Free RPG Day Online Games and Webinars!

Looking to try out new roleplaying games without spending a dime? We've got a day of thrilling RPG adventures lined up!

This year's Free RPG Day has been pushed back due to the pandemic. As stores scrambled to find a way to offer events with stay at home orders or reduced store capacity. So we partnered with Source Comics & Games to bring you our first-ever all online Free RPG Day event!

We've got a buncha' space and scif-fi excitement in five roleplaying sessions. AND if you're looking to level-up as a GM, we're offering free game master clinic webinars! Choose from a variety of topics in game design or learning more about what games are out there!

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We'll send you a link to the Zoom event a few days prior. Be sure to check out our Online Game FAQ before you attend.

Here's the schedule of events:

SATURDAY, JULY 25, 2020

2:00 P.M.

RPG: STAR TREK ADVENTURES: Requiem for Miri

A century after USS Enterprise visited Earth Two and its inhabitants, the Onlies, Federation scientists are still unraveling the circumstances surrounding the Life Prolongation Project. USS Excalibur (NCC-26517) is dispatched to uncover a mystery, only to find echoes of the past. This is a TNG sequel to TOS episode "Miri."
Game time: 2 hours
Rule System: Star Trek Adventures by Modiphius
Game Master: Erik Mornes
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3:00 P.M. 

WEBINAR: Beyond D&D: Cool Games You May Not Have Tried
Want to learn more about games you've not played or had a chance to run? Get an overview of what's out there by major publishers as well as what's going on in the indie RPG scene. And get your questions answered about them!
Webinar time: 1 hour with Q&A
Presenter: Jenifer Doll
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4:00 P.M. 

WEBINAR: Creating Star Trek RPG Adventures That Feel "Trek"
Two SNSO game masters discuss their approaches to creating Star Trek roleplaying adventures, using sci-fi concepts (time travel, AI, generation ships, etc.) steeped in Star Trek mythos. Discussion also includes how the mechanics of various Star Trek game systems enable certain kinds of play and stories.
Webinar time: 1 hour with Q&A
Presenters: Erik Mornes and John Till
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RPG: STARS WITHOUT NUMBER: Pharma Couriers

Fans of Firefly and spaghetti westerns listen up! On a supply mission a medical supply ship, you and your crew travel to a distant mining colony. Save lives and help solve the colony get back on its feet before its too late--and make a few extra credits while you're at it!
Game time: 4 hours
Rule System: Stars Without Number by Sine Nomine Publishing
Game Master: Jeff Conrad
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RPG: KNAVE: Origins of Discontent (A Scifi Hack)

It was supposed to be a pleasure cruise through the most beautiful wild star systems in the galaxy, a reward for your hard work and dedication to the Galactic Alliance Investigation Bureau. The experience is every bit as grand as you'd been promised--even if slightly marred by the plethora of the insufferably wealthy who keep mistaking you for ship crew. Now, suddenly, someone is dead: an inaccessible human skeleton floating calmly through an arc chamber... but no one on board is missing, and the ship is days away from a safe port. Suspicion among the elite (and their private security teams) is quickly breeding a mutiny and the captain of the vessel is begging you for help...
Game time: 2 hours
Rule System: Knave by Questing Beast Publishing
Game Master: Jenifer Doll
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RPG: MUTANT CRAWL CLASSICS: The Unregarded Passage

In a gonzo, post-apocalyptic future where science seems more like magic and the landscape is filled with mutants of every kind, your band of Seekers finds a nondescript tunnel while exploring a ruined structure. What dangers lurk down below the stones of the past, and what treasures might you find?
Game time: 4 hours
Rule System: Mutant Crawl Classics by Goodman Games
Game Master: Matt Towle
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6:00 P.M. 

WEBINAR: Using Implied Setting in World Building and Game Design
How to use rules, character options, random tables and other tools to streamline and improve your game design and world-building process.
Webinar time: 1 hour with Q&A
Presenter: Casey Garske
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RPG: ALIEN: From A Dead Planet

Your crew is in the wrong place at the right time. The Company has asked you to retrieve a scientific package from a military transport, The Deadfall Hornet. The question is whether you can grab the goods before things go critical. Can you?
Game time: 2 hours
Rule System: ALIEN Roleplaying Game by Modiphius
Game Master: John Till
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Note: Mature audience

8:00 P.M.

WEBINAR: Ask Us Anything Zoom Party!
Saturday Night Space Opera began offering free in-person gaming at Source Comics & Games in 2015. After 5 years and more than 250 public game experiences in the Twin Cities, we've learned a few things!  After a brief overview, attendees can ask us anything game or SNSO related (e.g,event organizing, game design, running one-shot adventures, etc.).
Webinar time: 1 hour with Q&A
Presenters: All Free RPG Day Game Masters!
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SEE YOU SATURDAY, SPACE GAMER!

More details to come! Schedule and programming subject to change. All times are Central US time zone.