Hobbits Hole Roleplaying Club
Looking for a place to play tabletop role playing games (RPG) in South East London?
Feeling the need to roll some dice for Dungeons & Dragons (D&D), Savage Worlds and other RPG systems?
Well welcome to Hobbits Hole Roleplaying Club in SE London.
We meet each week from 7pm-11pm for tabletop gaming and have a great mix of experienced GMs and enthusiastic players which The Hobbits Hole Roleplaying Club is a friendly bunch of gaming guys and girls who meet every Wednesday night in Bromley night in South East London and online on Friday night to role play a variety of games.
The roots of the Hobbits Hole Roleplaying club stretch all the way back to 1999 and has met at a number of venues across South East London before finally settling on our current home in Bromley.
All of this makes for a great atmosphere within our club.
We always try to keep an empty chair at each gaming table so if anyone wants to come to the club for a visit they are welcome to join in for the evening.
Tabletop RPGs and Boardgames
We play a wide range of Roleplaying Games (Tabletop RPGs or TTRPGs), Boardgames and Tabletop Wargames at Hobbits Hole in Bromley SE London, including Call of Cthulhu, Dungeons and Dragons, Pathfinder, Shadowrun, Warhammer and many many more, as well as some of our members own creations.
South East London
Our South East London location is within easy reach of Bexley, Bexleyheath, Bromley, Catford, Crayford, Croydon, Dartford, Eltham, Greenhithe, Greenwich, Lewisham, Orpington, Sidcup, Swanley, Welling and West Wickham.
We even have club members that travel from Guildford and Essex to us.
When
The club runs a rotation every four months, consisting of up to 5 different tables in hall on Wednesday nights.
April to July
August to November
December to March
Cost
The subs for Apr 2023– March 2024 are therefore as follows:
Annual members £83 - paid pro rata rate
Weekly members £2
Online members £12 - runs from April through to March
If you're interested in visiting the Hobbits Hole RPG club in South East London, please contact us to let us know in advance.
New Members have their first 4 weeks free as part of their trial.
Current Roleplaying Games being played
Rotation: 2nd August to 29th November
Battle of the Bards
System: D&D 5e
Game Master Mark C
Venue: Glanville Hall Wednesday night
Players: David H, Jon W, Jeremy L, William P, Rosie A
"Dude! My Alchemical Romance bailed on the battle of the bands, which means we're in! Or, we will be once we change our name... Apparently "DICKPUKE" isn't allowed or something..."
Congratulations, your band has been accepted to be a part of the 34th annual Sclipbert B. Bardangle School of Music Battle of the Bands! Your rival band will be there, and you must beat them as well as the other 14 indie bands to rise out on top. What is your band's name? Your rival's band name? What genre of music do you play? What is your stage name, as well as the stage names of your fellow bandmates? What will you do with the prize money (5k gp)?
Unscripted Adventures
System: D&D 5e
Game Master James
Venue: Glanville Hall Wednesday night
Players: George F, Liam M, Freddie, Simon H, Helen H
Campaign Tone
This is really a “default”, because you can and will overturn or modify it with the decisions you make in Sessions 1 and 2. But, if pressed, here’s what I’d go with:
A simple story with meaningful consequences for the characters and the world
Drama! I’m not averse to a bit of melodrama and camp too!
Plenty of puzzles and environmental challenges in addition to combat. Not every action scene needs to be a fight
Not a lot of downtime (which may mean that certain abilities and proficiencies are more/less useful than normal)
Emergent character development – nobody needs to come to the table with a detailed backstory, it can evolve in play
Coriolis
System: Coriolis
Game Master Andy
Venue: Glanville Hall Wednesday night
Players: Richard C, Benjamin C, Kat, Chris J, Carol
Coriolis is a Sci-fi game where you play part of a ship’s crew.
What sort of ship depends on what sort of group you are. Are you Free Traders, Mercenaries, Explorers, Agents or Pilgrims.
Coriolis uses the Year Zero Engine which mainly uses D6s where a 6 means a success and more sixes means a better success. If you are interested in the game you can pick up a starter set for free from the Free league web store or on DrivethruRPG.
