StartPlaying.Games

Hi all! I’m Devon, one of the co-founders of StartPlaying. I've been a professional Dungeon Master for over five years. I was even featured in Bloomberg about it. Over time, people all over the country began to ask me to help run games for them, and, frankly, I could not handle the demand. When I did the research to try and refer players, I found that there was no real place to hire professional DMs to run games for people. That is why we built StartPlaying.Games - to solve a problem I personally saw. We have a large crew Game Masters who are running 100+ games a week. Anyone can join a game solo with others. You can book a game for you and a group of friends and family. We also offer the best team building events for our corporate customers! For those who don’t want to search through our site, we also offer a matchmaking service where we ask you a few questions, find your perfect Game Master, and then handle everything else. On the business side, we make money by taking a percentage of game bookings, including on a newly launched subscription option for players. Game Masters have been really excited about our platform, as it gives them more time to focus on planning and running games rather than building a website and business platform. Our players love us because they’re getting an amazing gaming experience without the hassle of setting it up themselves. Best of all, we're proud to boast our diverse user group that includes players of all kinds, including a group of 5th-graders who play every week, their mom and her friends who now do the same, and dads who don’t have time to be DMs and spend a night once a month playing together -- people who have never met each other forming friendships over adventures. What’s next? A lot! We’re working and partnering with game publishers, virtual tabletops, expanding into online conventions, and more. We'd love to hear your thoughts and feedback, along with any questions!

I use startplaying daily as a Professional Dungeon Master I have I find this is a wonderful tool. I can list my open games, or create listings for potential groups. It really has been a huge time saver and networking tool.

I used StartPlaying with a couple different DMs, 1 with a group of friends and another just me and 1 friend and both have been awesome. One has turned into a frequent gathering when we all have time and the other had turned into to a full fledge campaign. DMs and site staff are super chill and friendly and I've net some awesome players along with. Would definitely give it a try!