What’s the weirdest thing that happened to you in a tabletop RPG?
PC Gamer’s Dungeon Master column invites readers to share their strangest tabletop RPG experiences. Editor Fraser Brown argues that while CRPGs like Baldur’s Gate 3 and Disco Elysium attempt to capture the unpredictability of tabletop gaming, no video game can truly replicate the organic chaos that emerges when actual players gather around a table. The column suggests that the combination of human imagination, creative decision-making, and improvisation in tabletop sessions produces unique moments impossible to script or predict digitally. Brown contributes personal anecdotes from over 15 years of tabletop roleplaying, demonstrating how mundane game mechanics can spiral into absurd situations. The piece positions tabletop RPGs as fundamentally distinct from their digital counterparts, celebrating the genre’s capacity for genuine surprise and unexpected storytelling outcomes.