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Write Your Own TTRPG Adventure
Wouldn’t it be nice if you had help figuring out how to write and publish your game? Starting on Sept 4th, we personally take 20 creators from start to finish over six weeks.
Cohort Begins Sept 4th.
Join anytime.
Beth and Jay are a dynamic tag team as instructors, and I've really enjoyed the supportive environment they've assembled during this course. Their level of professional knowledge, their transparency, and the structure of the lessons have been immensely helpful every step of the way!
— cher davis, Summer 2023 cohort participant
stop Waiting Until You're "Ready"
Waffling around hasn't put your work into anyone's hands. It hasn't made anyone notice you OR your great ideas.
Let's guide you from "I'm making something" to being an actual published author. Finally.
Does this sound like you?
01
You're drowning in ideas, but do not understand how to turn them into a written adventure.
02
You see others publishing supplements, running their games at conventions, or funding Kickstarters. You're frustrated by your own lack of progress.
03
Somehow you both don't know what to do but are also drowning in all the ways to do it. You're overwhelmed.
04
You've purchased content to help you learn how to "write" adventures, only to discover it's actually yet another resource teaching game masters how to keep their players engaged at the table...
05
You'd like to see your own name in print or sign your own NDA with a writing company! But...you know you need a portfolio first.
We're Offering Three Things
a Digital E-Course
With Over 40 ADHD-Friendly Video Lessons + Handouts & Templates to Guide You
a Support Group
Enjoy the Brand-New TTRPG University Discord Community With Private Course Chats
Mentorship
Input From A Team of Professional Game Designers, Editors, & Graphic Artists
The short videos are perfect. Beth and Jayden are SO helpful and encouraging, and having the weekly cohort calls are fantastic for advice and motivation.
— Stevie, Summer 2023 cohort participant
Write Your Own TTRPG Adventure
Even if you're new to TTRPG writing, we can take you from a confused beginner to a published creator. Plus, a portfolio to show for it.
Module 1
Scope Your Adventure
- Understand the core components of game writing and how to hone your craft.
- Gather ideas for your adventure by exploring powerful brainstorming techniques.
- Put your focus exactly where it should be and maximize your prep with an outline + guided plan.
Module 2
Plan Your Adventure
- Break down the anatomy of an adventure and add basic worldbuilding to guide your work.
- Craft engaging encounters using our O.N.C.E. Method© of tabletop game writing.
- Explore the elements of memorable NPCs and the roles they play in writing an adventure.
Module 3
Build Your Adventure
- Establish the foundational structure of your adventure story that makes the narrative shine.
- Discover new powerful methods for expanding your adventure as a grand narrative experience, an epic dungeon crawl, or a combination of the two.
- Refine the techniques required to creative narratively engaging stories while maintaining mechanical cohesion.
Module 4
Refine Your Adventure
- Develop a fully designed adventure that's immediately ready to play.
- Learn the best methods to playtest your adventure and apply useful feedback.
- Learn how to self-edit and increase confidence with each iteration.
Module 5
Package Your Adventure
- Let's get your adventure packaged! We'll learn basic visual design techniques that are accessible and stimulating.
- Learn which publication platforms are best suited for your adventure.
- Form your writing portfolio with your completed work.
Module 6
Launch Your Adventure
- Develop a basic marketing plan to get your adventure out there.
- Push the button and say the words, "I am a published TTRPG Writer!"
- Explore the options that you have available and do it again.
You Did It!
- You'll have your adventure.
- You'll get a certificate of completion as a recognized TTRPG writer.
- You'll have a strong start to your portfolio.
Bonuses (value $524)
There are bonuses for joining the live cohort, aside from all the great content of the course. Bonuses include LIVE Q&A calls, a full adventure template library, and a project planner for scoping your roadmap!
Bonus One:
Live Weekly Q&A Video Calls
($400 value)
To help guide you through the course content, answer questions, and assist in a group setting.
Bonus Two:
Full Adventure Template library
($99 value)
Go beyond the course templates with adventure templates for Affinity & Canva!
Bonus Three:
Project Planner + Walkthrough
($25 value)
This planner & dashboard is compatible with Google Sheets and will guide you through this journey.
This is certainly the closest I've been to publishing an adventure module, and I feel like the content has been very well structured to build a concept and turn that into a feasible idea. I also really enjoy the weekly chats and the availability of a community to help troubleshoot ideas.
— Robert, current cohort participant
Where You are
- Tons of concepts & no direction
- "Writing" resources that don't teach writing
- Nothing to bring with you to GenCon
Where you'll be
- A finished freaking adventure in your portfolio
- Actual humans to help you figure it out
- Beginning your journey to best-selling status
ADHD-FRIENDLY LESSONS & HANDOUTS
Weekly live Coaching Sessions
Accountability to push you forward
An editing team to help guide you along
Choose the Best Option For You:
cohort begins Sept 4th - Late Enrollments are welcome!
- 00DAYS
- 00HRS
- 00MINS
- 00SECS
One-time payment of
$750
$598*
*Are you a woman or POC? Thanks to our equity model, you get 50% off this course pricing! Use Code: EQUITYMATTERS
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Write Your Own TTRPG Adventure Course:-40+ Video Lessons-Guidelines & Templates
-Hands-On Activities
-Workbook Pages
-Private Discord Space
-Small Group, Max 20
-Hands-On Mentorship - BONUS 1: Live Weekly Q&A Call
- BONUS 2: FULL Adventure Template Library
- BONUS 3: Adventure Project Planner + Walkthrough Tutorial
- Lifetime Access + Future Updates
2 monthly payments of
$375
$319*
*Are you a woman or POC? Thanks to our equity model, you get 50% off this course pricing! Use Code: EQUITYMATTERS
-
Write Your Own TTRPG Adventure Course:-40+ Video Lessons-Guidelines & Templates
-Hands-On Activities
-Workbook Pages
-Private Discord Space
-Small Group, Max 20
-Hands-On Mentorship - BONUS 1: Live Weekly Q&A Call
- BONUS 2: FULL Adventure Template Library
- BONUS 3: Adventure Project Planner + Walkthrough Tutorial
- Lifetime Access + Future Updates
What's the Schedule?
