A special thanks to our donors: /u/Baronsalty, /u/C0ld_H4ndz, /u/cerealsucks, /u/Constructing_Whale, /u/Crowxll, /u/Dam_uel, /u/EmeranceLN23, /u/Enventions, /u/Gomaironin, /u/hawaiihatch, /u/ImperialArmorBrigade, /u/inkhonclusive, /u/Ironcoat, /u/Lord_of_knitting, /u/Marco9711, /u/NoTimeToExplainFxxk, /u/RolloThePig, /u/sscherb, /u/SirJohnOfPancake, /u/skauing, /u/TropiDana, /u/twobulletscollide and two donors who remain anonymous. Without them this would have hardly been such an event. Thank you all. To anyone reading, they've all been given the "LFG Certified Amazing" flair so if you see them around, they're the kind of person you want in your group.

A second special thanks to my mom who, in early days of the giveaway before it became clear purchasing dice bags was required, sewed 40 dice bags herself for this event.

A third special thanks to the donor who sent their PHB direct and included Curse of Strahd and a heap of other books and materials.

A fourth thanks to family and friends who probably won't see this: Amazon limits how many books one can buy (it's a loss leader) and with their help I was able to get all of these quickly.

To anyone wondering how the donors knew their money was going where it was supposed to: I have been keeping and sharing with donors the receipts for every dime coming in and going out every step of the way (with personally identifiable information redacted).

To anyone wanting to donate, message me or comment here and I'll write down your name for future giveaways. Requests were coming in a bit slow by the end so I'm waiting a while.

For those wondering, we spent $1,709.21, or $33.51 per shipment (four of the fifty five were sent directly from donors and were not calculated in that number). That covers, per shipment, a PHB, two dice bags, two sets of dice, the box, tape, sharpies for labels, and shipping costs. Before I knew how big this would get, dice were purchased in smaller, less cost-efficient quantities. Next time will be even more efficient :)

Thank you again donors. Recipients, welcome to the fold!

Edit: added "shipping costs" to the list of expenses. Added a fourth thanks.

Closed but keep an eye out for future giveaways!

If you are going to request a book, please read the whole post.

I want to get out ahead of this and say something important: The majority of requestors that didn't get a book didn't get one because their request didn't meet the requirements in the post and they didn't change their request to meet those requirements when asked.

If you can't afford a book, actually can't afford it, please let me know here. I'll send you one and, if you like, I'll highlight your search for a party (see the bottom of the post). The requirements to receive a PHB:

• Actually be unable to afford it. It's $23. If your copy is ratty or you'd rather not spend the dough or you're a little short this month, this isn't for you. If you can afford it and ask for one anyway, you need more help than a $23 book. Some people literally can't. You don't have to tell me why you can't afford it. I believe you. I'm not asking you to turn your misfortune into performance for luxury alms. If you choose to share that's fine but sharing those details will have no impact on if you get a book.

• Be a past, present, or future user of /r/lfg. I would love to help everyone but I've got the privilege of moderating this subreddit. This is where many requests have fallen short. To demonstrate your participation, either write up an lfg post here (What will you bring to a table and what are you looking for?) or tell me about your experiences on lfg.

• US only (for reasons of shipping cost) - Hawaii and Alaska included.

• If chosen, be willing to provide a mailing address.

Just a heads up: while media shipping rates are inexpensive, they are also slow.

We're running low on books. It isn't first come first serve. As long as this is up, there's a chance you could get one. If you made a request before and didn't get an offer for a book, you're not any kind of disqualified.

A lot of suggestion have been made publicly and privately about better ways to do this: I appreciate your intentions to be helpful but I am fine with this, thank you. Unsolicited advice will be removed.

If you want to give a new user a safe, supportive, and fun place to start their D&D journey, look no further than these users:

• (LFG Post) Newish 23F player looking for an LGBT friendly group who's in it for friendship and laughs, just as much as the main story. 5E, no video chat, open schedule after 6pm CST all weekdays, aside Tuesday, with more availability on weekends. Thank you!

