The Dragon Legion is a group of gaming enthusiasts who are active all over Europe. In the last years we have started to organize a few activities that have made us a growing influencer in the role-playing community. For instance, we have systematically pushed for more role-playing activities in schools as an alternative educational medium and we have been active in introducing new people to the role-playing genre. We have also started publishing our own games and are currently putting our main focus on World of Discordia, a dark fantasy role-playing game which we have really big plans for.
Thanks to the European Solidarity Corps program, we have the wonderful opportunity to host up to 4 volunteers from all over Europe for preferably up to a year in total. We are particularly looking for young people who either just finished school or are planning to start a career in the gaming industry. If that sounds like you, what are you waiting for? We want participants, who…
- share our passion for role-playing games and want to help us grow our community.
- always wanted to work for a non profit organization and develop their own skilltree.
- want to implement their own creative ideas and create new media formats.
- like to experiment, are not afraid to try something new and reach for the stars.
- value the opportunity to live and explore with their fellow volunteers in Cologne, Germany.
- have a hands-on mentality and love to see progress being made by their own actions.
What to expect
- We are hoping to work with volunteers from August/September 2026 – August 2027 (1 year), however, if you seem like a perfect fit we can be flexible 😉
- We will house you in an apartment (shared with the other 3 volunteers) in Cologne, Germany; housing costs are covered by us
- We will pay for your flight to Germany and your flight back home
- You will get health insurance through the European Solidarity Corps program
- Every month you will get money for food and other expenses (roughly 500€)
- A public transport ticket is included, which will give you the freedom to travel Germany
- We will involve you in Dragon Legion events and give you the opportunity to have a large impact on the direction we’re heading in (see below for examples what we mean by that)
How to apply
- Apply below (see form at the end of this page)
- You will get a reply from us within 3 days!
- If you have questions, contact us here: volunteers@dragon-legion.com
Convention organizer
We’re looking for an energetic person to help organize, promote, and run the Council of Dragons conventions. You’ll manage a variety of tasks and oversee other volunteers. This role involves problem solving skills, planning, and the ability to coordinate before, during, and after conventions.
Among your expected tasks are:
- Helping to create and posting event policies, including safety and accessibility guidelines as well as an expected code of conduct for all attendees.
- Recruiting and maintaining contact with guests, speakers, vendors and exhibitors.
- Helping to create the program schedule, which includes various tabletop role-playing games, panels, and workshops.
- Coordinate room assignments (in venues with multiple rooms) and time slots for the activities.
- Plan load in/out time for any vendors or exhibitors, including clean up time of the venue.
- Recruit and train volunteers, and assign various roles, including handling tech support, guest concerns, and crowd management.
- Doing marketing tasks, such as feeding content to various social media channels, helping create promotional materials, and keeping in communication with any fan groups, the media, and any sponsors.
- You’ll oversee check-in to the event, manage the flow of the schedule and maintain communication channels among staff.
- Coordinate guest appearances and make sure their needs are being met.
- Deal with unexpected issues that can arise, such as late guests, technical failures, and conflicting schedules.
- Manage attendee experiences by making sure the signs and information points are visible and accurate, respond to attendee complaints and questions, and help keep the atmosphere friendly, safe, and welcoming.
- Post convention tasks, such as overseeing teardown, wrapup, and clean up.
- Collect feedback from attendees, guests, and staff, while reviewing what went well and what needs to be improved.
- Sending thank-yous to all volunteers, vendors, guests, and any sponsors.
- Release a post con statement, pictures and videos to the community.
- And most of all, begin planning the next convention!
Magazine Editor & Content Creator
We’re looking for someone who can help us create and foster a new role-playing magazine. The primary focus will be on publishing adventures, but there will be other sorts of articles available as well. You’ll need to be able to create adventures for the magazine, but also review and edit the adventures that others submit. You have to be able to both accept and give constructive criticism. You’ll be in charge of choosing art and layout, but you don’t have to be able to do those things yourself.
We are also publishing a role-playing game called World of Discordia, which we are using in schools and we want to involve you in writing and editing materials for this game. We’ll want you to seek out people to create adventures for the game and for the magazine. You should be able to also come up with some ideas that others can use to create exciting adventures that are set in the Setting of Discordia.
Among your tasks are (this applies to both magazine and other materials we publish):
- Define vision & plan editorial.
- Brainstorm article ideas, commission work from contributors and your own content.
- Write clear assignment briefs, including word counts, deadlines, style, and formats, possibly based on templates to save time.
- Manage contributors + content and also edit and refine content yourself.
- Define visual style guidelines (typography, grids, layouts), establish templates or InDesign book structure to streamline workflows.
- Coordinate printing and digital layout.
- Proof final layouts, paying attention to gutters, bleed, overprinting, margin issues, or crossovers.
- Distribute and promote the magazine
- Build your presence via social media, email campaigns, and events to attract readers and contributors.
- Organize workflows and backups.
- Gather feedback and adapt with your newly gained experience.
Membership Manager
We’re looking for someone who can focus on making the Dragon Legion grow. We want you to establish a membership structure and create a system that makes it worth being a Dragon Legion member. You’ll also need to help build up the Dragon Legion identity and help us create and run Dragon Legion events.
Among your tasks are:
- Develop and Implement Membership Strategies.
- Design and execute membership drives and recruitment campaigns.
- Enhance Member Engagement.
- Organize events, workshops, and networking opportunities to foster a tightly knit community feeling among members.
- Solicit feedback through surveys and direct communication to improve member satisfaction.
- Maintain our membership database.
- Develop and distribute newsletters, promotional materials, and social media content to inform and attract members.
- Respond promptly to member inquiries and provide information about benefits and events.
- Work with partner organizations to integrate membership goals across all activities.
- Organize events aimed at recruiting new members and retaining existing ones.
- Track membership growth and retention rates to evaluate program success.