adventuring into august

Summer is coming to an end, and we're all preparing for another epic school year to begin. We are so excited to be offering many new games and opportunities for fun this school year, and we want to kick it off with some really great events. Stay tuned to this space for any updates and additions to our schedule.

Summer Camp 2025 retrospective

Summer Camp was great this year you guys! We had 8 weeks of fun, sun, and adventure. We welcomed many new wizards, artificers, rogues, warriors, druids and more to our community. Heroes crafted spell books, dice bags, mimic dice boxes, potable potions, masks both whimsical and terrifying, cardboard armor, and new friendships were forged. The Trap Run Obstacle Course was an exciting addition to our program, and this summer we added Swordplay and of course Swimming to our summer offerings.

We'll do it all again next summer, and in the meantime keep some space in your plans this year for our Fall Day Camps the week leading up to Thanksgiving, our Winter Camp during the holiday break, and our Spring Camp in 2026.

Back to School Year Schedule!

monday, august 18 2025 - friday, june 12 2026

We are back to our school year schedule starting Monday, August 18th. Some of your game times may have changed slightly to accommodate friends from the table heading in to new schools, or just us trying to build a little buffer time in between games. If you are a continuing or returning member you should have received an email checking to make sure the game time we've scheduled you for will work out.

If you did not receive an email and you know your schedule has changed, please reach out to:

info@heroworkshop.org

We'll get you sorted into a game that works for your schedule.

Fiesta la Ballona

August 23-25

FREE

We're going to be hosting our booth at Fiesta la Ballona this year (Booth #41811) - stop by and say hi!

We'll be debuting our brand new vending machine full of minis and dice sets, offering up books, minis, and dice for sale, and having a great time making new friends in the community. Anyone who signs up for a new game at Fiesta la Ballona will get a free mini and a new set of dice to start their collection!

Back to School Celebration

September 6, 4:00-8:00

FREE

Come celebrate the return to school with The Hero Workshop on Saturday, September 6th! We are going to raffle off some awesome prizes, run a few rounds of Kill it Keep it (where adventurers compete to land the finishing blow upon the Vile Foe - to the victor goes the mini!), and enjoy music, games, and good food.

Introduction to Daggerheart

September 19, 5:00-8:00

FREE

Daggerheart is a brand new tabletop role playing game that was released in May of 2025 by our friends at Darrington Press. Daggerheart is a lot like Dungeons and Dragons, with some key mechanical differences that make the game very interesting and fun. We feel that Daggerheart is a GREAT game for kids, as the players are very much a part of the world building and storytelling in some new and very cool ways.

One key difference is with what is called the Duality Dice. In Dungeons and Dragons, whenever you are attempting to perform a feat you roll a 20 sided die, with goal of meeting or beating a target number (called a Dice Challenge number) - for example, 15.

In Daggerheart, instead of rolling a single d20, you roll two 12 sided dice and add them together. You are still trying to meet or beat a target number - but the key difference is that in Daggerheart one of your d12's represents your Hope, and the other represents Fear. You can succeed with Hope (this means that you rolled at least 15 and your Hope die was the higher number), or you can succeed with Fear (as above, but your Fear die was higher). You can also fail with Hope or Fear. If you roll the same number on both die, no matter what the total you get a Critical Success (the best outcome).

So, let's say you are trying to open a locked door. The Game Master asks you to roll your Duality Dice and your DC is 15. You get an 8 on your Fear die and a 7 on your Hope die, so you succeed with Fear. In this case, the GM might decide that you were successful in opening the door, but it made a ton of noise and might have attracted adversaries...

Come on out to our Introduction to Daggerheart evening. We will teach everyone how to make their Daggerheart character, and if time allows we'll run you through an introductory encounter so you can see your new hero in action. The fun kicks off at 5:00 - see you there!