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In the Fall of 2023, Judaism Unbound invited me to teach a course for their UnYeshiva titled “Dungeons & Dragons & Dreidels.”
Can I confess something?
The hardest part about teaching “Dungeons & Dragons & Dreidels” was choosing what game to play. It needed simple rules that players could learn in a few minutes or pick up as they went along. There are tons of games that could fit the bill, but I also needed a game that compelled players to take ownership of the setting and themes.
Enter Kingdom by Ben Robbins.
If D&D is your default for tabletop roleplaying, Kingdom is way off the beaten path. For this game, you don’t just create and play your one character. You and the other players create a community and its colorful characters then play to find out the fate of that community.
Sound interesting?
Head over here to learn more and buy your own copy of the game.
If you like what you find, I’ve put together some helpful resources to get you up and playing in no time, including…
- Kingdom seeds, or prompts for creating a community
- A cheat sheet outlining the basics of how to play
- A character sheet to keep information about main and minor characters at your fingertips
- Role cards to remind you of what main characters can do
Bizarro Torah 
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