouTube series Critical Role and Dropout’s Dimension 20. “Then, lo and behold, there’s this new way to participate, bringing the platform I have to bear.”

The DSA-LA show raised $30,000 for the city’s primary election in June; five of the candidates onstage that night either won re-election or advanced to the general in November. The event is just one in a wider resistance movement by players of D&D and other tabletop role playing games (TTRPGs) against the current political climate – ICE raids, attacks on transgender rights and the rise of artificial intelligence. Over the past few years, groups across the country have been playing TTRPGs online and in person to raise money to develop games that express their frustration with the federal government and instruct people on how to help those most affected by its policies.

Edit: this post got a lot more attention than I thought it would, but I got some good answers out of it, at least. Seems like my overall attitude for the game is going the wrong way, after writing it all down, posting it and reading some of the replies, yeah I guess I am probably bringing the mood of the game down, even if I don't want to, if my attitude towards it is the way it is I can see how it would do so. Thanks everyone for the replies, I'll probably close the post in a little bit just to let anyone who still wants to answer after this edit to do so.

Edit 2: Well, time to close the post. I think the answer is clear, I have the wrong idea and approach of the hobby. This opened my eyes and I'll do some self-reflection, either I will be able change my approach to it, and perhaps that way I'll be able to really have fun with it instead of getting frustrated over my expectations, or I'll just accept the hobby is not for me, that I spent 13 years chasing something that wasn't there, and just let people who actually understand the hobby to enjoy it. Thanks everyone for the honest answers, I was needing to hear, well, read all of that.

The title is pretty self explanatory. I’ve always wanted to run an adventure game based on Egyptian mythology. Mythology mixed with historical details. I can’t really execute because I’m new to TTRPG’s.

I’d also love to do a Star Trek adventures campaign surrounding the Hur’q. I’d have to have good GM skills.

My dad had the original Greyhawk gazetteer and map, I loved the planescape book set with the lore and map. Is there a cool fantasy product with neat map, cool art, cool lore, and some mystery spaces without explanation

Just like the title, I’m looking for a (probably OSR) RPG that gives the same or simar feeling as the original NES zelda, with dungeons, interesting magic items, and puzzle solving. Kinda similar to modern video games like Tunic

I’ve been moving more toward lightweight OSR RPGs like Shadowdark and Mork Borg, but I have a player who craves combat. I’m sure he would enjoy a more mechanically combat heroic RPG like Draw Steel, Daggerheart, or D&D 5e with XP for kills, but I’m personally not interested in running more complicated systems like those.

Any recommendations of rules-light systems that are still mechanically fun to run and play and embrace combat as the focus (as opposed to the OSR philosophy of avoiding combat)?

James Introcaso of MCDM just created this video to answer much of the confusion regarding his upcoming game Crows and its relationship with the OSR. I found it to be a good intro point for those unfamiliar with that term (which is a LOT of RPG players these days) while still honoring and respecting that community.

His ultimate conclusion is that Crows will have the same relationship to the OSR that Indiana Jones has with pulp adventure serials. It's clearly inspired by that source material and it even uses some similar ideas to create a similar vibe, but ultimately Crows is ultimately it's own thing and freely ignores core pillars of the OSR as its design goals require.

Personally, I think this is just fine, and I appreciate this level of clarity from James (and from MCDM in general) as it helps you quickly determine if their products are what you're looking for at your table.

Not a session. A campaign. Players are regulars at a bar. People come in with various types of baggage. Players help them navigate it.

That’s it.

Take the “the players meet in a tavern” trope to the ultimate extreme. They meet there, and they never fucking leave.

I started playing D&D in 1980, and seeing the discussions examining the nature of role-playing that were going on in zines etc even before that was pretty amazing.

I can't decide if all that critical thinking got drowned out by the D&D juggernaut of the 80s or I was just unaware because I was literally a kid (or some of both).

Hello there,

does someone know a genre and system agnostic hexcrawler I can use for group and solo play?

The ones I‘ve found so far are the one included in One Page Solo Engine, which is really basic, or hexcrawlers that leans heavily towards fantasy. I‘m looking for something with a bit more details without a heavy bias towards a specific genre.

I would also take a good pointcrawler if it complies with my wishes.

Thanks in advanced.

Hey all.

Next month my girlfriend and I will be taking her daughter and a friend (both 11 y/o girls) on holiday. I thought it could be fun if I could prepare a short TTRPG adventure, in case we have bad weather or to spend evenings.

I'm looking for something that would be fun for them, so something simple, a bit girly, collaborative and easy for me to DM, as I have no experience whatsoever.

Combat is fine, but it shouldn't be the focus of the game.

Also tips for me as a first time DM would be greatly appreciated.