Free Learn2Play D&D Event (Saturday, Oct. 11)!

Schedule

Sat Oct 11 2025 at 12:00 pm to 04:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Seward Park Library | New York, NY

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How do I create a character? What are the rules of combat, and how does exploration and role-play work? What do I need to bring when I show up to a table? What is the role of the DM vs. the role of the player? How do Ability Scores work? What ARE Ability Scores? For that matter, what is D&D??

If you've been asking yourself any of these questions, then sign up for our Intro to D&D Newbie Workshop, where our team of experienced GMs (game masters) will walk you through the rules of the 5.5th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons. We will help you create your first character, run you through a quick game session to get the hang of things.

We alternate the workshop's location each month between the Seward Park branch of the New York Public Library and the Crown Heights branch of the Brooklyn Public Library (though sometimes with a different location). Our workshops are almost always scheduled on the second Saturday of the month from noon to 4pm, so if you can't make it you can come to the next one!

During the workshop, we will teach you how to fill out a D&D character sheet manually using an official character sheet, which you can download here: [https://media.dndbeyond.com/compendium-images/phb/downloads/DnD_2024_Character-Sheet.pdf](https://media.dndbeyond.com/compendium-images/phb/downloads/DnD_2024_Character-Sheet.pdf)

We also suggest bringing a device that can connect to WiFi so that you can make a free character using the website D&D Beyond: [https://www.dndbeyond.com/](https://www.dndbeyond.com/)

D&D Beyond auto-populates a lot of character information and is quicker to use than pen-and-paper, especially for beginner adventurers.

What to bring:

a set of polyhedral D&D dice (we will have extras if needed)
a pencil and eraser
* a character sheet (printed) or a way to access [dndbeyond.com(http://dndbeyond.com) ](dndbeyond.com)(laptop, phone + charger, etc.)

THIS IS EVENT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

We also run a Discord server to organize in-person D&D games in New York City - this is where you can go to find games to join once you've learned how to play:

[https://discord.gg/x5mPb452xr](https://discord.gg/x5mPb452xr)

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Seward Park Library, 192 E Broadway, New York, us

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