Enter the fray this May!
- Scott Stevens
- 5 days ago
- 6 min read
Updated: 2 days ago
We are very excited for May this year! Not only did we get to host our annual celebration of all of the heroes in our community with Hero Faire, we are also very excited to celebrate the launch of a brand-new tabletop role playing game - Daggerheart!
The other big news this month is we are all getting prepared for an epic summer this year, and our Summer Camp for 2025 will be the best one yet.
This year, heroes can choose an Adventure Path for camp. Adventure Paths will really immerse you in the life of the path that you've chosen for the week.
Wizards spend the week creating the perfect spellbook, component (dice) pouch, and mixing potions. Fighters spend the week swordfighting, crafting armor, and strength training (swimming). We have 10 Adventure Paths to explore at camp this summer - more details below!
hero faire was awesome!
Thank you so much to everyone who came out to our annual Hero Faire celebration this year. School of Rock, well... rocked! The League of Swords brought tales of derring-do to life (loved hearing the ringing of blades during their show!), and we had a tie for the most evil laugh in the Evil Laugh Contest!
We hope you enjoyed the Swordplay, Archery, Crafts, Cardboard Cosplay and Bounce Castle this year! We are already looking forward to next year's Hero Faire.
Daggerheart launches may 20!
Our friends over at Darrington Press have been working hard on their new Tabletop Role Playing Game called Daggerheart for YEARS... and the day is finally coming this May!
Daggerheart is a game very much like Dungeons and Dragons, with some key differences. First, what is the same?
What is Daggerheart?
In Daggerheart, you will play a hero in a fantasy adventure. It is a Role Playing Game, so like DnD it will be an interactive story that you tell together with the other players and the Game Master at the table. Each week will be the next episode in your story, like a TV show.
You will be able to play an elf, halfling, fairy - even a human just like DnD. You can also play as a Giant (with 1-3 eyes!), an insectoid Fairy, a Fungril (mushroom person), or a Ribbit (frog dude or dudette). Familiar peoples from DnD are slightly reflavored in Daggerheart - Tieflings are known as Inferis, Tabaxi from DnD are Katari in Daggerheart, and the beloved Tortle is a Galapa here.
Your adventures in Daggerheart will seem the same - you will be presented with a scenario by the Game Master, and you along with the other heroes at the table will decide what your heroes will do in the scene. If there is any chance of failure, you will roll dice to see if you succeed, or fail.
Here is where Daggerheart starts to feel different. In Dungeons and Dragons we roll a d20 to decide if we succeed an action or not. In Daggerheart, we roll 2 x 12 sided dice. One of the d12's represents your Hope, the other is your Fear. So you can succeed with Fear, or even fail with Hope. This provides additional nuance to the outcomes that is really fun to play through.
Imagine that you are trying to open a locked door. The GM has you roll your Duality Dice (2 d12's), and you succeed with Fear (the Fear dice was higher than your Hope dice). You got the door open, but it was super noisy and may have attracted the attention of nearby adversaries.
Imagine you are in combat with a group of Ribbit bandits. You roll to see if you are able to hit a bandit with your axe - and you fail with Hope (your Hope dice is bigger than your Fear dice). You missed your attack, but it was so close that you awaken a renewed sense of mortality in the bandit - he peers into your eyes and is shaken to his core! You get a Hope - a resource that you can use to power your abilities in Daggerheart!
There are a few other mechanical differences to explore in Daggerheart. The game is much more interactive - the players share in the world building along with the Game Master in many important ways, starting right at the beginning with character creation. You can get a small taste for the game at our Daggerheart Launch Party on May 24th, and we will be offering Daggerheart for our Summer Side Quests this summer in addition to Dungeons and Dragons.
Speaking of our Daggerheart Launch Party....
daggerheart launch party!
Saturday, May 24th
6:00-9:00pm
FREE
Come celebrate the launch of Daggerheart with us! We will be running some encounter samplers, assisting in character creation, and will be hosting a raffle for tons of Daggerheart prizes (including a copy of the brand new rulebook!). Pizza, music, Daggerheart, and community - it's going to be great!
