The Bodhana Group

08/29/2026

The van is packed. The team is ready. Harrisburg Board Game Day is upon us! Come down to Strawberry Square in Harrisburg, PA from 10AM to 8PM for a load of tabletop fun. Free to play library! Board Game Yard Sale titles! Branch Riders! Play to win games. Tons of Bodhana merch! And our celebrated concierge service! We will also be featuring play throughs of Hell of a Deal by Smirk&Dagger ! Can you beat the devil and his minions and avoid temptation!

08/20/2026

We are currently seeking folks that are interested in running games for the Halloween Trick N' Treat event! If you would like to run some spooky sessions fill out out our form to submit. We as usual use our MPAA rating system to help people find out their right level of scary. From G to R, scary takes many forms. Apply today and help us raise some great funds for Bodhana and its mission! Halloween Day from 10AM to 10PM!

This form is to aid you in submitting a session for The Bodhana Group's Halloween tabletop fundraiser - Tabletop Trick and Treat! Use this form to submit any sessions of either an RPG or a board game. We will do our best to accommodate space and table needs. Please also remember that the focus of th...

08/17/2026

Join us on Halloween at the Dover Community Center for some spooky tabletop fun as we dive into a special one day fundraiser! This event will feature a free to play board game library, a host of trick taking games all throughout the event, vendors, candy and a host of drawings for some fantastic games! Proceeds benefit our mission and programs. Vendor spots, session submissions and sponsorship option links to follow! Come out and by all means, share the links!

Only $10 for the event!

A unique one day tabletop fundraiser. Board Games and RPGS all Halloween themed with a host of trick taking games. Tricks and Treats!

07/15/2026

Join our next training cohort and add therapeutic role playing games to your toolkit of client engagement. Learn the Bodhana Model of integrating tabletop role playing games with goal work and therapy goals to achieve success in a nonconfrontational approach to clinical work.

Our 16 week intensive course takes you from theory to practice to application as you plan and then run your own 2 hour one shot adventure. Don't just talk about it - use it and learn in a safe direct learning experience. No videos! Real people who have been using this approach for over 10 years!

Training starts Wednesday, August 26th and runs for 16 weeks online in easy to digest 2 hour modules. LPC and ACA accredited folks can gain 24 CE Hours through NBCC. Cost is $900 for the series. Payment plans and discount group rates available. Perfect way to get your CE Hours while adding the fun to fundamentals. Perfect for teachers, therapists, counselors, social workers as well as students and direct care staff.

Book now!

The Bodhana Model is designed for professional Therapists and Counselors of Master’s Level or higher degree and professionals seeking to learn how to apply the adaptive approach of therapeutic tabletop role playing to your practice.

07/09/2026

Now available on DriveThruRPG - the Branch Riders Facilitator's Guide! This companion volume is designed for people who are using Branch Riders for intentional goal work, whether they are parents, teachers, therapists or social workers. Helpful sections discuss the system mechanics and how to maximize their use for your goal work as well as some helpful frameworks for use of RTPGs intentionally. Get the volume in either PDF or Print on Demand formats.

And if you are new to Branch Riders, take advantage of a special PDF bundles that contains everything you need for this exciting easy to learn system! Join the Branch Riders and protect the citizens of the realms from the Blight!

Eight Realms... One Mission!

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/565280/branch-riders-facilitator-s-guide

06/09/2026

Origins Game Fair 2026 BABY! We will be there next week at Booth 1502! Come and check out Branch Riders and score your copy! Spread the word.

06/09/2026

Next week, during the week of June 17th - 21st, Bodhana will be vending at Origins Game Fair in Columbus, OH. We will be at Booth 1502, just a few rows from the entrance and we will have a host of great stuff this year to add to our typical duckies.

This will be our big launch at Origins for Branch Riders of course with all of our book, condition cards, exposure trackers and minis. We will also have copies of our Wizards, Warriors and Wellness books with the added surprise of our new dice modification techniques. We will have some great 3-D prints of dice reward and punishment methods to help you get the rolls you want.

We will also be sharing the booth space with our great friend and colleague Gene Koo, from StickerDoodle Games. Gene's game Bonsai Diary has been nominated for the Origin Awards and we are sharing our space to help him get this game out to the world!

Come and find us and help support the cause! Booth 1502 - look for the fall colors!

06/07/2026

2026's Onyx Path Publishing's Virtual Convention is in full swing! Remember that tonight,. June 6th, at 9pm EST, Jack will be running a Branch Riders Actual Play as part of Onyx Path Virtual Convention this week! Come and join our adventure and see the system being put through its paces. We will be taking our team through the Terminal. Join us live on the Plastic Age Plays Twitch channel at the following link:
https://www.twitch.tv/plasticageplays

Eight Realms... One Mission.

05/19/2026

Tonight, 5/19/2026 at 8PM EST on the Onyx Path Publishing Twitch channel - join Jack and Doug for the return of Expanding the Realms! This exciting dive into the genre hopping, narrative driven RPG Branch Riders! We continue our journey through the realms by showcasing the steampunk Chain and the fantasy Crags! Two realms where the energy of the Blight lives within the very rock itself!

Join us for a great discussion about where these worlds came from and how you can twist and bend them for your table!

https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath

05/18/2026

Branch Riders Backers - if you backed at the level to also receive a PDF copy of The Facilitator's Guide - check your KS updates as the draft copy code is there! You have one week to offer feedback and or corrections (don't worry about page numbers thank you) and then we make final corrections and the final PDF will be on its way. You will have one week for errata submission.

Thanks gang!