Welcome
In memoriam
We are sorry to announce that our good friend and long-time member of Hobbits Hole, Steve ‘Stig’ Tasso sadly passed away in July 2024. Our condolences go out to his family and all those who knew him.
He was a regular player and GM with us in person for some 15 years , but then Covid hit and his own poor health made travel to the club difficult. Luckily we have an online community as well and so Stig very much remained a member of this club, bringing his unique style to the games he played.
Sadly, in July his last game remained unfinished and, as will happen to us all one day, his character finally outlived the player.
So what will we miss about our friend?
His ever-changing facial hairstyles perhaps?
His ability to single headedly keep the drinks company "Lilt" in business?
His no-nonsense approach to life?
What we will miss most is how genuine he was. He was kind, friendly, funny and fiercely loyal.
He was an ever present mentor to the younger members of our club insisting on adding the word ‘young’ before their names regardless of how old they became in later years! He would give anyone his last pound if they needed it.
Our club plays roleplaying games. We create imaginary characters and add their abilities and personality on a sheet. However, If we had to write one of these to capture the amazing character and personality of our friend Stig, there simply is not a piece of paper big enough.
He was quite simply a genuinely good man in a world where that isn't nearly as common as we need it to be, and the world is poorer without him.
We from the club he loved, loved him too and will miss him very much.
"Don't make a fuss mate" - Stig
But we want to.....
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: 7th August to 27th November
Venca: Eve of Ruin is an upcoming campaign for DnD 5e designed for Level 10 to 20 characters. The story focuses on the legendary arch-lich Vecna who is attempting to complete a dark ritual that will obliterate the gods and subjugate all worlds to his will. To stop Vecna before can remake existence in his image, players will have to work with three of the multiverse’s most famous archmages, travel across the planes of existence themselves and rebuild the legendary Rod of Seven Parts.
Aerosian Nights
System D&D 5e
Game Master Saif
Venue: Glanville Hall Wednesday night
A story-driven roleplay heavy adventure.
Set in the continent of Aeros, in a world where the All-Father (the singular god) has been missing for a decade and a half, and the angelic demiurges have been the stewards of the domains of men and beasts.
A continent with multiple cities each with their own culture governments and political agendas and climates. With a vast untamed wilderness that is more than it seems.
In the war-torn land of Aeloria, a brutal civil conflict has erupted, tearing apart society along the fault lines of magic and non-magic users.
As the conflict intensifies, a group known as the "Harmony Keepers," reminiscent of the Red Cross, establishes refugee camps to aid those displaced by the chaos. Your party, initially drawn to help in these camps, soon discovers a deeper and more perilous truth behind the escalating war.
Ravenloft
System Old School Essentials
Game Master Graham
Venue: Glanville Hall Wednesday night
Run as the original module for Ravenloft from 1983 using Old School Essentials with more emphasis on the AD&D rules. Play will start at level 5.
It’s Ravenloft in its original form, heavily inspired by Dracula. Curse of Strahd 5E is a rewrite of it.
I plan to take the original module, remix it heavily and see where it takes us
Two-fisted action against Gods beyond Space and Time!
Do you dream of swinging on a vine into a temple of an ancient evil, just in time to kick the forbidden scroll from the hand of the cult leader?
Do you yearn to play a character dripping in quips, who can stand on the wing of a steadily ascending biplane, and who maybe, maybe just happens to "Know Kung-Fu"?
Then Pulp Cthulhu is the game for you!
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.
Next Roleplaying Games being played
Rotation: 4th December to 26th March
Shadow of the Weird Wizard
System Shadow of the Weird Wizard
Game Master Andrew W
Venue: Glanville Hall Wednesday night
Your characters find themselves in New Town on the edge of the borderlands in the Plains of Pendarm.
Some of you may have crossed the Salt Barrens to escape the civil war in the old kingdom to the west.
Others could be here to help those that are trying to make a better life for themselves now that they have made it to the borderlands. Or you could be here to tame the perilous lands around you and make a name for yourself. How you found yourself in New Town and your aspirations for what you want to do now are up to you.
What you know is that the borderlands are unsafe, populated by monsters released by a mythical figure called the weird wizard and allowed to roam the countryside. Cruel faeries haunt the shadows, undead drag themselves free from their tombs, and old, ancient evils stir once again now that the weird wizard has gone. It is a dangerous land full of adventure, and the people there are crying out for brave adventurers such as yourselves to unravel its secrets and make it safe.
The Indie Dozen
System: medley of indie story games
Game Master James
Venue: Glanville Hall Wednesday night
A medley of smaller-press story games.
