Tabletop RPGs - Fantasy

By: GM Age

Beginner Friendly

Age of Adventure RPG is a rules-light heroic-fantasy ttrpg inspired by ‘Lasers & Feelings’.

“You are a member of an adventuring party undertaking a dangerous and heroic quest in a world of magic, mayhem and monsters! Be prepared for some old school fun as you dice with death in search of fortune and glory! So grab your pack, sharpen your sword and ready your spells. Now Onward To Adventure!”

– Pre-generated characters will be available: https://bit.ly/AoA-Pre-Gens
– Check out the free one-page ruleset here: https://adrian-young-games.itch.io/

Player Capacity: 2 to 4.
System: Age of Adventure RPG.
System knowledge required: None, system will be taught during the session.
Rating: M. Potential character death.
Seriousness: Moderate, leaning toward serious (4/6).

Scenario By: Nick

Beginner Friendly, Kid Friendly

All that glitters is gold
– Smash Mouth, All Star

Hired by a local ruler to investigate a potential gold mine, the party finds they’re not the first group there. Take control of the mine, and decide what to do with what you’ve found!

This level 3 adventure boasts a mixture of roleplay and combat, as you fight for what you found and decide how to use it.

Player Capacity: 5
System: D&D 5e 2014
System knowledge required: Low. Knowledge of system will add to the game, but is not required.
Rating: PG. Fantasy violence.
Seriousness: Average (3/6).

Scenario By: Doyle

Beginner Friendly, Kid Friendly

Five teens on the run, some from the Aerenwe guard, some from family, meet at a crossroads market and decide to pool resources. Before taking refuge in the forest, here they can find some food, gather some information, entertainment and possibly romance?

This story is set in the kingdom of Aerenwe of the Birthright setting. For those not familiar with the setting, it is a typical medieval fantasy world with humans, elves and dwarves, magic and monsters.

Player Capacity: 5
System: D&D 5e 2014 Birthright
System knowledge required: Low. Knowledge of system will add to the game, but is not required.
Rating: PG. Fantasy violence/politics.
Seriousness: Average (3/6).

Scenario By: Carrick

Beginner Friendly

Our story begins on a train, with a party of foreigners recruited for one grand purpose. Your target is Claus von Clementine, the self-instated Governor of Markaria. With his death, it is hoped that the warring powder-keg states can be united by the current inheritor to the throne, if not at least convinced to parley. You will be paid your weight in gold for taking his head, take care not to lose your own.

This adventure will feature avalanches, barrel magic, steam-powered robots, breaking-and-entering, “shoot-outs”, fancy ghosts, and at least one Monopoly.

Player Capacity: 5
System: D&D 5e
System knowledge required: Low. Knowledge of system will add to the game, but is not required.
Rating: PG. Low Fantasy Violence, Assassination, War.
Seriousness: Average (3/6).

Scenario By: Doyle

Beginner Friendly, Kid Friendly

“The gods are a myth – even the oldest history books only say that the false gods were chased out of Auraria more than a thousand years ago. Magic and science helped us get by, and we walled up our cities to keep the demons out. It is every person’s duty to spend the year after reaching adulthood to join the Watchers, Walkers, and Scavengers (WWS) guild – to watch the walls, to guard the shipments and to scavenge the old technologies. After serving one year, the person is considered a permanent citizen.

Having no gods didn’t stop people preaching in the street, offering hope and salvation in one hand, damnation for sin with the other. It never helped them in their year with the WWS and few would survive to become citizens.”

Genre: Fantasy with an almost post-apocalyptic headed towards early steampunk feel. This game has a simpler play style designed for novice players with the focus more on combat then problem solving and then roleplay.

Includes time for character creation if players are novices to RPGs.

Player Capacity: 5
System: D&D 5e 2014
System knowledge required: None, system will be taught during the session.
Rating: PG. Fantasy violence/horror.
Seriousness: Moderate, leaning toward serious (4/6).

Presented By: DDA – Dungeons and Dragons Australia

A Level 1 home brew D&D 5e adventure (2014)

You hail from a tiny village called Dustbowl. The growing season hasn’t been kind and your community is in real danger of starvation. As the most competent and healthiest of the village, you and your allies have been tasked with travelling to the closest town to earn gold. Taking your few possessions, and the bulk of the remaining food, you set out, for Greenacres. Upon arrival, you notice there is also a very conspicuous humanoid, sitting atop a merchant wagon, who is eyeing you all off with an excited expression on their face… As you peruse the job board, the mysterious merchant approaches you and offers you something to help you in your tasks.

