So Many Levels In Discworld: Lady Regina and the Beggar’s Guild Step Out

For the last eight-ish years, I’ve been lucky to be part of a pretty solid TTRPG group. Started by our incredibly creative friend and game master, Christiana Ellis, the So Many Levels group streams on Twitch Tuesday nights. We recently finished our second long term Dungeons & Dragons campaign set in a world of Christiana’s design.

We’re now stepping away from D&D for awhile to explore other systems. With many of us regular supporters of TTRPG crowdfunding, I spend a lot of time myself reviewing TTRPGs for CBR. Getting to experience gameplay with a group for the games I review is always exciting. First stop: Terry Pratchett‘s Discworld TTRPG: Adventures in Ankh-Morpork from Modiphius Entertainment Ltd.

Session 0 Made the Discworld TTRPG Run Smoothly Once We Started

Making the transition from one gameplay system to another isn’t all that hard. However, playing almost nothing but D&D for the last 10 years is enough to put your brain in focus mode. Trying to even grasp how another system might work, much less how to create characters, can feel like a challenge.

Fortunately, we opted for a Session 0 to get acquainted with the Discworld TTRPG. It made a world of difference in helping shift my personal mindset. When we sat down two weeks later to play, it was super easy to get into character and just enjoy the adventure.

We Are The Even More Unmentionables

We stuck almost entirely to the tables provided in the Discworld TTRPG Sourcebook to create our party and our characters. For some reason, leaving it up to the dice feels more liberating. It also allows you to get more creative. We decided to join the Beggar’s Guild Organization. Our party name: The Even More Unmentionables. Obviously, we are the kind of people you definitely don’t want showing up at your fancy soiree.

Considering that our main objective as a group was to live the nightlife without spending a penny, you can bet your sweet troll we were showing up at some fancy soiree.

Lady Regina and the Quest for the Slightly Used Holy Grail

One of the things I enjoy most about playing TTRPGs is the freedom you have to be whoever (and whatever) you want. The dice were on my side in this aspect during character creation. I wound up playing a a sentient book of fairytales named Lady Regina and the Quest for the Slightly Used Holy Grail. The irony? Lady Regina can’t read. With her return to the library severely overdue, they’ve sent collectors after her.

Alongside her newly acquired guildmate friends, a golem the name of Trellis (played by Mark Kilfoil) and a dwarf named Horizontal Stronginthearm (played by Paul Fischer,) Lady Regina soon found herself embroiled in a rather rotten incident. There’s a highfalutin noble wedding going on, and someone stiffed the guild on their payment to keep us from showing up.

You’ve got to believe me. If I had time, I’d be drawing Lady Regina because she looks utterly preposterous in my imagination.

Join So Many Levels In Ankh-Morpork for An Adventure in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld TTRPG

As I mentioned before, having an opportunity to play with my friends on a regular basis over the years has truly been a blessing. Christiana streams our games on Twitch, which means anyone could come watch us be silly while we’re being silly. For those who don’t have that kinda time on a Tuesday night, however, she also uploads the streams to her YouTube channel. She was happy to let me share them with you here, and, of course, invite anyone who’s interested to come watch us explore new game systems and worlds during our break from D&D.

Right now, we don’t know where we might be going next, but you can bet that sweet troll I mentioned above it’ll be a journey. And probably a lot of laughs.