I will be running a game for Free RPG Day this year, and I’m excited!
Last year, I was not in Puerto Rico for Free RPG Day. I visited Tabletop Gaming Center, a terrific FLGS in Connecticut, which I got to check out a few times while I was up there. However, this year, as I celebrate my 40th anniversary as a tabletop role-playing gamer, it is incredibly important to me to support the local gaming community.
As I look at the current TTRPG and general gaming community in Puerto Rico, I am encouraged. When Puerto Rico Role Players began over 18 years ago, there was certainly gaming happening, but there was a definite lull in the overall sense of community among TTRPG gamers. We, along with others, worked hard to foster the growth of that community.
I don’t pretend we are solely responsible for the thriving gaming scene around me today. The massive popularity of D&D 5e and the boom the pandemic brought to the TTRPG industry are certainly the largest factors, but I like to think we did our part!
I am incredibly happy to see so many people playing TTRPGs, board games, and LARPing like Echo Trails. Actual play groups like Juego La Mesa, gaming influencers like The Gaming Dragons and Planeta Meeple, and others, organizing and running events—these are fantastic signs of a healthy hobby. There are more FLGS on the island now, and seeing people actively play and teach others how to play truly warms my aging gamer heart!
I would love to play more outside my weekly group, visit more stores, and run more games myself, but I am just so glad to see others doing so. Real life, work, and family health all impact my available time, so I try to keep doing my part in these spaces by posting here on the blog, on my Facebook page, Sunglar’s Musings, and across my social media channels.
That does not mean I’ve given up on more active participation! We continue planning events with Puerto Rico Role Players and Dungeons & Dragons Puerto Rico (we are already planning for the next Geeknic!), and I want to participate in events like Free RPG Day to keep in touch with the community and support it directly.
So, to return to the topic of those first two sentences: For Free RPG Day 2026, I will be running Shadowdark at Titan Games at their Río Piedras location. Specifically, I will be running Joseph R. Lewis’ one-shot, Kneel Before the Goblin King!
Brief aside: If you’re planning to play at my table, don’t spoil it for yourself by reading the adventure! That said, I have become a massive fan of Lewis’ work. His adventures are easy to run, provide information effectively and succinctly, and offer lots of opportunities for GMs to make the adventure their own. I highly recommend them.
To summarize: Come to Titan Games Río Piedras on Saturday, June 27th, and play some Shadowdark at my table. There will be space for six players, and pre-generated characters will be provided. The store opens at 11:00 AM, and I’ll be there to start running the game as soon as we have a quorum.
I will not be the only one running tabletop role-playing games that day, and there will be Free RPG Day events at Titan Games in both Río Piedras and Caguas. Check out their website, Facebook, Instagram, and Discord for more information.
Hope to see you there!
