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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All Articles

Articles by Andrew Blase

Cyberpunk RED Netrunning Guide: NET Architecture, Black ICE, And Crew Play
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Cyberpunk RED Netrunning Guide: NET Architecture, Black ICE, And Crew Play

How Cyberpunk RED netrunning works at the table: Interface and NET Actions, building NET Architectures, Black ICE and Demons, Slide, programs, and keeping the Netrunner inside the crew's physical job.

Andrew Blase
2026-08-01
26 min read
Cyberpunk RED Cyberdecks Guide: Buy Capacity For The Jobs You Run
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Cyberpunk RED Cyberdecks Guide: Buy Capacity For The Jobs You Run

Choose a Cyberpunk RED Cyberdeck by its shared program-and-hardware slots, required interface gear, upgrade tradeoffs, and campaign availability.

Andrew Blase
2026-08-01
8 min read
Cyberpunk RED Netrunning Programs Guide: Build A Deck For The Job
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Cyberpunk RED Netrunning Programs Guide: Build A Deck For The Job

Choose Cyberpunk RED Netrunning programs by job: understand Boosters, Defenders, Attackers, activation, REZ, and how deck slots shape real crew decisions.

Andrew Blase
2026-08-01
8 min read
Cyberpunk RED Night City Guide: Districts, Gangs, And Corporations As Job Pressure
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Cyberpunk RED Night City Guide: Districts, Gangs, And Corporations As Job Pressure

A Cyberpunk RED Night City guide for GMs: the Core Rulebook zones and Threat Ratings, how to prep a district, how to run gangs and factions, and how to make corporations into concrete job pressure.

Andrew Blase
2026-08-01
27 min read
Cyberpunk RED Roles Guide: Which Edgerunner Fits Your Crew?
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Cyberpunk RED Roles Guide: Which Edgerunner Fits Your Crew?

Compare Cyberpunk RED's ten Roles and their Role Abilities, then pick the one whose kind of pull you want to bring to the crew: combat, contacts, medicine, media pressure, vehicles, the NET, and more.

Andrew Blase
2026-08-01
8 min read
Cyberpunk RED Exec Guide: Teamwork, Loyalty, And Corporate Pressure
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Cyberpunk RED Exec Guide: Teamwork, Loyalty, And Corporate Pressure

A practical Cyberpunk RED Exec guide to Teamwork, what each Rank adds, loyal Team Members, corporate benefits, and the obligations that make organizational support matter to the whole crew.

Andrew Blase
2026-08-01
9 min read
Cyberpunk RED Fixer Guide: Operator, Deals, And Gear Access
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Cyberpunk RED Fixer Guide: Operator, Deals, And Gear Access

A practical Cyberpunk RED Fixer guide to Operator, how Contacts, Reach, Haggle, and Grease scale by Rank, Night Markets, and gear sourcing that gives the whole crew a reason to care about every deal.

Andrew Blase
2026-08-01
10 min read
Cyberpunk RED Lawman Guide: Backup, Authority, And Consequences
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Cyberpunk RED Lawman Guide: Backup, Authority, And Consequences

A practical Cyberpunk RED Lawman guide to Backup, how response tiers scale by Rank, arrival delays, institutional authority, and the consequences that make calling for help a meaningful crew decision.

Andrew Blase
2026-08-01
9 min read
Cyberpunk RED Media Guide: Credibility, Rumors, And Stories That Change The City
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Cyberpunk RED Media Guide: Credibility, Rumors, And Stories That Change The City

A practical Cyberpunk RED Media guide to Credibility, how it scales by Rank, rumor leads, sources, evidence, Believability, and faction-driven stories that give the whole crew something to decide.

Andrew Blase
2026-08-01
8 min read
Cyberpunk RED Medtech Guide: Medicine, Surgery, And Keeping The Crew Alive
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Cyberpunk RED Medtech Guide: Medicine, Surgery, And Keeping The Crew Alive

A practical Cyberpunk RED Medtech guide to Medicine, its Surgery, Pharmaceuticals, and Cryosystem specialties, stabilization, cyberware care, and using Trauma Team without erasing consequences.

Andrew Blase
2026-08-01
9 min read
Cyberpunk RED Netrunner Guide: Interface, Cyberdecks, And Crew Coordination
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Cyberpunk RED Netrunner Guide: Interface, Cyberdecks, And Crew Coordination

A practical Cyberpunk RED Netrunner guide to Interface, first cyberdeck loadouts, physical access points, and keeping the whole crew involved in every run.

Andrew Blase
2026-08-01
10 min read
Cyberpunk RED Nomad Guide: Moto, The Family Motorpool, And Vehicle Upgrades
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Cyberpunk RED Nomad Guide: Moto, The Family Motorpool, And Vehicle Upgrades

A Cyberpunk RED Nomad guide to Moto: the skill bonus, which Family Motorpool vehicles unlock at each Rank, the upgrade list, swaps, repairs, and how to make the Family matter at the table.

Andrew Blase
2026-08-01
12 min read
Cyberpunk RED Rockerboy Guide: Charismatic Impact, Fans, And Public Pressure
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Cyberpunk RED Rockerboy Guide: Charismatic Impact, Fans, And Public Pressure

A practical Cyberpunk RED Rockerboy guide to Charismatic Impact, building an audience, calling on fans, and making public influence create meaningful choices for the whole crew.

Andrew Blase
2026-08-01
9 min read
Cyberpunk RED Solo Guide: Combat Awareness, Builds, And Protecting The Crew
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Cyberpunk RED Solo Guide: Combat Awareness, Builds, And Protecting The Crew

A practical Cyberpunk RED Solo guide to Combat Awareness, durable build priorities, cyberware choices, and using a fighter to create options for the whole crew.

Andrew Blase
2026-08-01
9 min read
Cyberpunk RED Tech Guide: Maker, Repairs, Upgrades, And Inventions
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Cyberpunk RED Tech Guide: Maker, Repairs, Upgrades, And Inventions

A practical Cyberpunk RED Tech guide to Maker, temporary fixes, focused upgrades, fabrication costs, and inventions that stay useful and fair at the table.

Andrew Blase
2026-08-01
9 min read