Player Capacity: 3 to 5.
System: D&D 5E (2014).
System knowledge required: Low. Knowledge of system will add to the game, but is not required.
Rating: M. Specific warnings will vary depending on the DDA Scenario.
Seriousness: Average (3/6).

Presented By: DDA – Dungeons and Dragons Australia

A Level 2 D&D 5e adventure (2014)

You and your friends have been called out to the old mining town of Iron’s Bend by your Great Grandfather.  
His summons is strange, and describes tales of some odd happens in town. Screams from the woods, cloaked figures speaking to the clergy, a strange fog blanketing the town and no one seems to notice or acknowledge these events.  

He believes sinister forces are at work and needs your help to investigate and stop it. 

Do you have what it takes? 

Player Capacity: 3 to 5.
System: D&D 5E (2014).
System knowledge required: Low. Knowledge of system will add to the game, but is not required.
Rating: M. Specific warnings will vary depending on the DDA Scenario.
Seriousness: Average (3/6).

Presented By: DDA – Dungeons and Dragons Australia

A Level 4 D&D 5e adventure (2014)

While passing through the small town of Mellowcreek, something feels off. The townsfolk you have become familiar with start to act strange and disappear in the middle of the night.

No longer can you ignore the strange happenings when the Mayor frantically knocks on your door in the witching hour, saying his daughter has wondered towards the forest.

Player Capacity: 3 to 5.
System: D&D 5E (2014).
System knowledge required: Low. Knowledge of system will add to the game, but is not required.
Rating: M. Specific warnings will vary depending on the DDA Scenario.
Seriousness: Average (3/6).

Presented By: DDA – Dungeons and Dragons Australia

A Level 5 D&D 5e adventure (2014)

You wake on a wrecked shoreline, blood and salt on your lips, your ship reduced to splintered timbers dragged back and forth by the tide. There is no repair. No escape.

The jungle presses in beyond the beach and deep roars echo from the canopy as something enormous moves unseen among the trees. The air itself hums with a strange vibration; compasses spin and instinct screams danger.

You know this place from whispers and warnings, a name spoken only in fear.

Pterror Island.

Here, ancient titans rule the land, and an unseen force binds the island tight, trapping all who reach its shores. Fifty years ago, a Villosan expedition vanished here without a trace.

Now you’ve joined them—unless you uncover the island’s secrets… or die trying.

Player Capacity: 3 to 5.
System: D&D 5E (2014).
System knowledge required: Low. Knowledge of system will add to the game, but is not required.
Rating: M. Specific warnings will vary depending on the DDA Scenario.
Seriousness: Average (3/6).

Presented By: DDA – Dungeons and Dragons Australia

A Level 4 D&D 5e adventure (2014)

You are approached by a simple Villager determined to seek help to save their small Village of Shadyleaf Glade.

Do you have what it takes, and better yet, will you arrive in time to save this Village from its fate?

Player Capacity: 3 to 5.
System: D&D 5E (2014).
System knowledge required: Low. Knowledge of system will add to the game, but is not required.
Rating: M. Specific warnings will vary depending on the DDA Scenario.
Seriousness: Average (3/6).

Cross the blazing red plains…

Ascend the howling white pillars…

Sink into the creeping black abyss…

Step into a world of fire and stone.

Fire & Stone is a rules-light roleplaying game of stone, sorcery and grim psychedelia. Inspired by real-life prehistory and animistic beliefs, it invites players to explore a world of strange creatures, frightful caves, and spirits that beckon from just beyond the unexplored horizon.

Based on a streamlined ‘Old-School’ ruleset, Fire & Stone prioritises speed, simplicity and immersion in a Stone Age that could have been

Survival is far from guaranteed. May the Spirits bless your hunt.

Player Capacity: 2 to 5.
System: Generic OSR.
System knowledge required: None, system will be taught during the session.
Rating: M. Death, survival, narcotics, violence.
Seriousness: Moderate, leaning toward serious (4/6).

Scenario By: Feather

Beginner friendly, Kid friendly

An all-ages, all-experience adventure for Daggerheart, a narrative-focused fantasy game.