• (LFG post) I'm looking for a fun, lighthearted yet still roll play heavy game, set in any of the 5e type worlds. As a completely novice player, I'd like a DM and party who bears with me as I learn the ropes, but expect commitment and regular playtime for a campaign. Let me know if you have any questions or thoughts, and thanks again!

• (LFG post) Im looking for a friendly group of people who are willing to take a new player into their adventures. Im an easy going person who loves fantasy lore (LotR, The Hobbit, The Elder Scrolls, Warcraft). I would take the game seriously (as in I would try really hard to learn the rules and not waste peoples time when its my turn) but also roleplay, joke around and try for everyone to have a nice time.

• (User) Out of work Chef, looking for a new group of adventures on foundry. Once a week prefered.

This is made possible thanks to contributions by the following users. If you see them around (they have the Certified LFG Amazing user flair), tell them you appreciate them!

Baronsalty, cerealsucks, Constructing_Whale, Dam_uel (That's me), EmeranceLN23, Enventions, Gomaironin, hawaiihatch, ImperialArmorBrigade, inkhonclusive, Ironcoat, Marco9711, NoTimeToExplainFxxk, SirJohnOfPancake, skauing, twobulletscollide

/r/lfg

Giveaway is temporarily on hold. Offers are out for all available books. If no replies come from those users, I'll be reposting. If all books are claimed, I'll reach out to people who have offered to donate and create a new post altogether.

If you are going to request a book, please read the whole "Giveaway Info" section.

Giveaway Info

If you can't afford a book, let me know and I'll send you. The requirements to receive a PHB:

* Actually be unable to afford it. It's $23 on Amazon. You don't have to tell me why you can't afford it. I believe you. I'm not asking you to turn your misfortune into performance for luxury alms. If you choose to share that's fine but sharing those details will have no impact on if you get a book. * Be a past, present, or future user of r/lfg. To demonstrate your participation in the subreddit, either write up an lfg post here (What will you bring to a table and what are you looking for?) or tell me about your experiences on lfg. * Mostly US only (for reasons of shipping cost) - Hawaii and Alaska included - We have an anonymous user who will ship a handful to Europe/Asia. * If chosen, be willing to provide a mailing address.

A lot of suggestion have been made publicly and privately about better ways to do this: I appreciate your intentions to be helpful but I am fine with this, thank you. Unsolicited advice will be removed.

Donor appreciation and how to participate

This is made possible thanks to contributions by so many of our users. If you see them around (they have the Certified LFG Amazing user flair), tell them you appreciate them!

To users wishing to donate: Let me know and I'll write down your name to contact later but I am halting donations at this time until I've handled what we have now. I can't express enough times or hard enough how overwhelmed I am by this community's generosity.

Hello r/lfg, I have made a bot that aims to make using this subreddit easier to use and provide notifications when a tabletop game that meets your criteria is posted here. It can be hard to find a game that matches your schedule or plays a tabletop game that is uncommon. And unless you are lucky, have an open schedule, or are able to stalk the subreddit, it can be difficult to find a game. So this bot is here to help with that endeavor.

If this interests you, you can view the usage instructions HERE

Note: The bot and I are not affiliated with this subreddit, and if there are questions or issues, contact me. Do NOT contact the moderators of this subreddit regarding this bot.

This bot's goal is to aid player's in finding groups, if you subscribe, you can stop messages at any time and the bot only stores your game preferences and reddit username for as long as you are subscribed. I care about privacy, and do not collect statistics or data about users who use the bot.

If you see a blatant issue or have a feature request, send me a message on reddit or discord at @perfekthuntr and I will do my best to investigate.

Edit:

• There is now a helpful web page that makes subscribing to the bot even easier.

• You can upvote or submit feature requests here so I can prioritize what improvements are the most important to the community.

Finding a group of strangers online with which to play games can be a challenging experience: not only do you have to find people interested in the same game idea as you, but you have to find people you get along with. As such, people often put requirements on the people they'll have apply for the group in order to feel more comfortable. People report these posts all the time, but guess what? THIS IS COMPLETELY ACCEPTABLE!

