Steel City RPG, by the numbers
Every Game Day we roll the dice with a room full of Pittsburgh strangers who leave as a party. Here's the tally so far.
- Players seatedAdventurers Who've Braved a Quest
- 468
- Every time someone grabbed a chair at one of our tables and explored a new world to tell a story.
- Games runAdventures Run
- 82
- Games that made it to the table, where a story was told.
- Game Days heldGame Days in the Books
- 22
- Game Days and Game Nights, every one of them in our completed quest log.
Who's at the table
New to RPGsFirst Adventure Ever
18
People who played their very first tabletop RPG at our tables.
Since June 2026
From Light to Crunchy
Where our tables land on the crunch scale, from light story games out to crunchy tactics. Pick a game family on the dial to see every system we've run in it.
Light–Mediumour average table
The dagger marks our average crunch: all the way left if every table were Light, all the way right if every one were Crunchy. Right now we land at Light–Medium.
Selected
Pick a family on the dial, or a crunch level above, to see what we've run. Pick it again to clear.
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Pick a family to see its systems.
Light · 34
Forged in the DarkForged in the Dark5
- CBR+PNK4
- CNR+PNK (Echoes of the Veil)1
Powered by the ApocalypsePowered by the Apocalypse5
- Brindlewood Bay4
- Thirsty Sword Lesbians1
Illuminated WorldsIlluminated Worlds4
- Candela Obscura4
Lasers & FeelingsLasers & Feelings4
- Lasers & Feelings (Bigfoot)4
OSROSR3
- Shadowdark2
- Knave 2E1
Card BasedCard Based2
- Beak, Feather, and Bone1
- Fiasco1
Jenga-BasedJenga-Based2
- Dread2
Panic EnginePanic Engine2
- Fatherfog 0e1
- Mothership1
Belonging Outside BelongingBelonging Outside Belonging1
- Wanderhome1
Chaosium Basic Role Playing SystemChaosium Basic Role Playing System1
- Dragonbane1
Descended from the QueenDescended from the Queen1
- Ringmaster1
Honey HeistHoney Heist1
- I'm a Lover not a Fighter1
Mork BorgMork Borg1
- Pirate Borg1
PolymorphPolymorph1
- Pigeon's 111
Year Zero EngineYear Zero Engine1
- Vaesen1
Medium · 42
D&DD&D23
- D&D 5E16
- D&D BECMI5
- D&D 5.5E1
- D&D 5E Lego1
DaggerheartDaggerheart6
- Daggerheart6
Powered by the ApocalypsePowered by the Apocalypse4
- Avatar Legends4
Forged in the DarkForged in the Dark3
- Blades in the Dark2
- Blades in the Dark '681
Basic Roleplaying (BRP)Basic Roleplaying (BRP)2
- Call of Cthulhu2
CypherCypher1
- Old Gods of Appalachia1
Final Fantasy TTRPGFinal Fantasy TTRPG1
- Final Fantasy TTRPG1
Modern AGE SystemModern AGE System1
- The Expanse1
Year Zero EngineYear Zero Engine1
- Alien RPG1
Crunchy · 6
Narrative Dice SystemNarrative Dice System3
- Star Wars FFG3
PathfinderPathfinder3
- Pathfinder 2E3
System-agnostic and proud of it
35Systems playedWorlds Explored
The games
Game Families
- D&D2328%
- Powered by the Apocalypse911%
- Forged in the Dark810%
- Daggerheart67%
- Illuminated Worlds45%
- Lasers & Feelings45%
- Everything else2834%
D&D's the biggest name at the table, but it's nowhere near the only one.
Genres
Here's where our genres are stacking up. The more weight on one side, the more it's worth running the other way.
Plus 19 more genres.
All 23 game familiesHide the families
- D&D2328%
- Powered by the Apocalypse911%
- Forged in the Dark810%
- Daggerheart67%
- Illuminated Worlds45%
- Lasers & Feelings45%
- Narrative Dice System34%
- OSR34%
- Pathfinder34%
- Basic Roleplaying (BRP)22%
- Card Based22%
- Jenga-Based22%
- Panic Engine22%
- Year Zero Engine22%
- Belonging Outside Belonging11%
- Chaosium Basic Role Playing System11%
- Cypher11%
- Descended from the Queen11%
- Final Fantasy TTRPG11%
- Honey Heist11%
- Modern AGE System11%
- Mork Borg11%
- Polymorph11%
The publishers
The other way to read our shelves: who made the games that hit our tables, by adventures run.
- WOTC1822%
- Darrington Press1012%
- TSR56%
- Evil Hat45%
- Gauntlet Publishing45%
- Magpie Games45%
- Mythworks45%
- Weird Age Games45%
- Edge Studio (Fantasy Flight Games)34%
- Free League34%
- Paizo34%
- Chaosium22%
- The Arcane Library22%
- Tuesday Knight Games22%
- Windmill Games22%
- 9th Level Games11%
- Bully Pulpit11%
- Green Ronin Publishing11%
- Gshowit11%
- Limithron11%
- Monte Cook Games11%
- Possible Worlds Games11%
- Possum Creek Games11%
- Questing Beast Games11%
- Reverie Rebels11%
- Spotless Dice Games11%
- Square Enix11%
That's a lot of publishers getting their dice on our tables.
Game MastersGame Masters wanted
26Game MastersGame Masters Who've Taken the Chair. That's a lot of GMs willing to run a table for total strangers.
Share a system you love with a table of friendly strangers, as a one-shot, an episode, a short arc or a campaign. Game Master, Dungeon Master, Keeper, Storyteller: whatever your table calls it, we'd love you to run one.
First time running a game? We'll help you plan it: email us.
What you get
- We handle the logistics: venue, sign-ups and listing.
- Pre-gens by default, and we’ll help you make them.
- X-Cards on every table, and a safety survey on request.
- Any system you love, playtests included.