Raleigh Tabletop RPGs

Welcome back to The Dark Carnival!

Raleigh Tabletop RPGs' annual horror TTRPG event day is back for 2025 and better than ever! 8 fantastic GMs are here to run 8 sessions of spooky, scary, suspenseful, and even silly chills and thrills at RUMAH in downtown Raleigh.

This event is a sign-up for "Echoes of the White Star," a game run using Cypher by RTR member Tom King that will run during the first block of sessions from 11am-3pm. Please see below for all the important details.

Session Title: Echoes of the White Star
System: Cypher
Players: 3-5
Materials: A set of dice, note paper and something to write with are needed. Character Sheets and materials will be provided.
Description: Drifting silent in the void, the derelict "White Star" calls out once more — its distress signal pulsing like a heartbeat in the dark. Your crew boards to salvage what’s left, but within its echoing halls, you’ll find more than wreckage. Strange crystalline growths whisper in radio static, and something inside remembers you. Will you uncover the truth... or become part of the "White Star's" final transmission?

Content Warnings: Body Horror, Horror, Cramped Spaces, Ghost-Like, Monsters, Dark Spaces, Dead Bodies

Welcome back to The Dark Carnival!

Raleigh Tabletop RPGs' annual horror TTRPG event day is back for 2025 and better than ever! 8 fantastic GMs are here to run 8 sessions of spooky, scary, suspenseful, and even silly chills and thrills at RUMAH in downtown Raleigh.

This event is a sign-up for "Horror at Devil's Run," a game run using Dungeons & Dragons 5E by RTR member Merlyn that will run during the first block of sessions from 11am-3pm. Please see below for all the important details.

Session Title: Horror at Devil's Run
System: Dungeons & Dragons 5E
Players: 4-5
Materials: Dice, pencils and paper will be available, please bring a 5th level character. Pre-Gen characters will be available.
Description: The small farming village of Devil’s Run is about to have its yearly pumpkin festival.

Unbeknownst to many, Old Pete Barker, a pumpkin farmer of many years, was having difficulty growing his pumpkins. Pete doesn’t have an ample water source, unlike Molly Simms, his primary rival for the coveted largest pumpkin award.

Old Pete, fixated on winning the grand prize, made a deal with a dark force. As we know, deals with dark forces are seldom good, and Pete Barker’s deal ended up costing him and the village dearly.

Content Warnings: Body Horror, Creepy Insects, Zombies (of Sorts), Violence

Welcome back to The Dark Carnival!

Raleigh Tabletop RPGs' annual horror TTRPG event day is back for 2025 and better than ever! 8 fantastic GMs are here to run 8 sessions of spooky, scary, suspenseful, and even silly chills and thrills at RUMAH in downtown Raleigh.

This event is a sign-up for "Cthulhu Ate My Homework. . . And My Homecoming Date," a game run using Teenagers From Outer Space by RTR member Kevin A that will run during the second block of sessions from 4pm-8pm. Please see below for all the important details.

Session Title: Cthulhu Ate My Homework. . . And My Homecoming Date
System: Teenagers From Outer Space
Players: 2-6
Materials: Character sheets will be provided; the game uses d6s (and the GM will have spares)
Description: Earth has made contact with the broader galaxy, which is filled with advanced societies full of amazing science, but lacking in the fascinating culture of Earth. Because of this, all of the alien races have started sending exchange students to Earth to experience human culture. The PCs are all students at one of these "High Schools" on Earth, either humans or alien exchange students.

The week before the Homecoming Dance someone attempting to make a more efficient toaster in shop class accidentally opened a portal to an alternate dimension filled with eldritch entities, leading them to take over the auditorium and causing supernatural events beyond the ken of science. The PCs were worried enough about securing dates for Homecoming, but now they will have to somehow evict eldritch horrors from the auditorium if they want the dance to even happen.

Content Warnings: Non-Serious/Comedic Game, Looney-Toons-Style Violence And Horror Effects, PCs Conflicts With Parents And Teachers (e.g. 'Being Grounded' Or 'Stuck In Detention')

Welcome back to The Dark Carnival!

Raleigh Tabletop RPGs' annual horror TTRPG event day is back for 2025 and better than ever! 8 fantastic GMs are here to run 8 sessions of spooky, scary, suspenseful, and even silly chills and thrills at RUMAH in downtown Raleigh.

This event is a sign-up for "The Neon-Nuclear Nyancat of Nekopolis," a game run using PICO by RTR member Randy P that will run during the second block of sessions from 4pm-8pm. Please see below for all the important details.

Session Title: The Neon-Nuclear Nyancat of Nekopolis
System: PICO
Players: 3-5
Materials: Dry-erasable character sheets with markers will be provided; although bringing paper and pencil for your own notes might be useful. The game uses d6s; the GM will have spares.
Description: THE NEKOPOLIS
A rain-slicked city somehow more wild than the deepest woods, the Nekopolis is a monster of concrete and neon, a haven for fur and claw. Cats rule this labyrinth of shadowed alleyways, holding court between crumbling tenement blocks, hunting and lounging and politicking without fear.
Ever since The Mysteriocalypse when all those tall, two-legged types vanished without a trace, bugs like you have thrived everywhere, even here in this sprawling cyber-noir deathtrap (mostly by taking to the spaces too cramped to risk an invasion of all but the smallest of kittens).
But when rumors of a new horror stalking the flickering streets arise -- one that has even the cats spooked -- it might just be up to you to save the day!

Theme/Tone: PICO is a light-hearted game of tiny bugs having big adventures, but it has space for darkness and tension, too. Expect to laugh and gasp in equal measure!

Content Warnings: Insects/Bugs as PCs and NPCs, Some Animals as Foes (Who Might Be Imperiled Or Even Fought Against). Jump Scares, (Bugly) Body Horror, Themes of Community Struggle/Hardship