This week’s Dungeons & Toast theme is all about irrational fears the kind that make absolutely no sense and yet still crit fail your confidence.

We’re not talking about dragons or dungeon traps (those are reasonable). We mean escalators, empty swimming pools, clowns, mirrors at night, or that weird feeling someone is watching you when you know they’re not. If your brain has ever invented a threat out of thin air, congratulations: you’re on theme.

Come share, laugh, and roll for emotional damage. No judgment, no jump scares just good company, bad fears, and maybe a Wisdom save or two.

To celebrate No Shave November, Dungeons & Toast is raising charitable funds for myasthenia gravis research. To make things fair, members will be separated into two groups: fresh-faced and established (as of November 1). Judging will take place on December 5th, at the first guild meeting of the month. Members who grow, continue to grow, or pretend to grow beards throughout the month of November are eligible to compete in the following categories:

• Established Beard (grown prior to Nov. 1)
• Fresh-Faced (started growing Nov. 1)
• Artificial (painted on, a wig, etc.)

Members are encouraged to consider making a pledge of a certain $ amount per beard grown throughout the month. These funds will be subsequently collected and donated to the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America (MGFA) charity.

The world didn’t end overnight. It started with a whisper—a glitch in the system, a shadow across the sun, the faint smell of smoke drifting from what used to be the Shire. Tonight, Dungeons & Toast invites you to peer into the ashes of what once was and speak bravely amid the ruins.

The theme: Dystopia.

From Orwell’s 1984 to the crumbling Capitol of The Hunger Games, from the sterile halls of Gattaca to the haunted dreamscapes of Blade Runner, dystopias show us what happens when humanity’s best intentions go terribly wrong. Even Middle-earth isn’t immune—remember Frodo’s nightmare vision of the Shire burning under Sauron’s reign? Every utopia teeters on the edge of something darker.

So bring your voice, your courage, and perhaps your ration card, as we explore how language and leadership survive when the world has gone sideways. Will you rise like Katniss, reason like Winston, or resist like the Fellowship clinging to hope in the darkness?

📅 Tonight — 7:00 PM
📍 Dungeons & Toast
🕯️ Dress Code: Post-apocalyptic chic encouraged, but not mandatory.

The microphones may crackle, the lights may flicker—but the revolution begins with your next speech.

Join us this evening for our Halloween-themed meeting (costumes welcome and encouraged), tonight at 7 PM PT.