Drinking & Dragons: a night of gameplay for all by Rough Magic

Experience an evening of Dungeons and Dragons as our professional Dungeon Masters lead you in a D&D One Shot Adventure. No prior experience or preparation needed as our Dungeon Masters are dedicated to teaching you How To Play.

Choose one of our pre-created characters and start your adventure! $15 reserves you a seat at a table with one of our world class Dungeon Masters for up to 4 hours. Tables can fit up to six players so bring your adventuring party or forge new allies by joining other adventurers.

Guests will have the opportunity to purchase food & drink from Split-Rail during gameplay. All attendees must provide proof of vaccination and wear masks when moving throughout the space. The Martin & Split-Rail are both ADA accessible locations.

Adventures to be served:

• The Wealthy Merchant: An Introduction to D&D by Joel Tannas : This trimmed down version of a Dungeons and Dragons quest makes it easy for anyone to learn the basics of the game. This is paired with a description of how to play from your table's Game Master and a Q&A.
• The Wild Sheep Chase by Winghorn Press: When the party’s attempt to grab a rare afternoon of downtime is interrupted by a frantic sheep equipped with a Scroll of Speak to Animals, they’re dragged into a magical grudge match that will test their strength, courage and willingness to endure baa’d puns. Will our heroes be able to overcome a band of transmuted assassins and an extremely bitter apprentice packing dangerously unstable magic items? There’s only one way to find out…
• Castle Zadrian by Rich Wulf: The rich Lady Elena has offered a handsome reward for you to determine the fate of her father, Sir Timoth Zadrian, who hasn't visited her in some time. Sir Timoth Zadrian is a strange man whose ample wealth has allowed him to pursue his lifelong passion: alchemy. Most of his studies haven't uncovered anything new....until recently. Rumors fly around the nearby village about Sir Timoth Zadrian and the strange sounds that have been coming from his castle as of late. It's up to you, adventurers, to explore Castle Zadrian and find Sir Timoth.

Your Dungeon Masters:

Caito Aase (they/she) has been an obsessive D&D player since their brother made the deadly mistake of introducing them to this magical game back in 2018. Since then, favorite campaigns Caito has DM’d include the long-running Curse of Strahd and a special homebrew featuring a charming pacifist goat Tiefling Druid and a marvelously neurotic and nihilistic Kenku Gloomstalker. When Caito isn’t playing D&D (a very rare occasion), she is an actor with Big Mouth Talent, a company member with Plan 9 Burlesque, and an avid horror fan. Favorite fandoms include Hannibal, Good Omens, Star Wars, and The Witcher. As a DM, they are a True Neutral. But as a human, they are unabashedly Chaotic Neutral… so the chaos can bleed over into gameplay, in the best way.

Sarah Moore is an actor/model/voice over artist/content creator that is based in the Chicago area. By day, she works for The World of Chaldea (a multimedia fantasy project helmed by Peter Adkison out of Seattle, WA). Sarah also streams actual play sessions for Level Up TTV in partnership with 9th Level Games. While Dungeons and Dragons will always have her heart, she also loves exploring alternative systems. Telling stories with like-minded folk is what drew her to ttrpgs in the first place, and it’s the reason why she continues to put so much time and love into it.

Christian Stokes is a professional voice and stage actor based in Chicago however his voice work has been all over the country. He has had a love for board games his whole life but wasn’t introduced to the tabletop rpg world until 2008. He currently runs two bi-weekly campaigns for customers. He is a co-founder of Rough Magic.

Aiyanna Wade is a Chicago based performer and instructor. You may recognize her from the YouTube Channel Awesome or various panel appearances at C2E2 and Wizard World. With a performance background including Annoyance Theatre, Second City Chicago’s Conservatory, and a Bachelor of Arts from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Aiyanna is no stranger to improvisation and role playing. Most recently co-running a youth RPG & Cosplay summer camp, Aiyanna has taught other nerd-based youth workshops such as Lightsaber, Wand, and Bat’leth. In her free time she enjoys “indoor time” with TTRPG friends, cosplaying at SciFi Conventions, and her annual excursion to Bristol Ren Faire.

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