At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, my friends and I came together to take a leap of faith. I was working in the Singaporean theater business at the time, so when live performances ground to a standstill, I tried to figure out what to do. Then the idea hit me: I'd been watching a Twitch-based show called Critical Role for years, where a group of voice actors sit around the table playing Dungeons & Dragons live. It was enthralling to watch the show's eight cofounders as they found a way to convert their home game into a streaming hit and a business in its own right.
These people are my heroes. And the idea that someone could convert their nerdy hobby into a career inspired me. I wondered - what if I could make a career out of D&D too? My business partners, Jodie Yeo and Dennet Krishnan, took a chance on the wild idea that we could set up a small studio and run paid Dungeons & Dragons games.
Some D&D fans may be looking for other folks to play the game with and a comfortable space to play it in at an affordable rate. Others are looking for experienced dungeon masters - the people responsible for crafting the game narrative. Games can be one-shots spanning three to four hours or multi-game campaigns, not unlike those you see on Critical Role and Dimension 20.
When we started out in April 2021, we had 500 Singapore dollars, or about $3,800; we now include multiple locations, a retail space, and a dungeon-master training program.
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