Welcome to Willowfell, where the Great Tree’s fallen, hollow trunk shelters many communities from all manner of storms outside. Your town of Rathmire lies on the Tree’s outer surface, but the great wizard Magister Kharix scribed his protection runes to protect Rathmire from the storms. That is, until he suddenly went missing!

As players, you represent Rathmire’s bravest and hardiest. Something, or someone, has taken Magister Kharix. His bird familiar – trying to rush into the storms after her master – will be your only guide, leading you deep into the Heart of the Storms.

Player Capacity: 2 to 5.
System: Daggerheart.
System knowledge required: None. System will be taught during the session.
Rating: PG. Local communities surviving harsh storms. Conflict between towns, unrest among the people, but things will only get violent if the players lead that charge.
Seriousness: Average (3/6).

Scenario by: Khaine

Reality has begun to fracture on the world of Tyrell. Drakon, once long thought extinct, have been found nestled in the frozen reaches of the far north. Buried under the earth to hide from the cataclysm wrought upon them many years ago. However, the discovery of them has lead other forces, long kept in the dark, to spring from their hiding place.

Beneath Heldencol, some watch as rifts open across the plane, the spawn of the abyss pouring in from all sides as the great crystal that holds Azzarin flies towards an unsuspecting Drakon of blue scales. In Fulgrim, as the despotic leader of the Cult of Filth falls, his face lights up with glee even as his body falls, slimey and acrid liquids flowing from his corpse to form a great void. And deeper still, within the Lair of the Blue Order, the secrets of the Scaleplague are discovered, and what was truly the cost of originally forming such a weapon.

Can the adventurers across the world stop this demonic invasion? Why are the demons pouring in? Will this be the end of Tyrell as we know it? Join us in the penultimate session of this campaign as we go beyond where it all began, in the Lair of the Blue Order.

Part 1 was run at Conquest 2022, part 2 at Conquest 2023, and part 3 at Conquest 2025. Previous participation is not required for this game.

Player Capacity: 3 to 7
System: D&D 5e (2014).
System knowledge required: Moderate. Basic understanding of the system is recommended.
Rating: PG. Violence, mild body horror, gory descriptions and foul language.
Seriousness: Moderate, leaning toward serious (4/6).

Scenario By: Shaun Hately

Beginner friendly, Kid friendly

“We have reports of a big cat – maybe a lion – on the loose in Jubilee Park. All available units respond immediately.”

“They’re not joking! There is a bloody lion looking at me! I can see it right now. It looks a little odd…”

“A little odd? How odd?”

“MP… this is a Falcon situation. We need the experts here right now.”

“Falcon? I thought we were dealing with a lion.”

“No. Falcon… look up Falcon?”

“Oh… got you… making the call now.”

Sometimes things happen that go beyond the normal scope of everyday policing. Fortunately there is somebody to call when this happens.

An original scenario for the Rivers of London Roleplaying game.

Player Capacity: 3 to 5
System: Rivers of London RPG
System knowledge required: None, system will be taught during the session.
Rating: PG. People in Peril
Seriousness: Average (3/6)

Presented By: One Shot Wonders

Beginner friendly

The humble town of Widgeeburgh has been transformed into a farm for the crimson lady’s veil, the only flower capable of curing the serpent’s sickness! The military has kept the plains pollinated and blooming without delay, until now!

You have been called into Widgeeburgh to destroy a hive of giant bees destroying the production line. Will this be a simple pest extermination, or is there something wilder about these bees?

This tier 2 Witherwild bee-themed one-shot will feature military corruption, unionized bees, and a diplomatic final negotiation to test your lateral thinking!

This game is part of the One Shot Wonders table. We’re a local TTRPG group that runs open tables in the northern suburbs. Check us out @ https://www.one-shot.games

Player Capacity: 3 to 5.
System: Daggerheart.
System knowledge required: None. System will be taught during the session.
Rating: G.
Seriousness: Average (3/6).

By: Shaun Hately

Beginner friendly, Kid friendly

The reports of pestilence in the city have been coming in for the last few days, but up until now there was hope that the situation wouldn’t be too serious.

Now that’s changed. It’s hard to imagine how the situation could actually be more serious.

There’s no room for panic. But panic is likely to be the result, unless you do something right now.

The question is what?

