Dungeon World

Overview

Dungeon World is a tabletop fantasy roleplaying game created by Sage LaTorra and Adam Koebel. The game uses the
Powered by the Apocalypse
engine. The game is advertised as having old school style with modern rules. The game uses six ability scores (Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom, Charisma) and a character class model with choices of Bard, Cleric, Fighter, Immolator, Paladin, Ranger, Thief, or Wizard.

System Overview & Key Features

Classic Fantasy Adventure Explore a land of magic and danger in the roles of adventurers searching for fame, gold, and glory. Delve into goblin holes or chance a dragon's lair. Dungeon World takes classic fantasy and approaches it with new rules.
Talk About What Matters Dungeon World's simple rules happen based on what's happening within the game, so you spend more time talking about the action and less time talking about the rules.
Gamemaster's Toolkit Running a game shouldn't be a pain. Dungeon World gives the GM all the tools to run a game quickly and easily. Fronts help you keep the world around the players living and evolving. Moves are ways to drive your game forward. And your Agenda keeps you on track.
No Dead Ends The rules always drive the action forward in unexpected ways. Rolling the dice always leads to an interesting outcome.
Award-winning Design Dungeon World has wonan Ennie for Best Rules http://www.ennie-awards.com/blog/about-us/2013-noms-and-winners-2/?ref=dungeon-world.com, a Golden Geek for Best RPG http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/886607/2012-golden-geek-awards-winners?ref=dungeon-world.com, and an Indie RPG Award.
Open License The text of Dungeon World is released under a Creative Commons Attribution license. You can make, distribute, and even sell anything you like based on Dungeon World.

Additional links

dungeon-world.com https://www.dungeon-world.com/ - Official website

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DW
Dungeon World
Online
Campaign
Thar' Be Trolls
Players
2/4
GM
1/1
Dungeon World
en English

Thar' Be Trolls

Roleplay focused Roleplay focused
LGBTQ+ friendly LGBTQ+ friendly
Greetings Travelers and welcome to “Thar’ Be Trolls!” A Dungeon World campaign set in the Forgotten Realms universe. Set in the city of Nesme’ and bordered by the Lurkwoods to the northwest and the Evermoors to the east, the party will assume the role of a member of the Riders of Nesme’. Captain Hersien has a mission of utmost importance. A dangerous mission, one that would stake upon the fate of the city. I am a budding 5e DM and want to try out Dungeon World. I have two players already, one who is very experienced in the format and one who isn't. We are looking for a couple more diverse, fun, and colorful people to broaden our group. The three of us are in our 30s and would like to keep the campaign 18+. We will run it every two weeks on Sunday at 1pm. Ideal start date would be August 9th. Please feel free to ask any questions or reach out. I am trying to run this on a program on steam called Talespire that allows players to move figures around a 3d world that I have created. It is a free program for the players, and you can purchase a figure on Heroforge or use one of thousands created by players (through heroforge or uploaded to Talespire). I am not dead set on this but it has been a fun way to explore the 5e campaigns I've run.

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Dungeon World
Torino
Campaign
DM (and a player?) looking for a group
Players
1/4
GM
1/1
Dungeon World
en English

DM (and a player?) looking for a group

I'm new in the region of Torino, searching for creating a campaign in English (as my Italian is not yet at a sufficient level). I'm willing to learn any system, but if I'm DMing I prefer to do this in Dungeon World. I don't have a specific campagin setting in mind, but I have some ideas that I want to see coming to imaginary life.  My DM style is loose, and I like giving the players a lot of room to influence the events. I know of one other guy that is interested. I prefer DMing for 3-4 players.

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PbtA
Powered By The Apocalypse
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Berkeley
Online
Cameron
Looking to join some narrative or OSR games! Really want to play in Monster of the Week and Apocalypse World.
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Homebrew
Homebrew
BitD
Blades in the Dark
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Online
Michelle
Let’s go on an adventure together! I'm looking for a free, cooperative, consent-based, story-focused TTRPG table. I enjoy character-driven games with party relationships, meaningful combat, exploration, mystery, downtime, and earned emotional moments. Ideal balance: about 50% roleplay, 30% combat, 20% exploration. I like sincere games with humor, but not constant bits, edgelord behavior, or main character syndrome. I fit best with players who share spotlight, cooperate, respect boundaries, and care about everyone’s character mattering. Consent and safety are important to me. Heavy themes, PvP, romance/flirting, sexual content, intense character conflict, or major effects on another PC should be discussed first. Lines and veils should be respected. I’m in Hawaiʻi Time / UTC-10. Weekends are best, and I prefer 2–3 hour sessions. I’m open to voice, PBP, or hybrid formats. Not a good fit for bigotry, disruptive rules-lawyering, non-cooperative play, unconsented PvP/romance/sexual content, trauma dumping, or using RPGs as therapy. Message me on Discord; I’m more responsive there. Please say you saw my Groupfinder post and send a short game pitch. Discord: goldaline
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Daggerheart
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Online
Per
Danish rpg gamer (mostly as gm) since 1986. Conversational play, play to find out, rules as written.

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