The schedule is subject to a minor change if it becomes necessary.
Calls are meant for Q&A and support; they are not lessons. They take place at 5 pm Pacific for an hour.
All live calls are recorded for replay in the classroom, so if you can't make the time, you're totally fine!
Week One
New Content: Mon, Sept 4th
Live Chat: Wed, Sept 5th
Week two
New Content: Mon, Sept 11th
Live Chat: Wed, Sept 13th
Week three
New Content: Mon, Sept 18th
Live Chat: Wed, Sept 20th
Week four
New Content: Mon, Sept 25th
Live Chat: Wed, Sept 27th
Week five
New Content: Mon, Oct 2nd
Live Chat: Wed, Oct 4th
Week six
New Content: Mon, Oct 9th
Live Chat: Wed, Oct 11th
Meet your coaches
Hello, We're Beth the Bard & Jayden King
Beth the Bard is a feminist game designer and best-selling author of She is the Ancient, A Genderbent Curse of Strahd guidebook. She applies more than four years (and 1,000 sessions!) of professional therapeutic GMing and well over a decade of experience as an educator, blogger, and graphic designer.
She collaborates closely with her partner, Jayden King, a proud Black game designer and business developer. He's a professional game master and writer that works with companies such as Modiphius and Wizards of the Coast. He applies over a decade of working as a corporate trainer for best business practices, team bonding, and organizational development coaching RPG designers.
Together, they focus their effort on providing opportunities for Women and BIPOC creators, which recently included their successful Kickstarter campaign for Daughter of Frankenstein, an Operatic Adventure for 5E Dungeons & Dragons.
The weekly calls have been incredibly useful, getting real-time input from you both has been invaluable to shaping my adventure and structuring my thoughts to make writing an adventure a real achievable thing.
— nerdy emma, Summer 2023 cohort participant
Here’s what happens when you buy
Enroll Now
Enrollment begins before the course goes live. The cart will be open for just a few days.
Receive an email
Once you grab your spot, you’ll get an email with information about how to create your TTRPG University course account.
access classroom
While the course isn’t live yet, you can create your classroom account and visit the welcome page for a hello from Beth!
FAQs
You've got questions? We have answers!
The course begins on September 4th, 2023 and ends on October 13th, 2023
Yes! All the content will be dripped throughout the six-week cohort and after we’re done, you’ll keep access to the full course to reference whenever you want!
Nope! We’ll take you from beginner to published. All you need is a will to succeed and the discipline to follow through.
It’s entirely possible to complete this quest while working a full-time job! We’ll cover some time management concepts in the first week of the course.
While 5E is often referenced for a broader range of relatability in the community, this course is not 5E-specific. We will actually discuss the styles of various TTRPG systems, and you’re encouraged to write in your preferred system.
Yes! The OGL still exists for D&D 5e for those that wish to operate within DM’s Guild. For those that wish to publish outside of DM’s Guild, the SRD allows individuals to use the OGL or Creative Commons for making 5e compatibility.
That’s totally okay, we’re recording the calls and uploading them to the classroom within the same day. You can watch them later!
That’s also entirely okay! You’ll still get access to everything else that this course offers and can work through the content in your own time.
Excellent, we’re super excited to work with you! Once registered, check your email for instructions on creating your TTRPG University courses account. You’ll see your course dashboard once you do this and log in. Even though the content won’t be available until our start day, you can click on the course and visit the welcome page inside the classroom.
We meet once a week for an hour. It’s a group coaching call to review the week’s content and answer questions. All calls are recorded and added to the classroom same-day.
You definitely don’t need to. I have recommendations for premium resources but none of them are necessary.
Once you’ve completed the course content and created your adventure, send it to us at Admin@TTRPGUniversity.com, and we’ll email your certificate.
Honestly, without a deadline, it's difficult for me to force myself to write. Between work, social obligations, and games I'm running and playing in, I just always find reasons not to write. But this course provided that structure I needed to just get it done.
— mike mardis, Summer 2023 cohort participant
Get in touch
Don’t see your question in the FAQs?
You can email us directly and we’ll return the favor within 24 business hours.
This page includes art or map work by Perplexing Ruins, Yorsey Hernandez, and Fernando Salvaterra. None of their files will be included in this course. You must source their content from them if you’d like your own copy for personal or commercial use. Their work will simply be shown in lesson samples.
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Choose the Best Option For You!
- 00DAYS
- 00HRS
- 00MINS
- 00SECS
One-time payment of
$298
- Write Your Own TTRPG Adventure Course
- Lifetime Access + Future Updates
- BONUS 1: Live Weekly Q&A Call
- BONUS 2: FULL Adventure Template Library
- BONUS 3: Adventure Project Planner + Walkthrough Tutorial
2 monthly payments of
$169
- Write Your Own TTRPG Adventure Course
- Lifetime Access + Future Updates
- BONUS 1: Live Weekly Q&A Call
- BONUS 2: FULL Adventure Template Library
- BONUS 3: Adventure Project Planner + Walkthrough Tutorial
Get Unstuck & Get Published
In Six Weeks, You'll Finally Be a Published TTRPG Author