A scenario for the Dragon Warriors RPG by Shaun Hately, co-author of the Dragon Warriors Players Guide, and Dragon Warriors: Friends or Foes.

Player Capacity: 4 to 7.
System: Dragon Warriors.
System knowledge required: None.
Rating: PG. Disease and its consequences. Children in peril.
Seriousness: Moderate, but on the less serious side. (2/6).

Presented By: Wombat1972
Written By: Tomas Härenstam, Nils Karlén, Marco Behrmann

Beginner friendly, Kid friendly

Mirth and Mayhem

Magdala’s Tower surfaces from the ocean’s depths every twenty-two years, on the anniversary of Magdala’s demise, but it vanishes again after only a few hours. Countless adventurers have attempted to scale the tower and claim the invaluable Emerald of Magdala, yet none has ever returned. Now, the tower is about to reappear, its eerie green glow once more illuminating the water’s surface. Can you succeed where so many others have met their end?

The Sinking Tower is an official convention introductory adventure for the Dragonbane RPG (Free League). The adventure will have a fixed time limit of 2 hours.
No experience necessary; pre-gens provided.
Dragonbane offers all the fantastical kin expected, alongside several additional ones, such as the duck-like mallards.

Dragonbane is based on a simplified version of the BRPD game systems it uses a skill-based D20 system that is very easy for new players to learn. Skills are rated from 1 to 18, and you need to roll equal to or less than your skill level to succeed. That’s right, in this game, low rolls are good. Rolling a natural 1 is known as a “dragon,” which triggers potent special effects.

Dragonbane – Free League Publishing (https://freeleaguepublishing.com/games/dragonbane/)

Player Capacity: 5.
System: Dragonbane
System knowledge required: None. System will be taught during the session.
Rating: PG. Fantasy, potential player death, puzzles & combat, tragedy.
Seriousness: Moderate, but on the less serious side (2/6).

By: Matt Carson💖

Beginner friendly, Kid friendly

StoryCORE is a brand new Improvised Urban-Fantasy Card-Based Table-Top Role-Playing Character-Centric-World-Building Game that offers the experience of Dungeons & Dragons for people who have always wanted to play but found the whole prospect intimidating, as well as a robust character/world building tool for the storyteller in your life.

StoryCORE plays 2-5 players, 2-3 hours, ages 11 and up, and is Dungeon Master-less, so everyone gets to play their own character. There’s no stats, there’s no math, just pure distilled improvised collaborative storytelling goodness.

StoryCORE is currently in Open Beta, so your feedback is important in sculpting this game into its Final Form. Each game of StoryCORE run at Conquest will end with a brief feedback session to collect your valuable insight.

Stay Safe, and have Fun Building New Worlds with your Friends💖

Player Capacity: 2 to 5
System: StoryCORE
System knowledge required: None. System will be taught during the session.
Rating: PG. Mild Cussing, Fantasy Violence, Your Own Imagination. Certain cards may not be suitable for younger players, but can easily be removed before play begins.
Seriousness: Completely silly. (0/6)

By: Tablescape: Tabletop Escape Rooms

Beginner friendly

Tablescape combines escape rooms with tabletop gameplay for a campaign of exciting, puzzle-filled adventure! Scenarios are beginner-friendly and have a variety of puzzles that are suited to their respective genres. 

For the ‘Deceit in Camelot’ story, you are a spy in Camelot, sent to uncover the secrets of King Arthur’s court. Can you escape your dungeon cell, explore the castle collecting intel and find the fabled sword in the stone, Excalibur?

Session time is approximately 60 minutes.

Player Capacity: 2 to 5.
System: Tabletop Escape Room
System knowledge required: None.
Rating: PG. Puzzle difficulty is better suited to teens and adults.
Seriousness: Average (3/6).

By: Kaylan

Beginner friendly

In a world where the strange intrudes upon the familiar and anyone could be more than just mundane, our players are tasked with preserving the balance between the supernatural and mortal worlds. This is a world where people vie for control through the use of politics and occult power. It’s a world where your local coffee shop could be run by a vampire, where the police might be under the thumb of wizards, where dangerous creatures hunt for prey in parks and demons make deals with the unwary.

These Wicked Streets is an urban fantasy tabletop role playing game of narrative permission. Abilities aren’t locked behind level ups – everything on your character sheet is available, if you’re willing to pay the price. This is a game where you’ll have to decide how far you’re willing to go – how much you’re willing to lean into your own darkest impulses – in order to achieve your goals.

