D&D at The Empire Theatre

Hello Adventurers,

Can you believe April is already over? It ended so quickly! I wanted to share with you all about the incredible event I was part of this month.

On April 13th, the Toowoomba Dungeons and Dragons club teamed up with the Toowoomba Regional Council to host a free Dungeons and Dragons Day at the Empire Theatre as part of Queensland Youth Week. It was a blast!

We had such a huge turnout, and we were completely booked out with all 60 spots taken. Thank you to everyone who attended, and I hope you enjoyed. At the event, we had so much going on it was a little hectic at the beginning. We ran tables of Dungeons and Dragons one-shots, which are the role-play games that you can play in just one sitting of about 4-6 hours. They're perfect for events like this. In addition, we had an RPG miniature painting station, a chainmail crafting station, and my spell book prop making workshop.

My day began bright and early, so I had enough time to dedicate to my barbarian look. Thanks to Pinterest, I found some inspiration and ended up with orange and brown eye makeup to match my barbarian cosplay. The rest of my costume consisted of a hand-sewn full circle skirt in orange tartan, a top from Dangerfield, a vintage fur cape, and a beaded accessory of Nordic rune beads. It's the same outfit I wore to the 2023 Abbey Festival.

Display Table Decor

We love to set up some props at the front tables for any event the Toowoomba D&D club runs so I brought along a whole bunch of stuff for this event. I brought some decorative props such as a unique RPG dungeon making book, some creature figurines and my custom black dragonborn character mask. Then for my own setup I supplied all the prop books for my workshop, and my chest handbag which housed the freebies I made for the event set up nicely at the exit.

My Freebie

The freebies in question were a cute custom character sheet I whipped up specifically for this event. I designed it in a way that makes it easy to read and arrange your character abilities. Each sheet for the event was printed, rolled into a scroll, and wrapped in twine.

Getting There & Getting Started

Now, getting to the venue was little challenge. I had to park a bit farther away than intended because the closest parking lot was taken up by some kind of car rally so the trips to carry my equipment in took longer than expected but there are always a few surprises at every event.

Unfortunately, we had some volunteers call out last minute, which messed with the original plans, but we came together and made it work. Because of the missing volunteers I had to run out last minute to grab some supplies, which meant I missed the event opening. But once I got back, things were rolling smoothly.

What I Did at the Event

I started the event running my prop making workshop. My workshop was as an option for people who didn’t get a spot in the first batch of D&D games, it was provided alongside the painting and chainmail tables. When the first group at my table finished up, there were some eager participants waiting for a game to start. Since we were short on dungeon masters, I decided to throw together a quick D&D game for them. It turned out to be short and sweet, the perfect length for the people at my table, and everyone had a blast.

Throughout the rest of the event, I oversaw my prop station, and everyone seemed happy with their respective games. The collection of books decorated by the participants at my table were so nice and we had a wide range of creative variety.