One of the cornerstones of the Quelmar world-building community is the Community Campaign.
Community Campaigns are large scale stories told using a large number of rotating players. As opposed to a closed-table roleplaying game, where the same group of players and DM/GM gather as frequently as their schedules allow, open-table games can include many different players popping in and out throughout the story being told. A Community Campaign is great for newbies to TTRPGs, as they can try out a couple sessions to see if they like it; players with busy schedules, as there is always a next session coming up; any gamers looking to try out a fresh new game and expand their circle of friends. In short, a Community Campaign is a fantastic way to tell a great story with a bunch of new friends over the span of a year or so. They're great!
List of Community Campaigns
Quelmar has been the generating force behind several Community Campaigns, including:
- Bedlam in the Badlands (2025-present, Pennsylvania)
- Spearheaded by DM(s) ????
- Held ??? MegaGames
- 53 Players (and counting!)
- 60 Player Characters (and counting!)
- Recruited and played at local PA game stores
- The Fantasial Freeze (2025-present, Minnesota)
- Spearheaded by DM James
- Utilized "Guest DMs" as featured in previous Community Campaigns
- Held 1 MegaGame
- 48 Players
- 60 Player Characters
- Recruited from the Minnesota Theater Arts scene
- Played entirely at The Dungeon
- Within the Wicked Wilds (2023-2025, Pennsylvania)
- Spearheaded by DM(s) ????
- Later included DMs ????
- Held ?? MegaGames
- 81 Players
- 118 Player Characters
- Recruited and played at PA local game stores
- Qandela Obscura (2023-present, Online)
- Spearheaded by DM(s) ????
- Later included DMs ????
- 34 Players (and counting!)
- 61 Player Characters (and counting!)
- Recruited and played entirely through Discord
- Into the Greedy Green (2022-2023, Pennsylvania)
- Spearheaded by DM James
- Later included DMs Dave and Kyle
- Further expanded to include DMs John and Patrick
- Also the first to utilize "Guest DM" games to allow players to try DMing.
- Had 3 MegaGames
- ??? Players
- 116 Player Characters
- Recruited and played at local PA game stores
- (Combining that with the Ancients Alive Community built in 2019)
- Beggar's Bodega (2021-2022, Pennsylvania)
- Spearheaded by DM James
- 23 Players, about half of those across the world calling in to play with the other half in PA
- 24 Player Characters
- Did not recruit, but did unite Quelmar communities across states to play online.
- Played entirely at The Dungeon
- Ancients Alive (2019-2020, Pennsylvania)
- Spearheaded by DM James
- Due to Covid, was able to have a faux "MegaGame" by having one large discord call with almost all players.
- 23 Players
- 24 Player Characters
- Recruited from the State College Theater Arts Scene
- Played entirely at The Dungeon
- Townson Tabletop (2014-2016, Maryland)
- Spearheaded by DM James
- This campaign's finale was the very first Quelmar MegaGame
- 48 Players
- 79 Characters
- Recruited from the Towson University Theater Department
- Played entirely at The Dungeon
Behind the Screen
- Quelmar's community campaigns got us onto the real Wikipedia too!