Player Capacity: 2 to 4.
System: Powered by the Apocalypse.
System knowledge required: None, system will be taught during the session.
Rating: M. Not suitable for children. May contain violence, coarse language, sexual references, adult themes and/or drug use (depending on and negotiated at the table).
Seriousness: On the serious side (5/6).

Scenario By: extratroubadour

Beginner friendly, Kid friendly

The old king is dying, and has put out an enormous reward for anyone who can retrieve the MOON CRYSTAL from the TOMB OF THE MOON MONKS rumored to give ETERNAL YOUTH. Hundreds of adventuring parties raced to retrieve the crystal, but all have perished. Will you brave the feywild’s madness?

Tomb of the Moon Monks is a beginner dungeon crawl with factions, rival adventuring parties, moral dilemmas and reality bending puzzles. Bring your torches!

Player Capacity: 2 to 4.
System: Shadowdark
System knowledge required: None.
Rating: PG. Death and madness.
Seriousness: Average (3/6).

Scenario By: wonganick

Beginner friendly, Kid friendly

The continent of Talroth stands on the brink of war. Humans, a people out of legend, have arrived from across the sea and spread like fire-ants, consuming all in their path. This incursion has awakened long dormant feuds between Elves, Dwarves and Orcs, as oaths and pacts are pushed to breaking point.

One last chance for peace exists. A meeting, between all the major factions of Talroth, in the town of Trademeet. There, diplomats have come to try and negotiate an agreement before it is too late.

But diplomacy is a slow and shadowy process, and other more reckless forces call ever louder for the settling of accounts on the field of battle. Will you strive to save Talroth from disaster, or is war the only solution?

A home-brewed DnD one-shot for 4-6 1st level dungeon crawlers.

Player Capacity: 4 to 5.
System: D&D 5e
System knowledge required: Low. Knowledge of system will add to the game, but is not required.
Rating: PG. Mild descriptive violence, which can be catered depending on player preference. Players will be tasked with rescuing a person who has been captured and tortured, though no description of torture will be given.
Seriousness: Average (3/6).

Scenario By: GriffinMuffin

Are you ready to be a hero? Then it’s time to Draw Steel! Which is the name of MCDM’s new tabletop roleplaying system. Sit down and learn the basics behind this great roleplaying system, through an introductory quest designed by myself, your humble director, Justin Starling – GriffinMuffin.

The system is designed to focus on heroic, tactical and cinematic experiences at the table.

The Order of the Crimson Vow plan to sacrifice innocent townsfolk in a mysterious ritual.

You, the heroes of the kingdom, will need to find a way to enter the monastery and stop them! Join in and draw steel!

Player Capacity: 5.
System: Draw Steel.
System knowledge required: None.
Rating: MA 15+. Religious zealotry, mild horror and adult themes.
Seriousness: Average (3/6).

Presented By: Petah Raven

Beginner friendly

The Reef Sea is in the far north of Avanthar, where many tropical islands are found. One such island is Mystic Isle, home to the Libertatia Alliance, the burgeoning pirate republic. An island of mystery and wonders, the pirates of Avanthar call this home and do their best to abide by the Pirates’ Code.

Your party have been hired as bodyguards for the wedding of two popular pirate captains — a wedding granted the blessings by the Pirate King himself. This is a momentous occasion, the joining of two crews as much as it is two captains. It bodes well for the beginning of something resembling a fleet. Every pirate is invited (except for the couples’ rival), and security is being outsourced so everyone can enjoy the festivities. No one is expecting any trouble … but, it is pirates after all.

This beginner-friendly game introduces players to the Daggerheart system, where you get to fulfil your pirate fantasies. It is a rollicking and whimsical adventure where you will engage with environments and adversaries to ensure the happy couple can celebrate their union with friends, allies, and colleagues. Pre-gen level 1 characters will be provided. So grab your eye-patches, polish your cutlasses, and house-train your parrots before setting sail on the high seas.

Player Capacity: 4 to 7.
System: Daggerheart.
System knowledge required: None. System will be taught during the session.
Rating: M. Alcohol consumption, public drunkenness, swearing pirates, criminal themes.
Seriousness: Moderate, but on the less serious side. (2/6).