I’m a fan of playing in different worlds and seeing what’s there. It’s just a lot easier for me to picture and understand it than the Forgotten Realms or Greyhawk settings. Whenever I DM a D&D game now, I set it there. Currently, the Exandria setting from Critical Role that’s been published in a few D&D and independent sourcebooks. RS: World of Darkness will always have a special place in my heart. I was too impatient to wait between sessions to play, so I started playing in AOL chatrooms. Every sourcebook, every class or subclass across any title. I then got obsessed I spent so much allowance money and then paychecks on like every World of Darkness book I could get. He started getting so excited and talking about all the Werewolf games he used to play at his old school, and he basically enthralled a group of us until we insisted on playing it. Riley Silverman: Back in the mid-’90s, I was a freshman in high school and was on a class theater trip, we were having dinner and some wandering time in a nearby mall before the show, and a guy named Seth saw a copy of a Werewolf the Apocalypse book from the World of Darkness setting. Julia Roth: Let’s chat your TTRPG back story! How did you find yourself at the table? RELATED: Check out more Tavern Talk Thursdays! Riley Silverman Check out everything Silverman had to share about her love for the TTRPG community! Most recently, Silverman was nominated for NJ Web Fest Best Supporting Performance for her role as Zelda in the Vampire the Masquerade scripted podcast, Port Saga. In the TTRPG world, Silverman is currently participating in the HappyJacks RPG show Hexbreakers and is GM on a Doctor Who fan RPG called The Game of Rassilon. Silverman is the author of several Star Wars illustrated guides and novelty books, including her upcoming releases Star Wars: Exploring Tatooine: An Illustrated Guide, Star Wars: The Life Day Pop-Up Book and Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge: Treasures from Batuu. She’s a writer, comedian and fellow professional geek. This week, we are chatting with the insanely talented Riley Silverman. Think of it as a little sneak peeks into the minds of our fellow players and DMs. Welcome to Tavern Talk Thursday! This is a weekly column where we chat with a member of the TTRPG (tabletop role-playing game) community to learn more about how they found themselves at the table, what they love about tabletop gaming and other fun things.
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