Rival Victorian ladies hunt orchids on a tropical island…
…boisterous fairies invade a folk celebration… …
gap-year adventurers flee a voracious monster.
We will explore these stories and many more together with indie story games!
We’ll explore a variety of genres and moods, from tragedy through heartwarming to plain silliness!
I aim to give everyone a bit of choice on what we play next, but here’s a flavour:
FIASCO: A game about ordinary people with big ambitions and poor impulse control. Emulates “caper gone wrong” films like Fargo and Blood Simple. One where it pays to “play to lose”!
DREAD: The horror game that uses jenga as its mechanic! When the tower falls, something terrible happens!
OUR LAST BEST HOPE: A desperate group of heroes try to avert disaster. References films like Armageddon and Sunshine
INTREPID: Map-drawing game where you can tell an epic story in 3 hours.
UMLAUT - GAME OF METAL: Rival metal bands competing to win the Battle of the Bands, complete with a card-game for gigs!
SMALL THINGS: Create cosy stories like The Borrowers about household objects protecting a home from Things Outside.
IN A WICKED AGE: Situation-driven sword and sorcery hijinks
Civil war has torn through Faerun.
Nobody you know remembers why or how the war started.
After 130 years of brutal warfare, memories of peaceful co-operation between the great cities have faded. Now three city-states war for survival.
Orcs fight alongside humans. Dwarves and drow dig together to provide precious metals for the machinery of war. Elves are all but extinct. Regardless of race or gender everyone must serve for the "greater good".
You have been raised in the great city state of Neverwinter. Now it is your turn to protect it.
You enrol in the military but you are lucky, you will not be sent to the front lines to feed the war machine. Instead you will complete specialist scout training alongside your faithful steed.
After a year of intensive training your scout unit is ready to go out and gather vital intelligence for the war effort.
Your first mission is to investigate a temporal anomaly deep within the dead zone. It is time to discover the truth and face your destiny.
These are the end days...
You will start at level 4. You can be any race including ones traditionally seen as evil but your alignment must not be evil.
More details will be given for character creation. Your steed may be any land based animal that does not fly.
DnD 5e legacy rules.
The game is set on an alternate earth, in the steampunk era of Victorian "New Europa" circa 1870. In addition to humans, New Europa is populated by creatures from fantasy such as dragons and faeries. Fictional characters such as Van Helsing can also be encountered.
One Tail of Two, Three and Four
System: Warhammer Fantasy Role Play
Game Master Chris
Venue: Glanville Hall Wednesday night
This is the second time running my custom campaign, tweaked for improvements, so bear that in mind when voting. It uses the main rule system available in the current edition of the book with no supplements. There are some mechanical and class creation tweaks that will be in place to smooth things out, depending on what and how people wish to start. Characters will all start at Level 0 and should be able to gain XP traction fairly swiftly throughout, although the system can be fairly brutal. Compared to last time the table-top element will be scaled back, but will use a battle mat. The system is a D100 implementation
The party meets in Altdorf, getting to know each other while staying in the same boarding house on the outskirts of the city. Tales of your history, adventures and ambitions are laid forth over a glass of mead or Bugmans XXXX each night. You had your own reasons for visiting and own reasons for travel, picking up odd jobs or continuing research and relaxation while you could. Collectively you decide that travelling to Nuln would be worth while as you hear that there is work down that way, and will provide a change of scenery. The rumours of evil forces assaulting the northern borders of Kislev have worked their way down to Altdorf already too, giving good reason to stick together safety along with a solid excuse of travelling further from the potential danger from straying marauders. After settling up business in Altdorf (realising you are short on coin), you manage to get passage on a merchants barge heading south to Nuln - offering protection to the Captain in exchange for the travel costs. For the most part the journey goes well, with several days of peace as the junk floats down river. One evening you set up camp beside the bank, tying the boat to a tree around the shore and set up bed rolls. The night is fairly restless, with more sounds of howling and less of owls hunting than you would normally expect. Never the less, collectively you manage to get to sleep under the light of the twin moons - Moorslieb and Manslieb.
While still under the effects of dark, dimly lit by pale green moonlight filtering through the tree tops, you are awoken to howls of laughter as great, weighted nets are cast over your bodies, entangling you. Your assailants, with their faces covered, are wafting around a nauseating smelling gas that makes you light headed. As unconsciousness takes you, the final sight of the barge captain letting lose from the bank and swiftly guiding the vessel to the safe canter of the river falls to your eyes. Blackness takes you as you are hauled and dragged away, red eyes piercing the gloom....
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.