TBCC 2026: Friday Learn to Play!

Tables Limited at 6 Players! Reserve ASAP!

New to tabletop RPGs or ready to try something different? Friday's Learn to Play lineup features three beginner-friendly adventures where you can stop a spreading mountain blight, face the ghosts of Appalachia, or explore the sunken Mere of Dead Men. Our Game Masters will help you with the rules, so choose the adventure you'd like to play and select the number of tickets you need to reserve your seats!

Choose your first Friday adventure!

Rot Mountain

12:00 PM to 2:00 PM

DM: Benjamin
System: D&D 5E 2014
Level: 3
Player Experience: Beginners Welcome
Tone: Action-Packed, Lighthearted, Dramatic, Heroic, Mystery, Epic, Cozy, Whimsical, Chaotic, Fantasy
Content Warnings: Fantasy Violence, Disease / Plague, Fire
Pregenerated Characters: Yes, but players may bring their own characters
Players Should Bring: Nothing

Game Description:
As you're traveling across the mountain, you start to encounter plants infecting the land around them. Whatever this is, the surrounding nature doesn't seem to welcome it. Then strange branch monsters begin to appear, and you realize that whatever is happening here is intentional.

Additional Information:
If it's your first time, things can be overwhelming! Don't worry too much about the character sheet. Think about what you want your character to do, and the DM can help with the mechanics.

Best Leave Them Ghosts Alone

3:00 PM to 5:00 PM

DM: Stephen
System: Cypher System
Level: Beginner
Player Experience: First-Time Players
Tone: Action-Packed, Dark, Horror, Western, Historical, Spooky
Content Warnings: Fantasy Violence, Psychological Horror, Death, Character Death, Child Endangerment, Undead, Monsters / Creature Horror, Occult Themes, Imprisonment, Kidnapping
Pregenerated Characters: Yes
Players Should Bring: Nothing

Game Description:
Attending the funeral of a childhood friend is never easy. When it's the funeral of someone you accidentally killed and then brought back to life years ago, however, you all have debts, and this one's about to come due. Best Leave Them Ghosts Alone is an Old Gods of Appalachia horror adventure set in a small town full of memories, ghosts, and promises unpaid. This poignant adventure is filled with atmosphere, horror, and emotion.

Additional Information:
Based on the Old Gods of Appalachia podcast. The submitted description additionally notes themes involving child death, grief, funerals, ghosts, and hauntings.

March Through the Mere of Dead Men

6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

DM: Shane
System: D&D 5E 2024
Level: 2 to 5
Player Experience: First-Time Players
Tone: Heroic, Mystery, Fantasy
Content Warnings: Fantasy Violence, Death, Character Death, Undead, Monsters / Creature Horror, Demons / Devils, Spiders, Drowning
Pregenerated Characters: Yes
Players Should Bring: Nothing

Game Description:
Your party has been sent to scout the ancient ruins of a sunken chapel located in the Mere of Dead Men. Will there be a stash of forgotten gold or a stash of forgotten foes?