This is not employment (rule #6) where you cannot discriminate based on age or gender. If a teen is more comfortable playing with people under 18 or a woman is more comfortable playing with other women, then they can absolutely make posts looking for such.

So, what should you do if you see a post that requests players are of a different age, gender, or sexual orientation than you? Move on. There are lots of other listings to choose from. Commenting on the post that it's unfair, is discrimination, or anything similar is a violation in rule #8 and will result in a ban.

You did! That's right, lucky you! You get to have ME as a player in YOUR dnd 5e group! Act fast, as our phone operators are standing by! All you need to do to gather your prize is to PM the user above! (Restrictions apply. User's time zone is EST. Discord and roll 20 are preferred apps. No phone operators sustained major injury in the creation of this post. User is 17 and bored as shit)

Edit: Still looking for a group! Please PM me!

This was US-only but a user who wishes to stay anonymous in India has offered to help by shipping some books in Asia/Europe! There will only be a few able to sent so I'm going to wait a bit on such requests so I can sort through them a bit but the door is open for such requests!

If you are going to request a book, please read the whole "Giveaway Info" section. The majority of requestors that didn't get a book didn't get one because their request didn't meet the requirements detailed within.

I keep reposting because every repost gets more visibility, which gets more people books. If this post is stickied to the top of the subreddit then I still have books to give out.

Giveaway Info

If you can't afford a book, actually can't afford it, please let me know here. I'll send you one and, if you like, I'll highlight your search for a party (see the bottom of the post). The requirements to receive a PHB:

• Actually be unable to afford it. It's $23. If your copy is ratty or you'd rather not spend the dough or you're a little short this month, this isn't for you. If you can afford it and ask for one anyway, you need more help than a $23 book. Some people literally can't. You don't have to tell me why you can't afford it. I believe you. I'm not asking you to turn your misfortune into performance for luxury alms. If you choose to share that's fine but sharing those details will have no impact on if you get a book.

• Be a past, present, or future user of r/lfg. I would love to help everyone but I've got the privilege of moderating this subreddit. This is where many requests have fallen short. To demonstrate your participation, either write up an lfg post here (What will you bring to a table and what are you looking for?) or tell me about your experiences on lfg.

• US only (for reasons of shipping cost) - Hawaii and Alaska included.

• If chosen, be willing to provide a mailing address.

A lot of suggestion have been made publicly and privately about better ways to do this: I appreciate your intentions to be helpful but I am fine with this, thank you. Unsolicited advice will be removed.

New user and donor LFG posts

These recipients of books and donors have chosen to have their LFG searches highlighted here. If you want to support new users or find a player with a heart of gold, look no further than here:

• (LFG Post) Newish 23F player looking for an LGBT friendly group who's in it for friendship and laughs, just as much as the main story. 5E, no video chat, open schedule after 6pm CST all weekdays, aside Tuesday, with more availability on weekends. Thank you!

• (LFG post) I'm looking for a fun, lighthearted yet still roll play heavy game, set in any of the 5e type worlds. As a completely novice player, I'd like a DM and party who bears with me as I learn the ropes, but expect commitment and regular playtime for a campaign. Let me know if you have any questions or thoughts, and thanks again!

• (LFG post) I'm looking for a friendly group of people who are willing to take a new player into their adventures. I'm an easy going person who loves fantasy lore (LotR, The Hobbit, The Elder Scrolls, Warcraft). I would take the game seriously (as in I would try really hard to learn the rules and not waste peoples time when its my turn) but also roleplay, joke around and try for everyone to have a nice time.

• (User) Out of work Chef, looking for a new group of adventures on foundry. Once a week preferred.

