Retailer kits are part of Dungeons & Dragons Campaigns -- a retail support program for D&D Miniatures skirmishes and D&D roleplaying. Each month, a new campaign season begins and a new retailer kit is released. The retailer kits contain marketing support materials, skirmish formats, a roleplaying adventure, and prizes for that campaign season. Using the retailer kit, you and your players can run events as often as you like whether it's once a week or once a month. The D&D Campaigns Seasons page provides a detailed content list for each retailer kit released. Kits are available to retailers through their Wizards of the Coast direct sales contact.
The retailer kit helps you support a variety of play styles including tournaments, leagues, and roleplaying sessions. Sanctioning these events provides you and your players with the greatest benefit.
The kit is available to retailers through the Wizards of the Coast direct sales department. If your store has a group of willing RPGA and DCI members as customers, the store needs to order the kits, but you are more than welcome to have interested members run your D&D Campaigns events. Retailers can order up to four kits each month and each kit costs $10 US.
Sanctioning Play
To sanction play for D&D Miniatures skirmishes, schedule all your events for the campaign season at one time, and submit your request to Wizards of the Coast. Sanctioning request are due at Wizards on the 20th day of the month proceeding the season you wish to sanction. For example, to sanction events for the September season, your request must be received at Wizards by August 20th. You may either FAX your request to the DCI at (425) 254-2987 or mail it to:
DCI Tournament Sanctioning
P.O. Box 1080
Renton, WA 98057-1080
Once your request is approved, the DCI staff sends out a customized event report summary for each event you scheduled for the campaign season, a pad of membership cards, and (if you are new to sanctioning DCI tournaments) a Tournament Organizer's Handbook. If this is the first month you are running D&D Campaigns and you want to sanction these events, please submit your sanctioning forms to the DCI as early as possible.
To sanction play for D&D roleplaying adventures, the Senior GM sets up the event and requests the adventure through the Members Area of the RPGA website. More information about sanctioning roleplaying events is available from the Ordering Adventures section of the Adventures web page.
You may choose to run non-sanctioned tournaments or leagues, but you must submit one D&D Campaigns Reporting form each campaign season in order to remain eligible for D&D Campaigns. Participants enrolled in the D&D Rewards program do not earn points for non-sanctioned play.
Event Types
Leagues are casual D&D Miniatures skirmish events. Players must be DCI members to participate in leagues. The typical league runs two-hour sessions once a week throughout the campaign season. Participants earn points each time they play at a session. At the end of the campaign season, players tally their points, the victor is determined, and prizes are awarded. To wrap up sanctioned play, your reporting forms must be submitted to Wizards by the 15th day of the month following the campaign season. For example, results for the September campaign season are due by October 15th. You may report sanctioned league events online using DCI Reporter, or mail them to the DCI Tournament Sanctioning address.
Tournaments are D&D Miniatures skirmish events typically limited to a single day of play. Players must be DCI members to participate in tournaments. Participants are matched in a series of consecutive games based their win/lose records. After the final match, the victor is declared and prizes are awarded. To wrap up sanctioned tournament play, your reporting forms must be submitted to Wizards by the 15th day of the month following the campaign season. For example, results for the September campaign season are due by October 15th. You may report sanctioned tournament events online using DCI Reporter, or mail them to the DCI Tournament Sanctioning address.
The rules governing miniature skirmish games are available form the D&D Miniatures Tournaments page.
Roleplaying sessions run for five hours and require a game master (GM) and from four to six players. Multiple sessions may run simultaneously. Players must be RPGA members to participate, and GMs must have passed the Herald-Level GM Test to run sanctioned games. Once the session is complete, distribute prizes to the participants. To wrap up the roleplaying event, results must be reported within eight days of the event's sanctioned date. You may report results online from the RPGA Members Page.
The RPGA General Rules, campaign sourcebooks, and character creation guidelines are all available through the RPGA website.
Membership Requirements
DCI and RPGA memberships are free. When you sanction events, you are provided with membership applications. If a participant needs to sign up, have them fill out the application section of the form and hand them their card. Each application ha amembership card attached, and each card has a unique membership number.
GMs for roleplaying sessions require an additional level of membership. Taking the Herald-Level GM Test on the RPGA website is free and helps us insure that GMs know their way around the three D&D v.3.5 core rulebooks.