Welcome to The Ultimate Game Adventure
Tabletop-roleplaying games like Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) allow you to create your own story through gameplay, together with your friends.
Join us on our shared quest of unfolding our imagination and creative potential! Let us go explore dungeons and slay dragons, and so much more…what do you think we could do?
Contact our Game Master Adam to join an existing group, or to start your own…
Why D&D is helpful
I am a member of Journeyman UK, a charity that supports teenage boys in their transition into adulthood, where I’m volunteering as a mentor. We often start a boys’ circle with games including movement and storytelling, and see how it helps relax, have fun as a group, feel safe to share about feelings, and be open to practice and learn skills.
From this point of view, I see the game as a chance for my players to…
connect with heroic archetypes that unlock our innate powers (you can be clear like a Warrior, smart like a Magician…)
safely act out suppressed parts in an imaginative world with clear rules (let’s be honest: who doesn’t want to be a little devious or mean every now and then? …Rebel against authority? - Yes you can! … Fight for or a good cause? - Even better!)
develop social skills (you play your character however you imagine them…but do it so you don’t annoy other players)
express themselves by co-creating a unique story that stimulates their imagination (no screens needed)
practice the Hero’s Journey (leave the safe home to face the unknown, and return home wiser and more powerful)
My own neurodivergence helps me be understanding and compassionate with other neurodivergent people, who often value spending time in a co-created fantasy world. My experience with integrating kids with ASD and ADHD has been very positive.
What players can learn from the game
How to role-play their character, develop goals and relationships
How to work as a team, and overcome obstacles together
Use the environment creatively to solve problems
Honour social rules and agreements to protect the fun.
Overcoming a challenge to get to a goal feels highly rewarding and drives one forward.
Their choices are meaningful and impact the response from the world.
Becoming more powerful (growing up) needs to be balanced with responsibility (taking consequences into account).
What I want to create with the game
Make your own game, using affordable or recycled materials! Once you understand the rules, you don't need to buy any products, which are limited by other people's imagination and resources. Just make it your own!
Video games are limited by technology and other people's ideas. Your imagination can go far beyond that! You can create your own world, hero, and story. The only limitation is: it has to be fun for the people you play with!
Start your adventure…
One-Shot
£ 10 (1.5-2 hours) | £ 15 (3 hours) | £ 20 (4 hours)
[per person]
A thrilling Story draws the players in, and ends after one game session.
Good for…
Newcomers to the game
Figuring out if people want to play together
Birthday parties & other social events
I offer…
Preparing and running one session
Pre-generated Characters to choose from, or let the dice decide!
Commitment: flexible
Payment: one-off
Ongoing Story
£ 90 (1.5-2 hours) | £ 120 (3 hours) | £ 150 (4 hours)
[per person and series of 6 sessions]
A co-created story, spanning over 6 sessions, allows for an in-depth game experience, character development, and more input from the players’ creativity.
Good for…
Groups of people who know each other and want to learn the game
People who know the game and look for other players
People who know both the game and each other and want to have fun together
I offer…
Running a series of 6 sessions, after which the story comes to some kind of conclusion, but can also be continued in an additional series if the players want
including…
Using the GM’s Campaign Pitch (where, and what is the story about?) to develop a Character Concept (who do you want to play in this story?)
Custom Character Creation with my help (Which rules can we use to make your concept happen?)
Character Integration (how does the character fit into the world, the group, the start of the story? What fun stuff could happen in the story that lets the character shine?)
Commitment: one series of 6 sessions (episodes)
Payment: upfront for the whole series, no refunds (this is a high commitment from my side, and I need to be met in that)
Adventuring Academy
£ to be negotiated…
Need some help without the distraction of a story?
Good for you if you…
Want to learn about different aspects of the game in depth (game mechanics, role-playing, combat,…)
Need help with your Character (maths, mechanics, role-playing,…)
Want to be a Game Master (or are already one), and want support
Commitment & Payment: depends on what you need, and how much time we spend
About Me
Welcome to the world where strategy meets laughter and every roll of the dice promises excitement! My passion for board games is matched only by my commitment to bringing friends and families together for moments of sheer joy and playful co-creation.
I prefer creating my own Game Worlds over buying official content. Making my own game equipment from affordable or recycled materials is a great joy, and fun for kids, teens, and adults.
My personal life experiences make me select games that are amazing for having fun, but which also offer plenty of opportunities for growth, and the development of social skills, teamwork, and problem solving.
How the Game works
Dungeons and Dragons is currently the most popular tabletop-roleplaying game. Rules and play styles have changed since its first edition from the 1970ies, but some basic mechanics are still the same:
You need 2 or more people. I recommend Age 10+
All we need is dice, pencils, and papers. And the intention to have fun together as a group.
One person is the Game Master (GM, or Dungeon Master DM). The other people play Player Characters (PCs).
The Game Master creates challenges in an imaginative Game World for the PCs to overcome. The Players think about how their Character would act in the Game World.
Together, with our combined imagination, and written rules, we create a story. Nobody knows exactly what is going to happen, or how, until we play to find out. (“emergent collaborative storytelling”)
This game is not competitive. Everybody wins if everybody has fun playing the game!
Most of the time, it looks like this:
The GM describes a situation and asks the Player: “What do you do?”
The Player describes what their Character would try to do
The GM can say
YES, that works.
NO, sorry, your character cannot do that. But you can try something else.
MAYBE. Make a die roll to find out.
The Player rolls the die, adds some numbers, and tells the GM the result.
The GM tells the Player how their result impacts the situation.
A Story can be…
Contained: the story ends when the game session ends (One-Shot)
Ongoing: the story continues in the next session (episodic series, like a TV series)
Every game is different, as are the people playing it, and the characters they are playing. Everyone likes different things about the game, and likes playing their character in their own way.
However, it is important to make agreements to protect the fun for everyone (Social Rules & Safety Tools)
Different things are expected from the GM and the PCs (Social Contract)
The GM can use official rules, ignore them, or make up their own rules (House-Rules)
We are all free to use our imagination to have fun, AND we have to consider that we are also part of a group! This limits our options, but keeps the group healthy (totally worth it!).
1st and highest rule: what we do should be fun for everyone!