• (User) LFG EST Saturday Night or Sunday or Monday all day. I'm looking for a open group interested in total noobs who are laid back and like obscure song lyrics used as bardic inspiration. Means the wife are looking to get back into dnd and name once covid calms down, turn it into a local game. Peace

• (LFG PostLooking for a long lasting game with tons of shenanigans that’s LGTBQ friendly and balanced combat/RP

Donor appreciation and how to participate

This is made possible thanks to contributions by the following users. If you see them around (they have the Certified LFG Amazing user flair), tell them you appreciate them!

Baronsalty, cerealsucks, Constructing_Whale, Crowxll, Dam_uel (That's me), EmeranceLN23, Enventions, Gomaironin, hawaiihatch, ImperialArmorBrigade, inkhonclusive, Ironcoat, Lord_of_Knitting, Marco9711, NoTimeToExplainFxxk, SirJohnOfPancake, skauing, TropiDane, twobulletscollide

To users wishing to participate: I can't express enough times or hard enough how overwhelmed I am by this community's generosity. I am halting donations at this time. If you are interested in donating at a future date let me know, I'll take down your name and reach out if and when this starts back up.

I lost my discord a couple of weeks ago and I'm missing my old group. My old discord was memyself#4697 and my new one is memyself2#2522. The old dm is called ledge on discord. If anyone knows anything about them please let me know.

Edit: the dm was found. Thank you everyone

Hello there. I'm an experienced player and used to play D&D a lot, but eventually fell out of it for various reasons although I never stopped liking it. It just became less important than other things for a long time.

I don't want to beat around the bush here or anything so i'll be pretty direct. I've got terminal cancer. I'd been fighting it for a while and doing chemo and radiation, but it's inoperable. I had recently decided to stop treatments because chemo makes you feel worse than being dead and radiation was happening a few times a week and also having no impact. I don't want what time I have left to be miserable and inconvenienced.

I'm mostly at peace about the whole situation. Had a good life, no major regrets or anything. But here at the end of all things, I can't stop thinking about how much I used to enjoy D&D. I think it would also be nice to just do something fun without being surrounded by people who seem a lot more sad and miserable than I am haha. No one around where I live these days plays D&D, so I was recommended to try here on Reddit, so here I am.

If it's to be my final campaign, i've always wanted to be a necromancer working their way up to lichdom. I even wrote out some rules for it once, as I used to mainly DM. Maybe its the confrontation with my own mortality that has my mind drifting off to lichdom, undeath, and magical means of immortality, who knows. But regardless, I thought it would be fun to get into.

I have a few character ideas and concepts in mind, so if you think you might be interested, just send me a message or comment here and we can get in touch. I always imagined it would take place as a sort of character quest that was secondary to whatever main plot line was happening in a campaign or maybe in a more sandbox world it could be more directed, who knows. The characters could probably fit into most existing worlds and campaigns, i'd think.

Thanks for your time anyway. Hope you all get as much fun out of this game as I used to.

Mods, if you want to remove this you can. I won't do it again. You should post somewhere that you shouldn't be afraid to DM an rpg even as a new player.

ANYONE CAN DM!!

(don't ban me, I like this subreddit)

I don't think this is the right place for this but I don't know where to put it but If you could help me, we have seem to have lost contact with our DM. He ends up having his appendix burst and was gone for a while. But was feeling better and we played a couple more sessions and started to not feel well again. Since then we haven't heard from him and was just wanting to know he was ok. I don't know his real name but he goes by Jax in our server and his discord name is archive.#4092 if anyone knows who he is and can get in contact with him to let him know we are missing him and just wanting to know if he's ok. If you are him or know him you can contact me on here or on my discord @Lazarusgamer#0328

Just as my post states, i have had a streak of bad luck finding games due to one rediculous reason or another. I JUST WANT A FUN GAME WITH FUN PEOPLE. Who want to leave this world behind, and create a new one with me. Have experience with 5e and pathfinder 3.5. It doesnt have to be a new game i can join in the middle of a game and am open to playing just about any character.

I have ALS and only have a couple years left. Probably only 6-12 months before I’ll be bed ridden and unable to talk. I’ve always wanted to play D&D but never have. It’s on my bucket list.

