What is a Living Campaign?

The RPGA Network oversees a number of games that are called Living. Some examples include Living Arcanis, Living Dragonstar, Living Spycraft and the most popular Living game of all, Living Greyhawk. These Living games spring from the fundamental idea that a home-style role-playing campaign can be expanded into a worldwide campaign, enjoyed by thousands of people. Your character in a home game is one of four or so Player Characters, but in a Living game, you can interact with hundreds and hundreds of other PCs, all of them living and adventuring in the same game world as your character. Many people new to Living games confuse them with live-action role-playing, but Living games don't require that you dress up in costume, play-act like your character, or behave any differently than you would at any tabletop role-playing game that you would enjoy with your friends. If you have role-played before, then you're ready to enjoy a worldwide Living game.

The way Living games work is this: a number of adventure scenarios are published (on a secure website), and these adventures can be ordered and then run at any table with one certified DM and four to six players. Each player has his or her own character, and this character is played in scenario after scenario, even at other tables with different DMs and players.

After each adventure, your character gets a little bit more powerful and more able to handle more dangerous scenarios. You continue to grow and develop your character in many different adventures with many different people (you can play the same character all over the world!), just as you would in a home campaign. That's why these campaigns are called Living; your character grows and advances like a living character would, in games from your living room to the other side of the country.

Getting involved with a Living game is easy. The first thing you need to do is find out about the Living games that are available. Each of them has a website, and the best place to start looking is the RPGA website at http://www.rpga.com/

What is....	Arcanacon Events in that World
Living Arcanis?	Double Duelling Heart and Soul
Living Dragonstar?	Starpoint
Living Force?	Dorumaa's Children
Living Greyhawk?	Cries of Shame There are no Dragons in Brebanward Lerara Moradin's Forge
The Green Regent?	Dark Exodus