Andrew Blase

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Andrew Blase

Andrew Blase writes guides for game masters and players on The Role Players Guild.

709 articles

Helping RPG players find games, game masters find players, and stores fill seats - one connected place instead of a dozen scattered group chats.

Who I help

  • RPG players looking for a table
  • Game masters looking for players
  • Game stores looking to fill seats

My story

How this started

I discovered D&D at 12-13 and loved it, but could only get a handful of games in - I could never reliably find people to play with.

Years later, after going back to college in my 30s, I tried to get back into D&D as an adult and hit the exact same problem again. There was no central hub - games were fragmented across a dozen different sites and social media apps, and I was honestly surprised no one had built one yet.

I ran an online game myself for two years, and it was easier to fill an online table than an in-person one - I could draw players from across the entire US instead of just my local area. That was direct, lived proof that the bottleneck was never interest. It was discovery.

Legendary DMs and the first attempt

In 2020, during COVID, I saw paid game masters emerging as a real trend and started the "Legendary DMs" Facebook group, growing it to about 1,700 members. I built a site that year and started a game scheduler, but I was doing it solo alongside a lot else going on in life, and I dropped the project.

Picking it back up

Recently I revisited that old YouTube channel and noticed some videos had racked up thousands of views - real, if delayed, evidence the audience interest had been there all along. Combined with having grown a lot as a software engineer since 2020, and building being genuinely easier now with today's tooling, that's what pushed me to pick the idea back up.

I posted articles first and got immediate traffic, which is what actually started this build for real - I started building the app itself in June 2026.

I'm also building a character builder now, so new players can build a character without having to read through numerous rulebooks first - it already has real signups from players waiting on it.

What I believe

  • Tabletop games are one of the last real ways to socialize face-to-face in a world that keeps getting more divided and more isolated.
  • The barrier was never interest - it was that finding the right table, GM, or store has always been scattered across a dozen disconnected group chats and forum posts.

Proof

Legendary DMs Facebook group reached about 1,700 members

Legendary DMs on Facebook

Early YouTube content reached thousands of views per video

The character builder already has real player signups before launch

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Articles by Andrew Blase

PF2e Campaign Themes: Cryptids, Academies, Technology, and Secret Societies
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PF2e Campaign Themes: Cryptids, Academies, Technology, and Secret Societies

A Pathfinder 2e Remastered GM guide to themed campaigns: cryptid hunts from Dark Archive, academy campaigns, Guns & Gears technology, and secret societies and cults, with shared session zero, pacing, access, and prep advice.

Andrew Blase
2026-09-17
44 min read
Tales of the Valiant Expansion Lineages: The Old Margreve, Labyrinth Worldbook, and Player's Guide 2
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Tales of the Valiant Expansion Lineages: The Old Margreve, Labyrinth Worldbook, and Player's Guide 2

A rated guide to the 16 Tales of the Valiant lineages added by The Old Margreve, Labyrinth Worldbook, and Player's Guide 2, from Alseid and Gearforged to Shade and Tosculi, with traits, best classes, heritage pairings, and how to choose between them.

Andrew Blase
2026-09-17
42 min read
Monstrous Races in D&D 5e (2014): Bugbear, Goblin, Hobgoblin, Kobold, and Orc
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Monstrous Races in D&D 5e (2014): Bugbear, Goblin, Hobgoblin, Kobold, and Orc

The five monstrous adventurer races from Volo's Guide to Monsters rated side by side: traits, best classes, feats, example builds, the rules each one is most often misread on, and what Monsters of the Multiverse changed.

Andrew Blase
2026-09-16
30 min read
D&D 5e 2014 Caster Feats: All 11 Spellcasting Feats Ranked
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D&D 5e 2014 Caster Feats: All 11 Spellcasting Feats Ranked

Every spellcasting feat in D&D 5e 2014 compared in one place: Fey Touched, Shadow Touched, War Caster, Magic Initiate, Spell Sniper, Ritual Caster and the rest, rated by class and judged by what each one actually adds to a caster turn.

Andrew Blase
2026-09-14
37 min read
D&D 5e 2014 Defense, Skill and Utility Feats: All 14 Ranked
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D&D 5e 2014 Defense, Skill and Utility Feats: All 14 Ranked

Every defensive, skill and utility feat in D&D 5e 2014 compared in one place: Lucky, Alert, Resilient, Tough, Observant, Skill Expert, Mobile and the rest, rated by class and judged against the ability score increase you give up to take them.

