We are running an event in which we create exciting role-playing adventures together. The plan is to learn about adventure writing together and then run the adventures at DreieichCon, Germany’s biggest role-playing convention, in Dreieich near Frankfurt, Germany.
Event Date
The event will take place from: November 10th – November 16th 2025
You will be traveling to the event on November 9th and your departure will be on the 17th.
Event Program
You are expected to come to the event with a rough draft of an adventure. You choose the system! The adventure should be a convention adventure which runs for 3-4 hours. In the event we will playtest each other’s adventures and refine them. We will run 3 short workshops to focus on improving our adventure writing skills.
We will also have a free day (Thursday) which you can use for sightseeing, then we will have a day on which we have a meeting with politicians (Friday) and a discussion on using role-playing games in youth work. Here, we would love you to have an impact and tell the politicians about the advantages of playing role-playing games. On the final weekend we will focus on DreieichCon where we will run the adventures we created.
Nov 9th: Arrival Day
Nov 10th – 12th: Adventure Writing Activities
Nov 13th: Free Day (and moving from the group house to the hotel in Dreieich
Nov 14th: Conference with politicians, debate on RPGs in youth work
Nov 15th-16th: DreieichCon, running adventures
Nov 17th: Departure Day
Adventures
We expect you to come prepared with an adventure you created. You should be able to run the adventure in 3-4 hours. Ideally, you also have characters ready who have interesting backgrounds that tie them to the adventure. You choose the system!
We would love to see some adventures that use our Discordia Role-Playing game. The Discordia game is the system the Dragon Legion created to take RPGs into schools. If you want to have the current version of the rules, send us an email: ras@dragon-legion.com.
The adventure types we want to create are convention adventures, meaning adventures short enough to play at a convention. These adventures provide characters as well, as there is not enough time for the players to create their own characters. This is actually not just a restriction but also a wonderful opportunity. We are looking for adventures that tell stories which are highly relevant for the characters. It means that you can create really interesting background stories and relationships between the characters as well as secrets that come out during the adventures.
A second option is that you create an introduction adventure which introduces new players to role-playing. These adventures should be really short, maybe an hour, and be especially easy to learn for people who want to discover role-playing games. They should give players a good experience of role-playing, making them want more. We will have a lot of high school students at the convention as well as people who have never played before.
You need to have a title and a description of the adventure ready at the beginning of November. We will ask you to register your adventure with the convention so that people can sign up for your game ahead of time.
Do I need to have any role-playing experience? What is expected?
Yes, you should have played role-playing games before. We also suggest that you have a little experience in writing role-playing adventures, even if it’s just for your own group.
We do expect each participant to run at least 1 game during DreieichCon! So please only apply if you are comfortable with running a game.
How do we work?
We only have a relatively short time in which we write the adventures, so we will rely on everyone being heavily involved. This also means that we expect you to bring a device to write on, such as a laptop or tablet.
You do not need to work alone! You can also work together in small groups and even run the same adventure at the convention.
Who can apply?
You should be at least 18 years old and not older than 30. We can only accept participants from the countries listed below. Currently slots are still available for:
- Finland
- Germany
- Greece
- Iceland
- Sweden
All applications will be reviewed and evaluated by the coordination team. The best applications will be chosen and both the accepted and rejected applicants will be notified. We are planning to close the applications at the latest by the end of October 2025 but we might close earlier! The application will be open until all slots have been filled, so applying sooner gives you an advantage.
What about accommodation and food?
The adventure writing workshop will take place in a group house which offers us enough room to hold the workshops and to work in groups. On Thursday we will move to a hotel in Dreieich where we will stay during the convention and until we leave.
The group house offers us the opportunity to cook our own meals. We will have beds in shared rooms.
More about the accommodation will follow soon…
What about the event program, sightseeing and resting?
From Monday – Wednesday we will be focusing on creating adventures. During the event we will spend some time outside, visiting locations that can give us the best impressions of Germany. You will actually get a day off which you can spend in Frankfurt or anywhere you like. We will support you in finding interesting trips to take.
We expect you to turn up in time for the workshop sessions but there will be plenty of time to relax and sleep (however, you are responsible for getting enough sleep!). We will also have a free day which you can use to explore Germany on your own or to rest and recover.
Included in the event are:
- Flights from your home country and an airport in your area (might not be the closest one since we need to take cheap flights for everyone to stay within the budget)
- Accommodation in Germany
- Food and drinks
- Entry fees for places we visit together
- Entry ticket for DreieichCon
- Travels within Germany
Event Fee:
- 40 Euros for Dragon Legion Members
- 50 Euros for non-members
Funding
The event is co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union that supports intercultural exchange of young people. This allows us to cover most parts of the travel costs and accommodation costs for the participants.
Why does the event have a fee if it gets funding?
We have a very tight budget and we would love to pay for everyone but we simply can’t. With the fees of 40 € / 50 € we can pay for the budget overrun so that we don’t end up paying extra for the event. We think this is a good price for a week of adventure creation activities, including food, accommodation and travel. If you cannot afford the fee but still want to participate please give a statement about it in your application. We know there are bad situations in some countries right now and we want to make sure that everyone has the chance to be part of this event, so we decided to have 1-2 slots for free for those who really need them. Please don’t abuse this. We cover the travel costs for the flight, the travel from the airport to our location, lodging, food and drinks and any group activities. You just need to take care of your travel to the airport in your home country.
Who is organizing the event?
The people behind this event are active members of the Dragon Legion, young people who are interested in cultural exchange, creating innovative events, and role-playing games. We are all volunteers who organize this in our free time.
Need more information?
If you have any questions, feel free to contact us. Just send us an email: info [at] dragon-legion.com. Once we received and checked your application you will get a confirmation email. You can submit your application below.