I’d prefer in-person but am totally fine with online as well. If in person I would need handicapped accessible location as I currently use a walker to get around but will be in a wheelchair likely by the end of the year.

I have never played and am super new, but just very interested. I’m a bit older (39) but am fine really playing with any age groups.

I recently had an issue with my discord account and I can't get back into it. My old discord was memyself#4697 and now it is memyself2#2522. If anyone in the groups I was in sees this please add me again.

Edit: the two DM's I still need to find go by Ledge and Fimvul on discord. I don't know what the # is.

Edit: The final book has been given.

I know this is the sixth post but every time I post, more people get helped!

If you are going to request a book, please read the whole "Giveaway Info" section. If you would like to donate, please skip to the bottom section regarding participation

Giveaway Info

If you can't afford a book, let me know and I'll send you. The requirements to receive a PHB:

• Actually be unable to afford it. It's $23 on Amazon. You don't have to tell me why you can't afford it. I believe you. I'm not asking you to turn your misfortune into performance for luxury alms. If you choose to share that's fine but sharing those details will have no impact on if you get a book.

• Be a past, present, or future user of r/lfg. To demonstrate your participation in the subreddit, either write up an lfg post here (What will you bring to a table and what are you looking for?) or tell me about your experiences on lfg.

• Mostly US only (for reasons of shipping cost) - Hawaii and Alaska included - We have an anonymous user who will ship a handful to Europe/Asia.

• If chosen, be willing to provide a mailing address.

A lot of suggestion have been made publicly and privately about better ways to do this: I appreciate your intentions to be helpful but I am fine with this, thank you. Unsolicited advice will be removed.

Donor appreciation and how to participate

This is made possible thanks to contributions by so many of our users. If you see them around (they have the Certified LFG Amazing user flair), tell them you appreciate them!

To users wishing to donate: Let me know and I'll write down your name to contact later but I am halting donations at this time until I've handled what we have now. I can't express enough times or hard enough how overwhelmed I am by this community's generosity.

I lost my old phone with my old D&D group's numbers. If any of you are reading this, please message me here on reddit. I originally found this group through reddit (deleted that old reddit account too :/) so I'm hoping one of them reads this. They should know who I am based on the subject, so to everyone else, apologies, and thank you for letting me post this.

So yeah, it's me, Vee. I was totally new to D&D when you found me here on looking for group. I played a Ranger and I had a mermaid's tear. Our DM's name is Ben and we got him metal dice for Christmas, but his parents had also got him metal dice for Christmas. I hope one of you sees this.

Thanks everyone!

A friend of mine who has been playing D&D for the last 30 years can't leave their home due to medical reasons and doesn't have good enough internet access to host online games. Despite all these hardships, they're determined to launch a new AD&D 1e game. Who's up for the challenge?

Campaign: Battle through the famous 1st edition module series. Take off from the Temple of Elemental Evil and run through the Tomb of Horrors!

System: AD&D 1e.

Location: Darby, PA, USA.

Date & Time: Saturday's 1:30PM ET to 5:00PM ET.

Information: Come join a laidback and welcoming old-school-inspired D&D campaign that will follow all of the classic modules that D&D 5e likes to steal from today. The DM, due to medical reasons cannot travel to play. If you live in the Philadelphia, PA, USA area and are brave enough to try 1st Edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, please consider this game. All ages and skill levels welcome. Those under 16 must be accompanied by an adult.

EDIT:

The response here has been amazing. Thanks for the bumps and awards.

I'll reach out privately to anyone interested and able in joining the game to share more information.

Don, the DM is considering switching the game to D&D 5e if that makes it easier for the players. They're also considering making the game every other week instead of every week.

Searching for Mr. Jenkins, Miss Davenport, Miss Harris, and Miss Fillman.

Today our Sunday CoC session ended abruptly and the discord server was shut down, I wasn't able to get you all added and can't access your usernames to connect with you there (my in game name was Leroy LeBlanc). It was lovely playing with you all, and if you'd like to continue gaming together on Sundays at the same time I am happy to run a new campaign for us all, CoC or otherwise. Message me if you're interested :)

EDIT: We have found one let's goooooooo!