Andrew Blase
2026-09-14
37 min read
D&D 5e 2014 Racial Feats: All 15 Ancestry Feats Ranked
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D&D 5e 2014 Racial Feats: All 15 Ancestry Feats Ranked

Every ancestry-gated feat in D&D 5e 2014 compared in one place: Elven Accuracy, Orcish Fury, Dwarven Fortitude, Infernal Constitution, Fey Teleportation, Prodigy and the rest, rated by class and judged against the ability score increase you give up.

Andrew Blase
2026-09-14
49 min read
D&D 5e 2014 Setting Feats: Fizban and Strixhaven Options Ranked
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D&D 5e 2014 Setting Feats: Fizban and Strixhaven Options Ranked

The five standalone setting-book feats in D&D 5e 2014 compared in one place: Gift of the Chromatic, Gem and Metallic Dragon from Fizban's Treasury, plus Strixhaven Initiate and Strixhaven Mascot, rated by class and judged against the ability score increase three of them do not give you.

Andrew Blase
2026-09-14
25 min read
D&D 5e 2014 Combat Feats: All 18 Weapon Feats Ranked
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D&D 5e 2014 Combat Feats: All 18 Weapon Feats Ranked

Every combat and weapon feat in D&D 5e 2014 compared in one place: Great Weapon Master, Sharpshooter, Polearm Master, Sentinel, Crossbow Expert, the Tasha's damage-type trio and the rest, rated by class and judged by what each one actually adds to a turn.

Andrew Blase
2026-09-13
65 min read
D&D 5e Artificer Subclasses (2014): All Four Specialists Ranked
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D&D 5e Artificer Subclasses (2014): All Four Specialists Ranked

Every Artificer Specialist in D&D 5e 2014 compared in one place - Battle Smith, Armorer, Artillerist and Alchemist - judged by the one thing that actually divides them: whether you get Extra Attack.

Andrew Blase
2026-09-12
29 min read
D&D 5e Barbarian Subclasses (2014): All Nine Paths Ranked
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D&D 5e Barbarian Subclasses (2014): All Nine Paths Ranked

Every Barbarian Path in D&D 5e 2014 compared in one place - Totem Warrior, Ancestral Guardian, Zealot, Beast, Giant, Wild Magic, Battlerager, Berserker and Storm Herald - with the features that actually decide between them.

Andrew Blase
2026-09-12
42 min read
D&D 5e Cleric Subclasses (2014): All Fourteen Divine Domains Ranked
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D&D 5e Cleric Subclasses (2014): All Fourteen Divine Domains Ranked

Every Cleric domain in D&D 5e 2014 compared in one place - Twilight, Peace, Life, Forge, Grave, Tempest, Light, Arcana, Order, War, Death, Knowledge, Nature and Trickery - with the domain spells, armor and Channel Divinity that actually decide between them.

Andrew Blase
2026-09-12
79 min read
D&D 5e Druid Subclasses (2014): All Seven Circles Ranked
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D&D 5e Druid Subclasses (2014): All Seven Circles Ranked

Every Druid Circle in D&D 5e 2014 compared in one place - Moon, Shepherd, Stars, Wildfire, Land, Dreams and Spores - built around the one question that separates them: what your Wild Shape charge actually becomes.

Andrew Blase
2026-09-12
43 min read
D&D 5e Ranger Subclasses (2014): All Eight Archetypes Ranked
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D&D 5e Ranger Subclasses (2014): All Eight Archetypes Ranked

Every Ranger archetype in D&D 5e 2014 compared in one place - Gloom Stalker, Fey Wanderer, Drakewarden, Monster Slayer, Horizon Walker, Swarmkeeper, Hunter and Beast Master - with the expanded spell lists and features that actually decide between them.

Andrew Blase
2026-09-12
48 min read
D&D 5e Rogue Subclasses (2014): All Nine Archetypes Ranked
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D&D 5e Rogue Subclasses (2014): All Nine Archetypes Ranked

Every Roguish Archetype in D&D 5e 2014 compared in one place - Swashbuckler, Arcane Trickster, Scout, Phantom, Assassin, Soulknife, Thief, Mastermind and Inquisitive - judged by how each one turns Sneak Attack on without help.

Andrew Blase
2026-09-12
48 min read
D&D 5e Sorcerer Subclasses (2014): All Eight Origins Ranked
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D&D 5e Sorcerer Subclasses (2014): All Eight Origins Ranked

Every Sorcerous Origin in D&D 5e 2014 compared in one place - Aberrant Mind, Divine Soul, Clockwork Soul, Draconic Bloodline, Shadow Magic, Lunar Sorcery, Storm Sorcery and Wild Magic - judged by what each one does about the Sorcerer's two scarcities.

Andrew Blase
2026-09-12
42 min read