Are you planning on attending? Help us make sure we're ready for you by indicating your interest on this form, please:
Pokémon Extravaganza
Friday, May 30th
4:00-7:00
$35 per participant
In our first collaboration with Let's Play LA, we are happy to host a Pokémon Extravaganza on Friday, May 30th! Learn to play the Pokémon Trading Card Game, take on some opponents in practice battles, find some great new cards to trade, play games and win prizes in a huge Pokémon celebration.
The Extravaganza is a great precursor to the big Pokémon Summer Tournament that we're hosting the very next day!
You can sign up with Let's Play LA on their website here:
Pokémon Factions Tournament!
Saturday, May 31st
4:00-7:00
General Admission $25
Elite Trainer Pass $35
Check out the inaugural Pokémon Factions Tournament! General Admission grants you access to the venue and the Pokémon crafting station in addition to your tournament entry. The Elite Trainer Pass grants you all of that, plus early check-in and entry, pre-event trading and deck building, a custom Elite Trainer's Badge, Elite Trainer's Tote, and you'll be entered into the raffle for Elite Trainer Prizes!
You can learn more about the tournament at Let's Play LA's website here:
summer camp at the hero workshop
Starts June 16th, runs until August 8th
(week long camps running for 8 weeks)
Link to Summer Camp sign up:
Summer Camp at The Hero Workshop is special. Your Hero will get to choose the activities that they want to do for camp, be it playing DnD all day, or spending the day doing arts and crafts, sword fighting, swimming, and playing new games with new friends.
This summer, we are offering Adventure Paths. Your Hero can choose an Adventure Path to join, and fully immerse themselves in the fantasy of their choosing. You want to be a Wizard? We'll set you up creating your own spellbook, crafting components, and mixing potions before you sit down at the table to play. Want to be a Fighter? Spend your day crafting armor, actually sword fighting, or maybe even swimming in addition to playing in the tabletop game of your choice (Dungeons and Dragons or Daggerheart).
Check out our Adventure Paths below. For more information about our Summer Camp, please check out the Summer Camp Post from the News page of our website here:
(coming soon, in the meantime check out our overview below:)
artificer
Artificers use ingenuity to create magical inventions. This
Adventure Path will be our S.T.E.A.M. path for camp - with
activities like:
3D Printing, Engineering Challenges, Nerf Archery
bard
Bards access arcane magic through the power of their
performances! This summer Bards will take part in:
Improv Workshop, Sword Fighting, Mask Making, One Page
RPGs
cleric
Clerics are wise, and often regarded as the best healers in
the game. Clerics this summer will learn:
Greater Restoration (yoga), Build a Healer's Kit, Shield Craft
druid
Druids are stewards of nature, calling upon the lands, beasts, and plants to aid them in their quests.
Build a Terrarium, Brew Potions, Swimming
fighter
The ultimate martial champions, Fighters use feats of strength and tricky battle maneuvers to carry the day!
Armor Smithing (cardboard), Sword Fighting, Swimming
monk
Philosophical warriors, Monks use their Focus to fuel incredible feats. This summer, our Monks will learn:
Transcendental Meditation (yoga), Sword Fighting, Trap Run Obstacle Course
Ranger
Talented Scouts and friends of the forest, Rangers are survival experts. This summer, our Rangers will take part in:
Swimming, Nerf Archery, Make Goodberries (boba)
Rogue
Rogues are scoundrels with a heart of gold, masters of disguise and adept at disarming complex traps. This summer, we will help Rogues be all they can be with:
Disarm Traps Challenges, Potion Brewing, Trap Run Obstacle Course, Mask Making
warlock
Warlocks learn their magic through powerful deals they've made with extra-planar beings (called Patrons).
Commune with your Patron (yoga), Create your Spellbook, Brew Potions
Wizard
Masters of arcane magics, Wizards are capable of powerful magical creations.
Create a Spellbook, Brew Potions, Create a Component Pouch (dice bag)
If you're ready to sign up, you can do that here:
We hope to see you there!
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