About Us
The Seattle RPG Variety Society is a group for TTRPG hobbyists who are looking for a diverse selection of games, settings and mechanics outside of the traditional Adventurer's League circuit. Whether you're interested in established titles like Call of Cthulhu or Blades in the Dark, the personal cult favorites of our constituents, or summoning from deep within the catacombs of Itch.io, we seek to provide a cornucopia of plenty for our players to feast upon. We endeavor to support everyone in their interactive creative pursuits, the more boldly weird and experimental the better.
The Society provides a fun and friendly space for all to participate in, regardless of class, race, age, gender, sexual identity or degree of neurodivergence.
How do I become an Event Organizer?
If you want to become an Event Organizer/Gamemaster, all you have to do is request it, you can find further resources in our official Discord.
Do you run Dungeons & Dragons here?
We do not.
There are currently three large D&D-centered Meetup Groups based in the Seattle area, anyone looking to run or play D&D has an abundance of options at their disposal. While D&D is more than well-covered, other game systems are struggling to find a foothold. We do not hold anything against D&D fans, but the Variety Society wishes to create a dedicated space for RPGs outside the D&D sphere, help players discover other games to enjoy and find others who enjoy them, where other titles are not pushed to the fringes but each given a turn to be in center-stage.
For these reasons, unless there is a significant change in circumstances, the Variety Society will not be hosting any games of D&D for the foreseeable future. (this rule does NOT apply to other Dungeoncrawlers, B/X Retroclones, or OSR games). If you feel the game you want to run is an edge-case, please tag the Lead Organizer in the #help channel on the official Discord, it will be sorted out with respect to your efforts.
Why does your name sound familiar?
There used to be an identically named Meetup Group/Discord Server that ran RPGs with a similar ethos, but that original group was dissolved in May 2024.
While sharing a namesake, the creation of the current Seattle RPG Variety Society (est. January 2025) does not possess any sort of continuity or affiliation with the original group or its organizers, and in all respects should be considered a wholly separate entity. The Society makes this statement of distinction out of consideration for future digital archaeology projects and their efforts to construct an accurate timeline, the Society hopes by doing this it will avoid the risk of conflation and not create a headache for future researchers.
