About us
Welcome to Steel City RPG!
We host RPG events in locations across Pittsburgh for those who share a passion for Role-Playing Games, Sci-Fi, or slaying Dragons in Dungeons. We are a new group working to provide a safe and welcoming environment for public game nights featuring a variety of TTRPGs.
New player? Veteran? Dungeons and Dragons enjoyer? GURPS enthusiast? All are welcome!
Let's roll the dice and embark on epic journeys within the realms of imagination!
Beyond our public game days, we also provide a hub for connecting people for campaigns and general RPG discussion. If you are interested in advertising your campaign or finding a campaign to join, check out our community hub on Discord, a space we created specifically to give more exposure to events and people looking to form or join a group!
Upcoming events
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RPG Game Day 16 - Lawrence Hall
Lawrence Hall, 4609 Butler Street, Pittsburgh, PA, USJoin us Sunday afternoon for a Tabletop RPG Game Day at Lawrence Hall in Lawrenceville.
Whether you've never touched a d20 or you've been rolling dice for decades, you've got a seat at the table. Our GMs run standalone one-shots across a mix of systems — D&D, indie games, narrative RPGs, and whatever they're excited to bring. No experience required. Pre-generated characters are available for most games.
The gaming happens upstairs. If you're not sure where to go, look for people with dice, they'll point you in the right direction.
New players welcome. No experience required. If you’re unsure where to go, ask someone with dice on the second floor; they’ll point you in the right direction.
How it works
Games kick off between 4:00 and 4:30 as tables fill in. Arrive at 4:00 to meet your GM, pick your seat, and get settled before play begins.- RSVP here to let us know you're coming.
- Browse the individual game listings — added as GMs submit their sessions.
- Sign up for the game you want. That's the signup that matters.
- Show up, grab a drink downstairs, and head up ready to play.
If a game is full, join the waitlist and still show up. No-shows happen, and spots open more than you'd think. No guarantees, but it's worth being there.
Already RSVP'd but can't make it? Update your Meetup attendance as soon as you know. It takes 10 seconds and means someone on the waitlist gets to play.
Game List (Updated as Games Are Announced)
4:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Brindlewood Bay / Quiet Town Murders
DnD 5.5E / Gladiator Games
DnD 5E / The Crooked Carnival
Lasers & Feelings/ Oh, Dang! Bigfoot Stole My Car...
Blades in the Dark '69/ Opening Night
Call of Cthulhu / Dead Light
Pirate BorgStay connected
We coordinate games, announcements, and community chat on Discord. It's the best place to ask questions, find players, and stay in the loop between events.Support the venue
Lawrence Hall has food vendors and a full bar (Dear James) on the ground floor. Please support them, they make this possible.Bring your dice, bring your friends, and let the Dice Gods decide the rest.
39 attendees
Brindlewood Bay / Choose Your Own Mystery/ Lawrenceville RPG Day
Lawrence Hall, 4609 Butler Street, Pittsburgh, PA, USBrindlewood Bay has a problem. For a quaint New England vacation town, the murder rate is — frankly — extraordinary. The police are doing their best. Their best is not enough.
That's where the Murder Mavens Mystery Book Club comes in. You play a group of sharp, resourceful women of a certain age who have decided that if anything is going to get solved around here, they're going to have to do it themselves.
Brindlewood Bay is a collaborative mystery RPG where the whodunit isn't solved in advance — not even by the GM. The answer emerges from play, built out of clues, suspicions, and the very specific tropes of 1980s mystery television. Think "Murder, She Wrote." Think "Golden Girls." Think: what would actually happen if those women investigated the crime themselves?
- Collaborative mystery structure: the solution builds at the table
- Roleplay-heavy, social-first, low mechanical overhead
- 1980s television as genre touchstone
- No prior experience with the system — or the genre — needed
No prep required. Characters are created as part of the session.
CHOOSE FROM THREE DIFFERENT MYSTERIES!
All Hallow’s Scream: Murder at a B-Movie director’s Halloween party. (Themes of adultery and blackmail)
Homecoming at Bonfire Cliff: Secrets and lies will come to the surface when people come back for Homecoming. (Themes of family betrayal)
Dad Overboard: A billionaire got drunk and fell off his mega yacht…or did he? (themes of class and economic status)Prefer your mysteries with fewer cozy cardigans? Check out other events happening for RPG Game Day.
6 attendees
DnD 5.5 / Gladiator Games / Lawrenceville RPG Day
Lawrence Hall, 4609 Butler Street, Pittsburgh, PA, USThe crowd's already screaming and you haven't even stepped onto the sand yet.
Gladiator Games is a D&D 5.5e one-shot for 4–6 players, built for anyone who wants to test their creative combat and quick-thinking skills. Every year the city crowns its champions in the arena, and this year the call has gone out to those confident enough to test their might. Sign up, step into the ring, and prove you belong among the best.
- Combat encounters with non-combat objectives
- Classic fantasy setting with a wink of the absurd
- Pre-made level 3 characters ready to go, or bring your own
Gold or glory. Pick one and go get it.
No experience needed. Pre-generated level 3 characters are ready to go, or bring your own if you'd rather build one.
Prefer your adventures without an audience? Check out other events happening for RPG Game Day.
8 attendees
DnD 5E / The Crooked Carnival / Lawrenceville RPG Day
Lawrence Hall, 4609 Butler Street, Pittsburgh, PA, USThe carnival wasn't there yesterday. By morning, the whole town has fallen for it — cheap games, dazzling performers, everyone who visits walking away happier than before. Except for one thing: children have started disappearing, and their parents swear they never had any to begin with.
The Crooked Carnival is a dark-fantasy D&D 5e one-shot for 5th–7th level characters, mixing exploration, roleplay, puzzles, and combat into one night at an impossible midway. Somewhere under the string lights waits a smiling ringmaster who already seems to know more about your party than he should.
You're the ones willing to ask what the rest of the town has quietly stopped noticing.- Supernatural midway with impossible attractions and unsettling performers
- Exploration, roleplay, puzzles, and combat, building to a climactic boss encounter
- Dark humor alongside genuine dread
- For 5th–7th level characters
Content warning: Horror.
Pre-generated characters provided, or bring your own 5th–7th level character.Prefer your evenings without carnival barkers and creeping dread? Check out other events happening for RPG Game Day.
7 attendees
Past events
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