Tabletop games.Hosted sessions.

We make original tabletop adventures, games, books and resources, and run hosted game sessions for groups.

Your group. Your table. Your adventure. The Hobbyist brings a complete hosted tabletop experience to celebrations, workplaces, venues and private groups.

The Shop is opening soon: browse the products and register interest. For a game run by The Hobbyist, enquire about a hosted event. We also offer guided learning programmes for young people and organisations.

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Adults gathered around a tabletop roleplaying game with maps, screens and player sheets — **Friends around a table.**The heart of The Hobbyist

**Friends around a table.**The heart of The Hobbyist

A tabletop group talking and laughing together during a game session — **Shared stories, real people.**Play is better together

**Shared stories, real people.**Play is better together

Players gathered around a tabletop roleplaying setup with dice, screens and digital Host tools — **However your table looks.**There is a place to start

**However your table looks.**There is a place to start

Choose your path

There’s more than one way to join the adventure.

The Hobbyist brings together play, creativity, learning and community. Start with the path that fits you.

Play

Find your next adventure.

Original adventures, tabletop resources and tools designed to make getting around the table easier — whether it’s your first game or your fiftieth.

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Learn

Create. Play. Grow.

Structured tabletop experiences where young people can explore imagination, problem-solving, communication and collaboration through play.

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Partner

Bring The Hobbyist to your community.

Supported tabletop experiences for youth organisations, community groups and partners — from one-off workshops to structured programmes.

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Around the table

It starts around a table.

A handful of dice. A few characters. A world that doesn’t exist yet. Then somebody asks: “What do you do?”

The Hobbyist is built around what happens next. Tabletop games give people permission to imagine, experiment, solve problems, make decisions, laugh, fail spectacularly and try something different.

We make it easier to pull up a chair and take part — without asking you to master a rulebook before the fun can begin.

Friends around a table. That’s the heart of The Hobbyist.

Discover Our Story

A red dice tray filled with colourful polyhedral dice beside The Hobbyist player resources — Dice, cards & player tools

The Hobbyist character, spellcaster, Host and quick-reference sheets laid out together — Clear physical references

A painted dragon miniature among tabletop terrain during an encounter — Terrain & tactile play

The Hobbyist Experience

Everything you need to get around the table.

The Hobbyist takes the friction out of tabletop play. Adventures, character sheets, cards, Host tools and physical resources are designed together so games are easier to understand, easier to run and easier to join.

Less time figuring out how to play. More time playing.

Adventures

Ready-to-run stories built for the table.

Player Tools

Clear sheets and references that keep the game moving.

Host Tools

Practical resources that make running an adventure easier.

Physical Play

Cards, miniatures, terrain and tactile pieces that make a shared table feel alive.

Two players sharing a festive hosted tabletop event, with the game map and Host setup visible

Two players engaged in the same festive hosted tabletop event from the opposite side of the table

Hosted by The HobbyistNo prior tabletop experience required.

Hosted Events

Your group. Your table. Your adventure.

The Hobbyist can bring a complete, hosted tabletop experience to celebrations, workplaces, venues and private groups. We handle the adventure, materials and guidance so your group can simply arrive and play.

Kids’ PartiesAccessible, energetic adventures built for younger players. Birthdays & Private GroupsA complete one-shot for friends, families and gaming groups. Workplace Team BuildingCollaborative problem-solving without the awkward icebreaker — and no rules knowledge needed. Stag, Hen & Celebration GroupsA memorable shared adventure tailored around the people at the table. Event Nights & Pop-UpsHosted sessions for venues, festivals, communities and special events.

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Learn with The Hobbyist

Adventure is only the beginning.

Young people begin by exploring worlds together, then learn to shape those worlds themselves, before gaining the confidence and skills to lead adventures of their own.

A young tabletop player moving miniatures across a map

A young participant with a giant twenty-sided die, showing the playful side of tabletop adventures

EXPLORE

Explorer

Step into the adventure.

Learn through accessible, supported play. Make choices, work as a team, solve problems and discover what happens when imagination meets a handful of dice.

Play · Explore · Collaborate

A young Creator sketching an idea on paper as part of shaping a world and story

A young Creator painting a handmade piece as part of a creative tabletop activity

CREATE

Creator

Start shaping the world.

Move beyond simply playing a character and begin creating characters, encounters, stories and ideas of your own — learning how your choices affect the whole table.

Imagine · Design · Create

A young participant in a green fantasy cloak seated at the table, representing confidence and taking ownership of the game

A wider view of the same young participant at the tabletop in costume, showing the player and play space together

LEAD

Pioneer

Take the lead.

Turn experience into ownership. Develop the skills to prepare, explain and eventually Host tabletop adventures — helping other players enjoy the same experience.

Lead · Communicate · Inspire

From joining the table to helping lead it.
Every stage still centres on something simple: young people having a good time together.

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From The Hobbyist

Take a piece of The Hobbyist home.

Original tabletop adventures, standalone games, illustrated books, Solo Adventures and practical table resources — all built to be accessible, quick to start and worth returning to.

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Tabletop Adventures

Gather the table.

Accessible original adventures with clear Host support, physical play and everything needed to get a group into the story quickly.

Standalone Games

Pick up and play.

Self-contained tabletop games designed to be quick to understand, satisfying to replay and easy to bring to the table.

Books

Build the bookshelf.

Illustrated magical books and interactive solo adventures made for exploring away from the table as well as around it.

Hobbyist player sheets, cards, dice and practical table materials arranged together

Miniatures, Maps & Materials

Make the table tangible.

Miniatures, maps, Host tools, keepsakes and practical materials for preparing, playing and personalising the tabletop experience.

Young people taking part together in a creative Hobbyist activity; the featured participant is shown with permission while the other visible faces are tightly anonymised and school identifiers removed

A young participant balancing a tower of dice at the table, with their face tightly anonymised for privacy

For organisations

More than an RPG club.

The Hobbyist is built to be delivered. Our programmes combine accessible tabletop play with clear progression, practical physical resources and Host-led support — making it easier for organisations to offer something engaging without needing to become tabletop experts themselves.

Accessible to first-time players as well as experienced hobbyists.
Structured pathways, repeat delivery and one-off workshop options.
Game materials and Host resources designed as part of the experience.
Small-group play that creates room for participation, communication and shared decision-making.
A route from taking part to creating, leading and helping others play.

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The Hub

Your table. Your adventures. One place.

The Hub is the practical side of The Hobbyist — a growing home for the tools and resources that support you once you are ready to play, Host or deliver a programme.

Instead of hunting through files, links and separate packs, the aim is simple: give each person the things they need for their part of the adventure, in one familiar place.

The Hub is coming soon.

HostRun the table with adventures, session tools, quick references and practical resources.

PlayerFind the character and play resources that help you get into the adventure quickly.

PartnerAccess programme materials, delivery support and the resources used to bring The Hobbyist into your setting.

About The Hobbyist

Friends around a table.

The Hobbyist exists to make tabletop play easier to enter, more creative to take part in and worth sharing with other people. It is one umbrella for adventures, events, learning, books, physical hobby resources and the tools still to come.

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