EDIT 2: WE FOUND ANOTHER! ONLY ONE MORE TO GO!!

EDIT 3: WE DID IT REDDIT!!! This morning our fourth and final member was located and added to a new discord server. We're planning to start a new campaign as well as try to pick up where we left off with CoC if we can find a keeper to run the module. I cannot express my gratitude enough to this community, without a doubt we would not have been able to make this happen without your help! I hope you all roll nothing but nat 20's for the foreseeable future 🙏

I've been filling out applications for various groups, and on several occasions have been told "Sorry, you're out of our age range." or "Nope. Too old." I currently have a group on Saturday evenings and its a great bunch of people, and I am looking for an additional group. Its a little disheartening, but I suppose people don't want to play with someone who might be their parent's age. I mean, I probably would feel weird playing with a bunch of 18 year old's, but it just feels like I'm being aged out if the game...

EDIT: OMG everyone! So many responses! Thank you so much for your support! I'm going to let this calm down a bit then start sifting through the group offers.

Edit: Still accepting anyone looking to join (Seeking additional DMs)

Hey guys! First off, please note I am not trying to discriminate against those without disabilities. I'm looking to bring in people with developmental, mental health, and physical disabilities that may limit a person from certain activities. My goal is to give you guys access to a fun online campaign that we can all work on together and at the same time, possibly help improve some of the complications these disabilities cause in real life. Sometimes acting out a character might help someone with social issues. I've struggled with my own mental health over the years and in the end, I feel like a better and more mature person for all I had to suffer through. I'm looking to create a positive community where everyone can express the difficulties life has dealt them, if they wish. Or just use it as an escape for a few hours a week that's fine!

DM has close to two years of experience running homebrews (heavily based in DnD 5e, with some basic modifications).

The only real rule is to respect your fellow players.

No experience required. Just a bit of dedication to the team and enthusiasm.

As of now, most days and times are available (Wednesday I do a talk show, Sunday I have a campaign, and I may go out some Saturdays (night though). I'm US East Coast. All are welcomed who can fit the time periods.

Last but not least, this will be a very unique experience. I ask everyone to write a backstory. Tell me about your homeland, how you became the person you are, what major events shaped you. Be creative! I'm not asking you to create the lore for the entire world but feel free to give names, history, the background of certain characters, nations, or regions. If you need help writing one, let me know! The game will be based around what you write so make it count! My goal is to build a world WITH my players. Not throw my players into a prebuilt world of my design.

Thanks in advance for your reply! Look forward to working with you guys!

So, there was... a thing in /r/AmItheAsshole, and I would like to try to reach out to any of the three that ended up leaving.

If you know either Steven, Alica or the third, unnamed player that was hit in this absolute horrorshow of events, would you kindly forward this offer?

I am a Swedish fantasy writer and DM, and I have been working on a beginner friendly, one-shot adventure for a while now, I've even gotten to playtest it twice, but before I put the finishing touches on the entire thing for publication (just digital on a well known site, nothing big and official via WotC or anything like that), I would like to offer to host a game for them to go through the entire thing, either as two separate sessions or as one mega-session. Yeah, they might be in a different time-zone, but I'll make it work.

I know that this is a long-shot that might never, ever reach them, but if there even is a remote chance of this happening, I would at least like to try.

They can PM me here on reddit, we'll set it up over Discord and Roll20, if they haven't played DnD before, that does not matter, if they want to run it, I'll teach them as we go, it's what the entire thing has been designed to promote as well.

So yeah, this is me, throwing out a signal.

Steven, Alica, the Unnamed One, if you guys want to play a game together with me as your DM, send me a PM, I have an adventure waiting for you when you feel like coming back to DnD.

Most sincerely, and from the heart.

It'll be all right.

I think dm's looking for players to pay, should disclose it in the headline