Ovion Circus
System: D&D 5e
Game Master Dan C
Venue: Glanville Hall Wednesday night
Players: Neil, Saif B, Will L, Josh G, Elise
5e D&D game for characters starting at level 5
Softly carrying on from Ovion office.
It will be a Circus set up in the town of Corfin. Who have gifted the many delights to the town.
This will be a flexible run game focused on the roleplay.
Aim is to run a game that empowers players.
Props will be used aiding Roleplay relating stuff from time to time.
The Keep on the Borderlands
System: Old School Essentials
Game Master Graham
Venue: Glanville Hall Wednesday night
Players: Jason, Em, Richard T, Andrew W, Jo
The Keep is humanity’s stronghold on the borders between law and chaos and will you be the adventurers to clear the way? I plan to run KotB with the modern day ruleset of D&D 1E which was often referred to as the Basic and Expert set.
With plenty of opportunities for roleplay in the Keep and interacting with its citizens and fast paced dungeon action in the Caves of Chaos, it strikes a delicate balance that leaves many still in search of an adventure that tops it.
On the hunt for the self proclaimed "Pirate King" Hampton Barclay.
Where will the hunt take the party?
What other miss adventures may be found?
Set sail on another adventure to Isla de la Muerte.
Rotation: 6th December to 27th March
The Last Hurrah
System D&D 5e
Game Master Helen
Venue: Glanville Hall Wednesday night
Players: Daniel, Elise, Jess M, Marco, Shaun P and Simon H
You are a retired adventurer.
But don't get too complacent... Just when you thought your biggest worry was your rapidly receding hairline or curbing your expensive vintage mead habit, you find out that not all happily ever afters are actually for ever.
The Village of Hommlet
System Old School Essentials
Game Master Graham
Venue: Glanville Hall Wednesday night
Players: Andy D, Chris J, Em, Kat and Mark C
The adventure is a classic approach with an ancient evil disrupting a sleepy village. Players use the Village of Hommlet as a hub to explore the surrounding areas and investigate the evil presence in a sandbox environment.
Walking Dead
Game Master Andrew W
Venue: Glanville Hall Wednesday night
Players: Carol, David H, Freddie M, Jerrie C and Rosie A
Players will not be playing the characters from the TV show but will be playing a group trying to survive in a world full of zombies, where the environment and other humans are just as much if not more of a threat.
Sword of Cepheus
Game Master Richard T
Venue: Glanville Hall Wednesday night
Players: Carol, David H, Freddie M, Jerrie C and Rosie A
The game is planned to be episodic and set in a pseudo age of myths Greece, but will be influenced by the player choices in character creation.
Port Blacksand
System: Advanced Fighting Fantasy
Game Master Jo F
Venue: Glanville Hall Wednesday night
Players: Benjamin, James W, Liam M, Neil and Richard C
Port Blacksand – the infamous city of thieves and travel the trade road to the city of Salamonis discovering the nightmarish world behind Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone’s legendary game books.
Last Rite of Seafire
System D&D 5e
Game Master George
Venue: Glanville Hall Wednesday night
Players: Jason, Jon K, Mareen G, Saif B, Will L and William P
There’s always been a reputation for mystery surrounding the Utalan Archipelago. Far from the normal nautical trade routes and prone to hull-shattering storms these tropical islands are not well understood by the outside world.
Rotation: 3rd April to 31st July
The Indie Dozen
System: medley of indie story games
Game Master James
Venue: Glanville Hall Wednesday night
We also play online
Venue: Online every Friday night
Fantasy Grounds is a virtual tabletop application and Roll20 is a website both tools consist of a set of tools for playing tabletop role-playing games, also referred to as a virtual tabletop, which can be used as an aid to playing in person or remotely online.
The platform's goal is to provide an authentic tabletop experience that does not try to turn the game into a video game, but instead aids the game master in providing immersive tools online.
The blank slate nature of the platform makes integrating a multitude of tabletop role-playing games possible.